GISP Area API

GISP Area API returns area info such as census block, county, state, and market areas based on latitude/longitude input.

Example Calls

• https://geo.fcc.gov/api/census/area?format=json&lat=38.26&lon=-77.51
• https://geo.fcc.gov/api/census/area?format=json&lat=38:15:30N&lon=77:30:30W
• https://geo.fcc.gov/api/census/block/find?format=json&latitude=36.084737999999994&longitude=-90.79048499999996&showall=true

Input Formats for Latitude/Longitude

• Decimal - latitude range is [-90 90] where negative indicates south. Longitude range is [-180 180] where negative indicates west.
• Deg:Min:Sec - example 77:30:30W means 77-degree 30-minute and 30-second West; 38:15:30N means 38-degree 15-minute and 30-second North. The last character indicates North (N) or South (S) latitude, or East (E) or West (W) longitude.

Output Formats

• output format can be json, jsonp, xml (use lower case)
• For Area API, the default output format is json.
• for Block API, the default output is xml.

Output Content

• The output content for Area API contains block, county, state, and market info.
• The output content for Block API contains block, county, and state info. It does not contain market info.

System Requirements

• NodeJS and Postgres.

Version

• Version 1.0

Install

• git clone https://github.com/FCC/gisp-areaapi-node.git

Start App

• npm start

Unit Test

• npm run test

Code Coverage

• npm run cover

Linting

• npm run lint

Lint with fix

• npm run lint-fix

Contact

• e-mail: maps@fcc.gov