Changelog

SpaceKnow Backend Release 434

Released on 2024-04-15. List of changes since release 432 follows.

Highlights

  • Visu-geotiff and png visualization were updated for maxar ortho_4ps. It should look visually better and handle snowy and dark areas better.

Deprecation Notices

  • /credits/get-remaining-credit and /credits/get-credits-tier endpoints are now deprecated. Use /credits/user/get endpoint instead.

REST API Changes

  • /credits/user/get endpoint was added. Replaces /credits/get-remaining-credit``and ``/credits/get-credits-tier see api.credits.user.get.

  • /credits/preallocation/check-credits is now available to check how many credits will given tasking cost.

  • Renamed /kraken/map-types/list endpoint to /kraken/map-types. Changed deprecatedClasses on each row of response from /kraken/map-types from list of strings to mapping from class names to colors.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 432

Released on 2024-04-04. List of changes since release 431 follows.

Highlights

  • Visualization GeoTIFF and PNG were updated for ee COPERNICUS/S2* datasets, maxar ard* datasets, ab datasets and pl datasets. It is now visually more consistent and it handles snowy and dark areas.

REST API Changes

  • Endpoint imagery/datasets/list now returns more detailed datasetType. See documentation api.ragnar.datasets_endpoint for details.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 431

Released on 2024-03-26. List of changes since release 429 follows.

REST API Changes

  • imagery/search now returns minArea property for scenes that need minimum requested area.

  • Simplified scene footprint are now proper minimum rotated rectangles of original footprints in scene coverage results.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 429

Released on 2024-03-14. List of changes since release 428 follows.

REST API Changes

  • /credits/area/check-geojson, /credits/area/allocate-geojson, /kraken/dry-run/initiate and /kraken/release/initiate endpoints had clippedImagery parameter removed as it is now determined automatically if clipped imagery should be used.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 425

Released on 2024-02-16. List of changes since release 424 follows.

Highlights

  • PEGASUS_AIRCRAFT_RGB_TOA and PEGASUS_MARITIME_RGB were updated to the newest version.

  • Airbus datasets were added into Guardian.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 424

Released on 2024-02-09. List of changes since release 423 follows.

Highlights

  • Dataset ab pleiades-neo is connected to platform through provider. Download must be executed on clipped imagery.

  • Users can now set limit to amount of credits watchdog can use.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 422

Released on 2024-01-22. List of changes since release 420 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Class hierarchies are now available in detections.geojson output for Pegasus Aircraft algorithm. Each detection has parentClasses attribute. Other grid files are not affected by the implementation of hierarchies.

  • /kraken/map-types/list endpoint now provides info about class hierarchies for map types that implement them.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 420

Released on 2024-01-09. List of changes since release 419 follows.

Highlights

  • Watchdog can now execute different maptypes over multiple datasets. This is done with the best effort where unfeasible combinations are skipped.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 414

Released on 2023-11-28. List of changes since release 413.1 follows.

Highlights

  • Capella Sliding Spotlight dataset is now available.

  • Color classes of segmentation analysis on platform were updated to be more distinct. The same class now has same color across all SpaceKnow analyses.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 412

Released on 2023-11-13. List of changes since release 409 follows.

REST API Changes

  • kraken/map-types/list now returns segmentation colors for segmenation map types. See documentation for more details.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 409

Released on 2023-10-23. List of changes since release 407 follows.

REST API Changes

  • kraken/grid endpoint now serves segmentation.png for segmentation algorithms. This file contains all segmentation classes for given algorithm. Per class PNG files are still available for now but will be phased out in the future.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 405

Released on 2023-09-27. List of changes since release 403 follows.

Highlights

  • Imagery from capella stripmap and spotlight datasets can now be ingested on platform.

Changes in Deployed Algorithms

  • wrunctr was updated to new version with unified class rooftops instead of rooftops-housing and rooftops-industrial-other.

  • New algorithm rooftops-tents was added.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 397

Released on 2023-08-02. List of changes since release 394.1 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Format of parameters for /api/features/search endpoint was changed. All query parameters are now under query parameter. Old format of parameters is still supported but it will be removed in the future.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 391

Released on 2023-06-22. List of changes since release 390 follows.

REST API Changes

  • The /datacube/product/get endpoint has been updated to include an optional csvFormat parameter. This parameter allows you to specify the desired format for the response: simple (the old and default format) or rich (the new format). The rich format combines both metadata and actual data in a single response, providing all the relevant information with a single API call. This enhancement aims to improve efficiency and convenience by reducing the need for multiple API calls to retrieve the required information.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 389

Released on 2023-06-08. List of changes since release 388 follows.

Highlights

  • Deprecating wrunctr-rgb in Guardian environment in favour of wrunctr

SpaceKnow Backend Release 388

Released on 2023-05-31. List of changes since release 384 follows.

