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Please remember that in a few hours (starting from 10am of the 17 of March, New Zealand time, 10 pm 16 of March UTC) we will be switching to a new back end system to serve GeoNet data via https://data.geonet.org.nz.</div>
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Please refer to the included communication and also review the documentation (updated thanks to some feedback from our users). </div>
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Please do not hesitate to reach out should you need any assistance (and please take note of my updated email address, should you need it in the future, elisabetta.danastasio@earthsciences.nz).</div>
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<b>From:</b> Elisabetta D'Anastasio <elisabetta.danastasio@earthsciences.nz><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 17 February 2026 5:28 am<br>
<b>To:</b> Elisabetta D'Anastasio <elisabetta.danastasio@earthsciences.nz><br>
<b>Subject:</b> upcoming change to access mechanism for GeoNet (New Zealand) data (data.geonet.org.nz)</div>
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Dear colleagues, </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A variety of GeoNet raw data (including GNSS, strong motion, camera images, tsunami monitoring gauges) are distributed via
</span><span style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218);"><u><a style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW124460277 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA54155b02-fa0e-13ba-4aa1-5f39f0201fe3" href="https://data.geonet.org.nz/">https://data.geonet.org.nz</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></div>
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On <b>17 of March 2026</b>, we will move to a new back-end system that has a number of improved features and is faster and more reliable. If you or your automated workflows use this service, please read below as there are some upcoming changes that may affect the way you
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<b>For browser users</b> </div>
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The homepage will look different (we think better!), and it will now provide an overview of the documentation, any upcoming changes, and so on. </div>
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<b>For automated workflows</b> </div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This upgrade is the first step to move </span>
<span style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218);"><u><a style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW124460277 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA744e2e4b-5ff0-bca4-f809-af0b4a466614" href="https://data.geonet.org.nz/">https://data.geonet.org.nz</a></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to
a proper ˇ°Data APIˇ±. </span></div>
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Key changes that can potentially impact your programmatic access are: </div>
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clients must follow a redirects: if your system is not set up for this, we recommend updating it as soon as possible, and before the 17 of March (for example, `curl` does not follow redirects by default); </div>
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The new service introduces a new URL pattern (https://data.geonet.org.nz/v1/data/), but we are also providing a ˇ°backward compatibleˇ± API, that will be eventually deprecated; </div>
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rate limiting is introduced: please ensure your code will not exceed it or implement logic to wait and retry the download if you hit the limit. </div>
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The figure attached shows an indicative timeline of changes and recommended actions.</div>
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Further details of those key changes and recommendations to migrate are available at
<span style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218);"><u><a style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW124460277 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAdf0a6050-d624-d0e3-5414-b26340dd1db7" href="https://github.com/GeoNet/help/blob/main/data-access-changes/data-geonet.md">https://github.com/GeoNet/help/blob/main/data-access-changes/data-geonet.md</a></u></span>. </div>
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<b>What you need to do before the switchover</b> </div>
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Please make sure you update your code so that it will follow the redirects. You can safely introduce this change now, as it will work with current and future fileserver. </div>
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You can preview and test the new service at this temporary URL: <span style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218);">
<u><a style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW124460277 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWA8d730a44-c11b-b90c-d91c-00c91e839bb1" href="https://gamma-data.geonet.org.nz/">https://gamma-data.geonet.org.nz</a></u></span>.
On the switchover date, <span style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218);"><u><a style="color: rgb(9, 105, 218); margin: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="x_Hyperlink x_SCXW124460277 x_BCX0 x_OWAAutoLink" id="OWAa2158f71-1323-c3e1-2f7c-bf8ae5ef4bee" href="https://data.geonet.org.nz/">https://data.geonet.org.nz</a></u></span> will
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Thanks for your attention and apologies for any cross-posting (and please help us sharing this with anyone you know that is using GeoNet data!). </div>
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If you encounter any issue or need help please do not hesitate to contact us here or via email at
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