# What is child-phen?
Child-phen is a data service of risk levels due to the El Niño 2024 Phenomenon that covers the Peruvian territory. The main source of information is SIGRID the 2017 Census at a block level of detail. This document describes the content of El Niño Phenomenon Risk Data, which includes 11 updated variables on said Phenomenon.
The El Niño phenomenon (or El Niño) is a climate phenomenon that is characterized by the anomalous warming of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean in the equatorial region. This phenomenon has a series of climatic and meteorological impacts in different parts of the world. Instead, it usually brings with it a series of other effects, which vary depending on the region and the intensity of the phenomenon. Some of the typical effects of the El Niño phenomenon mainly include:
- Heavy rain and landslides: El Niño can lead to increased rainfall in some regions, which can result in flooding and landslides, especially in areas that are not used to receiving so much rain.
- Droughts: On the other hand, El Niño can also cause droughts in other parts of the world. This is because warm Pacific waters alter weather patterns and can reduce the amount of rainfall in some areas.
- Higher temperatures: In some areas, El Niño may lead to higher than normal temperatures.
- Frost: In some areas, El Niño can lead to lower than normal temperatures.
In summary, El Niño is a complex climate phenomenon that affects different regions in different ways. Based on studies carried out in our country, we can classify the effects as Direct Affect: Floods, Landslides. Indirect Affectation: Drought and Frost.
This information was processed using geostatistical methods to achieve an easy-to-use representation in grids that allow in a simple way to complement the analyzes of any other variable that can be represented geographically. This will allow it to be used in your information models in any line of business.
# Important
This document describes the Child-Phen API web service. It is intended for website and mobile developers who want to use El Niño data in maps provided by one of the Geodir platform APIs.
Before you start developing with the Child-Phen API, review the authentication requirements (requires an API key) .
# Child-Phen API
The following Child-phen requests are available:
- Child-Phen LatLon returns the variables with crime level of the requested location latitude, longitude.
Each of the services is accessed as an HTTP request and returns a JSON or XML response. All requests to a Child-phen service must use the https:// protocol and include an API key.
# Child-Phen API Request Format
A Child-Phen API request has the following form:
https://apis.geodir.co/child-phen/v1/outputFormat?parameters
where outputFormat can be any of the following values:
- json (recommended) indicates output in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON); either
- xml indicates output in XML
Security is important and HTTPS is recommended whenever possible, especially for applications that include sensitive user data, such as a user's location, in requests. Using HTTPS encryption makes your application more secure and more resistant to eavesdropping or tampering.
Note: URLs must be properly encoded (See best practices) to be valid and are limited to 8000 characters for all web services. Keep this limit in mind when creating your URLs. Please note that different browsers, proxies and servers may also have different URL character limits.
Some parameters are required while others are optional. As is standard in URLs, parameters are separated by the ampersand character (&).
# Terms of Use Restrictions
For terms of use, see the Child-Phen API Policies and the License Restrictions section of the Geodir Platform Terms of Service.