linz-data-service

What problem does it solve?

Helps you find and evaluate public Toitū Te Whenua LINZ datasets and advertised geospatial services without needing to log in or reverse-engineer endpoints.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Public catalogue search: Search LINZ Data Service layers by query (e.g., “address”, “parcels”, “hydrography”) and quickly see titles, IDs, and access level.
• Layer inspection with licences and tags: Retrieve detailed layer metadata including description, licence, tags, permissions, and relevant URLs.
• Service discovery for OGC/Koordinates endpoints: List advertised service templates for a layer and report which services require no auth vs API-key auth.
• Use case: You’re building an NZ geospatial agent and need reliable discovery of public layers (like addresses) plus the associated view/download service options while staying read-only for catalogue metadata.

Quick Start

Ask your agent to run the LINZ catalogue search for layers matching the topic you care about, for example: search address with JSON output to retrieve candidate layer IDs and access details.