To order geospatial collections, you need to specify a geometry that you want to get. Different collections accept different geometry types.
Area of interest (AOI)
A AOI is represented by a polygon, a two-dimensional closed shape, defined by geographical coordinates. A single AOI or an upload file should contain no more than 999 vertices.
Depending on the collection, when ordering an AOI, you’ll either get full scenes intersecting the AOI or the exact area you defined.
Point of interest (POI)
A POI is represented by a point, a specific location, defined by longitude and latitude. A file with multipart points should contain no more than 999 vertices.
When ordering a POI, you’ll get a full scene centered on the defined POI.
| Geometry type | Supported for tasking | Supported for catalog | Supported for data management |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single AOI |  | | |
| Multipart AOI | |
Converted to a bounding box | |
| Single POI | |  | |
| Multipart POI | | | |
| Geometry type | Supported for tasking | Supported for catalog | Supported for data management |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point | | | |
| Polygon | | | |
| LineString | | | |
| MultiPoint | | | |
| MultiLineString | | | |
| MultiPolygon | |
Converted to a bounding box | |