You can find information about two different APIs, which are based on the open data of the Latvian State Land Service's Cadastre Information System. Information about the cadastral information layer WMS can be found here here.

Parcel and building search

Autocomplete search, that allows to find specific parcel or building by its cadastral number, and get their geometry.

API URL

The request URL should match the following pattern:

https://api.kartes.lv/v3//search?layers=cadastral

By default, the response is given in JSON (JSONP and XML are also available).

The HTTP GET request method is used.

Query parameters

The request consists of the following GET parameters:

Parameter	Description	Available values
q	Cadastral number (11 digits for parcels, 14 digits for buildings).
limit	Maximum number of returned objects. Up to 50 objects can be returned.
mode		compact full
layers		cadastral - cadastral parcel cadastral_building - cadastral building
format		standart (JSON; default value) geojson
geometry
fields	Fields that should be in the response (comma separated).	name - cadastral number iso_code - country ISO CODE the_geom - geometry in WKT
cs	Coordinate system (optional parameter). By default, the WGS-84 (EPSG:4326) coordinates are used. The parameter allows to set other CRS.	wgs84 - WGS-84 (EPSG:4326) lks - TM Baltic93 (EPSG:25884)

Response parameters

The response consists of the queried cadastral number, its properties, CRS, with an array of objects with parameters defined by the fields parameter.

Error codes

Status code	Description
400	Wrong input data. Server can’t respond due to client error.
404	No location found. The URL is not recognized; the resource does not exist.
5xx	Server error.

Examples

Input:

https://api.kartes.lv/v3//search?q=01000242161&fields=name,the_geom&format=geojson&layers=cadastral

Output:

{
   "cadastral":{
      "type":"FeatureCollection",
      "name":"cadastral",
      "crs":{
         "type":"name",
         "properties":{
            "name":"urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326"
         }
      },
      "features":[
         {
            "type":"Feature",
            "geometry":{
               "type":"Polygon",
               "coordinates":[
                  [
                     [
                        24.121745,
                        56.973326
                     ],
                     [
                        24.123015,
                        56.973876
                     ],
                     [
                        24.123056,
                        56.973848
                     ],
                     [
                        24.12386,
                        56.973294
                     ],
                     [
                        24.12267,
                        56.972794
                     ],
                     [
                        24.121791,
                        56.9733
                     ],
                     [
                        24.121745,
                        56.973326
                     ]
                  ]
               ]
            },
            "properties":{
               "name":"01000242161",
               "iso_code":"LVA"
            }
         }
      ]
   }
}

Cadastral (parcel) reverse geocoding

Returns parcel number and extra properties for the given coordinates (location information).

API URL

The request URL should match the following pattern:

https://api.kartes.lv/v3//reverse_geocoding?type=cadastral