This quickstart walks you through one complete analysis — a Visual — on free Sentinel-2 imagery: pick an area, pick an insight, filter the imagery, and see the result on the Globe. Everything else in Remote Miner builds on this loop.
1. Start a new Visual #
Click the play button (“New visual”) at the top of the left rail. The guided panel opens with three steps: Area, Instrument, Insights.
2. Choose where — the Area #
- If you already have areas, pick one under Saved Areas (the search box filters by name).
- Otherwise click Draw on map, then click the map to place vertices and close the polygon to finish — or use Upload area to bring your own file. You’ll see the size in km².
- For this example, keep the area around 100 km². Much bigger areas are completely possible — a small one just keeps your first run fast.
- Give it a name and click Save area — or use Continue without saving for a quick look. Saving is recommended: several features (private imagery, ordering) only work on saved areas.
3. Choose the data — the Instrument #
Pick Sentinel-2 from the instrument list. It’s free, global, and updated every few days — the right choice for a first run. The tabs at the top let you filter All / Public / Private sources.
4. Choose the analysis — Insights #
Insights are grouped by category. For a first run, type “true” in the search and pick True Color — it’s the most common starting point: a natural, human-eye view of your area, exactly as the satellite saw it. The counter shows how many insights you selected; you can also pick a ready-made Stack from the second tab.
Click Apply to continue.
5. Filter the imagery #
The Filter Imagery panel defines which scenes to search:
- Set a date range (start with the last 2–3 months).
- Optionally limit months of the year, or set a maximum cloud cover.
- Click Apply & Search.
6. Pick a scene and visualize #
The Scenes panel lists the imagery that matched, with dates and cloud estimates. Pick a scene, and the run card summarizes what will be computed. Click Visualize (the play icon) — after a short render, your image appears on the Globe.
7. Explore the result #
- Activate the pixel-value control, then click anywhere on the layer to read the values at that point — or right-click a point to see its full spectrum for the instrument.
- Open Active layer analytics to enhance the display — stretching and color options for this image, and the full analytical toolset once you start running analytical insights.
- The layers manager lets you toggle and reorder everything displayed on the Globe.
8. Keep what you made #
- Save the workflow to re-run the same analysis later with one click.
- Or export the result to the Cloud (navbar cloud icon) to download it as a GeoTIFF. Exports run in the background — you’ll get an email when they’re ready.
Good to know #
- Visualizing and exporting count toward your company’s usage; bigger areas and heavier analytics consume more. Your usage is always visible in the navbar.
- Cloudy scenes are normal in optical imagery — if your area looks wrong, check the scene’s cloud estimate and try another date before changing anything else.