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Task High-Resolution Imagery

The Tasking Dashboard is a graphical user interface that streamlines order submission and management. The Tasking Dashboard also provides the ability to preview the image captures taken for orders.

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The Tasking Dashboard is optimized for Desktop browsers only, currently only Chrome and Firefox.

Manage your Account

Select the Account icon in the top right corner to manage your account or logout. account_options_tada.webp

Hover on the account icon to view which account you are currently signed into.

From the Planet Account page, you can:

  • View personal account settings
  • Update or disable your profile
  • Change the account password
  • Review orders
  • Receive invitations
  • View the usage of organizational accounts
  • View the quota bars for current tasking quota usage
  • Run Quota Usage reports for a detailed breakdown of information about quota availability and usage
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The Usage reports do not include Data on orders from before November 17, 2022.

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Quota Usage

There are several available methods to track estimated quota usage and availability:

  • From the Planet Account Page, you can view the quota bars for tasking quota usage, and run Quota Usage reports. Manage Your Account provides complete details.
  • As you enter a tasking order, a quota preview displays the estimated quota in sq km directly in the Tasking Dashboard Order Summary. Quota estimates are dynamically updated as you input and adjust requirements.

Estimated Quota

Estimated Quota

You can open the order creation window directly with the following URL:

https://www.planet.com/tasking/orders/new

You can prepopulate order fields in the order creation form by providing additional query parameters after the order entry URL. For example:

https://www.planet.com/tasking/orders/new/?name=order-name&geometry=POINT(13.2275 52.5897)

To access Deeplink, always start from the order entry /orders/new and then append the query parameters.

https://www.planet.com/tasking/orders/new/?name=TestOrder&plNumber=PL-Example&product=One Time Tasking&geometry=POINT(13.2275 52.5897)

Supported Parameters

Use the following parameters in the Deeplink URL.

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All fields are optional. However, product-specific fields require a valid plNumber.

Fields without dependencies.

FieldValue
nameMaximum 80 characters
geometryGeometry in WKT format
plNumberValid plNumber

Fields that depend on a plNumber

FieldValue
productProduct name which belongs to given plNumber
startTimeDate in YYYYMMDD or YYYY-MM-DD format. For example, 2020-06-30
endTimeDate in YYYYMMDD or YYYY-MM-DD format and must be later than startTime
orderTypeSpecific order type that is allowed for chosen product
nStereoPovNumber of stereo collects for orderType STEREO only
satElevationAngleMaxSatellite elevation angle max value
satElevationAngleMinSatellite elevation angle min value

For example:

https://www.planet.com/tasking/orders/new/?name=SFO order&plNumber=PL-Impact&product=One Time Tasking&orderType=IMAGE&geometry=POINT(-122.38627 37.616862)

Order Entry

Example with all supported parameters:

https://www.planet.com/tasking/orders/new/?name=mock_order&plNumber=PL-TEST&product=Basemap&orderType=IMAGE&geometry=POINT (-98.934519 19.724712&satElevationAngleMax=90&satElevationAngleMin=60