Highlights

  • pl PSOrthotile dataset was removed from platform.

Deprecation Notices

  • pl PSOrthoTile dataset was deprecated by Planet. No new analysis and search is allowed. Please use PSScene4Band instead.

REST API Changes

  • Endpoint /imagery/datasets/list now contains datasetType for each dataset, which signifies whether it is SAR or OPTICAL.

  • Deprecated provider and dataset parameters were removed from /imagery/search/initiate endpoint. Use datasets parameter instead.

  • mapType parameter was removed from kraken/release/initiate endpoint. Use mapTypes parameter and supply list of map types instead.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 384

Released on 2023-05-04. List of changes since release 382 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Schema of the credits API endpoint /credits/group/list-transactions has been reworked.

  • Schema of the credits API endpoint /credits/group/list-allocations has been reworked.

  • Credits API endpoint /credits/user/list-allocations has been reworked and moved to /credits/user/list-transactions.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 380

Released on 2023-04-04. List of changes since release 379 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Dataset NOAA VIIRS/Daily was removed from platform.

  • Added handling and documentation of incompatible datasets for multi-dataset searches in imagery/search/initiate endpoint.

  • Introduced a new endpoint /imagery/datasets/list which lists available providers and datasets for a given user.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 379

Released on 2023-03-27. List of changes since release 376.1 follows.

REST API Changes

  • /datacube/product-catalogue/get endpoint now allows querying only downloadable products in the catalogue by specifying the downloadableOnly parameter in the request.

  • /credits/group/get can now be used by supplying user ID.

  • imagery/search/initiate now supports searches over multiple datasets at once. Interface of the endpoint has changed. Currently both old and new interface work. Note that the old single-dataset version of the interface will be removed on 2023-05-01.

  • /credits/payment/new and /credits/payment/buy-credit endpoints were removed as they were not used.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 376.1

Released on 2023-03-08. List of changes since release 376 follows.

Highlights

  • All kraken imagery and algorithms are now served in 512x512px tiles instead of 256x256px.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 376

Released on 2023-03-06. List of changes since release 374 follows.

Highlights

  • datasets ee COPERNICUS/S2 and ee COPERNICUS/S2_SR were removed. Use their HARMONIZED variants instead.

REST API Changes

  • Credits API endpoint /credits/user/list-allocations has been removed.

  • Schema of the credits API endpoint /credits/group/list-allocations has been reworked.

  • New API endpoint /credits/group/list-transactions has been added.

  • kraken/release/initiate endpoint now can start analysis for multiple map types when mapTypes parameter is provided. Old mapType parameter is now deprecated and will be removed on 2023-04-01. kraken/release/retrieve returns list of results when mapTypes parameter was provided to initiate endpoint.

  • Added cutOffByDate parameter for the /datacube/product-packages/create endpoint.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 371

Released on 2023-02-02. List of changes since release 370 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Watchdog has now a state RUNNING which serves as an indicator of continuous execution. Watchdog can be also stopped by setting the state to STOPPED.

  • Credit allocation and preallocation endpoints now check whether credit group is expired.

  • tasking/get-status endpoint has new optional parameter getProgress that allows it to report progress of Kraken pipelines.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 370

Released on 2023-01-24. List of changes since release 368 follows.

REST API Changes

  • /credits/group/get now returns id, email, name, credit limit and used credits of users inside a group.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 368

Released on 2023-01-10. List of changes since release 365.2 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Setting require_credits=False in watchdog creation now requires special permission.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 361

Released on 2022-11-24. List of changes since release 360 follows.

Highlights

  • Landsat datasets and algorithms were switched to new C02 variants as previously used C01 variant no longer received new data. All algorithms under the new C02 datasets have resolution of 30m/px.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 345

Released on 2022-08-03. List of changes since release 344 follows.

Highlights

  • idaho-panchromatic, idaho-swir, preview-multispectral, preview-panchromatic, and preview-swir datasets are no longer available on platform.

  • MODIS/006/MOD08_M3 and MODIS/006/MYD08_M3 datasets are no longer available on platform.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 336

Released on 2022-05-30. List of changes since release 335 follows.

Highlights

  • Detection regions for multiclass segmentations are now supported by backend.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 335

Released on 2022-05-23. List of changes since release 333 follows.

REST API Changes

  • /datacube/product-catalogue/get now serves sales info about product columns.

  • Column name level-change-std in sales info CSV was changed to value_type.

CLI Tool Changes

  • ragnar-filter.py now has flag --skip-incomplete that does not include currently running period when aggregating scenes by period.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 332

Released on 2022-05-03. List of changes since release 331 follows.

Highlights

  • Imagery for ee COPERNICUS/S2_SR_HARMONIZED dataset is now available on the platform.

Deprecation Notices

  • Old deprecated Kraken release endpoints were removed.

REST API Changes

  • Added Private Executable Workflows API to start or resume ONG workflows.

