Pleiades Places API
Chunks of read-only data we use in various applications are available in JSON via HTTP. We're supporting Cross-Origin Resource Sharing but not JSONP.
Status
A count of places, locations, and names.
http://api.pleiades.stoa.org/status
Access Example
$ curl -v http://api.pleiades.stoa.org/status > GET /api/status HTTP/1.1 > Host: pleiades.stoa.org > Accept: */* > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:55:02 GMT < Content-Type: application/json < Cache-Control: max-age=900 < Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * < {"num_places": 34090, "num_locations": 35220, "num_names": 26644}
Data Items
Place
Data about a single ancient place represented as a GeoJSON feature collection.
URI template: http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/{pid}/json
Access Example
$ curl -v http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025/json | python -m json.tool > GET /places/423025/json HTTP/1.1 > Host: pleiades.stoa.org > Accept: */* > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:40:17 GMT < Content-Type: application/json < Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * < { "bbox": [ 12.486136999999999, 41.8917, 12.4862, 41.891775000000003 ], "connectsWith": [ "423080" ], "description": "The capital of the Roman Republic and Empire", "features": [ { "geometry": { "bbox": [ 12.4862, 41.8917, 12.4862, 41.8917 ], "coordinates": [ 12.4862, 41.8917 ], "type": "Point" }, "id": "temple-of-vesta", "properties": { "description": "", "link": "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025/temple-of-vesta", "title": "Temple of Vesta" }, "type": "Feature" }, { "geometry": { "bbox": [ 12.486136999999999, 41.891775000000003, 12.486136999999999, 41.891775000000003 ], "coordinates": [ 12.486136999999999, 41.891775000000003 ], "type": "Point" }, "id": "darmc-location-30635", "properties": { "description": "", "link": "http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025/darmc-location-30635", "title": "DARMC location 30635" }, "type": "Feature" } ], "id": "423025", "names": [ "Roma", "Rome" ], "recent_changes": [ { "modified": "2012-02-15T04:56:45Z", "principal": "admin" } ], "reprPoint": [ 12.486136999999999, 41.891775000000003 ], "title": "Roma", "type": "FeatureCollection" }