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Boundary polygon of a census place

GET
/v1/places/{geoid}/boundary

The boundary polygon of a census place (city/town) as a GeoJSON Feature. Free (no API key). Handy as a background outline when mapping a city’s blocks or POIs; the geometry is lightly simplified for display.

Parameters

Section titled “Parameters”

Path Parameters

Section titled “Path Parameters”
geoid
required
Geoid

Census place GEOID

string

Census place GEOID

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

200

Section titled “200”

Successful Response

PlaceBoundary

GET /v1/places/{geoid}/boundary (routers.spatial.place_boundary). The census place’s boundary as a GeoJSON Feature (WGS84, lightly simplified for display). Free (no API key).

object
geometry
required
Geometry

GeoJSON Polygon/MultiPolygon

object
key
additional properties
any
properties
required
PlaceBoundaryProperties
object
geoid
required
Geoid

Census place GEOID

string
type
required
Type
string
Example
{
  "geometry": {
    "coordinates": [
      [
        [
          -123.1,
          44.03
        ],
        [
          -123.05,
          44.03
        ],
        [
          -123.05,
          44.07
        ],
        [
          -123.1,
          44.07
        ],
        [
          -123.1,
          44.03
        ]
      ]
    ],
    "type": "Polygon"
  },
  "properties": {
    "geoid": "4159000"
  },
  "type": "Feature"
}

404

Section titled “404”

Not Found

Problem

RFC 9457 problem detail. Served as application/problem+json. Additional members appear for some problem types (e.g. errors). (core.problems.problem)

object
detail
Any of:
string
status
required
Status
integer
title
required
Title
string
type
required
Type

Problem type URI; the final path segment is the stable slug

string
key
additional properties
any