by Joseph Mascaro on Feb 17, 2016

At Planet Labs, we’ve made it our mission to make global change visible, accessible, and actionable—but we can’t do it alone. That’s why today we’re announcing our Ambassadors program, which empowers researchers, scientists, and social impact practitioners with access to our unique dataset. To power their work over a six month period, […]

by Robbie Schingler on Feb 1, 2016

Today, Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, stopped by the Lab. I speak for myself and everyone at Planet Labs when I say that we are honored to welcome Prime Minister Rutte to our San Francisco office. He joined us today as part of a larger tour of innovative technology companies in the […]

by Alessandro Isaacs on Jan 27, 2016

It’s a big day for us here at Planet. After months of hard work, we are pleased to offer historical RapidEye imagery to customers and partners through the Planet Scenes Explorer web application. In 2016 we will make the entire RapidEye archive accessible dating back to 2009.

by Alessandro Isaacs on Jan 12, 2016

We are excited to introduce the ability to view scenes from Landsat 8 in the Planet Scenes Explorer. You can now view and order Landsat data directly in the web application. To explore the data: 1) Select an area of interest 2) Open the filter panel 3) You’ll notice a new section […]

by Trevor Hammond on Dec 9, 2015

Astronauts often talk about the “Overview Effect”— a realization that we’re all living together on a small, fragile “pale blue dot”. At Planet we look at imagery from space everyday. It’s hard not to experience this effect as we watch mines deepen, cities flourish, and rivers change course from above. That’s why […]