emerging · 0.4 marketcapability

Observations

Score 21.7 / 100 5 providers +20 via APIs 27 APIs Search apis.io →

Business capabilities this tag reaches

Construction & Field Delivery Management 1

Providers using this tag (5)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Developing 4 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

DTNWeatherAgricultureEnergyMarket Data37 APIs52.0 XweatherAir QualityCompanyDataForecast1 API43.2 iNaturalistBiodiversityNatureCitizen ScienceWildlife1 API43.1 Weather UndergroundWeatherPersonal Weather StationsHyperlocal1 API40.0

Thin 1 Limited public surface area

RakenConstructionConstruction ManagementDaily ReportingField Management1 API26.5

APIs with this tag (25)

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Exemplar 1 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready

healow RPM Vendor (Tracker) APIBidirectional FHIR R4 API for remote-patient-monitoring device vendors. healow sends signed device orders t...69.7

Strong 3 Solid coverage with minor gaps

Bentley Systems Observations APIObservations resources for the iTwin Sensor Data API.63.8 Dagster Observations APIReport asset observation events.59.6 Jane Observations APIThe Observations API from Jane — 2 operation(s) for observations.58.2

Developing 9 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

DTN Observations APIHistorical weather observation data52.0 Finalcad Observations APIThe Observations API from Finalcad — 6 operation(s) for observations.51.5 Cloud Healthcare FHIR APIThe Cloud Healthcare FHIR API provides a fully managed implementation of the HL7 FHIR standard (supporting ...50.4 Itron Observations APITime-series sensor observation ingest and query.48.8 Xweather Observations APIWeather station observations43.2 iNaturalist API v2The next-generation iNaturalist API (v2) currently in development, designed to eventually replace v0 and v1...43.1 iNaturalist Observations APICRUD, search, faving, quality metrics, stats, and more43.1 Loadsmart Observations APIThe Observations API from Loadsmart — 3 operation(s) for observations.40.5 Weather Underground Observations APICurrent and real-time PWS observations40.0

Thin 9 Limited public surface area

Frost APIREST API for historical meteorological observation data from weather stations worldwide, maintained by MET ...39.0 FRED Observations APIThe underlying time-series data values, with frequency aggregation and unit transformations.36.7 OSCAR/Surface REST APIThe OSCAR/Surface REST API provides programmatic access to the WMO Observing Systems Capability Analysis an...34.9 WHOS Hydrological Observing System APIThe WMO Hydrological Observing System (WHOS) provides multiple API interfaces for accessing global hydrolog...34.9 BodyTrace Observations APIConfirmed pull surface for device readings (data values).34.4 Langfuse Observations APIThe Observations API from Langfuse — 1 operation(s) for observations.34.1 Tenet Healthcare Observations APIClinical observations including vital signs, lab results, and assessments (FHIR Observation resource)33.6 Convert Observations APIThe Observations API from Convert — 7 operation(s) for observations.27.1 Raken Public APIRaken Public API 3.0 is a REST API protected by OAuth 2.0 that exposes the core entities of the Raken const...26.5

Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Observations APIRetrieve observations and predictions from CO-OPS stations.24.1 WindBorne Data APIREST API serving balloon observations, soundings, WeatherMesh point and gridded forecasts, constellation/fl...23.4 Xweather Weather APIRESTful weather data API providing access to 60+ endpoints for current conditions, forecasts, observations,...20.8

Companies reaching this through an API (20)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Observations” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Score breakdown

Frequency

44.8

log-scaled weighted occurrences

Breadth

0.1

spread across providers

Quality lift

50.3

mean composite of providers using it

Cohesion

3.1

strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag comes from

Api tag27

Provider tag5

Openapi tag13

Openapi op tag24

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