Find information on available web services, including service names, summaries, URLs, and access and use constraints. For additional information on web services, please visit the North Dakota GIS Hub.
NDRoads Web Service
- Service Name: external/rcrs_dynamic
- Summary: This is a dynamic REST service of the layers contained within the NDDOT Travel Map. The intended usage of this web service is for applications designed and hosted by the ND Department of Transportation.
- This web service is based on information available to the North Dakota Department of Transportation at the time of preparation and is provided solely as a public service. Actual conditions may vary from those reported. Users of this information are cautioned to be alert to changing conditions.
- Capabilities: 1.3.0
- Version: 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1,1.3.0
- Footprint: Statewide
- Access and Use Constraints: See below
NDRoads GeoJson Files
- Summary: Contains incidents, warnings and events, as well as localized road closures.
- Geometry: point
- URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/alerts.json
- Symbology:
| MapIconID | MapIconDesc |
|---|---|
| closed-blocked | Closed/Blocked |
| event-orange | Event |
| incident-red | Incident (Impacting Traffic) |
| informational-grey | Informational |
| warning-blue | Water On/Near Road (Traffic Allowed) |
| warning-yellow | Warning |
| width-height | Width/Height Restriction |
- Summary: Camera locations with links to the camera images.
- Geometry: point
- URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/cameras.json
- Summary: Contains closed roads from the alerts and road conditions files. Currently the attributes are not normalized between alert and road features.
- Geometry: point/line
- URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/closed.json
- Summary: The most current spring load restriction. Use InEffect="Y" for segments that have a load restriction.
- Geometry: line
- URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/loadrestrict-current.json
- Summary: Current road conditions from NDRoads.
- Geometry: line
- URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/roads.json
- Symbology:
| ConditionCategory | ConditionDesc |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Black Ice |
| Red | Closed |
| LtBlue | Frost |
| Yellow | Ice |
| RedWhite | No Travel Advised |
| Yellow | Packed Snow |
| Red | Road Blocked |
| Green | Seasonal Conditions |
| Blue | Slush |
| Purple | Snow |
| Purple | Snow Drifts |
| Blue | Wet |
- Summary: Oversize/overweight restrictions from both the work zone and alerts files. The following restrictions could be in this file: height, width, weight, length, gvwl, awl or speed. The attributes are normalized between the work zone and alert features.
- Geometry: point
- URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/widthheight.json
- Summary: Work zone locations from NDDOT's construction system.
- Geometry: point/line
- URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/workzones.json
- WZDX URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/wzdx_geojson.json
See below plus the following:
- These are for ETL purposes only; they are not to be consumed directly in any public-facing application.
- Please do not download at a cycle faster than 5 minutes.
NDDOT County Base Maps
- Service Name: basemap_county
- Summary: This is a cached REST service that mimics the NDDOT County Base Map Series.
- Rest URL: https://gis.dot.nd.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/external/basemap_county/MapServer
- Footprint: Statewide
- Access and Use Constraints: See below
NDDOT NHD Web Service Layer File
- Service Name: nhd
- Summary: NHD Flowlines web service used by Bridge Division and Contractors.
- Layer File: NHD Layer File (download ZIP file containing the ArcMap layer file)
- Footprint: Statewide
- Access and Use Constraints: The web service is limited to serving out 5000 or fewer features at a time. Use at a scale of 100,000 or fewer. You risk running up against the 5000 feature limit beyond that scale.
- Please note that this feature class was re-projected to NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_Dakota_South_FIPS_3302_Feet. See additional access and use constraints below.
NDDOT Web Service Access and Use Constraints
You may use the web services and the contents contained in the web services solely for your own individual non-commercial and informational purposes. Any other use, including for any commercial purposes, is strictly prohibited without our express prior written consent. Systematic retrieval of data or other content from the web services, whether to create or compile--directly or indirectly--a collection, compilation, database or directory, is prohibited absent our express prior written consent.
If you are using any of the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) web services, do not use "North Dakota Department of Transportation" (or derivative) anywhere within the title of your map or mapping application. If you are using any of the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) web services, you must include in the summary or description of the map or mapping application that the data is provided as-is and without liability from the NDDOT.
The NDDOT web services are dynamic and are not designed for or intended to be used in any high-usage application. Please use discretion as unintended uses may severely affect the users of the Official NDDOT Travel Information system and could affect public safety.
NDDOT reserves the right to limit usage, discontinue, or modify any of these services at any time.
The NDDOT does not guarantee this data to be free from errors or inaccuracies and disclaims any responsibility or liability for interpretations or decisions based on this data.