Planetary Computer SDK

The Planetary Computer SDK for Python (version 1.0.0) provides a client library for interacting with the Microsoft Planetary Computer, a platform that offers petabytes of Earth observation data and computational resources. It simplifies programmatic access to the SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) API, handles data authentication by signing Azure Blob Storage URLs with Shared Access Signature (SAS) tokens, and facilitates integration with other open-source geospatial Python libraries. The project maintains an active development status with frequent updates for datasets and features, with new dataset releases typically on a roughly quarterly cadence.