Planet Imagery
Satellite imagery has greatly advanced during the past years and has become widely used in many research areas. Planet launched their first satellites in 2015, and now over 300 million square kilometers of imagery are collected each day. A team led by PI Zhenong Jin (assistant professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering; MSI PI) and co-PIs Hui Kong (assistant professor, Urban and Regional Planning) and Len Kne (Director, U-Spatial Twin Cities; MSI PI) have formed an agreement with Planet that will provide access to the high-resolution (3-5m) planetary imagery archive for research and learning to all faculty, staff and students throughout the University of Minnesota System. This project was recently awarded a UMII Seed Grant.
A database will also be constructed to include publications and presentations that were made possible using planet imagery. The group will also create communities of practice around planet imagery to allow sharing of expertise and experience. U-Spatial will handle administration of this resource in the long term; more information can be found on their website.
MSI will be developing training materials for MSI users who want to use their data within MSI’s HPC environment. If you’re interested in using this resource, see the following:
This Seed Grant falls under the Robotics, Sensors, and Advanced Manufacturing, Securing the Global Food Supply, and Conserving Our Environment research areas of the MnDRIVE initiative.
Research Computing partners:
- U-Spatial
- University of Minnesota Informatics Institute
- Minnesota Supercomputing Institute
