Creating Clues/Markers, etc via API/Integration
I am working on a tool that scans drone images. When a Mission Leader finds something within an image, I want to post that image's GPS coordinates as a CLUE (most likely object, but advise).
Because operational speed is critical, I plan to create buttons within my tool like "Post This Image Location to SARTopo". Assuming the Mission Leader has created a map already, I expect to:
- Show the Mission Leader the short list of existing (active?) shared maps.
- They select the map "Lost Hiker 1-2-2023"
- As they review the drone's images, they click, click, click the "Post Image Location to SARTopo" which then updates the shared team map so the team can investigate the locations.
Where is the documentation to handle these tasks (retrieve map list and post CLUE to map)?
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Our official API documentation is available at https://training.caltopo.com/all_users/team-accounts/teamapi Note that obtaining credentials requires a team account.
Hello Craig, there's a free open-source python package and module called sartopo_python that serves as a python interface to the (undocumented) caltopo web API. I'm the author and a member of a SAR team that uses CalTopo extensively - I'm not on CalTopo staff - so it's a third-party private effort that's not supported by CalTopo. Feel free to contact me (CalTopo help staff could relay the contact info) if you want to discuss it more.
Sorry to not have seen this earlier - maybe you've already got something up and running by now?
caver456 - I would be interested in your python interface, if that can be shared.
Hello,
I am looking for similar tools as mentioned above for my SAR team. Is there still access to this Python interface?
Thanks
The project caver456 references is at https://github.com/ncssar/caltopo_python
We (CalTopo) are rolling out an update to better support requests like this soon - keep an eye out on our blog and social media for an announcement.
Commenting to follow this thread. Looking for similar functionality to do some automated calculations for probability of area.
the link caltopo staff added for their API sent me to a 404. anyone know the real web page?
Our forum software added the period at the end of the sentence to the link; fixed now.
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