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title: "How to display Sentinel-2 image date or scene information in a CEO project?"
url: "https://openforis.support/questions/4443/how-to-display-sentinel-2-image-date-or-scene-information-in-a-ceo-project"
tags: ["collect", "collectearthonline", "collectearth"]
status: "answered"
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answer_count: 1
asked: "2026-03-12T14:33:51"
last_activity: "2026-03-13T16:25:32"
source: "Open Foris Support - Q&A Forum"
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# How to display Sentinel-2 image date or scene information in a CEO project?

Asked by annielin on 2026-03-12

This is my first time using CEO, and I would like to collect burned area data for fire mapping.

I am focusing on **June 2019** over a **large study area (~400,000 km²)**. Based on my image collection from Google Earth Engine, there are about **600 Sentinel-2 images** covering the area during that month.

When users map burned areas, I would like them to know which Sentinel-2 image they are viewing (e.g., acquisition date and scene) so they can identify burned scars more accurately.

Currently, I understand that CEO provides a Sentinel-2 background map with different band compositions, and users can assign year and month, but they cannot see the specific image date or scene ID.

My questions are:

 1. When creating a project in CEO, is it possible to display the Sentinel-2 image metadata (e.g., date or scene) to users?
 2. Do I need to export each image from Google Earth Engine and upload it as project imagery to control which images are shown? or should I use GeoDash to display images from different dates? Which widget should I choose then?

I plan to use a 10km grid plot and maybe 9 samples in each plot, but users can also draw burned scar they see on each plot. Since this is my first time creating a CEO project, I am still learning how the system works. Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!


## Answer (score 0, by shobbs on 2026-03-13)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/4443/how-to-display-sentinel-2-image-date-or-scene-information-in-a-ceo-project/4445

Hello,

This sounds like an interesting project! 

 1. There is not a built-in functionality for this in CEO. If you were using **Landsat**, you could use the Degradation widget in the GeoDash to see individual images identification and acquisition date, but this tool only works with Landsat, not Sentinel-2.
 2. To display only individual images from Sentinel-2, you could define individual images from GEE in your institution and display those. A faster method would be to use the **Pre-loaded Image Collections** widget in the GeoDash, setting the time range to a very short window. However, this displays NDVI or similar spectral indexes, rather than an RGB image.

I hope this helps. You may already be aware, but CEO has tons of documentation that can also be a great reference: [https://collect-earth-online-doc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/][1]

Please let us know if you have further questions! 

Shanna


  [1]: https://collect-earth-online-doc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/