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Place Categories in location services

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11-21-2024 07:47 AM
ChitraKrishnan
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‎11-21-2024 07:47 AM

Hi,

I am trying to find the category Ids of below categories using the places api. But could not find anything similar to the one I am looking for. 

places-api url:  'https://places-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/places-service/v1/categories?token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>&f=pjson'

Category list

  • Fire Hydrants
  • Support Hydrant Layer - Active (Water Flow Rate)
  • Support Hydrant Layer - Inactive (Estimated Activation Date)
  • Parcel Data
  • Building Footprints
  • Fire Districts/Zones
  • Police Beats/Zones
  • Traffic Considerations (with real-time data)
  • Manual Map Navigation (with real-time data)
  • GIS Import/Export Capabilities
  • Boundary Management

Appreciate, if anyone can help with this.

Thanks

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esritony
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New Contributor
‎11-22-2024 02:50 PM

Hello!

The ArcGIS Places service enables you to access  points of interest (POI) data, covering over 1,000 feature categories including:

  • Retail Locationslike stores and restaurants
  • Public Facilities like fire stations, airports, courthouses
  • Natural Features like mountains, lakes

For a more detailed description of the categories, please refer to this blog post. You can also explore the currently supported categories using the online Places Category Finder.  Note that POI categories may change with each data refresh.

You can also obtain the complete list of supported categories in JSON format, using the Places service:

https://places-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/places-service/v1/categories?token=<YOUR_VALID_API_KEY>

You can also search for specific categories using an optional search parameter. For example, to find all POI categories with "fire" in the name, use:

https://places-api.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/places-service/v1/categories?filter=fire&token=<YOUR_VALID_API_KEY>

To submit those REST requests, you will need a valid API Key. You can sign up for a free ArcGIS Location Platform developer account here: Get Started with ArcGIS.

I hope this helps. If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Thank you for your question.

Tony

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