Viz World User Guide

Version 17.0 | Published March 11, 2019 ©

Specify a Bounding Box

With this feature, users can use the rest API to return map features within a specific bounding box.

URL

Base URI

http://<vizworldserver>:10301/Browse?" class="external-link">http://<vizworldserver>:10301/Browse?

URL Template

http://<vizworldserver>:10301/Browse?left={value}&right={value}&bottom={value}&top={value}&filter={FilterTerms}&maxAnswers={value}

Parameters

  • Bounding box values:

    • left, right, bottom, top, or

    • west, east, south, north

  • Filter:

    • all

    • Capital

    • Town 1m

    • Town 100k

    • Town 10k

    • Town 1k

    • Town

    • Tourist Attraction

    • Reserve Or Park

    • Region Name

    • Physical Area Name

    • Physical Water Name

    • River Name

    • Mountain Name

    • Region Capital

  • MaxAnswers: (optional) default 500

Examples

http://<vizworldserver>:10301/Browse?left=0&right=0.5&bottom=51&top=51.5&filter=Town 10k,Town 1k
http://<vizworldserver>:10301/Browse?left=0&right=0.5&bottom=51&top=51.5&filter=all
http://<vizworldserver>:10301/Browse?left=-2&right=1.5&bottom=51&top=55.5&filter=River Name
http://<vizworldserver>:10301/Browse?left=0&right=0.5&bottom=51&top=51.5&filter=Town 10k,Town 1k&maxAnswers=50