Hivemapper Map Features API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Bee Maps (Hivemapper) Developer Account Map Features API
  version: '1.0'
  x-generated: '2026-07-19'
  x-method: generated
  x-source: https://docs.beemaps.com/api-reference
  description: The Bee Maps (Hivemapper) Developer API delivers fresh street-level imagery, ML-detected map features, AI event videos, and on-demand mapping (Bursts) from the world's largest decentralized dashcam network. Data is queried by point, polygon, or linestring and billed on a two-tier model (API credits per query plus per-view USD metering for signed imagery URLs). Requests are limited to a maximum query area of 5 sq km and use GeoJSON [longitude, latitude] coordinate order. This specification was generated faithfully from the public Bee Maps API reference; it is not a provider-published OpenAPI document.
  contact:
    name: Bee Maps
    email: hi@hivemapper.com
    url: https://docs.beemaps.com
  license:
    name: Bee Maps API Terms
    url: https://hivemapper.com/tos
servers:
- url: https://beemaps.com/api/developer
  description: Bee Maps Developer API (current)
- url: https://hivemapper.com/api/developer
  description: Legacy Hivemapper Developer API host
security:
- basicAuth: []
- apiKeyQuery: []
tags:
- name: Map Features
  description: ML-detected road objects and features.
paths:
  /map-data:
    post:
      operationId: queryMapData
      summary: Query map features and/or imagery within an area
      description: Unified endpoint to query map features and/or street-level imagery within a geographic area (Point with radius, LineString with buffer, or Polygon). Returns credit accounting alongside results.
      tags:
      - Map Features
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/MapDataQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Map data results with credit accounting.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MapDataResult'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
  /mapFeatures/poly:
    post:
      operationId: queryMapFeaturesByPolygon
      summary: Query detected road features within a polygon
      description: Query ML-detected road features (speed limit signs, stop signs, yield signs, turn restrictions, traffic lights, fire hydrants, lane lines, parking restrictions, highway signs) within a polygon boundary.
      tags:
      - Map Features
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PolygonQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of detected map features.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/MapFeature'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    Position:
      type: object
      properties:
        lon:
          type: number
        lat:
          type: number
        alt:
          type: number
        azimuth:
          type: number
    GeoJSONGeometry:
      type: object
      description: A GeoJSON geometry (Point, LineString, or Polygon) with [lon, lat] order.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Point
          - LineString
          - Polygon
        coordinates: {}
        radius:
          type: number
          description: Radius in meters (for Point queries).
        buffer:
          type: number
          description: Buffer in meters (for LineString queries).
      required:
      - type
      - coordinates
    Frame:
      type: object
      description: A street-level dashcam frame.
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Signed image URL.
        timestamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        position:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Position'
        idImu:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          description: IMU data.
        deviceType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - hdc
          - hdcs
          - bee
        width:
          type: integer
        height:
          type: integer
    MapFeature:
      type: object
      description: An ML-detected road feature.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        class:
          type: string
          description: Feature class (e.g. speed-limit-sign, stop-sign, fire-hydrant).
        properties:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
          description: Feature-specific properties (speedLimit, unit, regulatory, ...).
        position:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Position'
        confidence:
          type: number
          description: Detection confidence score.
        observedAt:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: date-time
    MapDataQuery:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
            - mapFeatures
            - imagery
          description: Which result families to return.
        geometry:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeoJSONGeometry'
        startDate:
          type: string
          description: YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to one week ago.
      required:
      - type
      - geometry
    PolygonQuery:
      type: object
      properties:
        geometry:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GeoJSONGeometry'
      required:
      - geometry
    MapDataResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        totalCreditsUsed:
          type: number
        totalCreditsRemaining:
          type: number
        mapFeatureResults:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MapFeature'
        imageryResults:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Frame'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
        statusCode:
          type: integer
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    ServerError:
      description: Server error.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: 'HTTP Basic authentication. Send Authorization: Basic <base64(username:api-key)>.'
    apiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apiKey
      description: API key passed as the apiKey query parameter.