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acdh-histogis is a python package providing a high level api to interact with [HistoGIS](https://histogis.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/)
Installation
pip install acdh-histogis
Use:
from histogis.histogis import HistoGis as hg
# by geonames (id or URL)
hg().query_by_service_id(id="https://www.geonames.org/2772400/", when='1860-12-12', polygon=False)
# by wikidata (id or URL)
hg().query_by_service_id(id="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41329", when='1860-12-12', polygon=False)
# by GND (id or URL)
hg().query_by_service_id(service="gnd", id="4074255-6", when='1860-12-12', polygon=False)
# returns:
{
'id': 8118,
'wikidata_id': '',
'name': 'Linz (Stadt)',
'alt_name': '',
'source': 'https://histogis.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/api/source/93/?format=json',
'source_name': 'Cisleithania Districts 1880',
'administrative_unit': 'https://histogis.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/api/skosconcepts/135/?format=json',
'adm_name': 'Statutarstadt',
'start_date': '1850-01-01',
'end_date': '1918-10-31',
...
}Licensing
All code unless otherwise noted is licensed under the terms of the MIT License (MIT). Please refer to the file LICENSE in the root directory of this repository.
