National Map Services
Topographic and national basemap service references for elevation and mapping prototypes.
TIRust Labs
GIS API Discovery Console
A prototype research tool for indexing public geospatial APIs, inspecting endpoint metadata, and testing discovery workflows for civic, infrastructure, mapping, and public-data systems.
5 indexed
2 starred
Public endpoints
Healthy seeds
Prototype
Indexed API seed examples
These are starter public-data endpoints and catalog examples for discovery workflow design. Validate licensing, rate limits, access terms, and data quality before operational use.
NFHL Flood Data
Flood hazard service references useful for public hazard-layer discovery and validation workflows.
Geospatial Commons
State open geospatial catalog references for parcels, imagery, transport, and statewide datasets.
Discovery workflow
The original prototype included local browser fallback data plus a Node/SQLite backend for persisted stars, queued discovery searches, fingerprinting, and candidate promotion. This labs page preserves the concept under the correct organizational domain.
- Catalog: collect public endpoint candidates with source, organization, region, protocol, and purpose.
- Fingerprint: inspect response type, service metadata, queryability, layers, collections, and basic capabilities.
- Validate: confirm access terms, reliability, licensing, and usefulness before promoting into operational use.
- Integrate: wire approved endpoints into map rendering, data analysis, or infrastructure workflows.