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Catalog Planet Labs Plugin

Catalog Planet Labs makes it easy to add images from Planet Labs API. This plugin, a panel window, lets you get images from the Planet Labs API(Version 1), by performing searches for images that intersect with the extent of the map window.

Steps:

The API Key:
When run the first time the plugin, will need enter the Key.
If you want save yours key, mark 'Register', so, the next time, you won't need type again.
After the key has been typed or registered, you can copy this to clipboard or clean its the register.

Yours key define the type of license for using images(download and tiles service).
Search images
First, you need have a layer in view. Next you go to a region where you want the images.
Select the image type(Planet, Rapideye or Skysat) and, the range of dates.
The Search will made using the extent of view and the range of dates. The result will be a catalog layer.
Catalog layer is a temporary vector layer with footprint of images and their metadata.
The catalog layer has a custom form and actions.
Add images
You can add XYZ tiles or TIF files. If catalog layer have some features(images) selected, only the images of features selected will go added, otherwise, all images of catalog layer will go added.
For download TIF images, the image need be active in Planet server(status). Only analytic images will be download.
- See metadata if your image is active for download. You can use the expression for select, you can do a double click in status item(Key), and, the expression will be created and send to clipboard. If you make a double click in value of status, the value will go to clipboard.
  Example:
  map_get( map_get( map_get( json_to_map( "meta_json" ), 'assets_status' ), 'a_analytic' ), 'status' ) = 'active'
- When you are downloading, the status of images are updated, if the value is inactive, the download will request to activate.
- If have images with status different of 'active', will be show a message with the theirs total.
The monthly mosaic images can only be added how XYZ tiles.