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Glossary

TermMeaning
Action requiredNotification category for things needing your input, such as an order to approve or an expiring API key. Emailed immediately by default.
Admin (workspace role)Manages users, teams, billing accounts, data formats, API keys and every project's members and settings. Reads a project's work only after adding themselves, and approves only as its Approver or Manager.
AlertsNotification category for significant account events, such as passing the monthly tile quota. Always emailed immediately; cannot be turned off.
All ImageryFirst Data Catalog row: the newest RGB capture of each area as one layer. Ignores the area name search.
All projectsSwitcher option showing every project you are in. You cannot add areas or create orders while it is selected.
AmendmentA request (Request Amendment) for Terrabit to revise a quote. The order returns to feasibility review.
Analysis-Ready Data (ARD)Deliverable type: imagery preprocessed for analysis.
API keyCredential that lets QGIS, ArcGIS Pro and similar clients load chosen projects' imagery as map tiles. Reads as a Viewer, always expires and is shown once.
Approver (project role)Editor plus approving the project's orders.
ArchivalData source ordering existing imagery from a vendor archive. You pick the scenes.
AreaA point, polygon or box you order data over. Belongs to one home project.
Area groupFolder for areas in one project. An area sits in at most one group.
Area TaskingData source commissioning new captures over a polygon on your schedule.
AssetA file delivered with a deliverable, listed on its Downloads page.
Billing accountInvoicing and contact details an order is billed to. Required to submit.
CaptureIn the Data Catalog, one deliverable over an area, named by its capture date or date range.
Capture windowDates a tasked capture must fall within, in the area's local time.
CIRColour infrared (false colour) layer.
Connect to GISData Catalog menu item giving WMTS URLs for QGIS or ArcGIS Pro. Shown only when map tiles are enabled.
Contrast Enhanced (Visual)Deliverable type: imagery enhanced for basemaps and visual interpretation.
Control dataFiles such as ground control you upload for Terrabit to retrieve. You cannot download them back.
Credit depositPrepaid credit Terrabit allocates to your workspace. A Credit-paid order draws on one.
Custom QuoteShown when an order with Premium work totals over AUD 25,000. The price is RRP; volume discounts come in the final quote.
Data CatalogPage listing your projects' areas and their captures with map layers, drawn on a map.
Data formatDelivery specification: output formats, datum and projection, vertical datum. Chosen per order on Review & Submit; defaults to the workspace default.
Data serviceWFS or ArcGIS service on the Overview map for turning published boundaries into areas. Saved in your browser only.
Datum and ProjectionCoordinate reference system a data format delivers in, such as GDA2020 / MGA.
Default projectsA team's projects. Anyone added to the team joins each at its Role on arrival.
DeliverableOne product over one area in an order, priced, tracked and delivered on its own.
DEMDigital elevation model product.
DigestEmail option grouping notifications, sent at 08:00, 11:00, 14:00, 17:00 and 20:00 Brisbane time.
Direct InvoicePayment method invoicing the order to its billing account.
DSMSurface model elevation layer, drawn as shaded relief.
DTMBare-earth terrain elevation layer, drawn as shaded relief.
Editor (project role)Creates and edits areas, drafts and submits orders, uploads control data.
EpochOne capture in a recurring schedule; its own deliverable with its own status and price.
Feasibility reviewTerrabit's check of an order with Premium work before quoting. You cannot change or cancel the order meanwhile.
FeatureSomething only Terrabit can turn on for your workspace: map tiles, control data uploads or each payment method.
HeldCredit reserved for a deliverable not yet invoiced. Becomes a Spend when invoiced, or is Released on cancellation.
Home projectThe project that owns an area or group, where it is renamed, reshaped, moved and deleted.
Instant quoteAn all-Rush order, priced on submit and sent straight to Pending Approval.
InvitationHow people join a workspace. The invitee shows as Invited with no access until they accept. Links last 7 days.
Linked areaAn area shown outside its home project, added with Bring in an existing area. Members read it and its deliverables; editing stays with the home project.
LockedA data format only Terrabit can edit or delete.
MainThe project every new workspace starts with. Nobody is in it until added.
Manager (project role)Full control of a project: settings, members, approvals, moves and deletion.
Map layerA delivered file drawn on a map (cloud optimised GeoTIFF or vector), listed under Map Layers on Downloads.
Map tiles (WMTS)Feature streaming your imagery to map clients. Tiles served to API keys are metered.
Member (workspace role)Creates projects; other access comes from the projects they are in.
Mixed orderAn order with Premium and Rush deliverables. The whole order goes to feasibility review.
Monthly quotaTiles your API keys are expected to use in a UTC month. Soft: tiles keep being served and Admins get an alert.
OrderA request for data in one project, made of deliverables.
Order numberAssigned on submit: project number, year and four-digit sequence. Kept when the order moves.
PANPanchromatic (greyscale) layer.
Partial coverageA deliverable over only part of its area, shown as "Partial n%" or "Partial Order n%".
Payment methodCredit, Direct Invoice or Purchase Order, chosen on the approval page. Terrabit enables which you can use.
PMSPansharpened multispectral layer.
Point TaskingData source tasking a satellite over point areas, one scene per point.
PremiumProcessing level: processed in-house by Terrabit, custom output formats available. Sends the order to feasibility review.
ProductImagery or DEM. SAR can appear in the Data Catalog but cannot be ordered.
ProjectContainer for areas, groups, orders and control data, and where access is granted. Invite-only.
Project roleViewer, Editor, Approver or Manager, each holding everything before it.
Purchase OrderPayment method. Your account manager needs the PO number before processing starts.
Quick ShareLink to one delivered file that anyone can use for 1 hour to 7 days. Cannot be revoked.
Quote validityUntil 14 days after Pending Approval or local midnight on the earliest tasked capture's start day, whichever is earlier. Then "Quote Expired".
RASAnalytics raster layer, drawn with the Turbo colour ramp.
Recurring CaptureTasking schedule repeating at a set frequency. Each epoch is its own deliverable.
RETRIEVEDBadge on control data Terrabit has collected. It can no longer be renamed, moved or deleted.
RGBTrue colour layer.
Role on arrivalA project's default role for people a team's default projects add.
RollGive an API key a new secret, keeping its projects and usage. The old secret stops within a minute.
RushProcessing level: vendor-processed, fastest and priced instantly. Imagery Point Tasking only.
SARSynthetic aperture radar. Can appear in the Data Catalog; cannot be ordered.
SceneOne vendor satellite capture, listed on a deliverable's Scenes tab.
Status updatesNotification category for order and deliverable progress. Digest by default.
TeamNamed group of people. Grants nothing itself; its default projects add members to projects.
TileMetering unit: one 256 px tile. A 512 px tile counts as four.
Tile UsageSettings page showing tiles served to your API keys and this month's quota. Workspace Admins only.
tiles:readThe only API key scope, shown as "Map tiles (WMTS)".
VECAnalytics vector layer. Clickable in the app; not available as tiles.
Vertical DatumReference surface for elevations, such as AHD height.
Viewer (project role)Sees everything in the project; changes nothing.
Viewer (workspace role)Read-only everywhere, whatever their project role.
WMTSWeb Map Tile Service, the standard GIS clients use to load tiles.
WorkspaceYour organisation's space: projects, members, teams, billing accounts, data formats and API keys.
Workspace roleAdmin, Member or Viewer, held alongside a project role in each project you are in.