PANGAEA

PANGAEA is a data publisher and library for earth and environmental science, providing open access to geoscientific datasets including ocean data, climate records, sediment cores, and environmental measurements from scientific expeditions worldwide.

PANGAEA publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including DOI Filter API, Geo Filter API, OAI-PMH API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Earth Science, Ocean Data, Climate Records, Environmental Science, and Geoscience.

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

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9 APIs

Earth ScienceOcean DataClimate RecordsEnvironmental ScienceGeoscienceOpen DataScientific Data

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Contract Quality 15.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

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Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

PANGAEA Data Download Service - Filter by DOI

REST service for retrieving tabular dataset data filtered by dataset DOI and parameter values. Supports column selection, value filtering with range queries, and multiple filter...

PANGAEA Data Download Service - Filter by Geo Parameters

REST service for retrieving geoscientific measurements filtered by geographic bounding box, temporal range, depth constraints, and PANGAEA parameter IDs. Ideal for extracting cr...

PANGAEA Bathymetry WMS

OGC-compliant Web Map Service providing bathymetric (ocean depth) map layers for integration into GIS software. Hosted by AWI and based on PANGAEA bathymetry data collected from...

PANGAEA Term Dictionary API

Elasticsearch-backed REST API for querying PANGAEA's controlled vocabulary and term dictionary used for classifying datasets by topic, parameter, and method.

PANGAEA DOI Filter API

Filter dataset data by DOI and parameter values

PANGAEA Geo Filter API

Filter cross-dataset data by geographic and temporal constraints

PANGAEA OAI-PMH API

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting 2.0

PANGAEA Search API

Full-text and faceted dataset search

PANGAEA Terms API

Controlled vocabulary and term dictionary

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Plans

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Finops

FINOPS

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Source (apis.yml)

name: PANGAEA
description: PANGAEA is a data publisher and library for earth and environmental science, providing open access to geoscientific
  datasets including ocean data, climate records, sediment cores, and environmental measurements from scientific expeditions
  worldwide.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://www.pangaea.de/assets/img/pangaea-logo.png
tags:
- Earth Science
- Ocean Data
- Climate Records
- Environmental Science
- Geoscience
- Open Data
- Scientific Data
url: https://www.pangaea.de/
baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/
humanURL: https://www.pangaea.de/
contact:
- FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
  email: tech@pangaea.de
apis:
- name: PANGAEA Data Download Service - Filter by DOI
  description: REST service for retrieving tabular dataset data filtered by dataset DOI and parameter values. Supports column
    selection, value filtering with range queries, and multiple filter criteria with AND/OR logic. Returns tab-delimited data
    files.
  humanURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fdp/
  baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fdp/rest/panquery
  tags:
  - Data Download
  - Tabular Data
  - DOI
  - Filtering
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fdp/
  contact:
  - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
    email: tech@pangaea.de
- name: PANGAEA Data Download Service - Filter by Geo Parameters
  description: REST service for retrieving geoscientific measurements filtered by geographic bounding box, temporal range,
    depth constraints, and PANGAEA parameter IDs. Ideal for extracting cross-dataset measurements from specific ocean regions,
    time periods, or depth intervals.
  humanURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fgp/
  baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fgp/rest/dwhquery
  tags:
  - Data Download
  - Geospatial
  - Bounding Box
  - Ocean Data
  - Depth Filtering
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ws.pangaea.de/dds-fgp/
  contact:
  - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
    email: tech@pangaea.de
- name: PANGAEA Bathymetry WMS
  description: OGC-compliant Web Map Service providing bathymetric (ocean depth) map layers for integration into GIS software.
    Hosted by AWI and based on PANGAEA bathymetry data collected from scientific expeditions.
  humanURL: https://www.pangaea.de/tools/
  baseURL: https://maps.awi.de/services/common/pangaea_bathymetry/wms
  tags:
  - WMS
  - Bathymetry
  - OGC
  - GIS
  - Ocean Depth
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pangaea.de/tools/
  contact:
  - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
    email: tech@pangaea.de
- name: PANGAEA Term Dictionary API
  description: Elasticsearch-backed REST API for querying PANGAEA's controlled vocabulary and term dictionary used for classifying
    datasets by topic, parameter, and method.
  humanURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/
  baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea-terms/term/_search
  tags:
  - Controlled Vocabulary
  - Terms
  - Dictionary
  - Classification
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ws.pangaea.de/
  contact:
  - FN: PANGAEA Technical Support
    email: tech@pangaea.de
- aid: pangaea:pangaea-doi-filter-api
  name: PANGAEA DOI Filter API
  description: Filter dataset data by DOI and parameter values
  humanURL: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea/panmd/_search
  tags:
  - DOI Filter
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pangaea-doi-filter-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pangaea.de/about/services.php
- aid: pangaea:pangaea-geo-filter-api
  name: PANGAEA Geo Filter API
  description: Filter cross-dataset data by geographic and temporal constraints
  humanURL: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea/panmd/_search
  tags:
  - Geo Filter
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pangaea-geo-filter-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pangaea.de/about/services.php
- aid: pangaea:pangaea-oai-pmh-api
  name: PANGAEA OAI-PMH API
  description: Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting 2.0
  humanURL: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea/panmd/_search
  tags:
  - OAI-PMH
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pangaea-oai-pmh-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pangaea.de/about/services.php
- aid: pangaea:pangaea-search-api
  name: PANGAEA Search API
  description: Full-text and faceted dataset search
  humanURL: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea/panmd/_search
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pangaea-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pangaea.de/about/services.php
- aid: pangaea:pangaea-terms-api
  name: PANGAEA Terms API
  description: Controlled vocabulary and term dictionary
  humanURL: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  baseURL: https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea/panmd/_search
  tags:
  - Terms
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/pangaea-terms-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.pangaea.de/wiki/PANGAEA_search
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.pangaea.de/about/services.php
modified: 2026-06-13
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/pangaea-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/pangaea-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pangaea-domain-security.yml