Tasking limitations

When creating a tasking order, consider the technical limitations of a given collection. Some collections also have a minimum charge that applies to orders smaller than a certain size.

If a tasking collection also provides catalog data, it will have different catalog limitations.

• Coverage

  This specifies the geographic areas that can be captured by ordering a given collection.

• Input

  This specifies the input geometry type for a collection. Collections using AOI input geometries can have maximum and minimum size limits. The bounding area refers to the total area within the bounding box that encloses a given AOI.

  • Width (first value) corresponds to the east–west dimension.
  • Height (second value) corresponds to the north–south dimension.

  You can’t create an order if your AOI size exceeds these limits.

• Cloud coverage

  This specifies the maximum cloud coverage that can be selected for a collection.

• Output

  This specifies how imagery will be delivered.