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.

• Data API - Added orthorectified SkySat items to the Data API.

• Data API - Added unorthorectified SkySat items to the Data API.

Planet API¶

• Data API - Added ground_control to field PSScene3Band, PSScene4Band, PSOrthoTile and REOrthoTile item meta.
• Data API - Added width parameter to item thumbnail endpoint.
• Data API - Added thumbnail to the links array in item responses.
• Data API - Python API client and command-line interface tools have been released for users developing applications in Python.
• Data API - JavaScript API client has been released for users developing applications in JavaScript.
• Mosaics API - Planet Basemaps are now available as a stand-alone XYZ Web Service.

Imagery Products¶

• Added visual asset to the Sentinel2L1C item type.
• Full monthly basemaps now available.

Planet Explorer¶

• Added basemap compare tool, allowing you to compare two timelapse mosaics side-by-side.

Planet API¶

• Data API - Added quality_category field to the PlanetScope item metadata as documented in the product specification guide.
• Data API - Increased download rate limit to 15 requests per second.

Imagery Products¶

• Basemap color-balancing techniques added to improving color balancing, scene line minimization and removing artifacts due to snow and clouds.

Planet Explorer¶

• Planet Explorer is open to the public!
• Planet explorer now has improved timeline manipulations allowing users to easily step through our automated time-lapse basemaps.