Web services

Pull the latest LINZ Data Service data into your web, mobile and GIS applications with our APIS and web services.

Learn the basics of LDS web services and APIs to help you choose the service to best suit your needs.

To use any LINZ Data Service web service or API, you will first need to create an API key.

If your geospatial data appears flipped or rotated you may be experiencing axis ordering issues.

Web services are often an efficient way to access data on a regular and automatic basis, but HTTP 504 timeout errors can occur if you request large amounts of data from large LDS layers.

A step-by-step guide for connecting to LINZ Data Service web feature services in ArcGIS Pro Desktop.

A step-by-step guide to connecting to LDS Web Feature Services (WFS) in QGIS.

A step-by-step guide to using our plugin for the discovery and import of LINZ data into QGIS.

The LINZ Data Service provides three Open Geospatial Consortium compliant web services. Find out which web service versions we provide and the versions supported by some of the most commonly used GIS apps.

An introduction to some of the parameters you can add to your Web Feature Services (WFS) request to filter data , filter methods, and the tools to run them.

Web Feature Services (WFS) advanced operations let you filter your query by attribute or value. This is useful when you are interested in a subset of the data in an LDS layer or table.

Web Feature Services (WFS) advanced operations let you filter a query based on geometry. This is useful when you are interested in a specific location.