Web Map Services

Additional Information on web services provided by the North Dakota GIS Hub.

North Dakota DOT Web Map Service
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 upon 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.
Rest
URL: https://gis.dot.nd.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/external/rcrs_dynamic/MapServer
WMS
URL: https://gis.dot.nd.gov/ArcGIS/services/external/rcrs_dynamic/MapServer/WMSServer?
KML
URL: https://gis.dot.nd.gov/ArcGIS/services/external/rcrs_dynamic/MapServer/KmlServer
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

North Dakota DOT GeoJson Files
NDRoads GeoJson Files
Service Name: alerts
Summary: Contains incidents, warnings, events as well as localized road closues.
Geometry: point
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
URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/alerts.json
   
Service Name: cameras
Summary: Camera locations with links to the camera images.
Geometry: point
URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/cameras.json
   
Service Name: closed roads
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
   
Service Name: current load restriction
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
   
Service Name: roads conditions
Summary: Current road conditions from NDRoads.
Geometry: line
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
URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/roads.json
   
Service Name: oversize/overweight restrictions
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
   
Service Name: work zones
Summary: Work zone locations from NDDOT's construction system.
Geometry: point/line
URL: https://travelfiles.dot.nd.gov/geojson_nc/workzones.json
   
Access and Use Constraints

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.

North Dakota DOT County Base Map
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
Layer File: NHD Layer File (Right click and "Save Target As" to download zip file containing the ArcMap layer file)
Footprint: Statewide
Access and Use Constraints

The web service is limited to serving out 5000 or less features at a time. Use at a scale of 100,000 or less. You risk at bumping into the 5000 feature limit beyond that scale. Please note that this feature class was reprojected to NAD_1983_StatePlane_North_Dakota_South_FIPS_3302_Feet. See additional access and use constraints below.

North Dakota DOT Web Service Access and Use Constraints
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 only. Any other use, including for any commercial purposes, is strictly prohibited without our expressed 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 expressed 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 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.