# CUGIR — Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cornell/cugir/  
**Provider:** Cornell University — https://apis.io/providers/cornell/  
**Base URL:** https://cugir.library.cornell.edu  
**Documentation:** https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/

CUGIR — Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository API is one of 6 APIs that [Cornell University](https://apis.io/providers/cornell/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Geospatial, Research Data, Open Data, and GeoBlacklight. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

JSON:API search and record retrieval for CUGIR, Cornell University Library's geospatial data and historical map repository, running GeoBlacklight on the library's own infrastructure. Records carry OpenGeoMetadata Aardvark fields. Derived from live probes; CUGIR publishes no API reference, and it exposes no OAI-PMH endpoint (/oai returned 404 on 2026-08-19).

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cornell/refs/heads/main/openapi/cugir-geospatial-api-openapi.yml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cornell/refs/heads/main/examples/cugir-record-example.json

## Other Cornell University APIs (5)

- [Cornell Class Roster API](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/class-roster/)
- [Cornell University Library Catalog Search API](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/library-catalog/)
- [eBird API 2.0](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/ebird/)
- [eCommons Institutional Repository (DSpace REST + OAI-PMH) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/ecommons/)
- [Cornell Events Calendar API (Localist) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/events-calendar/)

## Tags

Geospatial, Research Data, Open Data, GeoBlacklight

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/cornell/cugir/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/cornell/.