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Change to GetCapabilities Response Logic on Planet Insights Platform

  • April 23, 2026
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elyhienrich
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We have updated our OGC service endpoints (WMS, WCS, WFS, WMTS) to align discovery with regional data collections. By ensuring that only functional layers are listed in a request, we provide a more reliable experience and better consistency with OGC standards.

 

What’s New?

The GetCapabilities request is now region-specific.

Previously, the eu-central endpoint often served as a global directory. Moving forward, each regional endpoint will only return layers for the data collections hosted within that specific region.

 

How does this affect you?

If your application fetches layers using a single GetCapabilities call to the eu-central endpoint, layers linked to collections hosted in other regions will no longer appear in your results.

To access these layers, you must point your request to the corresponding regional endpoint:

Please note that your own data collections (BYOC) will also only appear on the endpoint corresponding to the region where your data is ingested.

 

Action Required

If your workflow utilizes a mix of global collections, please update your application logic to query the specific endpoint associated with each dataset.

For a complete list of which collections reside on which endpoint, please refer to our Public Data Documentation.