BC Geographical Names Web Service - REST API

This REST API provides searchable access to information about geographical names in the province of British Columbia, including name status and details about the corresponding geographic feature. Please note that you may experience issues when submitting requests to the delivery or test environment if using this [OpenAPI specification](https://github.com/bcgov/api-specs) in other API console viewers.

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Base URL: https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws
Auth: none
Endpoints: 14
Reachable: unknown
CORS: unknown

Links

Homepage: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=A3C60F17CE934B1ABFA366F28C66E370
API Base: https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET /featureCategories Get all feature categories
GET /featureClasses Get all feature classes
GET /featureTypes Get all feature types
GET /features/{featureId} Get a feature by its featureId
GET /nameAuthorities Get all name authorities
GET /names/changes Search for names with metadata changes in a given period
GET /names/decisions/recent Search for names affected by recent naming decision
GET /names/decisions/year Search for names affected by naming decisions in a given year
GET /names/inside Search in a geographic area
GET /names/near Search near to a geographic point
GET /names/notOfficial/search Search by name, limit to unofficial names only
GET /names/official/search Search by name, limit to official names only
GET /names/search Search by name
GET /names/{nameId}.{outputFormat} Get a name by its nameId