Boundary API V2
GET Request Common Land Unit Boundary
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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 headers
-
string
Request body
Responses
200 OK
Code samples
@ECHO OFF
curl -v -X GET "https://ag-analytics.azure-api.net/CommonLandUnitBoundary-v2/?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"
-H "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key: {subscription key}"
--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 headers
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
// 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/?" + 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/");
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.setHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key", "{subscription key}");
// 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/?" + $.param(params),
beforeSend: function(xhrObj){
// Request headers
xhrObj.setRequestHeader("Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key","{subscription key}");
},
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/";
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 setValue:@"{subscription key}" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key"];
// 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/');
$url = $request->getUrl();
$headers = array(
// Request headers
'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key' => '{subscription key}',
);
$request->setHeader($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 = {
# Request headers
'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}
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/?%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 = {
# Request headers
'Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key': '{subscription key}',
}
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/?%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/')
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 headers
request['Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key'] = '{subscription key}'
# 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