Ordering Vivid Mosaic Products

The instructions on this page apply to orders placed through the Hub user interface only. It does not apply to orders placed via the Ordering API.

You can order Vivid Mosaic products from the Mosaics panel.

The Order panel, shown ordering a Vivid Mosaics - 30 cm HD product.

  1. Select Mosaics. The Vivid Mosaics panel opens.

  2. Select the Vivid Mosaics product you want to order.

  3. In the Mosaics panel, select Order. The Order wizard opens.

    The Order button does not display in the Mosaics panel until you select a Vivid Mosaics product.

  4. In the Order Name field, enter a name for the order.

  5. Complete each section to define your order.

    By default, all orders are delivered to the Orders Manager.

    If you want to send your order to an additional file transfer location, select your desired location.

    • No Additional Delivery (Default)

    • STFP/FTPS Location

      1. (Optional) If you want to use a previously saved location for the order, select it from the Saved Locations drop-down.

      2. Select your protocol, then enter your credentials, host, port, and directory.

      3. To verify the connection, select Test Connection.

        A successful connection test is required to save the location and to order the image.

      4. (Optional) To save the location to use again later, select Save as Location. The location is added to the Saved Locations drop-down.

    • S3 Bucket

      1. (Optional) If you want to use a previously saved location for the order, select it from the Saved Locations drop-down.

      2. Enter your S3 bucket, folder, region, IAM access key, secret access key, and optional session token.

        • Use the Session Token field if you have a temporary STS token.

        • For regular access keys, leave the Session Token field blank.

        Be aware that STS tokens are valid for a maximum of 12 hours. As such, STS tokens are best suited for manually sending an order to an additional location after the initial order has been completed.

        Your S3 bucket must be in the AWS commercial cloud.

      3. To verify the connection, select Test Connection.

        A successful connection test is required to save the location and to order the image.

      4. (Optional) To save the location to use again later, select Save as Location. The location is added to the Saved Locations drop-down.

    • Google Cloud

      1. (Optional) If you want to use a previously saved location for the order, select it from the Saved Locations drop-down.

      2. Enter your service key, bucket, and folder.

        To select a service key from a location on your computer, select the paperclip .

      3. To verify the connection, select Test Connection.

        A successful connection test is required to save the location and to order the image.

      4. (Optional) To save the location to use again later, select Save as Location. The location is added to the Saved Locations drop-down.

    • Azure Cloud

      1. (Optional) If you want to use a previously saved location for the order, select it from the Saved Locations drop-down.

      2. Enter your connection string, bucket, and folder.

      3. To verify the connection, select Test Connection.

        A successful connection test is required to save the location and to order the image.

      4. (Optional) To save the location to use again later, select Save as Location. The location is added to the Saved Locations drop-down.

    • Saved Location

      • (Optional) If you want to use a previously saved location for the order, select it from the Saved Locations drop-down.

    • Select how you would like to clip the ordered area.

      • Use Viewport

        • To draw an AOI for the current viewport, select Re-Define.

        • To automatically zoom to the largest allowable clipped area, select Max Fit.

        • To automatically zoom to the smallest allowable clipped area, select Min Fit.

          Min Fit and Max Fit create areas based on center of the current viewport. Use the Re-Define, zoom and pan, and search tools to roughly select your desired location before using either of these zoom options.

      • Clip to Area

        • Select a saved area from the drop-down.Select a saved area from the drop-down or enter a search term.

          The search drop-down displays up to 25 saved areas. Selecting an area draws the AOI on the map and recalculates the order price for the selected area.

          If you try to place an order using an area that intersects with a georestricted location, you will receive an error.

    The estimated clipping area (in sq km) displays below the Clipping section, and updates when you make a selection.

    When ordering Vivid Mosaics, the clipped area must be larger than 0.1 sq km and smaller than 500,000 sq km.

    Select Min Fit or Max Fit to automatically zoom to an AOI that fits the smallest (min) or largest (max) allowable clipped area.

    Vivid Mosaics do not have full coverage. If there is not Vivid Mosaics coverage in your defined area, an error displays, alerting you that there is no content in the area. You will not be charged for an area where there is no coverage.

    Likewise, if there is only partial Vivid Mosaics coverage over your defined area, you will only be charged for the areas where there is coverage.

    Ordering clipping area and legend indicating the selected AOI and three Vivid coverage areas, which are included in the order.

    In this image, there are four small Vivid Mosaic coverage areas, despite a large clipping area selection. As shown in the legend, only the four Vivid Mosaic coverage areas are included in the order.

    Use the legend to identify the clipping area included in your order. This area may change as you select different clipping options.

    As you make and update order selections, the Price section displays a real-time quote. The charge is determined by the credit rate (credit cost per unit), multiplied by the number of units (in this case, sq km) in your clipped area.

    • Review the quote.

    In these two images, the clipping area affects the total charge because the number of units (sq km) has changed.

    This order is based on the Max Fit of the viewport, and costs 2594.105 credits.

    This order is based on the Min Fit of the viewport, and costs 13.614 credits.

    Note that rates shown here are for illustrative purposes only. They are not applicable to all imagery products, and they may not reflect rates in your instance of Hub.

  6. Select Continue.

  7. Check that your order looks correct, then select Place Order.

  8. After placing the order, a final confirmation displays your order ID, order name, order date, your order's options, and the total number of credits charged. Select Place Order to finish placing your order or Cancel to make edits.

    A final confirmation displays your order ID, order name, and order date. Select OK.

Track an order's status and download completed orders in the Orders panel. Orders expire after two weeks. See Orders.

More About Ordering Vivid Mosaics

You cannot select an output file format when ordering Vivid Mosaics. All Vivid Mosaic products are delivered using GeoTIFF with accompanying metadata files.