Setting up the Microsoft Planetary Computer

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“Supporting sustainability decision-making with the power of the cloud”

The Planetary Computer combines a multi-petabyte catalog of global environmental data with intuitive APIs, a flexible scientific environment that allows users to answer global questions about that data, and applications that put those answers in the hands of conservation stakeholders. I think that Planetary computer is somewhat similar to Google Earth Engine. Here are several benefits that Planetary Computer provides:

a. Data Catalog

The Planetary Computer includes petabytes of environmental monitoring data, in consistent, analysis-ready formats, accessible through our APIs as well as directly available via Azure Storage.

b. API

The Planetary Computer API makes it easy for users to find exactly the data they need, simplifying search and discovery across our Data Catalog.

c. Hub

The Planetary Computer Hub is a development environment that makes our data and APIs accessible through familiar, open-source tools, and allows users to easily scale their analyses.

d. Application

Partners all over the world are building on top of the Planetary Computer…