API Overview

• GeoTagger

  The GeoTagger Web Service identifies geographic references in documents and provides detailed information about each geographic reference. When you submit a document to the GeoTagger Service, it returns tag information that can be processed programatically. Each tagged geographic reference includes information about the most likely location to which the geographic name in the document text refers and how confident the GeoTagger is that it has identified the correct location.

  • GeoTagger Web Service 1.0.0 (Available in OnDemand)
  • GeoTagger SOAP (Available in MetaCarta GTS v4.0.0, MetaCarta GTS v3.9.1, MetaCarta GTS v3.8.1)

• Ingestion

  The Ingestion Service allows you to send documents to a MetaCarta appliance. Documents you send will be processed and then indexed so that they can be searched by users of the Search API or MetaCarta's Web Search Interface.

  • Ingestion HTTP (Available in MetaCarta GTS v4.0.0, MetaCarta GTS v3.9.1, MetaCarta GTS v3.8.1)

• Location Finder

  The Location Finder Web Service allows you to search the extensive geographic databases on your MetaCarta appliance containing over 6 million geographic locations. The Location Finder Web Service returns a list of geographic locations whose names match your location query. The location listings include supporting information about each location such as latitude and longitude, location type, and containing administrative data.

  • Location Finder Web Service 2.0.0 (Available in MetaCarta GTS v4.0.0)
  • Location Finder Web Service 1.1.0 (Available in MetaCarta GTS v3.9.1)
  • Location Finder Web Service 1.0.0 (Available in OnDemand)

• Query Parser

  The Query Parser Web Service takes an unstructured query string and separates it into geographic and non-geographic portions. The Query Parser Web Service also returns the best place match for the geographic term contained in the query string, if any.

  • Query Parser Web Service 2.0.0 (Available in MetaCarta GTS v4.0.0)
  • Query Parser Web Service 1.0.0 (Available in OnDemand)

• Saved Search and Notification

  The Saved Search and Notification Web Service allows you to interact with the saved search and notification system on your appliance programatically. This saved search and notification system stores searches for later execution, either by user request or automatically. These saved searches can send notifications to users through Jabber, email, RSS feed, Netnews, or real-time browser notification when the executed search discovers new results. You can add, edit, delete, and execute searches, add and alter user notifications, and view search information and system status using the Saved Search and Notification Web Service.

  • Saved Search and Notification Web Service 2.0.0 (Available in MetaCarta GTS v4.0.0)

• Search

  The Search Web Service allows you to search through the documents indexed on a MetaCarta appliance by specifiying search criteria, including geographic area and document keywords. The Search Web Service selects documents from the archives meeting your search criteria and returns information about these documents. You can search your own appliance or, using OnDemand, search MetaCarta's content repositories.

  • Search Web Service 2.0.0 (Available in MetaCarta GTS v4.0.0)
  • Search Web Service 1.1.0 (Available in MetaCarta GTS v4.0.0, MetaCarta GTS v3.9.1)
  • Search Web Service 1.0.0 (Available in OnDemand)
  • Search SOAP (Available in MetaCarta GTS v4.0.0, MetaCarta GTS v3.9.1, MetaCarta GTS v3.8.1)