This API is designed to gather thousands of natural disasters in one place.

Each set of data is formatted in GeoJSON and contains latitude/longitude data, intended for use in the Google Maps API.

http://localhost:3001/api/hurricanes?var1=x&var2=y

Variable - Description - Mongo equiv.

• year Specifies the year to match on "year": x
• month Specifies the month to match on "month": x
• day Specifies the day to match on "day": x

Note: Specific Dates cannot be used in conjunction with Between Dates.

Variable - Description - Mongo equiv.

• yearStart Searches for years greater than or equal to specified number "year": { $gte: x }
• yearEnd Searches for years less than or equal to specified number "year": { $lte: x }
• monthStart Searches for months greater than or equal to specified number "month": { $gte: x }
• monthEnd Searches for months less than or equal to specified number "month": { $lte: x }
• dayStart Searches for days greater than or equal to specified number "day": { $gte: x }
• dayEnd Searches for days less than or equal to specified number "day": { $lte: x }

Note: Specific Dates cannot be used in conjunction with Between Dates.

Variable - Description - Mongo equiv.

• limit Limits the number of returned data sets (Default: Unlimited) .limit(x)

http://localhost:3001/api/hurricanes?year=2011&month=6&day=22

[
  {
    "_id": "597c16a4e7ac8c1fd42980da",
    "type": "Feature",
    "geometry": {
      "type": "Point",
      "coordinates": [
        105.9,
        19
      ]
    },
    "properties": {
      "category": "Hurricane",
      "name": "BEATRIZ",
      "year": 2011,
      "month": 6,
      "day": 22
    }
  }
]