  • New watchdog/list-last-updates endpoint is now available. The endpoint lists last update for each Watchdog delivery owned by given user.

  • kraken/grid endpoint now has new query parameter user_threshold that allows custom thresholding of returned data. It currently only supports metadata.json and PNG grid files for pixel index map types.

  • Old deprecated Kraken release endpoints were removed.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 328

Released on 2022-04-07. List of changes since release 327 follows.

Deprecation Notices

  • /kraken/release/<map_type>/geojson/[initiate|retrieve] endpoints were changed to /kraken/release/[initiate|retrieve]. initiate endpoint now expects mapType in request data. Also sceneIds is now common request data parameter for all map types. Old endpoints now work in parallel to the new ones but will be removed once frontend completes the migration.

REST API Changes

  • /kraken/release/<map_type>/geojson/[initiate|retrieve] endpoints were changed to /kraken/release/[initiate|retrieve]. initiate endpoint now expects mapType in request data. Also sceneIds is now common request data parameter for all map types. Old endpoints now work in parallel to the new ones but will be removed once frontend completes the migration.

  • New /perpendicular-baselines endpoint was added for Ragnar API. The endpoint retrieves perpendicular baselines for S1 SLC scenes.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 326

Released on 2022-03-24. List of changes since release 325.3 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Limit for Ragnar raster export was increased to 1.5GPx.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 325.3

Released on 2022-03-17. List of changes since release 325 follows.

Highlights

  • Adds new Planet datasets PSScene_analytic_sr and PSScene_analytic_sr_tile.

REST API Changes

  • watchdog/get endpoint was introduced.

  • watchdog/statuses/create and watchdog/reports/create internal endpoints were introduced.

  • /watchdog/status endpoint was replaced with /watchdog/statuses/list. /watchdog/reports was replaced with /watchdog/reports/list. The old endpoints work for now but will be removed with next release.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 325

Released on 2022-03-14. List of changes since release 322 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Ragnar API /imagery/thumbnail/ endpoint now supports thumbnails for maxar ard_clipped dataset.

  • /kraken/nwise now fails with error code 424 (SCENES-WITH-SAME-DATETIME) if one tries to group scenes that contain duplicate datetimes.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 322

Released on 2022-02-21. List of changes since release 319 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Added watchdog/reports endpoint to list reports from the recent Watchdog delivery runs.

  • /tasking/get-status endpoint calls now must be authenticated the same way as is done in rest of our endpoints. Only endpoint that does not require authentication is /kraken/grid/ - this endpoint uses signed JWT token in its path therefore no authentification is needed.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 319

Released on 2022-02-02. List of changes since release 318 follows.

REST API Changes

  • New ragnar/weather/precipitation endpoint for getting precipitation data was added.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 318

Released on 2022-01-25. List of changes since release 316 follows.

REST API Changes

  • New /datacube/product/sales-info/get endpoint for retrieving information about datacube products was added.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 315

Released on 2022-01-04. List of changes since release 313 follows.

Highlights

  • New Planet dataset PSScene with 8-band imagery was added.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 309

Released on 2021-11-23. List of changes since release 308 follows.

CLI Tool Changes

  • kraken-download.py has new optional parameter --timeout-hours which allows to set custom timeout. This is particularly useful for long running pipelines such as downloads that first need to order the imagery from provider.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 307

Released on 2021-11-10. List of changes since release 303 follows.

REST API Changes

  • New N-wise cumulated YoY grouping is available in kraken/nwise API.

CLI Tool Changes

  • remove-scene.py accepts --only-imagery flag that removes phoenix imagery but not scene from MongoDb

SpaceKnow Backend Release 300

Released on 2021-09-21. List of changes since release 299 follows.

Highlights

  • ee COPERNICUS/S2_SR dataset was connected to platform. It is surface reflectance version of COPERNICUS/S2 dataset.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 296

Released on 2021-08-24. List of changes since release 295.1 follows.

Highlights

  • New sliceNumber metadatum was added to metadata of ee COPERNICUS/S1_GRD and esa COPERNICUS/S1_SLC datasets.

CLI Tool Changes

  • slice-number filter was added to ragnar-filter.py.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 295.1

Released on 2021-08-20. List of changes since release 295 follows.

REST API Changes

  • none periodicity was added to Kraken Pairwise API.

CLI Tool Changes

  • none periodicity was added to kraken-pairwise-records.py.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 295

Released on 2021-08-16. List of changes since release 293 follows.

REST API Changes

  • Flag only-unordered was removed from ragnar-search.py and flag only_unordered from ragnar search API.

SpaceKnow Backend Release 270

Released on 2021-02-22. List of changes since release 268 follows.

CLI Tool Changes

  • ragnar-filter.py has new deduplicate-datetimes filter that ensures that there is only one scene with same datetime per scenetile.