Planet API

• The Clips API has been deprecated - we will no longer be supporting the standalone Clip and Ship service.
• Bug Fix - Saved search email notification have been reenabled.

Basemaps and Mosaics

• March monthly mosaic released.
• Desert region boundaries smoothing, decreasing visible sharp lines.
• White balance adjusted to produce deserts with more contrast.
• Updated snowline and color target to better represent snowy regions.
• De-weighting of RapidEye within snowline to avoid patches.

Basemaps and Mosaics

• February monthly mosaic released.
• Desert and snow regions produced with region specific color balancing.

Planet API

• Quick search API - Added strict parameter to strictly remove false positives from geo intersection.
• Mosaics API - Added name__is and name__contains search parameters.
• Developer's Center - Release of comprehensive API docs.
• Quick Search API - Search performance improvements.
• Data API - Reduction of rate limits on certain endpoints.

Imagery Products

• Updates to the Relative Spectral Response (RSR) Curves.

Basemaps and Mosaics

• Added 4 Band Surface Reflectance Basemap.
• January monthly mosaic released.
• Adjusted color curve to avoid black scenes.
• Adjusted color balance to enhance contrast in deserts and reducing blockiness of snow.
• Improved WTMS support for base maps with different max zoom levels.
• Improved API performance when listing many quads.

This is a major release. We have switched to a new API endpoint and have changed API syntax. Refer to the API docs for more information.

In summary, here is what has changed:

• Switched to Product Bundles
• Introducing Raster Toolkit with 8 tools:
• Clip Crops the raw imagery to desired boundaries
• TOAR Convert radiance to top of atmospheric (TOR) imagery
• Tile Tiles images to desired specification
• Composite Merge multiples images into a single image
• Reproject Converts coordinate projection system
• Band Math Perform arbitrary band math to create outputs like NDVI
• Image co-registration Aligns multiple images within few pixels over a same geographical area
• Zip per product bundle or entire results in a single zip file.
• Improved error messages

Planet Explorer

• Added new status bar with many new features.
• Added new measurement tools, allowing you to interactively measure line and area features.
• Added new bearing tool, allowing you to find distance/direction between two points.
• Added New settings panel, allowing you to configure the units and positions.
• Add new ground control option, allowing you toggle ground locked imagery.

Planet API

• Data API - Added SkySatScene items to the Data API.