Planet API¶

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

Improvements 🙌🏻¶

Users can now get tile usage using the Reports API.¶

Tile usage was available through the reporting user interface. We have now integrated tile usage into the Reports API. Users can go to the new endpoint and get their tile view usage with the parameters they enter.

For more information, checkout getTilesUsageReport in the Reports API reference.

Improvements 🙌🏻¶

As of April 8, 2022, all SuperDoves and SkySats use the Sentinel-2 target sensor as a reference in radiometric correction of Planet Analytic and Surface Reflectance assets.

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.

Improvements 🙌🏻¶

UDM and UDM2 files for SkySatScene and SkySatCollect items now set to clear for Panchromatic without Multispectral coverage

UDM and UDM2 assets for SkySatScene and SkySatCollect item types have been slightly adjusted to include data values where we have Panchromatic but no Multispectral coverage, resulting in no cloud mask information. These areas, previously marked as nodata, are now to be marked as valid, with a cloud classification of clear with a confidence of 1 (the lowest).