OVERSEE WATERS, ANALYZE PATTERNS
Planet’s Maritime Program offers unmatched coverage of the Earth’s open water and maritime areas. Identify vessels and objects, detect maritime movement, validate AIS feeds, and uncover activity in uncharted areas.
Monitor open water areas
Monitor Earth’s oceans, open waters, and seas every day. Track moving vessels and uncover activity across broad areas, at high cadence.
- Monitor shipping routes, port activity, and offshore oil rigs
- Detect suspicious activity and track illegal vessels
- Survey key areas of geopolitical interest for activity or change
Track vessel movement and compare to AIS and other data
AIS data ©2017 Australian Marine Safety Authority CC BY-NC 3.0 AU.
48-hour AIS data paired with Planet imagery pinpoints moored tankers and other ship movement
Pair with AIS and other maritime datasets
Integrate open water imagery with AIS, high resolution imagery, and other maritime to better understand movement and vessel activity at sea.
- Monitor for activity where AIS signaling has been turned off or lost
- Validate AIS data and protect against spoofing
Detect and classify maritime objects
Planet’s API allows you to easily integrate data into your existing applications and analytic workflows, including object detection, movement mapping, and ship categorization.
With Planet imagery you can identify vessels and objects such as:
- Fishing boats
- Cargo ships
- Oil tankers
- Naval vessels
- Transshipments
- Offshore oil rigs
- Spillage and pollutants
Fishing boats
Cargo ships
Oil tankers
Navy vessels
Offshore oil
Spillage
IMAGERY SPECS AND ORTHORECTIFICATION
Planet’s line-scanning technology and agile aerospace approach allow us to employ advanced offshore georeferencing techniques to ensure greater positional accuracy over open water areas.
Imagery type
Ground sample distance (at nadir)
Pixel size
Scene size
Bit depth
Bit Depth
Data delivery
PlanetScope 3-band RGB scenes
3.7 m
3 m
Approximately 24 x 7 sq km
Analytic (TOA radiance: scaled 16-bit)
Visual: 8-bit
Standard delivery via API or GUI
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AREAS OF ACCESS
We currently image a variety of open water areas around the world including the South China Sea, Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea, and other maritime areas of interest.
SOUTH CHINA SEA
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
PERSIAN GULF
CARIBBEAN SEA
SOUTH CHINA SEA
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
PERSIAN GULF
CARIBBEAN SEA
SOUTH CHINA SEA
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
PERSIAN GULF
CARIBBEAN SEA
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