EMBEDEARTH / SEARCH API

Lake Search API

Find lakes and connect shoreline access, boat ramps, towns, parks, watersheds, roads, and recreation.

LIVE QUERY SHAPE

search(feature)
→ filter by area
→ rank by context
→ return geometry
core search

Query Lakes as Spatial Data, Not Just Text

EDK turns lakes into queryable geographic features. Use a lake API to find candidates by location and intent, not only exact names. Search across regions, radii, polygons, or the current viewport and receive data ready for GeoJSON, maps, ranking, or spatial analysis.

use cases

Lakes Use Cases from Search to Analysis

Applications for lakes range from recreation and trip planning to habitat research, environmental due diligence, and conservation mapping. EDK supports both sides: route-aware access for people and geometry-based analysis for professionals.

maps

Turn Lake Map into an Interactive EDK Layer

Put lakes on a map without maintaining a separate visualization index. EDK can return map-ready geometry, update results as the viewport changes, and combine the main layer with boat ramps, parks, or custom data. Styling remains under the application’s control.

tiles

Stream Lakes Map Data with Vector Tiles

Use vector tiles when a lake map needs to cover thousands or millions of features. EDK loads only the lakes inside the visible map tiles, reducing browser payloads while preserving styling and interaction. The same layer can support local inspection, regional dashboards, and broader geographic coverage.

developers

Use Lakes from API, SDK, CLI, or MCP

Start with lake API and add only the EDK primitives the product needs: geocoding, maps, routing, vector tiles, spatial compute, or MCP. Teams can keep one lakes model across browser experiences, backend services, pipelines, and AI workflows.

environmental screening

Use Lakes in Environmental Screening

Intersect project footprints, parcels, corridors, or buffers with lakes and surrounding environmental layers. EDK can combine geometry search with distance and overlap calculations, making lake API useful for early due diligence, permitting workflows, conservation analysis, and field planning.

compute

Run Spatial Analysis Directly on Lakes

Move from lake API results to analysis in the same workflow. Calculate recreation and settlement proximity, compare candidates, create buffers, count related features, or intersect lakes with another layer. Compute outputs can feed ranking, screening, dashboards, or automated decisions.

access

Find Practical Access to Lakes

Use roads, trailheads, parking, entrances, towns, or other access features to understand how people actually reach lakes. EDK can pair feature search with route planning and nearby infrastructure so outdoor and field applications do not confuse the geographic feature itself with the point where access begins.

ONE GEOGRAPHIC WORKFLOW

Search, map, route, and compute with EDK.

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