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August 6th, 2025
Documentation
GeoJSON Attribution documentation added

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GeoJSON Attribution Documentation

Added documentation page explaining OpenStreetMap attribution requirements for GeoJSON boundary data and ODbL 1.0 license compliance.View documentation
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July 24th, 2025
APILands
External connections added to Lands API

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External Connections Field Added to Lands Data

New connections field on land objects provides links to external data sources. This includes Wikipedia page identifiers and Wikidata entity identifiers. Enabling better integration with external knowledge bases and enhanced land information.The connections object includes:
  • wikipedia: Wikipedia page identifier for the land
  • wikidata: Wikidata entity identifier for the land
More to come.View in API docs
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July 14th, 2025
APILands
Lands API no longer in preview

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Lands API Moved out of Preview

The endpoints have been renamed,/preview/lands/search -> /lands/search/preview/land/:id/pois -> /land/:id/pois/preview/land/:id/notices -> /land/:id/noticesNote that the old preview endpoints will still exist to maintain backwards compatibility.View in API docs
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July 11th, 2025
APINotices
Notices Feature

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Notices Endpoints Added

We’ve introduced a new Notices feature to the API, enabling retrieval of alerts, closures, weather events, fires, and other notices from multiple sources (including USFS, NPS, NWS, etc). More to come soon. Notices can be queried by campground, lands, or via spatial/search parameters for flexible geospatial filtering. Key highlights:
  • Endpoints:
    • /campground/{id}/notices: Fetch notices for a specific campground, with options to include intersecting notices (e.g., park-level or weather alerts) and full GeoJSON geometry.
    • /preview/land/{id}/notices: Similar to above, but for lands (e.g., national forests, parks), supporting intersecting notices and geometry inclusion.
    • /notices/search: Search notices by point coordinates, bounding box, kind (e.g., weather, fire, closure), or severity (e.g., info, severe).
    • /notice/{id}: Retrieve a single notice by its unique ID, with optional GeoJSON geometry.
  • Notice Schema: Each notice includes fields like id, title, description, kind, severity, start/end timestamps, geometry_summary (lightweight point or bbox), target (e.g., linked campground or land), source (e.g., USFS with URL), and optional full geometry (GeoJSON Point, Polygon, or MultiPolygon).
  • Deprecation Note: The legacy alerts array in campground responses is now deprecated in favor of the new /campground/{id}/notices endpoint, though it will continue to be populated for backward compatibility.
This aggregation from diverse sources enhances safety and planning for outdoor activities.View in API docs
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July 2nd, 2025
APICampgrounds
Campsite Equipment

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Equipment Field Added to Campsite Data

New equipment field provides detailed information about allowed equipment types at campsites. This can be used to determine, for example, if an RV site also allows tents.View in API docs