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FDSNWS Station Webservice Implementation
The FSDNWS-Station provides access to station metadata and instrument specifics in FDSN StationXML format. Metadata can be selected on SEED network, station, location or channel identifiers in addition to spatiotemporal constraints. Metadata can be extracted at multiple levels of detail.
fdsnws/station/1/query
This service is an implementation of the FDSN web service specification version 1. For a complete service description refer to fdsn.org/webservices.
Making a GET request
Station metadata can be downloaded from ORFEUS EIDA using GET request by contacting the webservice address with specific request options inside the URL query. Webservice requests are generally formatted as follows:
Example! Copy the following URL
This URL when visited will return StationXML data including instrument response for all channels of station NL.HGN from ORFEUS Data Center.
Description of request parameters
| Parameter | Examples | Description | Default | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporal Constraints | ||||
| starttime | 2001-12-09 |
Limit metadata to epochs starting on or after this time | ISO-8601 | |
| endtime | 2012-12-31 |
Limit metadata to epochs ending on or before this time | ISO-8601 | |
| startbefore | 2012-12-31 |
Limit metadata to stations starting on or before this time | ISO-8601 | |
| startafter | 2012-12-31 |
Limit metadata to stations starting on or after this time | ISO-8601 | |
| endbefore | 2012-12-31 |
Limit metadata to stations ending on or before this time | ISO-8601 | |
| endafter | 2012-31-12 |
Limit metadata to stations ending on or after this time | ISO-8601 | |
| SEED Identifiers | ||||
| network | NL |
SEED Network code | String | |
| station | HGN |
SEED Station code | String | |
| location | 00 |
SEED Location code (use -- for blank location identifiers) |
String | |
| channel | BHZ |
SEED Channel code | String | |
| Rectangular Spatial Selection | ||||
| minlatitude | 15.5 |
Southern boundary | -90.0° |
Degree |
| maxlatitude | 25.0 |
Northern boundary | 90.0° |
Degree |
| minlongitude | -170.0 |
Western boundary | -180° |
Degree |
| maxlongitude | 170.0 |
Eastern boundary | 180° |
Degree |
| Circular Spatial Selection | ||||
| latitude | 35.0 |
Central latitude point | Degree | |
| longitude | 170.0 |
Central longitude point | Degree | |
| maxradius | 20.0 |
Maximum radial arc-distance from the central point | Degree | |
| minradius | 19.0 |
Minimum radial arc-distance from the central point | Degree | |
| Request Options | ||||
| level | response |
Level of detail (network, station, channel, or response) |
station |
String |
| includerestricted | true |
Include information on restricted stations | true |
Boolean |
Wildcards and Lists
A question mark represents a single character, while an asterisk represents zero or more characters. Multiple items may also be retrieved using a comma separated list. SEED identifiers support wildcards and lists.
Time Formats
Times must be specified in the ISO-8601 format (e.g. 2017-01-01T00:00:00 or 2017-01-01) and are assumed to be in UTC.
Simple user interface
A Swagger made User Interface is available for the FDSN Station Webservice here.