Querying Stations Data

[DanRamage]

Currently I use a latitude/longitude to query the /points/{lat,lon} endpoint, then use the observationStations parameter to get a list of the observing stations for that grid.

How are the stations returned in the gridpoints station request sorted? Are they closest to the grid point?

Is there a better way to get the closest station to a latitude and longitude via the API? The /points/{point}/stations is deprecated, so what I do now is:

1. Call /points/{point}]
2. Then use the url in observationStations parameter to get a list of stations.
3. Take the first station in the list, then call a /stations/{stationId} endpoint to get the data I am interested in.

It would really be nice to reduce the number of queries to get to that point.