goosewatch.md

List of geese nests

GET /resources/goosewatch.{format}

Description

This method returns a list of geese nests during their spring mating season

Summary

Name	Value	Name	Value
Request Protocol	GET	Requires API Key	Yes
Method ID	1671	Enabled	Yes
Service Name	resources	Service ID	229
Information Steward	Faculty of Environment - MAD Lab	Data Type	CSV
Update Frequency	When updated by pull request	Cache Time	0 seconds

Notes

• Usage won't increase if there is no data returned
• This data is community curated on github in partnership with the Faculty of Environment's MAD Lab and http://goose-watch.uwaterloo.ca/
• Any value can be null

Sources

• https://github.com/uWaterloo/Datasets/blob/master/GooseWatch

Parameters

GET /resources/goosewatch.{format}

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
key	filter	yes	Your API key
term	filter	no	Four digit term representation
callback	filter	no	JSONP callback format

Output Formats

• json
• xml

Examples

GET /resources/goosewatch.{format}

• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/resources/goosewatch.json
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/resources/goosewatch.xml
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/resources/goosewatch.json?callback=myResponse

Response

Field Name	Type	Value Description
id	string	Goose Nest ID
location	string	Human-readable description of goose nest location
latitude	number	Latitude of goose nest location
longitude	number	Longitude of goose nest location
updated	string	ISO 8601 time-stamp of last update

Any value can be null

Output

JSON

{
  "meta":{
    "requests":482,
    "timestamp":1396972619,
    "status":200,
    "message":"Request successful",
    "method_id":1671,
    "method":{
      "term_min":1141,
      "term_max":1141,
      "term_displaying":1141
    }
  },
  "data":[
    {
      "id":0,
      "location":"On top of CIF entrance",
      "latitude":43.475531375,
      "longitude":-80.5482428414,
      "updated":"2014-04-07T13:58:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":1,
      "location":"REV Courtyard",
      "latitude":43.4697055374,
      "longitude":-80.5535603208,
      "updated":"2014-04-07T13:58:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":2,
      "location":"Needles Hall roof by the main staircase",
      "latitude":43.4697707478,
      "longitude":-80.543146644,
      "updated":"2014-04-03T15:59:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":3,
      "location":"Stairs next to RCH (south side between RCH and DWE) a goose has begun creating a nest.",
      "latitude":43.470051898,
      "longitude":-80.5406052517,
      "updated":"2014-04-07T13:58:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":4,
      "location":"Ring Road side of PAS",
      "latitude":43.4673778167,
      "longitude":-80.5410052912,
      "updated":"2014-04-07T13:58:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":5,
      "location":"In front of St.Paul's cafeteria window",
      "latitude":43.4675554604,
      "longitude":-80.5465653912,
      "updated":"2014-04-04T15:57:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":6,
      "location":"Waterloo Court North Entrance",
      "latitude":43.4701785544,
      "longitude":-80.5354339524,
      "updated":"2014-04-07T13:58:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":7,
      "location":"Arts Lecture Rooftop",
      "latitude":43.4689366324,
      "longitude":-80.5420160936,
      "updated":"2014-04-04T15:57:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":8,
      "location":"On the side of the pond",
      "latitude":43.4656514503,
      "longitude":-80.543630783,
      "updated":"2014-04-07T13:58:00-04:00"
    },
    {
      "id":9,
      "location":"E2-E3 Courtyard outside of Lever Lab",
      "latitude":43.4711703427,
      "longitude":-80.5402366181,
      "updated":"2014-04-07T13:58:00-04:00"
    }
  ]
}