Recent eBird Sightings Summary By
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Location - Version 1.0
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Summary
This API provides a summary of eBird and eTT observations for an eBird hotspot, over the past few days.
Google Gadgets
There are Google Gadgets with eBird Trail Tacker and eBird branding which can be used to consume the data provided by this API. Information about using those gadgets.
Suggestions for Improvement
- For both gadgets:
- Ability to sort by Most Recently Observed (followed by taxonomic order)
- Ability to sort by High Count (followed by taxonomic order)
- For eBird gadget:
- Show first and last name of reporting observer
- For eTT gadget:
- link to AAB species on species names
- link to map showing location of sighting (using eTT map)
- identify rarities and specialties
API
URL | description | status | notes |
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Return summary of recent sightings for most active hotspot over the past 24 hours | deployed |
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http://ebird.org/ws1.0/product//data/ebird/byloc/recent?locIDslocID=L97555,L259855&locID=L259855&daysBack=7 | Return summary of recent sightings at the given locID(s) | deployed |
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Parameter Descriptions
parameter | required | default | value options | example value | description | status |
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locIDs locID | no yes | n/a | locID of hotspot locations comma-separated list of up to three locIDs | L97555 ,L259855 | The data summary is computed using data submitted to the given locIDs (up to three). | deployed |
locale | no | en_US | Java standard locale codes | en_US | Language/locale of common names provided in the response (when translations are available) | implemented, not deployed (as of June 27, 2008) |
daysBack | no | 0 | 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 | 7 | How many days backwards to look in computing the summary. Zero means use observations submitted for today. One means use observations for today and yesterday. Etc. | deployed |
Result Caching
Results are cached on the server for 30 minutes, so repeated calls to the same URL will usually result in exacted the same response. The time that the response was actually computed is provided in the header time stamp.
XML Result Format
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<header>
<locale country="US" language="en"/>
<timestamp>2008-06-27T15:57:58.877-04:00</timestamp>
<criteria>
<property id="locID" value="L97555" description="Sapsucker Woods"/>
<property id="daysBack" value="7"/>
</criteria>
</header>
<result>
<sighting>
<species-id>cangoo</species-id>
<scientific-name>Branta canadensis</scientific-name>
<common-name>Canada Goose</common-name>
<how-many>20</how-many>
<num-checklists>2</num-checklists>
<obs-dt>2008-06-27</obs-dt>
</sighting>
<sighting>
<species-id>norbob</species-id>
<scientific-name>Colinus virginianus</scientific-name>
<common-name>Northern Bobwhite</common-name>
<how-many>1</how-many>
<num-checklists>1</num-checklists>
<obs-dt>2008-06-25</obs-dt>
</sighting>
</result>
</response>
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The time period over which the report is tallied is from midnight of the previous day to "now".
Enhancements for eBird gadget/data
- add observer name to data and display
Enhancements for eTT gadget/data
Potential Improvements
- Support more
- Link to AAB species instead of eBird reports
- link to map showing location of sighting (using kiosk map)
- Identfiy rarities and specialties
- Multiple time frames (week, month); for these, show date last observed.
- Support multiple points (via point in polygon )
Enhancements targeted for sprint
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- Must regurgitate parameter in response header.
- Validation check parameter values.
- Default value is 1, which indicates a time period of midnight of the previous day to "now".
- E.g., "3" would indicate midnight 3 days ago to "now". Thus the report always covers 3 x 24 hours + however far through the day we are right now.
- computation).
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