November 29, 2023

New Cloud Mask Launched ✨

  • Planet introduces a new Cloud Mask, UDM2.1, which significantly improves upon the accuracy of the previous mask, UDM2.0. For full details, see our updated developer center page.

May 16, 2023

data-api, deprecating

Important

"Deprecated" means we intend to remove the feature or capability from a future release. The feature or capability will continue to work and is fully supported until it is officially removed. This deprecation notification can span a few months or years. After removal, the feature or capability will no longer work. This notice is to allow you sufficient time to plan and update your code before the feature or capability is removed.

PSOrthoTile item type planned deprecation ⚠️

Starting on June 20th, 2023, users will be able to obtain PlanetScope images through PSScene item-type only. New PSOrthoTiles will no longer be pushed via APIs or Explorer after this date. Users will still be able to temporarily access the PSOrthoTile archive via API. This change streamlines access to PlanetScope data through a single source, improving the overall user experience. Please see our developer page to aid in this process.

September 29, 2022

Planet API

  • Quick search API - Removed unimplemented strict parameter from public documentation.

June 09, 2022

Bug Fixes 🐛

Harmonize API conforms to OpenAPI Specification

On rare occasions, users generating clients based on the OpenAPI specification may have found that OpenAPI Operation IDs were not consistently following conventional constructions of VerbNoun or were pluralized when they should be singular. We have updated the Harmonize API to conform to the OpenAPI specification convention of VerbNoun and singular IDs.

April 28, 2022

data-api, deprecating, imagery

Important

"Deprecated" means we intend to remove the feature or capability from a future release. The feature or capability will continue to work and is fully supported until it is officially removed. This deprecation notification can span a few months or years. After removal, the feature or capability will no longer work. This notice is to allow you sufficient time to plan and update your code before the feature or capability is removed.

Previous generation of Doves (instrument ids PS2 and PS2.SD) imaging turned off

On March 1, 2022 Planet released the next generation of Planet Scope images that consist of near daily 8-band imagery. Planet has been maintaining near-daily 8-band coverage coverage since August, 2021. With the recent successful launch of 44 8-band Doves, Planet has made the decision to turn off imaging with the previous generation of Doves (Instrument ids PS2 and PS2.SD) that only consists of 4-Bands (RGBNIR). The goal is to optimize for 8-band coverage and allocate all available ground station resources to improve publication time of 8-band imagery.

For more information on PlanetScope constellation and sensors, see PlanetScope documentation.

For an overview of PlanetScope sensors, see Understanding PlanetScope Instruments.