Today, we’re thrilled to release Analysis-Ready PlanetScope (ARPS). ARPS harnesses a cutting-edge proprietary algorithm to create harmonized and spatially consistent near-daily stacks of images that enable time-series analysis and machine learning applications. ARPS normalizes data from PlanetScope’s daily 3m imagery…...
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Note: This piece can also be read in Spanish and Portuguese. Climate change is intensifying natural disasters in Central and South America, from raging forest fires to devastating floods and landslides. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),…
CONTINUE READINGTanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition, a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. Tanager-1 combines Planet’s cutting-edge…
CONTINUE READINGLearn how to migrate your workflows to the cloud, create custom visualizations, and stream data with OGC services — watch our webinar to learn more. Planet has revolutionized the way geospatial professionals monitor changes on Earth. But as the volume…
CONTINUE READINGHere’s what happens when we put satellite data into the hands of nonprofits Similar to Planet, nonprofit organizations and NGOs are mission-driven, high impact organizations that aim to promote the common good. However, due to extremely tight budgets supported primarily through donations and funding from philanthropic and government organizations, nonprofits often rely […]
CONTINUE READINGAs Planet continues to grow and support an increasing number of customers and partners, it is our desire to provide enablement resources and opportunities at scale to help them succeed. In order to best serve and support our users, we are excited to launch our new customer enablement platforms: Planet University and […]
CONTINUE READINGWe are thrilled to share that NASA exercised an option to extend its contract with Planet under the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program through September 2023. Planet has been providing data to NASA scientists and federal civilian agency funded researchers under this program since 2018 and we look forward to continuing […]
CONTINUE READINGOpinion World leaders, CEOs, climate advocates, scientists and sustainable development specialists from around the world converged on New York City last week, for the annual, concurrent rituals of the United Nations General Assembly and ClimateWeek. After a several years’-long lull, things were back with a bang – with more people, more meetings, […]
CONTINUE READINGData analysis and visualizations contributed by: Guyon Duifhuizen, Max Borrmann, and Rob Simmon This harvest season, global eyes are watching the United States’ agricultural yield reports with anticipation after fields around the world have been challenged by extreme weather, drought, heat waves, and political turmoil. The United States is the world’s largest […]
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