Owners

Accela GIS provides a set of API's that query an agency's GIS owner data source and returns owner information using a standard owner data model used across Accela Civic Platform solutions.

Which Search Owners endpoint to use

Use the Search Owners endpoint that is specific to the type of query object criteria.

The Accela GIS API provides separate Search Owners resource endpoints for each type of query object. Although they all return the same owner resource object model, the separate endpoints are provided for efficiency and performance purposes. If an application wishes to query owners that are associated with a specific address, it is more efficient to use Search Owners by Address instead of Search Owners by Multiple with an address query object. Similarly, to search owners based on owner fields, use Search Owners by Owner; to search owners associated with a specific parcel, use Search Owners by Parcel. Search Owners by Multiple performs combinations of spatial queries per address, owner, and owner object specified in the request body and can execute longer than the other type-specific resource endpoints.

Configuration

  • The Search Owners API's require that the XAPO data source fields are mapped to Civic Platform APO fields. The XAPO field mapping is defined on the GIS Admin Site > {agency} > XAPO Configuration page.

  • A GIS agency administrator can set the XAPO configuration setting Feature Count Limit which defines the maximum number of returned results. The feature count limit is defined on the GIS Admin Site > {agency} > XAPO Configuration page. The default is 200. If the search results are greater than the feature count limit, the API returns an error indicating the exceeded feature count limit; in this case, the API caller should re-submit the query with a narrower criteria or set the maxRows page setting to a number less than the feature count limit.