diff --git a/notebooks/usage_guide.ipynb b/notebooks/usage_guide.ipynb
index d67ca6d1..ed54e012 100644
--- a/notebooks/usage_guide.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/usage_guide.ipynb
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@
     "| --------------- | --------- | ------------------------ |\n",
     "| scientificname  | String, Array| One or more scientific names from the OBIS backbone. All included and synonym taxa are included in the search. Leave empty to include all taxa. |\n",
     "|taxonid| Fixnum| A obis occurrence identifier|\n",
-    "| geometry| String| Well Known Text (WKT). A WKT shape written as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING or POLYGON. Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON((30.1 10.1, 10 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1))|\n",
+    "| geometry| String| Well Known Text (WKT). A WKT shape written as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING or POLYGON. Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON(%2830.1+10.1%2C+10+20%2C+20+40%2C+40+40%2C+30.1+10.1%29)|\n",
     "| nodeid| Fixnum| Node UUID.|\n",
     "| startdate| String| Start date YYYY-MM-DD|\n",
     "| enddate| String | End date YYYY-MM-DD|\n",
@@ -2850,7 +2850,7 @@
     "| scientificname  | String, Array| One or more scientific names from the OBIS backbone. All included and synonym taxa are included in the search. Leave empty to include all taxa. |\n",
     "|taxonid| Fixnum| A obis occurrence identifier|\n",
     "| nodeid| Fixnum| Node UUID.|\n",
-    "| geometry| String| Well Known Text (WKT). A WKT shape written as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING or POLYGON. Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON((30.1 10.1, 10 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1))|\n",
+    "| geometry| String| Well Known Text (WKT). A WKT shape written as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING or POLYGON. Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON(%2830.1+10.1%2C+10+20%2C+20+40%2C+40+40%2C+30.1+10.1%29)|\n",
     "| startdate| String| Start date YYYY-MM-DD|\n",
     "| enddate| String | End date YYYY-MM-DD|\n",
     "| startdepth| Fixnum| Start depth, in meters. Depth below sea level are treated as positive numbers.|\n",
@@ -3090,7 +3090,7 @@
     "| scientificname  | String, Array| One or more scientific names from the OBIS backbone. All included and synonym taxa are included in the search. Leave empty to include all taxa. |\n",
     "|taxonid| Fixnum| A obis occurrence identifier|\n",
     "| nodeid| Fixnum| Node UUID.|\n",
-    "| geometry| String| Well Known Text (WKT). A WKT shape written as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING or POLYGON. Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON((30.1 10.1, 10 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1))|\n",
+    "| geometry| String| Well Known Text (WKT). A WKT shape written as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING or POLYGON. Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON(%2830.1+10.1%2C+10+20%2C+20+40%2C+40+40%2C+30.1+10.1%29)|\n",
     "| startdate| String| Start date YYYY-MM-DD|\n",
     "| enddate| String | End date YYYY-MM-DD|\n",
     "| startdepth| Fixnum| Start depth, in meters. Depth below sea level are treated as positive numbers.|\n",
@@ -3344,7 +3344,7 @@
     "|taxonid|Fixnum| A obis Taxon AphiaID.|\n",
     "| scientificname|String, Array| One or more scientific names from the OBIS backbone. All included and synonym taxa are included in the search.|\n",
     "| year|Fixnum| The 4 digit year. A year of 98 will be interpreted as AD 98. Supports range queries, smaller,larger (e.g., '1990,1991', whereas '1991,1990' wouldn't work)|\n",
-    "| geometry|String| Well Known Text (WKT). A WKT shape written as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING or POLYGON. Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON((30.1 10.1, 10 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)). Geometry, formatted as WKT or GeoHash.|\n",
+    "| geometry|String| Well Known Text (WKT). A WKT shape written as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING or POLYGON. Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON(%2830.1+10.1%2C+10+20%2C+20+40%2C+40+40%2C+30.1+10.1%29). Geometry, formatted as WKT or GeoHash.|\n",
     "| nodeid|Fixnum| Node UUID.|\n",
     "| startdate|Fixnum| Start date|\n",
     "| enddate|Boolean| End date|\n",
@@ -4817,7 +4817,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.8"
+   "version": "3.12.2"
   },
   "vscode": {
    "interpreter": {
diff --git a/pyobis/checklist/checklist.py b/pyobis/checklist/checklist.py
index 2fefb16f..5e14234d 100644
--- a/pyobis/checklist/checklist.py
+++ b/pyobis/checklist/checklist.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def list(
         either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING
         or POLYGON.
         Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would
-        be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON((30.1 10.1, 10 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1))
+        be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON(%2830.1+10.1%2C+10+20%2C+20+40%2C+40+40%2C+30.1+10.1%29)
     :param nodeid: [Fixnum] Node UUID.
     :param startdate: [String] Start date YYYY-MM-DD
     :param enddate: [String] End date YYYY-MM-DD
diff --git a/pyobis/dataset/dataset.py b/pyobis/dataset/dataset.py
index 0da2d10a..eeffa5dd 100644
--- a/pyobis/dataset/dataset.py
+++ b/pyobis/dataset/dataset.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def search(
         either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING
         or POLYGON.
         Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would
-        be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON((30.1 10.1, 10 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)). Geometry, formatted as WKT or
+        be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON(%2830.1+10.1%2C+10+20%2C+20+40%2C+40+40%2C+30.1+10.1%29). Geometry, formatted as WKT or
         GeoHash.
     :param nodeid: [Fixnum] Node UUID.
     :param startdate: [Fixnum] Start date
diff --git a/pyobis/occurrences/occurrences.py b/pyobis/occurrences/occurrences.py
index a715c0fb..64cd8cef 100644
--- a/pyobis/occurrences/occurrences.py
+++ b/pyobis/occurrences/occurrences.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def search(
         as either POINT, LINESTRING, LINEARRING
         or POLYGON.
         Example of a polygon: ((30.1 10.1, 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1)) would
-        be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON((30.1 10.1, 10 20, 20 40, 40 40, 30.1 10.1))
+        be queried as https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?geometry=POLYGON(%2830.1+10.1%2C+10+20%2C+20+40%2C+40+40%2C+30.1+10.1%29)
     :param nodeid: [String] Node UUID
     :param taxonid: Prev. aphiaid [Fixnum] An Aphia id. This is listed as
         the `worms_id` in `taxa`/`taxon` results