# Locus: Property Scan – Wikimedia Commons Area Context

> Locus: Property Scan – Wikimedia Commons Area Context is a paid API for AI agents from api.locus.report, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Scans local public records and parcel rules for a given address or coordinates, surfacing which property questions are answered, which remain open, and what to investigate next, enriched with Wikimedia Commons area context.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.locus.report/api/locus-wikimedia-commons-area-context
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-property-scan-wikimedia-commons-area-context-0bacc95d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qY_5qQr9E6w9R_tkf7Stw

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 locus-property-scan-wikimedia-commons-area-context-0bacc95d -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Run a Locus property scan for 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield, IL — search within 1500 meters and return up to 20 records — I want to see which public-record questions are already answered and what I still need to verify.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a quick, low-cost public-records scan for a specific property or geographic area — especially during real estate due diligence, investment screening, or land-use research — and you want a structured summary of what is already documented versus what needs follow-up. Prefer it over manual county record lookups when you need machine-readable output that surfaces data gaps explicitly.

## Known failure modes

- Address not found or too ambiguous — returns empty records array with caveats
- Coordinates out of valid range (lat >90 or <-90, lon >180 or <-180) — schema validation error
- Radius exceeds maximum 5000 meters — request rejected
- Limit parameter exceeds 25 — request rejected
- No public records available for remote or rural parcels — returns empty records with explanatory caveats
- Payment not completed (x402 protocol) — 402 response before data is returned

## How this service works

Geotagged Wikimedia Commons media with allowlisted item-level license metadata. Perfect for: reference research for a paid flyer, place narrative, landmark scan, or area-media shortlist. Returns source/image URLs plus license and attribution leads; Locus stores no pixels. Metadata is not reuse permission. Every item is nearby_context, never premises or condition proof. Charge-free when no eligible media returns or the source is unavailable.

## Output

A JSON object containing a scan ID, a list of public-record entries (records array), any caveats about data completeness or freshness, and a generation timestamp — showing which property and parcel questions are answered by available records and which remain open for further verification.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 15,
   "maximum": 25,
   "minimum": 1
  },
  "address": {
   "type": "string",
   "maxLength": 200,
   "minLength": 5
  },
  "latitude": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 90,
   "minimum": -90
  },
  "longitude": {
   "type": "number",
   "maximum": 180,
   "minimum": -180
  },
  "radiusMeters": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 2000,
   "maximum": 5000,
   "minimum": 100
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "id": "locus_example",
  "caveats": [
   "Example artifact; not live data."
  ],
  "records": [],
  "generatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-property-scan-wikimedia-commons-area-context-0bacc95d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.locus.report](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.locus.report/llms.txt)