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Buildings

GET /buildings/list.{format}

Description

This method returns a list of official building names, codes, numbers, and their lat/long coordinates.

Summary

Name	Value	Name	Value
Request Protocol	GET	Requires API Key	Yes
Method ID	1213	Enabled	Yes
Service Name	buildings	Service ID	257
Information Steward	Institution of Analysis & Planning (IAP)	Data Type	CSV
Update Frequency	When updated by the steward/via github pull request	Cache Time	0 seconds

Notes

• Usage won't increase if there is no data returned
• This data is community curated on github.
• Any value can be null

Sources

• https://github.com/uWaterloo/Datasets/blob/master/Buildings/Buildings.csv

Parameters

GET /buildings/list.{format}

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
format	input	yes	Output format
key	filter	yes	Your API key
callback	filter	no	JSONP callback format

Output Formats

• json
• geojson
• xml

Examples

GET /buildings/list.{format}

• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/buildings/list.json
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/buildings/list.geojson
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/buildings/list.xml
• https://api.uwaterloo.ca/v2/buildings/list.json?callback=myResponse

Response

Field Name	Type	Value Description
building_id	string	Official unique building number
building_code	string	Official unique building code
building_name	string	Official unique building name
alternate_names	array	Alternate building names
latitude	float	Latitude of building location
longitude	float	Longitude of building location
building_sections	array	List of building sections section_name array Name of section latitude float Latitude of building section location longitude float Longitude of building section location

Any value except building_id, building_code, and building_name can be null

Output

JSON

{
  "meta":{
    "requests":96,
    "timestamp":1381939191,
    "status":200,
    "message":"Request successful",
    "method_id":2,
    "version":2.07,
    "method":{
      
    }
  },
  "data":[
    {
      "building_id":0,
      "building_code":"AAC",
      "building_name":"Architecture Annex Cambridge",
      "alternate_names":[
        
      ],
      "latitude":43.35855,
      "longitude":-80.31684,
      "building_sections":[
        
      ]
    },
    {
      "building_id":0,
      "building_code":"AAR",
      "building_name":"Architecture Annex Rome",
      "alternate_names":[
        
      ],
      "latitude":41.889615,
      "longitude":12.470925,
      "building_sections":[
        
      ]
    },
    {
      "building_id":0,
      "building_code":"ACW",
      "building_name":"Accelerator Centre Waterloo",
      "alternate_names":[
        
      ],
      "latitude":43.47731,
      "longitude":-80.54896,
      "building_sections":[
        
      ]
    },
    {
      "building_id":44,
      "building_code":"MKV",
      "building_name":"William Lyon Mackenzie King Village",
      "alternate_names":[
        "Mackenzie King Village"
      ],
      "latitude":43.471509,
      "longitude":-80.552729,
      "building_sections":[
        {
          "section_name":"MKV East",
          "latitude":43.47132,
          "longitude":-80.551983
        },
        {
          "section_name":"MKV West",
          "latitude":43.471161,
          "longitude":-80.553056
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "building_id":45,
      "building_code":"TC",
      "building_name":"William M. Tatham Centre for Co-operative Education & Career Action",
      "alternate_names":[
        "Tatham Centre"
      ],
      "latitude":43.469,
      "longitude":-80.541324,
      "building_sections":[
        
      ]
    }
  ]
}