Searching for data elements based on location

aaron

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Mar 27, 2011, 12:38:12 PM3/27/11

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anyone know how do I execute this query "find all data elements
withing 5 miles of lat/lon" with #geocommons? #geoiQ

Andrew Semprebon

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Mar 27, 2011, 4:38:46 PM3/27/11

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According to the secret documentation, adding &lat=<latitude>&lon=<longitude>&radius=<distance in km> should do it.

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 12:38 PM, aaron <aaronks...@gmail.com> wrote:

anyone know how do I execute this query "find all data elements
withing 5 miles of lat/lon" with #geocommons? #geoiQ

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Kate Chapman

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Mar 28, 2011, 9:16:56 AM3/28/11

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Actually the documentation isn't a secret.

How to search within a specific dataset:

http://developer.geoiq.com/api/rest-api/#Features-API

How to search for datasets within a specific area (though it only
covers searching by bounding box)

http://developer.geoiq.com/api/rest-api/#Search-API

Thanks,

Kate

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Aaron Saunders

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Mar 28, 2011, 9:43:37 AM3/28/11

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So I specify the lat, lon which is my location and then a radius value to the desired results?

Kate Chapman

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Mar 28, 2011, 9:50:25 AM3/28/11

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Yes that is exactly right. If you want to change the unit of
measurement for the radius you use units. For example units=ft by
default it searches in kilometers.

This query returns any features within 100 KM of the lat/lon

http://geocommons.com/datasets/98696/features.json?lat=39.2&lon=-77.1&radius=100

The below query will return any polygons that full intersect within a
radius of 2 km.

http://geocommons.com/datasets/22146/features.json?lat=38.8&lon=-78.9&radius=2&intersect=full