Boundary API V2 (Trial)

GET Request Common Land Unit Boundary

Please note, this is the trial version of this API with limited usage. Please purchase a subscription key for continued use.


It is not uncommon for more than one crop to be grown on a CLU. These CLU boundaries are derived from the last publicly available distribution from 2008. A single CLU is approximately interpreted as a “field”. A Common Land Unit (CLU) is the smallest unit of land that has a permanent, contiguous boundary, a common land cover and land management, a common owner and a common producer in agricultural land associated with USDA farm programs.

The Ag-Analytics Common Land Unit Boundary API provides a service for which a user can pass a point (x, y coordinates pair), a line, an envelope (bounding box), or a polygon in geojson. The service will send back boundaries in geojson. To retrieve the desired level of boundary, user will need to pass a level parameter in the GET request.


CLU Boundaries in Ag-Analytics DataLayers.


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Level Descriptions


Parameter Source Description
Common Land Unit (CLU)
USDA

Boundaries from this source are derived from the last publicly
made 2008 Common Land Unit (CLU) boundaries distribution by the USDA.
1 SQMI Grid
Ag-Analytics
One square mile grids created by Ag-Analytics
Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
USGS
The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used
in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling.
Public Land Survey
System (PLSS) - First Division

USGS
This source provides the boundaries of first division when PLSS is not available.
County
United States Census
County level US boundaries
State
United States Census
State level US boundaries

Request Parameters


Parameter Type Required? Default Option Description
Geometry GeoJSON/JSON Yes 'envelope' GeoJSON, JSON, envelope, point The AOI used for searching boundaries. It can be a point (x,y coordinate pairs),
a line or polygon in GeoJSON, or an envelope (bounding box with xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax).
Geometry_type String Yes - 'envelope', 'point', 'line', 'polygon' The geometry type of the geometry passed in the request.
Level String No 'CLU' 'CLU', 'County', 'State', 'PLSS',
'PLSS_FIRSTDIVISION',
'1SQMI_GRID'
Boundary searching level. See description above.

Response Parameters


Parameter Data Type Description
status String Status of the API call
1. SUCCEED: API call was successful.
2. FAILURE: API call was failed, see msg for error message.
3. NoFound: No boundaries found for current geometry
msg String Messages from the API call
results GeoJSON If the API call was successful, all boundaries will be returned
in GeoJSON as a feature collection

Boundary Count By State



State

State FIPS

Total Acres

Boundary Count

Arizona

4

528,832

33,917

Arkansas

5

6,080,673

254,254

California

6

13,396,334

212,539

Colorado

8

19,579,683

211,719

Connecticut

9

531,976

59,321

Delaware

10

533,347

39,968

Georgia

13

8,705,326

751,898

Hawaii

15

1,611,910

10,512

Idaho

16

10,732,363

383,671

Illinois

17

25,372,970

1,482,605

Indiana

18

14,093,068

753,056

Iowa

19

26,580,471

1,380,415

Kansas

20

43,326,372

1,142,617

Kentucky

21

10,264,908

957,171

Louisiana

22

7,248,373

222,710

Maine

23

2,373,594

127,727

Maryland

24

2,849,453

203,967

Massachusetts

25

547,786

45,412

Michigan

26

4,006,083

195,718

Minnesota

27

22,442,920

875,986

Mississippi

28

1,649,422

95,411

Missouri

29

29,821,742

1,899,246

Montana

30

50,721,906

658,292

Nebraska

31

36,676,731

645,104

Nevada

32

1,672,609

23,266

New Hampshire

33

894,481

33,972

New Jersey

34

952,435

77,706

New York

36

9,490,409

549,223

North Carolina

37

13,146,229

1,194,191

North Dakota

38

32,140,089

872,467

Ohio

39

14,995,390

983,316

Oklahoma

40

29,320,352

733,846

Oregon

41

13,212,207

199,824

Pennsylvania

42

7,445,215

470,518

Rhode Island

44

72,680

7,486

South Carolina

45

2,897,836

182,273

South Dakota

46

36,605,108

624,934

Tennessee

47

14,462,059

1,165,303

Texas

48

123,069,000

1,326,269

Utah

49

4,941,516

87,729

Vermont

50

1,544,910

131,722

Virginia

51

14,283,368

821,230

Washington

53

6,000,411

183,964

West Virginia

54

2,843,839

171,781

Wisconsin

55

15,227,478

959,647

Wyoming

56

18,996,788

82,021

Total


703,890,650

23,525,924



Call API

Request

Request URL

Request parameters

  • json, geojson

    The geometry to apply as the spatial filter.

  • String

    The geometry type of the geometry passed in the request.

