Acquire data for a planning study
Request imagery, thermal observations or elevation for a study boundary and date range. Receive data for your existing GIS or reporting workflow.
What you take away
Study data with capture and product details
Solutions / Cities, heat and planning
Bring satellite data into your next planning decision.
Acquire the observations your study needs, compare land cover or surface heat, and create a neighborhood review app around local boundaries and planning priorities.
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Explore a workflow for this industry. The app preview uses illustrative data; contact us to discuss your own sites, requirements and access.
For your team
- Planning consultants
- Municipal climate teams
- Urban designers
- Public-interest researchers
The work you need to do
Compare conditions behind the planning question.
Compare neighborhood conditions
Bring surface-temperature or land-cover observations together with local boundaries. Identify areas that need a closer planning or field assessment.
What you take away
Neighborhood maps and comparison tables
Explain a proposal to others
Combine observations, intervention locations and project notes in views colleagues can inspect without preparing another set of maps.
What you take away
Planning review app and study summary
01 / Acquire the data
Order for your location.
Specify what matters.
Choose a city, neighborhood or project boundary anywhere on Earth. Specify the dates, spatial detail and measurements your study requires. Compare available archive products or assess future capture options before an order. A suitable data delivery is a complete outcome; analysis and app creation are optional.
- Location and coverage
- Define the study boundary, comparison neighborhoods and relevant buffers. Include local identifiers so delivered results can join your planning records.
- Dates and collection
- Specify baseline and comparison periods, seasons and useful observation times. Separate the acquisition window from the deadline for your study deliverable.
- Measurements and quality
- Choose visible or multispectral bands, thermal measurements or elevation as needed. Check the detail measured by the sensor, cloud gaps and comparability between observations.
- Delivery and license
- Request the imagery, temperature products or terrain files your tools need. Confirm permissions for internal review, client reports or public presentation.
- Optical imagery
- Thermal observations
- Elevation and aerial surveys
- Local boundaries and study records
Just need the data? Acquiring it is a complete outcome. Use delivered files in your own tools where the license permits, or continue with analysis and apps in Milkypad.
02 / Run your own analysis
From a study boundary to a usable planning comparison
Connect acquisition, your own analysis and the deliverable your planning team needs to review.
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Define the planning question
Choose the neighborhoods and comparison periods. Add proposed interventions, local boundaries and the records relevant to the study.
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Order the study data
Review suitable observations, native resolution, dates, price and sharing rights. Receive the agreed products for the project.
- 03
Compare the chosen measures
Ask for neighborhood summaries or a land-cover comparison. Review quality gaps and comparable conditions before interpreting differences.
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Build the review tool
Create a report or customize a map with neighborhood filters, charts and proposal notes for colleagues and permitted audiences.
03 / Build and customize your app
Neighborhood Planning Explorer
A proposed app that puts study layers and local planning questions in one place. Describe the views you need without writing code, then use direct controls to compare areas.
Explore a prepared example
Neighborhood evidence for a planning discussion
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01 / Data inputs
Acquire observations for the study area
Combine the planning boundary, neighborhood records and suitable imagery or thermal products. Match detail and dates to the study.
- Neighborhood boundariesThe areas to compare
- Parks and built areasContext for the observations
- Study requirementsDates, useful detail and measurements
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02 / Review a layer
Explore a surface-pattern comparison
The warm patches illustrate relative surface-heat patterns for a study. They do not represent air temperature or personal heat exposure.
- Park districtCompare land-cover context
- Civic blocksInspect the highlighted surface area
- Study boundaryReview the appropriate measurement scale
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03 / Use an app
Give the planning team an explorer
A custom app can connect neighborhood comparisons to study notes and proposals so colleagues can review the evidence themselves.
- Park districtOpen the neighborhood context
- Civic blocksAdd a planning-review note
- Study areaPrepare the discussion map
Prepared scenes and records show how a workflow could look. These are illustrative locations and layers, with no live data or analysis.
Illustrative app brief
Build a neighborhood review app with surface-temperature and vegetation layers. Compare selected districts, show observation dates, and let our team inspect proposed cooling locations and export a study summary.
Describe the tool and the changes you need in ordinary language. The AI assistant helps build it; colleagues use the resulting maps, tables, and controls without writing code.
Explore App BuilderControls for your team
- Select neighborhoods or a study boundary
- Compare dates and switch measured layers
- Inspect coverage and actual measurement resolution
- Filter proposed interventions and review notes
Neighborhood comparison
Maps and tables for the selected measures and observation periods.
Assessment shortlist
Locations for further planning review with the reason recorded.
Study summary
Selected maps, source dates and interpretation notes for the recipient.
Use the result with context
Match the measure to the planning question
Land-surface temperature differs from air temperature and personal heat exposure. Thermal data may not resolve individual streets or roofs; use suitable local measurements and context for those decisions.
Questions for your workflow
Plan the work
around your needs.
Can we order data without changing our existing GIS?
Yes. Define the coverage, products and file requirements for your current tools. Data acquisition and delivery can complete the request independently of Milkypad analysis or apps.
Can we compare every neighborhood using the same observation?
That depends on usable coverage and measurement scale. The comparison should identify excluded areas and avoid treating missing values as ordinary neighborhood results.
Can an app include our proposed interventions?
Yes, that is part of the intended customization. Bring locations and relevant project records, then ask for the filters and views your review process needs.
Milkypad for cities & planning
What does your next planning study need?
Share the study area, dates, measurements and the people who need to use the results.
Discuss your requirements