Business combination net income loss from operations of acquire included in operating results actual.

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Business combination revenue of acquire included in operating results actual.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks paid or offered to be paid in a business combination.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Business Combination - Additional Information (Detail) - Planet Labs Inc [Member] - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 11, 2019	Jan. 31, 2021	Jan. 31, 2020
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, Consideration transferred	$ 17,229,000
Boundless Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, Consideration transferred	17,200
Payments to acquire businesses, Net of cash acquired	2,500
Business combination, Consideration transferred, Equity interests issued and issuable	2,500
Business acquisition, Goodwill, Expected tax deductible amount	0
Business combination, Acquisition related costs	1,100		$ 200
Business combination, Revenue of Acquiree included in operating results, Actual		$ 1,400	4,300
Business combination, Net income loss from operations of Acquiree included in operating results, Actual		$ 400	$ 300
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock [Member] \| Boundless Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, Net of cash acquired	14,800
Business combination, Consideration transferred, Equity interests issued and issuable	$ 14,800
Business acquisition, Share price	$ 14.38