Feb 2018

basemaps-api, data-api, imagery

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.

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.

Jan 11 2018

orders-api

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

data-api, exlorer

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.

explorer, imagery

Added surface reflectance (analytic_sr asset type) asset to the PlanetScope item type.

data-api