User Guides

This document is called "Fundamentals of Remote Sensing" authored by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing.

This document is used as a reference during the Remote Sensing 101 webinar held on the 14th of May 2024 by NGIS, Planet and NSW Imagery Hub.

This document provides steps on how to create a "Planet Story" within the Planet Explorer web browser.

Planet Labs Stories refers to a feature within Planet Explorer that allows users to browse, compare, and share visualizations of how the Earth is changing over time using Planet's satellite imagery.

This document provides information on "Getting Started with Planet Explorer".

It goes into how Planet Explorer enables uses to view daily and monthly imagery provided by Planet Labs as part of the Whole of Government subscription to the NSW Imagery Hub.

This guide goes through how to access your API Key and how to add Planet imagery into your ArcMap project if you are a NSW or Local Government employee.

Planet Basemaps is the monthly mosaic web service. This service allows staff to view the Planet Mosaic catalogue in ArcMap or QGIS as a Web Map Tile Service (WMTS).

This document provides information on how to view Planet Images in ArcPro.

Planet Basemaps is the monthly mosaic web service. This service allows staff to view the Planet Mosaic catalogue in AcrPro as a Web Map Tile Service (WMTS). You can access all your planet imagery directly in ArcPro.

This document has been prepared by NGIS on behalf of NSW DCCEEW EHG Spatial Imagery Team, last updated 5/02/2024.

This document has been created for the webinar on Tuesday 6th February 2024.

This tutorial will detail the following steps to use the tools and imagery available in the NSW Imagery Hub:
1. Getting Account & Logging in to Explorer
2. Finding API key & navigating user profile
3. Searching images & filtering including cloud cover
4. Session sharing
5. Snapshot tool
6. Compare and differ tool
7. Stories
8. Basemaps
9. Next steps

This document provides information on how to add Planet Monthly Basemaps into IntraMaps software via the WMTS option.

As a prerequisite you must have a Planet account and be a NSW Government employee or work for a NSW Local Council.

This document provides information on the Greater Sydney SkySat Basemap that is freely available to all NSW Government and Local Council employees who have a Planet account.

It will describe its:

• Purpose
• Technical background
• FAQ's
• Delivery methods

This document details methods available to integrate the Planet Labs satellite imagery into GIS programs. 

 A list of tools and integrations explored includes:

• Planet Explorer: https://www.planet.com/explorer
• Planet Basemap Viewer: https://www.planet.com/basemaps
• Planet ArcGIS Pro Add-in: https://learn.planet.com/download-arcgis-pro-add-in
• Planet QGIS Plugin: https://learn.planet.com/QGIS-Download-Now
NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the
Environment and Water (DCCEEW) Information
• Planet Basemap Web Tile Service Web Page: https://api.planet.com/basemaps/v1/services?api_key={APIKEY}
• Planet Account Page (for API Key): https://www.planet.com/account/#/

This document will show you some basic principles with Planet Satellite Imagery .

You will learn:

•About Remote Sensing and Earth Observation

•Understanding visual and temporal interpretation

•About spectral bands and indices

•Process for acquiring downloaded Planet data

•Analysis of downloaded 8-band PlanetScope and 4-band SkySat GeoTIFFs

•File metadata

This document goes through the basics of Planets Skysat imagery.

Background:

NSW Government have been capturing SkySat imagery since 2018. SkySat satellite passes twice a day capturing 50cm high resolution images. All imagery capture is dependent on cloud cover. SkySat is recommended for areas under 100sqkm and suitable for large and small property size investigation. All SkySat imagery captured for NSW Government is available to view online in Planet Explorer.

This document will show you some basic principles of AGOL.

Planet Basemaps is the monthly mosaic web service. This service allows NSW Government and Local Council staff to view the Planet Mosaic catalogue in AGOL as a Web Map Tile Service (WMTS). You can access all your planet imagery directly in AGOL.