Planet Explorer Beta

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Post by natthub » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 6:25 PM UTC

Planet Explorer Beta
planet.com

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

#2

Post by spdy » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:16 PM UTC

Someone want to explain? It does not look free what is it useful for? Looks like Google Maps with a timeslider.

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

#3

Post by notimetorelax » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:18 PM UTC

spdy wrote: post #2

Someone want to explain? It does not look free what is it useful for? Looks like Google Maps with a timeslider.

In the video they are saying that the imagery will be available under CC license.

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

#4

Post by iheredia » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:18 PM UTC

Map projection feels weird. Anyone knows which one are they using?

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

#5

Post by gkoberger » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:24 PM UTC

spdy wrote: post #2

Someone want to explain? It does not look free what is it useful for? Looks like Google Maps with a timeslider.

If I'm not mistaken, the benefit of Planet over Google Maps is that all imagery on Planet is less than 24 hours old. So, you can see daily snapshots of different locations.

The time slider is huge (albeit potentially creepy)... you can see before and afters of a disaster, check if someone's car was parked outside on a certain day, watch progress of construction, etc.

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

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Post by mbrookes » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:28 PM UTC

Wonder how long they'll get away with using a variation on the lonely planet logo?

https://www.google.com/search?q=lonely+planet&tbm=isch

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

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Post by zouhair » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:30 PM UTC

gkoberger wrote: post #5

spdy wrote: post #2

Someone want to explain? It does not look free what is it useful for? Looks like Google Maps with a timeslider.

If I'm not mistaken, the benefit of Planet over Google Maps is that all imagery on Planet is less than 24 hours old. So, you can see daily snapshots of different locations. The time slider is huge (albeit potentially creepy)... you can see before and afters of a disaster, check if someone's car was parked outside on a certain day, watch progress of construction, etc.

Sound like some version of Eye In The Sky[0], scary and unsettling.

[0]: http://www.radiolab.org/story/eye-sky/

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

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Post by thetwentyone » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:30 PM UTC

It was inevitable that the tech would progress to this, and continue getting higher resolution and more frequent.

Account may be required, but here's an excellent example of the use: The Oroville Dam.

https://www.planet.com/explorer/#/geometry/POLYGON((-121.518...

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

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Post by pazrul » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:30 PM UTC

iheredia wrote: post #4

Map projection feels weird. Anyone knows which one are they using?

Looks like Web Mercator. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator)

It's the same projection most online maps use, which is a bummer. Equirectangular (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection) is much easier to grok (IMHO) and is supported out of the box by D3.

Re: Planet Explorer Beta

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Post by jofer » Fri, Mar 10, 2017, 7:35 PM UTC

pazrul wrote: post #9

iheredia wrote: post #4

Map projection feels weird. Anyone knows which one are they using?

Looks like Web Mercator. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Mercator ) It's the same projection most online maps use, which is a bummer. Equirectangular ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection ) is much easier to grok (IMHO) and is supported out of the box by D3.

Equirectangular is not a projection. For all of web mercator's faults, it at least preserves direction, which is nice when you're looking at streets/etc locally. Regardless, all of the web mapping stuff standardized on web mercator ages ago. Like it or not, for web mapping, you're stuck with web mercator, unless you want to serve your own streets/etc.