# Locus Wikimedia Commons Area Context

> Locus Wikimedia Commons Area Context is a paid API for AI agents from locus.report, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns geotagged Wikimedia Commons media items (images, photos) near a given location, with source URLs, license metadata, and attribution information.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://locus.report/api/locus-wikimedia-commons-area-context
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-wikimedia-commons-area-context-3be7a141
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_OruSgi-arINpad7dT34TO

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-wikimedia-commons-area-context-3be7a141 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Find me geotagged Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 meters of 350 Fifth Avenue, New York NY — return up to 10 results with their image URLs, license types, and attribution details.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need geotagged photographic or media context for a specific real-world location, complete with license metadata and attribution for reference or research purposes. Prefer it over generic image search APIs when you need Wikimedia Commons specifically, with per-item license clarity. It complements the sibling Wikipedia articles endpoint when you need visual rather than textual nearby context.

## Known failure modes

- No eligible media returned for the area — charge-free response with empty results
- Wikimedia Commons source unavailable — charge-free response indicating source unreachability
- Invalid coordinates (out of range) — validation error
- Address geocoding failure — error if address cannot be resolved to coordinates
- radiusMeters or limit out of allowed bounds — schema validation error

## 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 list of up to 25 geotagged Wikimedia Commons media items near the requested location, each including the source URL, image URL, license type, and attribution leads. No pixel data is stored by Locus; items are nearby contextual media only.

## 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
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/locus-wikimedia-commons-area-context-3be7a141/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from locus.report](https://www.zero.xyz/host/locus.report/llms.txt)