Request body

Responses

200 OK

Code samples

@ECHO OFF

curl -v -X GET "https://ag-analytics.azure-api.net/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/?Geometry={"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}&Geometry_type=polygon"

--data-ascii "{body}" 
using System;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Web;

namespace CSHttpClientSample
{
    static class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            MakeRequest();
            Console.WriteLine("Hit ENTER to exit...");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        
        static async void MakeRequest()
        {
            var client = new HttpClient();
            var queryString = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(string.Empty);


            // Request parameters
            queryString["Geometry"] = "{"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}";
            queryString["Geometry_type"] = "polygon";
            var uri = "https://ag-analytics.azure-api.net/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/?" + queryString;

            var response = await client.GetAsync(uri);
        }
    }
}	
// // This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
import java.net.URI;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

public class JavaSample 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        HttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();

        try
        {
            URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder("https://ag-analytics.azure-api.net/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/");

            builder.setParameter("Geometry", "{"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}");
            builder.setParameter("Geometry_type", "polygon");

            URI uri = builder.build();
            HttpGet request = new HttpGet(uri);


            // Request body
            StringEntity reqEntity = new StringEntity("{body}");
            request.setEntity(reqEntity);

            HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(request);
            HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();

            if (entity != null) 
            {
                System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(entity));
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>JSSample</title>
    <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function() {
        var params = {
            // Request parameters
            "Geometry": "{"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}",
            "Geometry_type": "polygon",
        };
      
        $.ajax({
            url: "https://ag-analytics.azure-api.net/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/?" + $.param(params),
            beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
                // Request headers
            },
            type: "GET",
            // Request body
            data: "{body}",
        })
        .done(function(data) {
            alert("success");
        })
        .fail(function() {
            alert("error");
        });
    });
</script>
</body>
</html>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{
    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
    
    NSString* path = @"https://ag-analytics.azure-api.net/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/";
    NSArray* array = @[
                         // Request parameters
                         @"entities=true",
                         @"Geometry={"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}",
                         @"Geometry_type=polygon",
                      ];
    
    NSString* string = [array componentsJoinedByString:@"&"];
    path = [path stringByAppendingFormat:@"?%@", string];

    NSLog(@"%@", path);

    NSMutableURLRequest* _request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:path]];
    [_request setHTTPMethod:@"GET"];
    // Request headers
    // Request body
    [_request setHTTPBody:[@"{body}" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    
    NSURLResponse *response = nil;
    NSError *error = nil;
    NSData* _connectionData = [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:_request returningResponse:&response error:&error];

    if (nil != error)
    {
        NSLog(@"Error: %@", error);
    }
    else
    {
        NSError* error = nil;
        NSMutableDictionary* json = nil;
        NSString* dataString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:_connectionData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
        NSLog(@"%@", dataString);
        
        if (nil != _connectionData)
        {
            json = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:_connectionData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:&error];
        }
        
        if (error || !json)
        {
            NSLog(@"Could not parse loaded json with error:%@", error);
        }
        
        NSLog(@"%@", json);
        _connectionData = nil;
    }
    
    [pool drain];

    return 0;
}
<?php
// This sample uses the Apache HTTP client from HTTP Components (http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/)
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new Http_Request2('https://ag-analytics.azure-api.net/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/');
$url = $request->getUrl();

$headers = array(
    // Request headers
);

$request->setHeader($headers);

$parameters = array(
    // Request parameters
    'Geometry' => '{"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}',
    'Geometry_type' => 'polygon',
);

$url->setQueryVariables($parameters);

$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);

// Request body
$request->setBody("{body}");

try
{
    $response = $request->send();
    echo $response->getBody();
}
catch (HttpException $ex)
{
    echo $ex;
}

?>
########### Python 2.7 #############
import httplib, urllib, base64

headers = {
}

params = urllib.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'Geometry': '{"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}',
    'Geometry_type': 'polygon',
})

try:
    conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('ag-analytics.azure-api.net')
    conn.request("GET", "/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################

########### Python 3.2 #############
import http.client, urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, base64

headers = {
}

params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
    # Request parameters
    'Geometry': '{"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}',
    'Geometry_type': 'polygon',
})

try:
    conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection('ag-analytics.azure-api.net')
    conn.request("GET", "/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/?%s" % params, "{body}", headers)
    response = conn.getresponse()
    data = response.read()
    print(data)
    conn.close()
except Exception as e:
    print("[Errno {0}] {1}".format(e.errno, e.strerror))

####################################
require 'net/http'

uri = URI('https://ag-analytics.azure-api.net/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2-clone/')

query = URI.encode_www_form({
    # Request parameters
    'Geometry' => '{"geometryType": "esriGeometryPolygon", "features": [{"geometry": {"rings": [[[-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722], [-91.53894861128936, 34.560481053757655], [-91.53892673258258, 34.56192576336332], [-91.53889249809026, 34.56325987524309], [-91.5388720178293, 34.564625711607334], [-91.53882557593954, 34.566462376337654], [-91.53913423046032, 34.566538207172584], [-91.53917447152463, 34.566730301462314], [-91.53962869840569, 34.566740245266146], [-91.54305890694297, 34.56681730907161], [-91.54305614512498, 34.566585087032195], [-91.54304565183531, 34.56613185570063], [-91.54306887772651, 34.56417543544802], [-91.54310131717199, 34.562940478320456], [-91.54309762365637, 34.56170736210515], [-91.54308258968973, 34.561319449433086], [-91.54285584362225, 34.56111836821816], [-91.54218857094577, 34.56094358497853], [-91.54135688960872, 34.560665392294084], [-91.54036096688509, 34.56031309277506], [-91.53965887605625, 34.560065743239534], [-91.53900737389114, 34.55980772414722]]], "spatialReference": {"wkid": 4326}}}]}',
    'Geometry_type' => 'polygon'
})
if query.length > 0
  if uri.query && uri.query.length > 0
    uri.query += '&' + query
  else
    uri.query = query
  end
end

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
# Request body
request.body = "{body}"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, :use_ssl => uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    http.request(request)
end

puts response.body