Utilities

Plan, manage, and maintain service.

With today's increasing pace of business, you need to make decisions quicker than ever. LightBox APIs provide you with real-time support in order to promote efficiency, no matter your area of focus. Access information critical to the maintenance of assets, gain visibility into customer usage habits, and spend less time on your compliance reporting.

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SmartFabricSM

A robust address universe, with the highest locational accuracy, linked to rich attribution to solve your business problems

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  • Access to the most reliable location and property data including parcels, building footprints, addresses, tax and deed data, zoning information, residential and business usage, business unit counts, and more.
  • Built on a consistent data model for straightforward data onboarding and integration.
  • LightBox uses over 5000 data sources to continuously deliver high-accuracy data for all 50 states, Washington D.C, and U.S. territories.
  • Solves for needs that require a high level of fidelity and location accuracy over a large area, including rural regions.
  • Largest nationwide collection of parcel boundaries and building footprints, as well as secondary addresses for both residences and businesses.

Benefits of using LightBox APIs within your workflows

Secure, lightweight, powerful APIs that are available 24/7.

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  • Access to the SmartFabric universe through easy-to-implement RESTful APIs.
  • Free up your data team to optimize their time and let LightBox do the heavy data processing, normalization, and management of core datasets.
  • Connectivity is built into the LightBox APIs using the LightBox IDs.
  • Continuous access to the most current data available.
  • Add SmartFabric data to your mapping applications.

APIs included with this solution

Geocoding

Accurately standardize, validate, and enrich address data by converting it to precise geographic coordinates—unlocking the full value of location intelligence.

Parcels

Comprehensive nationwide parcel boundaries enriched with ownership, land use, tax, and property characteristics for commercial and residential properties.

Addresses

Unlock comprehensive, parcel-linked address intelligence built from LightBox's proprietary parcel, assessment, and structure datasets—alongside trusted public and authoritative sources.

Assessment

Access detailed, jurisdiction-level property assessment data, including valuations, tax attributes, ownership, and structural details for millions of U.S. properties.

Structures

Access detailed building footprints with precision height and elevation data from LightBox's national database.

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer

Access authoritative FEMA flood hazard data, including flood zones and base flood elevations, to evaluate flood risk at the property level.

Wetlands

LightBox Wetlands API provides wetland information at the property level.

Additional add on APIs

Zoning

Comprehensive parcel-level zoning data, including districts, setbacks, floor area ratios (FAR), building height limits, and more.

Demographics

Access comprehensive demographic data including population, income, education, and housing statistics for market analysis and planning.

LightBox Location Info API

Returns spatial point data for all identified buildings, residences, and businesses in the U.S., enriched with industry-relevant attributes such as broadband serviceability.

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