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h2. Description
Returns the nearest N locations (specified with the maxResults parameter) with observations of a species.
This is part of the [eBird version 1.1 API|eBird-1.1].
h2. URL
*Base URL*
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent]
*Examples*
Minimal:
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46&sci=branta%20canadensis]
Fully specified:
[http://ebird.org/ws1.1/data/nearest/geo_spp/recent?lng=-76.51&lat=42.46&sci=branta%20canadensis&hotspot=true&dist=2&back=5&maxResults=500&locale=en_US&fmt=json&includeProvisional=true]
h2. Parameter Descriptions
|| Parameter Name || Required || Default \\ || Value Options \\ || Example Value \\ || Description ||
| lat | yes \\ | \\ | \-90.00 - 90.00 decimal \\ | 42.46 \\ | decimal latitude, two decimal places of precision required |
| lng | yes \\ | \\ | \-180.00 - 180.00 decimal | \-76.51 | decimal longitude, two decimal places of precision required |
| dist \\ | \\ | 25 | 0 - 50 integer \\ | 15 | distance defining area of interest from given lat/lng in kilometers \\ |
| back \\ | | 14 \\ | 1 - 30 integer | 7 | the number of days back to look for observations \\ |
| maxResults | | 1000 | 1 - 1000 integer \\ | 10 \\ | the maximum number of result rows to return in this request \\ |
| locale \\ | | en_US | Java standard locale codes | fr_CA \\ | Language/locale of response (when translations are available). See [http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Locale.html]. \\ |
| fmt \\ | | xml\\ | json, xml \\ | json \\ | format of the response \\ |
| sci \\ | yes \\ | | any scientific name \\ | larus%20delawarensis \\ | scientific name of the species of interest (not case sensitive). See [eBird-1.1-SpeciesReference] for a complete list of supported scientific names | |
| hotspot \\ | | false \\ | true,false \\ | false \\ | set to true if results should be limited to sightings at hotspots \\ | |
| includeProvisional \\ | | false \\ | true,false \\ | false \\ | set to true if you'd like flagged records that have not yet been reviewed to be included in the results\\ |
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