OGC API – Maps
This standard describes an API that presents data as maps by applying a style. The Standard allows a client application to request maps as images, or change parameters such as size and coordinate reference systems at the time of request, making them implementer-friendly and easily understandable by developers without geospatial experience.
Documents
| Document title | Version | OGC Doc No. | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| OGC API – Maps – Part 1: Core | 1.0 | 20-058 | IS |
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Overview
OGC API Standards define modular API building blocks to spatially enable Web APIs in a consistent way. OpenAPI is used to define the reusable API building blocks with responses in JSON and HTML.
The OGC API family of standards is organized by resource type. The OGC API – Maps Standard describes an API that presents data as maps by applying a style. The Standard allows a client application to request maps as images, or change parameters such as size and coordinate reference systems at the time of request, making them implementer-friendly and easily understandable by developers without geospatial experience.
Additional resources, such as OpenAPI definition documents, can be found on the OGC API website.