Standard Tasking Tutorial
Read this tutorial if you are looking for a step-by-step guide on how to create an individual standard tasking order, monitor its status and get data delivered from start to finish.
In this guide, you will learn how to:
- Select a contract to use for your order
- Select the standard tasking product
- Provide order parameters and run feasibility checks
- Retrieve the price of the order and place a tasking order
- Monitor an order’s status
- Receive the data
Dashboard contract selection
The tasking flow starts with selecting a contract that provides you access to the tasking section of the SatVu platform. More information about what the contract includes is available under Accessing SatVu platform.
You can see all your available contracts on the Dashboard page. Every contract is defined by its name and unique identifier.
Please note that in order to access tasking, your contract must have at least one tasking product enabled. Speak to your SatVu contact if the “Tasking” option is not available.
Once you click on “Tasking →”, the web app opens a tasking page. From here you can choose which tasking product you want to access. You will see the selected contract on any page within the web app.
Data ordering
When you open the Tasking tab, you will see the map interface. There is an expandable sidebar which allows you to select the tasking product and set tasking order parameters. Those parameters differ for standard and assured tasking products.
The process of creating a standard tasking product consists of the following steps:
- Provide the location of the tasking order
- Select the Standard Tasking product
- Set up tasking parameters
- Run a feasibility study and retrieve the price
- Place an order
Providing location
Use the map to browse to the desired location of the tasking order. You can zoom in on a location by using the map tools, or search for a specific location or coordinates through the search field at the top.
Tasking orders require you to specify a point geometry. To do so, select the POI icon in the map tools and select the point on the map you wish to task for.
Selecting the Standard Tasking product
Once a POI has been placed on the map, the tasking panel will open. From here you can select the Standard Tasking product.
Please note that in order to access Standard Tasking, your contract must have the Standard Tasking product enabled. Speak to your SatVu contact if you would like to add Standard Tasking to your product selection.
Setting up tasking parameters
The standard tasking product has a sidebar with a selection of tasking parameters and a map interface.
The map displays a point for the target point geometry, along with a circle highlighting the area which SatVu will guarantee to cover within the collected scene. More information about it is under Tasking order.
You can use the sidebar to specify the time frame, the imagery mode, maximum cloud coverage and a range of off-nadir angle values. More information about order parameters is provided on the Tasking order page.
Running a feasibility check
Once you’ve set tasking parameters you can run a feasibility check and a price estimation by clicking on “Check feasibility”. You don’t pay anything at this stage.
If the tasking order is feasible, you will see the word “Feasible” in yellow in the sidebar along with the price, current credit limit and a button to submit a tasking order. If not, you will be prompted to amend your request.
Order Add ons
Before placing an order, you can select some additional order parameters. The available options for each parameter is specified in your contract, with a price uplift associated with each option.
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Licence level | Select the licence level to be associated with the order. The terms of use for each licence level are defined within the End User Licence Agreement (EULA) |
| Withhold | Select whether you wish to withhold an image from the catalog for a selected period of time |
| Order name | A user defined name to assign to the order for easy identification |
Placing an order
As soon as you click “Submit for Tasking”, the tasking order is placed. SatVu platform will deduct money from your account but payment won’t be taken until an order is successfully delivered.
You can either stay on the Tasking page and place more tasking orders or check the status of your order on the Orders page.
Tracking orders and downloading data
The Orders page gives you an overview of all orders placed under a given contract. You can filter by catalog and tasking orders. Statuses are updated automatically and you can have multiple action items based on them:
- While the order has the status
Staged, you are able to cancel the order. More information is available under Tasking order. - As soon as the tasking order is fulfilled, the Download button becomes active.
The Orders page has two main views for discovering orders: list view and split view.
While the list view provides information about tasking orders and their parameters, the split view also enables exploring orders on the map. That helps locate the order and retrieve information about its status.
