Planet provides access to a daily snapshot of the Earth’s land surfaces and coastal areas. If you would like access, please fill out this form. First check to see if you are part of a lab on campus that has its own Planet group, which can be found listed below. If you would like to create a sub-organization for your lab, there is an option on the form. You will be asked to re-register each spring.

If you already have an existing Planet Labs account associated with your @ucsb.edu email, please email us at dreamlab@library.ucsb.edu first, so we can have Planet grandfather your account into our organization. 

More information about the imagery is below the video.

West Campus 2022-2023

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Sub-Organizations

Sub-Organizations exist so that lab groups can work together. Current Sub-Organizations are:
*updated as of 6/12/23

  • Benioff Ocean Science
  • CCBER
  • Climate Hazards
  • EDGE Lab
  • EmLab
  • ESCAD
  • GeoMorph
  • Jasechko Lab
  • Lambert Lab
  • McFadden Lab
  • NCEAS
  • SAND Lab
  • SeaSketch
  • SONGS MMP
  • Systemics
  • Tague Lab
  • TectGeo
  • Valentine
  • VIPER Lab
  • VOLCSEIS
  • Waves

Planet Labs users are expected to provide the Library with notice when planning grant-funded projects using Planet imagery and when they publish their work.

Planet Labs has extensive documentation

Planet provides:

  • PlanetSat: ~ 3m 4 band imagery of the entire planet each day
  • SkySat: a growing archive of .5 m multi-channel imagery
  • Online analysis tools
  • A simple set of storymap tools (right-click on image below for playback controls)
  • Access to imagery via an API

Thanks to the Office of Research for providing 3 years of funding for Planet.

Lake Cachuma Water Levels: August 2022 - February 2023