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
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.