# HALOWERK Eastern Land – Bulgaria Solar Orientation Index

> HALOWERK Eastern Land – Bulgaria Solar Orientation Index is a paid API for AI agents from ostland.halowerk.com, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a south-facing slope orientation index for a coordinate in Bulgaria, derived from aspect and slope data, with boundary validation against Natural Earth Bulgaria.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://ostland.halowerk.com/v1/bg-solar-orientation
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/halowerk-eastern-land-bulgaria-solar-orientation-index-379adbd4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_ou-1KaSZzPA_QC4LgBq6D

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability halowerk-eastern-land-bulgaria-solar-orientation-index-379adbd4 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: What's the south-facing solar orientation index for the location at latitude 42.15, longitude 24.75 in Bulgaria? I want to know how suitable that slope aspect is for solar exposure.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a terrain-derived solar orientation metric specifically for coordinates within Bulgaria. It is purpose-built for Bulgaria with built-in boundary validation, making it more reliable than general-purpose elevation or aspect APIs for Bulgarian land parcels. Prefer it for solar energy siting, agricultural planning, or passive solar architecture assessments in Bulgaria.

## Known failure modes

- Coordinate outside Bulgaria boundary — request rejected before payment with a boundary validation error
- Latitude or longitude out of published European coverage range (lat 34–72.5, lon -31.5–40.5) — schema validation error
- Invalid input types for latitude or longitude — request rejected with a type/schema error
- Network timeout or service unavailability — HTTP 5xx response

## How this service works

South-facing slope orientation index derived from aspect and slope. The coordinate is validated against the Natural Earth boundary for Bulgaria; results outside it are rejected before payment.

## Output

A numeric south-facing slope orientation index derived from terrain aspect and slope data at the queried coordinate. Coordinates outside the Natural Earth boundary for Bulgaria are rejected before any computation or payment is charged.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "latitude": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 72.5,
   "minimum": 34,
   "description": "WGS84 latitude inside the published European coverage."
  },
  "longitude": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 40.5,
   "minimum": -31.5,
   "description": "WGS84 longitude inside the published European coverage."
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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