PlanetScope

Leaf integrates with Planet to deliver PlanetScope imagery at 3-meter resolution with near-daily revisit times. Leaf handles the subscription process internally, fetching both back-fill and forward-fill images based on the dates you specify.

PlanetScope imagery is billed by area.

When you create a satellite field with providers: ["planet"], Leaf first checks whether Planet is enabled for your API owner. If Planet is not enabled, field creation fails before the subscription is created.

Supported item and asset types

Leaf supports the PSScene item type with these asset types:

ortho_analytic_8b_sr

Atmospherically corrected surface reflectance. This is the default and the most commonly used asset type. Leaf produces 13 images per pass.

Band	Name
1	Coastal Blue
2	Blue
3	Green I
4	Green
5	Yellow
6	Red
7	Red Edge
8	Near-infrared

ortho_analytic_8b

Radiometrically calibrated analytic image stored as 16-bit scaled radiance. Same 8 bands as ortho_analytic_8b_sr. Leaf produces 13 images per pass.

ortho_visual

Color-corrected visual image with 3 bands (Red, Blue, Green). Leaf produces 2 images per pass.

ortho_udm2

Usable data mask (Cloud 2.0). Contains 8 bands:

Band	Description
1	Clear map
2	Snow map
3	Shadow map
4	Light haze map
5	Heavy haze map
6	Cloud map
7	Confidence map
8	Unusable pixels

ortho_analytic_8b_xml

Radiometrically calibrated analytic image metadata.

Requesting multiple asset types

You can request more than one asset type per satellite field. Specify them in the assetTypes array when creating the field:

{
  "externalId": "my-field-001",
  "providers": ["planet"],
  "assetTypes": ["ortho_analytic_8b_sr", "ortho_udm2"],
  "geometry": {
    "type": "MultiPolygon",
    "coordinates": [...]
  }
}

If you omit assetTypes, Leaf defaults to ortho_analytic_8b_sr.

Checking the subscription

GET /services/satellite/api/fields/{id}/subscription Returns the active subscription details for a Planet-enabled field, including planetAssetTypes, planetItemTypes, and startDate.

Geometry requirements

Planet has stricter geometry requirements than Sentinel-2:

The geometry must be valid (no self-intersections).
Maximum vertices: 1,500.
Minimum inner ring area: 1.0 m².

Field creation fails if these requirements are not met.

What to do next

Satellite Overview — How the crop monitoring service works and provider comparison.
Sentinel-2 — Free imagery at 10m resolution.
API Reference: Satellite — Full endpoint reference.

Getting Started

Configuration

Alerts

Leaf Users

Connecting Providers

Data Hierarchy

Machine Data

Satellite Imagery

Weather

Soil Sampling

Leaf Lake

UI Components

MCP Server

Irrigation

Beta

Administration

Supported item and asset types

ortho_analytic_8b_sr

ortho_analytic_8b

ortho_visual

ortho_udm2

ortho_analytic_8b_xml

Requesting multiple asset types

Checking the subscription

Geometry requirements

What to do next

​Supported item and asset types

​ortho_analytic_8b_sr

​ortho_analytic_8b

​ortho_visual

​ortho_udm2

​ortho_analytic_8b_xml

​Requesting multiple asset types

​Checking the subscription

​Geometry requirements

​What to do next

Supported item and asset types

ortho_analytic_8b_sr

ortho_analytic_8b

ortho_visual

ortho_udm2

ortho_analytic_8b_xml

Requesting multiple asset types

Checking the subscription

Geometry requirements

What to do next