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| Subcategory | Capability | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Environment | Return a 30-day history for the air quality index for a specified geographic location. | Web Service |
| Return a 30-day history of air quality descriptions for a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a 30-day history of health recommendations based on the air quality conditions and pollutants that affected a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a 30-day history of the air pollutants and relative concentrations that affected a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a 30-day history of the sources and effects of air pollutants that affected a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a description of the current air quality conditions for a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a five-day forecast of health recommendations based on the pollen conditions and plant sources for a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a five-day forecast of pollen condition descriptions for specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a five-day forecast of the pollen index for a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a five-day forecast of the pollen plant sources and effects for a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a four-day air quality forecast of the sources and effects of air pollutants that will affect a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a four-day forecast for the air quality index for a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a four-day forecast of air quality descriptions for a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a four-day forecast of health recommendations based on the air quality conditions and pollutants that will affect a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return a list of the air pollutants and relative concentrations currently affecting a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return an estimate of hours of sunshine per year on the roof of a building at a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return an estimate of the carbon offset potential by solar panels on the roof of a building at a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return an estimate of the number and size of solar panels that can be installed on the roof of a building at a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return an image file of an air quality heatmap tile for a set of map tile coordinates and zoom level. | Web Service | |
| Return an image file of pollen conditions heatmap tile for a set of map tile coordinates and zoom level. | Web Service | |
| Return details about the geometry of the roof of a building at a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return details about the sources and effects of air pollutants currently affecting a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return four-day forecast of the air pollutants and relative concentrations that will affect a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return health recommendations based on the air quality conditions and pollutants currently affecting a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return information about the potential financial benefits of installing solar panels on the roof a building at a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return plant descriptions and cross reaction details for sources included in a pollen forecast. | Web Service | |
| Return the current air quality index for a specified geographic location. | Web Service | |
| Return the URL of a GeoTIFF file containing annual sunlight (flux) data for a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return the URL of a GeoTIFF file containing Digital Surface Model (DSM) elevation topography data of natural and built features for a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return the URL of a GeoTIFF file containing hourly shade data, grouped by month, for a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return the URL of a GeoTIFF file containing monthly sunlight (flux) data for a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return the URL of a GeoTIFF file of a building rooftop mask for specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return the URL of a GeoTIFF file of an RGB aerial image for a specified location. | Web Service | |
| Return URLs of photos for the plant sources included in a pollen forecast. | Web Service | |
| Weather | Return a daily weather forecast for a set of latitude/longitude coordinates. | Web Service |
| Return an hourly weather forecast for a set of latitude/longitude coordinates. | Web Service | |
| Return current weather conditions for a set of latitude/longitude coordinates. | Web Service | |
| Return up to 24 hours of hourly historical weather data for a set of latitude/longitude coordinates. | Web Service | |
| Return weather alerts occurring in real time for a given latitude and longitude. | Web Service |