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Browse user guides, documentation and full API references for Planet's APIs, GIS Integrations, Imagery and Apps
API Doc quick links:
- Data: search for, filter & download Planet imagery
- Analytics: Access analytic products derived from Planet imagery
- Basemaps: Access to Planet's mosaiced basemap services
- Tile Services: Planet's XYZ & WMTS tile protocol services
- Tasking: Create, edit, cancel and manage SkySat point collection orders
- Orders: Create processing pipelines with analysis-ready data
- Subscriptions: Subscribe to continuous cloud delivery of imagery

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What's New
April 08 2021
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New ✨
- Orders UI refresh, making it easier to order assets
- As you get used to the new look and feel, you can opt-out of this UI and revert back to the old UI via the Labs (see screenshot below)
- The new interface removes the dropdown options and now has explicit listing of the available assets grouped by rectification (rectified vs unrectified)
- You can select …
April 07 2021
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Planet updated the way that it selects and composites SkySat "anchor frames" or Scenes. Hence now SkySatCollects which would have previously faulted or been truncated due to faulty anchor frame selection will now publish to their full extent, potentially allowing gaps in the imagery. Note, faulty imagery will publish to the archive, however will not qualify to fulfill revenue orders.