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.

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.

Planet Explorer¶

• All SkySat imagery and products are now available in Planet Explorer.

Imagery Products¶

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

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.