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When you work with single-channel images, you need to focus in depth on a narrow range of values and clearly evaluate researched data.

If you want to download Sentinel-2 satellite data, then you’ve come to the right place! Our Satellite Images API was created exactly for this purpose.

This article is a step-by-step description of of how to work with polygons using our instruments QueryBuilder and Agro API. The previous part explained to you how to use your personal account of the OpenWeather company, be sure to use it before starting to read this article.

1) Satellite data search.
1.1. Selection of suppliers or distributors of satellite data.
1.2. Data search in archives. Search is based on the following criteria: - date of satellite imagery, percent of cloud coverage, type of satellite imagery system, level of data preprocessing, geographical area of interest (AOI).

This April, the OpenWeather company presented a brand new product, Agro API, which was intended to change the working process of agricultural applications. Our algorithms for collecting and processing satellite scenes and weather data combined with the simplified delivery of prepared products to the end user make this product wholly unique and convenient.

Today, we would like to look in more detail at one of the essential elements of our Agro API, Satellite images API. Satellite images API is the dataset from the Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2 satellites on the basis of which we calculate quantitative indices, such as NDVI, EVI, and others, and from which we also obtain ready-made images of territories in TRUE and False color, NDVI, and EVI. 

We provide a historical data as well as satellite images that are as up-to-date as possible (allowing for the data source and cloud cover) for the very nearest time period. These satellite images are available to all account users, including those who are using the free package. For non-paying users, the range for satellite data requests is 6 days.  For the paid service, it is one year.  Learn more.

Please note that there are limitations on the total area for which data can be requested as well as the number of requests that can be made per minute. However, should you exceed these figures, we will continue to provide you with the data you need so that your work is not affected and your customers do not run and hide!*

All of the details and the full set of the Agro API capabilities can be viewed here.
As always, we would be glad to hear your remarks and suggestions regarding our product!

* At the end of your billing month, we will provide you with a separate bill for any additional area, beyond the tariff limits, for which you requested data.

Objectives:
As farms mainly consist of crop fields, which can be hundreds of acres in size, much time and resources are demanded of farmers in obtaining an accurate picture of the overall condition of these farms.
Drying out of plants or, conversely, an excess of moisture and a rise in the number of pests: these can all take their toll on the size and quality of the harvest and demand a rapid response. There are also such problems as the danger of overusing fertilizers, which poses a threat not only in terms of extra costs but also in that it is harmful to the environment and primarily to the health of farmers themselves.
To maximize harvests, constant monitoring is required throughout the season; and it is not easy finding the time to keep up with changes for each crop, not to mention monitoring the condition of every single acre. When deciding on long-term plans, a comparative analysis has to be carried out for both the usual course of the seasonal cycle and, in particular, any crises that have arisen.
To assess the current situation and to keep track of changes compared with preceding seasons and with the condition of neighboring fields, accurate information on both the past and the present is needed as well as future forecasts that are as precise as possible.

Solutions:
There are currently numerous services that help with managing farms for any acreage: checking boundaries and nutrient and moisture intake, monitoring the negative effects of weather conditions and diseases, and controlling pest numbers. And this can all be done without having to visit the fields, just by using a phone or tablet screen or a PC.

It is exactly to provide these services that OpenWeather offers a wide range of APIs for different weather and satellite data combined in the one product, Agro API, with universal and simple syntax.

OpenWeatherMap team are pleased to announce that we are launching a new product aimed primarily at specialists developing agricultural services and addressing the specific requirements of this sector. This product is also geared toward the insurance and banking sector and can be used as a farm rating tool.

As part of this product, we are providing an API for receiving weather data (current weather, forecasts and history), satellite data (current and historical) and weather and vegetation indices based upon this.  As well as the data we already provide in other products, here we have added specialized agricultural indices such as soil temperature and moisture, accumulated temperature, cumulative precipitation and satellite data*: images from space and vegetation indices (EVI and NDVI) based upon them. Weather data can be requested both for a particular point and for a polygon. Find out more here.
We are offering you the chance to try out our free package. All you have to do is set up a user account** and you will receive a personal API key.

We have also put together paid services as part of which the user is provided with a wider range of functions, which you can find out about here

* Currently, as part of the existing paid packages, we are providing data that is of the utmost relevance to agribusiness. Other territories can be added upon request.
** Users who are already registered can use their username and password for their new account

We look forward to your feedback and comments! We will be glad to answer any questions you might have.

Crop farming covers around 40% of the globe and uses 85% of its fresh water.
Often, in countries where agriculture constitutes the principal occupation of farmers, due to drought and overpopulation, they find themselves in a constant battle to maintain everyday resources such as food and water etc. In such cases, productivity and crop prices assume critical importance. And they, in turn, depend primarily on atmospheric factors and soil conditions.

An example of one of the services for agricultural applications offered by VANE has now been added to the Query Builder interface.

The Polygon tool allows you to isolate any outline you want in the photograph, process the satellite images in RGB and EVI, and arrange any color palette with any scale for a specific area.
It is possible to edit it, obtain data on the depicted polygon and download it from the geojson file.

 Then you can get the URL with the assembled polygon and copy it to your site