Building a nature/field guide site

A working stack, not a category dump: core data, location, enrichment. Every listing below carries its own spec sheet.

6 APIs across 3 roles

01

Core data

Species records and taxonomy

Around a million plant records: taxonomy, common names, distribution, images, edibility and growth traits.

API key · JSON

02

Location

Where to go and what was seen there

National Park ServiceFree

US national park details, alerts, campgrounds, visitor centers, events and photos, keyed by park code.

API key · JSON

Overpass APIFree

Query OpenStreetMap by tag, area and bounding box: shops, trails, water points, any mapped feature.

03

Enrichment

Conditions and season

Open-MeteoFreemium

Hourly and daily forecasts up to 16 days built from national weather-service models, callable without a key.

MET Norway LocationforecastFree

Nine-day point forecasts for any latitude/longitude with weather symbol codes and UV, richest for the Nordics

Sunrise SunsetFree

Sunrise, sunset, twilight, golden hour, sun position and moon phase for any coordinates, a year per call.

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