Microsoft planetary computer (MPC) platform introduction, registration and comparison

1. Platform profile

1.1 Introduce

Microsoft Planetary Computer ( hereinafter referred to as MPC), It's a service for Environmental Science Sustainability and Earth science Research cloud computing platform . The platform was developed by Microsoft , It is currently in the internal testing stage , Users can obtain permission through simple application .

MPC It's made up of four main parts ：

Data sets ：PB Level of geoscience data , Hosted in Azure On , And provide users with free use .

Data search ： Users can search for relevant data across space and time API.

Data processing ： A fully managed computing environment , Enable scientists to process a large number of geospatial data sets .

Related applications ： Applications developed by Microsoft and related partners , Directly callable .

The information of the platform can be viewed from the official promotional video ：

1.2 Development support

at present MPC Support JavaScript、Python、R Three development languages , And it's based on Tensorflow、PyTorch、Qgis And other virtual development environments . Locally available VS code Develop accordingly ：

1.3 Existing data sets

at present MPC There is relatively little data , So I have listed all the data I have :

Biodiversity：

HGB: Harmonized Global Biomass for 2010(300m Resolution 2010 Annual biomass density map )

MoBI: Map of Biodiversity Importance( Of the American continent 2216 Habitat of endangered species )

DEM：

ALOS World 3D-30m(ALOS Satellite acquired global 30m The resolution of the DEM)

Copernicus DEM GLO-30（ Copernicus' global plan 30m The resolution of the DEM）

Copernicus DEM GLO-90（ Copernicus' global plan 90m The resolution of the DEM）

NASADEM HGT v001（ The global 30m Of DEM）

USGS 3DEP Seamless DEMs（1 To 60 Meter resolution of the United States DEM）

Fire：

MTBS: Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity（ Us fire severity products ）

Imagery:

ASTER L1T

GOES-R Cloud & Moisture Imagery（ Cloud and water vapor imaging products ）

Landsat 8 Collection 2 Level-2（Landsat Second level product of ）

NAIP: National Agriculture Imagery Program（ Contains high-resolution aerial images ）

Sentinel-2 Level-2A（ The secondary product of sentry satellite ）

Infrastructure:

HREA: High Resolution Electricity Access（ Light data ,VIIRS Satellite images capture global power ）

Land use/Land cover:

Esri 10-Meter Land Cover（ The global 10m Land cover ）

USGS Gap Land Cover（ Land cover in the United States ）

Water:

JRC Global Surface Water（ be based on Landsat Global water bodies ）

2. register

Enter the official , Link to ：https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/

Click to enter Explore Interface , Select the data you are interested in , I chose sentinel data here

Click to enter an image , Select the brackets that represent the encoding , A calling code will pop up , Click again on the Launch Hub：

At this time, choose to log in with Microsoft account （ The default is your computer Microsoft account number ）, If you don't have a Microsoft account, you can register a Microsoft account first ：

at present MPC It's in the internal test stage , Use MPC You need to apply for permission , Click on request access：

Fill in personal information , This should be filled in according to the real information ：

After filling in , Submit , The submitted information will be displayed , Generally wait One day You can get permission by left or right . If you don't have permission , You can send an email to the official , Express your willingness to use the platform .

Last , After passing the application , You can enter MPC Code ：

If you are not used to online operation , You can also use VS code Make local configuration （ They are all products of Microsoft , Good support ）:

3. Platform comparison

At present, remote sensing cloud computing platforms are emerging , Has begun to change the way remote sensing data are processed . I have simply sorted out the following four platforms , As shown below ：

platform	Google Earth Engine(GEE)	PIE-Engine(PIE)	Microsoft Planetary Computer(MPC)	ESA-USGS
manufacturer	Google	Space grand plan	Microsoft	esa 、 U.S. Geological Survey
Public measurement time	2015 year	2020 year	Internal testing stage , Not yet in public beta	The development phase
Official programming language	JavaScript、Python	JavaScript、Python	JavaScript、Python、R	No information
Number of data sets	495 Data sets	143 Data sets	17 Data sets	No information
network connections	Need scientific Internet	Direct connection	Direct connection	No information
remarks	The pioneer of remote sensing cloud computing	Domestic independent controllable	Focus on climate change and earth protection	No information

The number of data sets comes from the official website , Through data sets HTML Count the number of tags （ By the time ：2021 year 12 month 20 Japan ）. among ESA-USGS Remote sensing cloud computing platform is the news released this year , It's currently in the development phase , The official online time is unknown .

4. At the end

（1）MPC, Backed by international manufacturers , It can ensure a high degree of completion of this platform . It is not directly related to GEE For standard , Instead, find your own starting point ： Global environmental change .

（2） in consideration of GEE There have been , It is easy to apply through the user at the beginning , At present, the application is rather cumbersome . If readers are interested in studying remote sensing Cloud Computing , Register as soon as possible MPC.

（3） You can go to “ Geoscience remote sensing data collection ”（www.gisrsdata.com） Get more data .