{"id":2533,"date":"2025-05-08T11:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:11:44","slug":"snap-12-released-celebrating-a-decade-of-earth-observation-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/snap-12-released-celebrating-a-decade-of-earth-observation-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"SNAP 12 Released \u2013 Celebrating A Decade of Earth Observation Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the release of ESA SNAP 12, marking 10 years since the very first release of the Sentinel Application Platform on 5 May 2015.<br \/>\nThe new version introduces significant updates for SAR, optical, and atmospheric data processing workflows. Here&#8217;s a breakdown of what\u2019s new:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udd27 Core Enhancements: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updates to JDK21 showing improved performance and compatibility\n<li>Full support for Sentinel-1C mission data\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udef0\ufe0f Sentinel-1 ETAD Workflow Improvements: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ETAD-Corrected SLCs\n<li>Improved Coregistration &#038; Interferograms\n<li>Phase Screens now available\n<li>Enhanced InSAR Image Selection Tool\n<li>Seamless ETAD Auto Download\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf0a Sentinel-1 Upgrades: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated handling of Sentinel-1 WV and OCN products\n<li>New band selection support for exporting WV data as Stripmap-like imagery\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf0d Change Detection: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>REACTIV Change Detection integrated\n<li>Updated Log Ratio Change Detection\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f New Tools &#038; Operators: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vectorize Operator for turning raster into vector\n<li>Subset Operator now supports arbitrary shape masking\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf0a Ocean &#038; Atmosphere: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OLCI L2W reader updated to align with the latest EUMETSAT format\n<li>OLCI\/SLSTR calibration coefficients supported\n<li>C2RCC now utilizes Copernicus DEM for elevation awareness\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udce6 Data Standards: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved NetCDF compatibility for Copernicus\/ESA data\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udd17 Get SNAP 12 now:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/download\/\">https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/download\/<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>\ud83d\uddc2\ufe0f Documentation &#038; full changelog:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/public-roadmap-and-changelog\/\">https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/public-roadmap-and-changelog\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the release of ESA SNAP 12, marking 10 years since the very first release of the Sentinel Application Platform on 5 May 2015. The new version introduces significant updates for SAR, optical, and atmospheric data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"0","publish_post_category":"11","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"1","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"135992","discourse_permalink":"http:\/\/forum.step.esa.int\/t\/snap-12-released-celebrating-a-decade-of-earth-observation-tools\/44490","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2541,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2533\/revisions\/2541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}