Overview: Imagery Panel

Use the search box to quickly find a location, address, coordinates, or image IDs.

When entering a location or address in the search box, matching locations auto-populate in a list. You can optionally select a location from the list to quickly jump to that location. When searching for one or more image IDs, images are added as areas in the search results.

See Searching.

Opens the Global Default Filters menu.

Set global default filter options for all areas. When you set or change global default filters, all areas inherit these settings.

The Imagery Type drop-down is a type of filter that defines which the product categories display in the Imagery panel (e.g., core imagery, stereo imagery, Vivid Mosaics). Core Imagery is selected by default.

To see more details about a product category, hover over the information icon .

Select the New Area tool to draw polygons and rectangles, or to import an existing area.

Export all areas to a GeoJSON, KML, or shapefile. Copy all areas' details to the clipboard for use in another program.

See Exporting Areas.

Shows imagery collected within the past 72 hours.

See Showing Recent Collects.

The number of selected areas and total number of areas.

Deselect all areas.

Select all areas.

Available areas. Select an area name to edit it. In the viewport, the selected area is outlined in blue.

Export the selected area to a GeoJSON, KML, or shapefile. Copy the area's details to the clipboard for use in another program.

See Exporting Areas.

Copy area details, rename the area, edit the area, or delete the area.

See Editing Areas, Deleting Areas, Renaming Areas, and Copying Area Details.

Percentage of the area currently covered by selected imagery. Making additional image selections, removing the current selections, or editing the size of the area may increase or decrease the imagery coverage percentage.

Shows the active area's size in sq km. If you edit the area, the area size updates accordingly.

Select an area.

Add selected imagery in selected areas to your cart.

See Adding Imagery to Your Cart.

Tile view is the default view for imagery results.

If you are in list view, select this option to switch back to tile view.

Switch from card view to list view.

Opens the Sort By menu. You can sort imagery results by several different attributes, depending on the product type selected (e.g., Core imagery can be sorted by acquisition date, ground sample distance, image clouds, image off nadir, selected images, or sensor; Vivid Mosaics can be sorted by selected images or date). By default, search results are sorted with your selected images on top.

• To sort in ascending order, select the attribute once.

• To sort in descending order, select the attribute twice.

• An arrow indicating sort direction displays next to the active sort filter.

  	Sorted in ascending order
  	Sorted in descending order

Apply filters to the selected area to narrow down the imagery results to view imagery most relevant to you. You can set different filter criteria for each area in your search results.

See Filtering Areas.

The number of images currently selected out of the number of the number of images available.

By default, the imagery results that are the most recent and provide the best coverage for the area are automatically selected and load in the viewport.

Deselects all selected images.

By default, the imagery results that are the most recent and provide the best coverage for the area are automatically selected and load in the viewport. You can add or remove images by selecting the checkbox next to the desired image.

Hover over any image tile to show its footprint in the viewport.

Each imagery card shows basic image metadata. You can view:

• Collection Date

• Collection Time

• Source

• Area Cloud Cover

• Area Off Nadir

Each imagery card shows a thumbnail of the image relative to the viewport. Refer to the thumbnail to help determine the imagery you want to select.

You can also do the following with thumbnails:

• Hover over any image tile to show its footprint in the viewport.

• Drag and drop any item in your search results to manually reorder the results. Your image selections "restack" in the viewport accordingly; selections at the top of the Area Imagery Results panel display on top of selections below them in the panel.

Select the Image Menu to perform additional imagery tasks, such as viewing in-depth imagery metadata or zooming to the extent of the image.

Expand any row to view additional metadata about that image.

	Expand an image row.
	Collapse an image row.

After expanding an image's metadata, it appears below that image. The metadata you can view depends on the product type you selected from the product drop-down.

Select View to open a low-resolution browse image in a separate tab.

Right-click the browse link and select Save Link As... to save the browse image to your computer.

Tile view is the default view for imagery results.

If you are in list view, select this option to switch back to tile view.

Switch from card view to list view.

Opens the Sort By menu. You can sort imagery results by several different attributes, depending on the product type selected (e.g., Core imagery can be sorted by acquisition date, ground sample distance, image clouds, image off nadir, selected images, or sensor; Vivid Mosaics can be sorted by selected images or date). By default, search results are sorted with your selected images on top.

• To sort in ascending order, select the attribute once.

• To sort in descending order, select the attribute twice.

• An arrow indicating sort direction displays next to the active sort filter.

  	Sorted in ascending order
  	Sorted in descending order

Apply filters to the selected area to narrow down the imagery results to view imagery most relevant to you. You can set different filter criteria for each area in your search results.

See Filtering Areas.

The number of images currently selected out of the number of the number of images available.

By default, the imagery results that are the most recent and provide the best coverage for the area are automatically selected and load in the viewport.

By default, the imagery results that are the most recent and provide the best coverage for the area are automatically selected and load in the viewport. You can add or remove images by selecting the checkbox next to the desired image.

Hover over any image tile to show its footprint in the viewport.

List view allows you to easily see and compare metadata for multiple images at once.

Drag and drop any item in your search results to manually reorder the results. Your image selections "restack" in the viewport accordingly; selections at the top of the Area Imagery Results panel display on top of selections below them in the panel.

Select the Image Menu to perform additional imagery tasks, such as viewing in-depth imagery metadata or zooming to the extent of the image.

Expand any row to view additional metadata about that image.

	Expand an image row.
	Collapse an image row.

After expanding an image's metadata, it appears below that image. The metadata you can view depends on the product type you selected from the product drop-down.

Select View to open a low-resolution browse image in a separate tab.

Right-click the browse link and select Save Link As... to save the browse image to your computer.