GET /institutions
Summary: Get Contributing Institutions
Operation ID: getInstitutions
Auth: none
Operation ID: getInstitutions
Auth: none
Description
Retrieve information about institutions contributing to the GLIMS database.
Parameters (5)
REQUEST
(string, query, required)
Constraints: {'enum': ['GetFeature']}
SERVICE
(string, query, required)
Constraints: {'enum': ['WFS']}
TYPENAME
(string, query, required)
Constraints: {'enum': ['GLIMS:GLIMS_Institutions']}
VERSION
(string, query, required)
Constraints: {'enum': ['2.0.0']}
outputFormat
(string, query, optional)
Constraints: {'enum': ['application/json']}
Examples (3)
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get all institutions as GeoJSON | curl |
https://www.glims.org/institutions?SERVICE=WFS&REQUEST=GetFeature&TYPENAME=institutions&VERSION=2.0.0&outputFormat=application/json |
|
| Get service capabilities | curl |
https://www.glims.org/institutions?SERVICE=WFS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&TYPENAME=institutions&VERSION=1.1.0 |
|
| Get institutions in GML format | curl |
https://www.glims.org/institutions?SERVICE=WFS&REQUEST=GetFeature&TYPENAME=institutions&VERSION=1.0.0&outputFormat=GML2 |
Probe History
Status Codes
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 09:13:22.300399 | 404 | 474ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:03:11.140438 | 404 | 468ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:02:07.655863 | 404 | 547ms |