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Hivemapper Imagery API

Street-level dashcam imagery queries.

Hivemapper Imagery API is one of 5 APIs that Hivemapper publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Imagery. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and authentication docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://beemaps.com/api/developer, https://hivemapper.com/api/developer.

2 operations 2 paths 6 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://beemaps.com/api/developer
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Hivemapper Imagery API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the query as apiKey (apiKeyQuery). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic authentication. Send Authorization: Basic .
  • apiKeyQuery — API key passed as the apiKey query parameter.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Imagery 2

Street-level dashcam imagery queries.

POST
/imagery/poly
Query street-level imagery by polygon and week
queryImageryByPolygon body → 200400401403500
POST
/latest/poly
Query the most recent imagery by polygon
queryLatestImagery body → 200400401500

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Frame (7 properties), LatestImageryQuery (5 properties), ImageryQuery (4 properties), GeoJSONGeometry (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Position
object
4 properties
GeoJSONGeometry
object
A GeoJSON geometry (Point, LineString, or Polygon) with [lon, lat] order.
4 properties 2 required
ImageryQuery
object
4 properties 1 required
Frame
object
A street-level dashcam frame.
7 properties
LatestImageryQuery
object
5 properties 1 required
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hivemapper-imagery-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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