NASA FIRMS · Example Payload

Kml Fire Footprints Request

Example request for the FIRMS KML Fire Footprints API for South America using VIIRS NOAA-20 over the last 48 hours.

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Kml Fire Footprints Request is an example object payload from NASA FIRMS, with 5 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

descriptionmethodurlpath_parametersalternative_query_format

Example Payload

{
  "description": "Example request for the FIRMS KML Fire Footprints API for South America using VIIRS NOAA-20 over the last 48 hours.",
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/kml_fire_footprints/south_america/48h/noaa-20-viirs-c2/FirespotArea_south_america_noaa-20-viirs-c2_48h.kmz",
  "path_parameters": {
    "region": "south_america",
    "date_span": "48h",
    "sensor": "noaa-20-viirs-c2",
    "filename": "FirespotArea_south_america_noaa-20-viirs-c2_48h.kmz"
  },
  "alternative_query_format": "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/kml_fire_footprints/?region=south_america&date_span=48h&sensor=noaa-20-viirs-c2"
}

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