The following web services are moving from service.iris.edu to service.earthscope.org as part of our cloud transition: irisws-virtualnetwork (a service for organizing groups of different networks and stations under a single network code), and irisws-evalresp (a service for evaluating instrument channel response metadata in multiple output formats).
We’ve worked to make this transition seamless, but if you encounter issues please contact help@earthscope.org.
The service documentation for irisws-virtualnetwork and irisws-evalresp contains the most up-to-date information regarding changes to the service.
Phased Rollout
On September 8th, 2026, the services will become available at their new locations:
- https://service.earthscope.org/irisws/virtualnetwork/1/
- https://service.earthscope.org/irisws/evalresp/1/
The existing services at service.iris.edu will continue to operate unchanged during this transition period, allowing users to test and migrate to the new endpoint at their convenience.
On September 10th, 2026, requests to the service.iris.edu locations of these services will redirect to the new service.earthscope.org locations. The vast majority of web software follow these redirects automatically or can be configured to do so.
We recommend that client developers and power users update any hard-coded references to point to the new service.earthscope.org endpoints rather than relying on the redirect from the old location.
Please reach out to help@earthscope.org if you have any questions or run into trouble with this new service.