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blue-tarp-planetscope·dataset

Satellite Imagery Behind Hurricane Ida Roof-Damage Map

Hurricane Ida - Blue Tarps PlanetScope Image
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. The PlanetScope satellite photos of the Hurricane Ida disaster area that were used to detect blue tarps on damaged roofs.

How it's made. Captured by Planet Labs' PlanetScope constellation of small optical satellites.

How & where you'd use it. Provides the underlying imagery for spotting damaged buildings and guiding hurricane recovery.

What's measured

bluetarpplanetscope

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2017-02-11 → 2022-02-12
  • Spatial extent-90.274, 18.304, -65.976, 30.052
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

Blue tarps were detected in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida using Planet Imagery. The detection algorithm involved segmenting out blue pixels from the buildings in the affected region. This collection contains PlanetScope images used for detection.

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("blue-tarp-planetscope")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).