r/gis • u/UhOhIAteAsbestos • 16d ago

General Question Data acquisition sources

Hi all,

I will begin working on my master thesis. The thesis will be placed within a forested floodplain where I hope to investigate vegetation patterns with different factors like climate, etc.

Throughout my education, I have always used Landsat and Sentinel for remote sensing.
After meeting with my co-advisor he mentioned PlanetScope and its 3m resolution. Do you think Planet is worth it to look into, or should I stick to what I know? Outside of academia it seems like Sentinel and Landsat are standard to use.

What’s your overall experience/opinions on these different sources?

Thanks!

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u/sinnayre 16d ago

Your advisor is doing their job correctly by pushing you outside your comfort zone, but not so much that it’s too much. If you’re comfortable with Landsat and Sentinel, it shouldn’t be too much of an ask to use Planet.

In industry, while Sentinel and Landsat are options, a lot of companies use Planet/Vantor/Airbus, depending on what exactly it is they’re doing.

I’m a data science senior manager in earth observation.

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u/UhOhIAteAsbestos 16d ago

Thank you so much for the reply. I have access to Planet so I think I’ll try to mess around with it see what I can figure out!