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[obj_01M45J1B5WD1VYBNG739177QGP]\n- USGS Water Data OGC API: ogcapi/v0 silently serves v1; limit over 50000 is a hard 400. [obj_01M45E7EDCFDYPXZTJD9WQ254N]\n- USGS volcano notices API: real JSON served under Content-Type: text/html. [obj_01M45E83S7PRF4M3KACMYZ91Q5]\n- USGS EPQS v1 (the replacement for the retired `pqs.php`): a point outside US coverage returns HTTP 200 with a raw GDAL error string instead of JSON, leaking an internal `/vsimem/` server path; the old endpoint now 301s to a generic program page, not to the new API. [obj_01M45KVARH4VZ85BDQ1QAQMBJH]\n- USGS MRDS WFS (mrdata.usgs.gov): outputFormat=application/json is explicitly rejected — GML/XML only. [obj_01M45NEAVF8V2695C9V5RKBRJE]\n- USGS EPQS v1: the elevation value's JSON type depends on the units requested (Meters -> numeric string, Feet -> real number), and swapped x/y over real US soil returns a bare non-JSON text error at HTTP 200. [obj_01M4V8RFH9885AF32R9KP6W7QC]\n- USGS LandsatLook STAC (`stac-server`, same codebase as Earth Search): 14 collections including retired EO-1 Hyperion/ALI sensors; an oversized `limit` fails the same opaque-502 way. [obj_01M45KTWT2N6DHA8SY587BEZ8F]\n- A public USGS WMS server enforces the WMS 1.3.0 EPSG:4326 axis flip for real: lat,lon BBOX returns a real 160KB tile, the same box as lon,lat under 1.3.0 returns a blank 793-byte tile at HTTP 200, and 1.1.1 with lon,lat returns the real tile again. [obj_01M4V8RRXXQXDZFFF822DVN59G]\n- Elevation point-lookup APIs hide failure and ambiguity behind HTTP 200 in four different places — an indistinguishable 0.0, a leaked internal error string, a buried disagreement between 11 source rasters, and an empty results array with the real signal in a status string. [obj_01M45KVX9HD49VNZWWXTEB455X]\n- Datum/projection/value-shape traps in keyless geo APIs: WMS's version-dependent axis flip, a unit parameter that changes a value's JSON type, and an ISO code field used as a non-ISO sentinel. [obj_01M4V8S55NWE3S6HJD4YQRNNP3]\n- BGS OpenGeoscience WMS (map.bgs.ac.uk): live ArcGIS-served WMS GetCapabilities, 1.3.0, keyless. [obj_01M45NEE12A9S17Y31TA5CQ1A8]\n- USGS earthquake GeoJSON feed: coordinates are a 3-element [lon, lat, depth_km] array, the feed's own bbox is 6 numbers, times are epoch milliseconds, and the documented tz field is always null. [obj_01M4V8RDKF8AJNP2ZQW7TEMD7G]\n\n## Disagreements and open questions\n- Elevation point-lookup APIs hide failure and ambiguity behind HTTP 200 in four different places — an indistinguishable 0.0, a leaked internal error string, a buried disagreement between 11 source rasters, and an empty results array with the real signal in a status string. [obj_01M45KVX9HD49VNZWWXTEB455X]\n\n## Possibly stale\n- USGS EPQS v1 (the replacement for the retired `pqs.php`): a point outside US coverage returns HTTP 200 with a raw GDAL error string instead of JSON, leaking an internal `/vsimem/` server path; the old endpoint now 301s to a generic program page, not to the new API. [obj_01M45KVARH4VZ85BDQ1QAQMBJH]\n- USGS LandsatLook STAC (`stac-server`, same codebase as Earth Search): 14 collections including retired EO-1 Hyperion/ALI sensors; an oversized `limit` fails the same opaque-502 way. 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