{"id":2596,"date":"2025-10-31T10:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:33:28","slug":"snap-13-is-here-%f0%9f%8e%89-no-tricks-just-powerful-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/snap-13-is-here-%f0%9f%8e%89-no-tricks-just-powerful-new-features\/","title":{"rendered":"SNAP 13 is here \ud83c\udf89 (No tricks \u2014 just powerful new features!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to announce the release of <strong>SNAP 13.0<\/strong>, a major update bringing new capabilities, improved stability, and broader mission support.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Naive-Bayes Classifier<\/strong> &#8211; a new, lightweight supervised classification algorithm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Spectral Indices<\/strong> &#8211; expanded library for optical workflows.<\/li>\n<li><strong>LERC compression in GDAL<\/strong> &#8211; improved raster storage efficiency without compromising data quality.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Product Library<\/strong> &#8211; extended Copernicus Data Space support for <strong>Sentinel-1C<\/strong> and <strong>Sentinel-2C<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>GraphBuilder improvements<\/strong> &#8211; enhanced validation and clearer error handling.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Updated HDF\/HDF5 library (v3.3.2)<\/strong> &#8211; improved stability and compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Microwave Toolbox<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ESA BIOMASS Mission<\/strong> support (Beta version supporting BIOMASS commissioning phase products &#8211; may still include known limitations)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ICEYE Reader <\/strong>updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optical Toolbox <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ECOSTRESS Collection 2 <\/strong>support<\/li>\n<li><strong>S3 Reader and L1C SYN e<\/strong>nhancements &#8211; faster performance and improved consistency<\/li>\n<li><strong>OLCI O2A Harmonisation <\/strong>updates &#8211; refined radiometric harmonisation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Get SNAP 13<\/strong> <strong>now<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/download\/snap-download\/\">https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/download\/snap-download\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddc2\ufe0f <strong>Documentation &amp; full changelog:<\/strong>\u00a0<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 SNAP 13.0, a major update bringing new capabilities, improved stability, and broader mission support. &nbsp; Highlights Naive-Bayes Classifier &#8211; a new, lightweight supervised classification algorithm. New Spectral Indices &#8211; expanded library for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"1","publish_post_category":"11","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"1","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"1","wpdc_pin_until":"2025-11-15","discourse_post_id":"137705","discourse_permalink":"https:\/\/forum.step.esa.int\/t\/snap-13-is-here-no-tricks-just-powerful-new-features\/45184","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596","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=2596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions\/2597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/step.esa.int\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}