GET /occurrence/points

obis.org:obis-api

Summary: Fetch point occurrences as GeoJSON (aggregated to Geohash precision 8). Limited to 100,000 features.
Operation ID:
Auth: unknown
Description

Fetch point occurrences as GeoJSON (aggregated to Geohash precision 8). Limited to 100,000 features.

Parameters (19)

absence (string, query, optional)

Include absence records (include) or get absence records exclusively (true).

areaid (string, query, optional)

Area ID.

datasetid (string, query, optional)

Dataset UUID.

dropped (string, query, optional)

Include dropped records (include) or get dropped records exclusively (true).

enddate (string, query, optional)

End date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.

enddepth (integer, query, optional)

End depth, in meters.

event (string, query, optional)

Include pure event records (include) or get pure event records exclusively (true).

exclude (string, query, optional)

Comma separated list of quality flags to be excluded.

flags (string, query, optional)

Comma separated list of quality flags which need to be set.

geometry (string, query, optional)

Geometry, formatted as WKT or GeoHash.

hab (boolean, query, optional)

HAB species only, true/false.

instituteid (string, query, optional)

Institute ID.

nodeid (string, query, optional)

Node UUID.

redlist (boolean, query, optional)

Red List species only, true/false.

scientificname (string, query, optional)

Scientific name. Leave empty to include all taxa.

startdate (string, query, optional)

Start date formatted as YYYY-MM-DD.

startdepth (integer, query, optional)

Start depth, in meters.

taxonid (string, query, optional)

Taxon AphiaID.

wrims (boolean, query, optional)

WRiMS species only, true/false.

Examples (4)

TitleTypeURLAction
Fetch all occurrences (basic request) curl https://api.obis.org/occurrence/points
Filter by scientific name (Mola mola) curl https://api.obis.org/occurrence/points?scientificname=Mola%20mola
Filter by geometry and date range (North Sea, 2023) curl https://api.obis.org/occurrence/points?geometry=POLYGON%20%28%28-10%2050%2C%2010%2050%2C%2010%2060%2C%20-10%2060%2C%20-10%2050%29%29&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31
Fetch point occurrences as GeoJSON (aggregated to Geohash precision 8). Limited to 100,000 features. probe-gate https://api.obis.org/v3/occurrence/points

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 11:03:26.320235 200 1507ms 2.0MB
2026-03-23 11:01:23.128313 200 1561ms 2.0MB
2026-03-23 10:43:54.095314 200 7409ms 2.0MB
2026-03-23 09:10:36.261541 200 548ms 0.8MB

Response Changes

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2026-03-23 10:43:54.095314 c1b71ac2d2b5 e85286a68f21
2026-03-23 11:03:26.320235 e85286a68f21 8e9bad9c2bad