Planet Data

Planet Labs provides daily satellite images of the Earth’s land surfaces and coastal areas. Natural color, near infra-red, and other multi-channel imagery products are available with 5m, 3.7m and 50cm ground pixel resolution. Images are exportable to GIS systems or can be viewed and analyzed using Planet's website and tools. PlanetScope (3.7m) satellite images are available daily, starting in 2014. SkySat (50cm) images are available for selected areas and time periods, starting in 2016. RapidEye (5m) is from 2009-2020. Access restricted to UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab faculty, staff, and students. New users must first complete registration form. The UC Berkeley Library manages the license and registrations (subscription available through 4/30/26). PlanetScope ~ 3.7m resolution in four spectral bands: RGB and Near Infrared SkySat archive ~ 50cm resolution imagery older than 6 months (no imagery within the past 6 months) RapidEye archive ~5m resolution imagery archive from 2009 to 2020 Basemaps - time series mosaicked products optimized for either visual reflectance (8-bit) or radiometric consistency (16-bit) Planet Stories - a simple tool to provide imagery time-lapse Access to imagery via an API, web applications or GIS integrations For more information about Planet, see Planet.com and the Planet documentation portal.