Viewing Cloudless Imagery

Cloudless mode allows you to view a cloud-free mashup of imagery. You can capture the cloud-free view as a snapshot or save the full image to your library (see Taking a Snapshot and Adding Imagery to the Library). Cloudless mode uses a cloud cover polygon to mask clouds so the layer below shows through the cloudy area. You can apply cloudless mode to all images or to individual images.

This feature only applies to content hosted on the platform after early-to-mid April 2015, when Maxar began including a cloud cover polygon with newly ingested images. You can identify images that have cloudless mode turned on by looking at the Has Cloudless Geometry value in the Metadata dialog.

  1. Locate an area with a cloudy image.

    Cloudless Mode Turned Off

  2. Zoom to level 13 or higher.

  3. To turn on cloudless mode, do either of the following:

    • Turn On for a Single ImageHover over a thumbnail image to show the Image Menu, then select Cloudless.

    • Turn Off for All Images In the Carousel toolbar, select the Toggle Cloudless Mode icon.

      If you turn on cloudless mode for all images and then select cloudless mode for a single image, cloudless mode for all images is turned off (and vice versa).

    A mashup with the clouds removed appears in the viewport.

    Cloudless Mode Turned On

    If high resolution imagery is not available to fill the cloud polygons, one of the following happens.

    • If the Carousel is Unlocked and Unfiltered Terracolor imagery fills the holes.
    • If the Carousel is Locked or Filtered The basemap shows through the holes.

  1. To turn off cloudless mode, do either of the following:

    • Turn Off for a Single Image Hover over a thumbnail image to show the Image Menu, then select Cloudless.
    • Turn Off for All Images In the Carousel toolbar, select the Toggle Cloudless Mode icon .