diff --git a/.example.env b/.example.env
index c3fb4b62..984a692e 100644
--- a/.example.env
+++ b/.example.env
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ VEDA_CLOUDFRONT=
 VEDA_CLOUDFRONT_OAC=[OPTIONAL, CONFIGURES ORIGIN ACCESS CONTROL, DEFAULTS TO TRUE]
 VEDA_CUSTOM_HOST=
 VEDA_SHARED_WEB_ACL_ID=[OPTIONAL ID ARN for WEB ACL]
+VEDA_DISABLE_DEFAULT_APIGW_ENDPOINT=[OPTIONAL BOOL TO DISABLE DEFAULT API GATEWAY ENDPOINTS]
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index c792b1b7..93bb6d8c 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ class vedaAppSettings(BaseSettings):
         None, description="Custom domain name, i.e. veda-backend.xyz"
     )
 
+    disable_default_apigw_endpoint: Optional[bool] = Field(
+        False,
+        description="Boolean to disable default API gateway endpoints for stac, raster, and ingest APIs. Defaults to false.",
+    )
+
     def cdk_env(self) -> dict:
         """Load a cdk environment dict for stack"""
 
diff --git a/ingest_api/infrastructure/config.py b/ingest_api/infrastructure/config.py
index 31a894bb..a4ca9d37 100644
--- a/ingest_api/infrastructure/config.py
+++ b/ingest_api/infrastructure/config.py
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ class IngestorConfig(BaseSettings):
         description="Raster API root path. Used to infer url of raster-api before app synthesis.",
     )
 
+    disable_default_apigw_endpoint: Optional[bool] = Field(
+        False,
+        description="Boolean to disable default API gateway endpoints for stac, raster, and ingest APIs. Defaults to false.",
+    )
+
     class Config:
         case_sensitive = False
         env_file = ".env"
diff --git a/ingest_api/infrastructure/construct.py b/ingest_api/infrastructure/construct.py
index d7dcd05f..5f298b86 100644
--- a/ingest_api/infrastructure/construct.py
+++ b/ingest_api/infrastructure/construct.py
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ def __init__(
             construct_id=construct_id,
             handler=self.api_lambda,
             custom_host=config.custom_host,
+            disable_default_apigw_endpoint=config.disable_default_apigw_endpoint,
         )
 
         stack_name = Stack.of(self).stack_name
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ def build_api(
         construct_id: str,
         handler: aws_lambda.IFunction,
         custom_host: Optional[str],
+        disable_default_apigw_endpoint: Optional[bool],
     ) -> aws_apigatewayv2_alpha.HttpApi:
         integration_kwargs = dict(handler=handler)
         if custom_host:
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ def build_api(
             self,
             f"{stack_name}-{construct_id}",
             default_integration=ingest_api_integration,
+            disable_execute_api_endpoint=disable_default_apigw_endpoint,
         )
 
     def build_jwks_url(self, userpool_id: str) -> str:
diff --git a/raster_api/infrastructure/config.py b/raster_api/infrastructure/config.py
index f3474226..f5e5a055 100644
--- a/raster_api/infrastructure/config.py
+++ b/raster_api/infrastructure/config.py
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ class vedaRasterSettings(BaseSettings):
         "VEDA (Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis)",
         description="Name of the STAC Catalog",
     )
+    disable_default_apigw_endpoint: Optional[bool] = Field(
+        False,
+        description="Boolean to disable default API gateway endpoints for stac, raster, and ingest APIs. Defaults to false.",
+    )
 
     class Config:
         """model config"""
diff --git a/raster_api/infrastructure/construct.py b/raster_api/infrastructure/construct.py
index b75a9f21..389e29f5 100644
--- a/raster_api/infrastructure/construct.py
+++ b/raster_api/infrastructure/construct.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def __init__(
             self,
             f"{stack_name}-{construct_id}",
             default_integration=raster_api_integration,
+            disable_execute_api_endpoint=veda_raster_settings.disable_default_apigw_endpoint,
         )
 
         CfnOutput(
diff --git a/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/README.md b/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/README.md
index 91c39ecc..1a489350 100644
--- a/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/README.md
+++ b/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/README.md
@@ -80,3 +80,33 @@ for c, v in internal_colormap.items():
 
 np.save("nlcd.npy", cmap)
 ```
+
+##### Soil texture colormap
+
+```python
+from rio_tiler.colormap import parse_color
+import numpy as np
+
+# These categories are based on a USGS soil texture chart, not an official set of color mappings for soil texture categories
+texture_categories = {
+    "1": "#F89E61", 
+    "2": "#BA8560", 
+    "3": "#D8D2B4", 
+    "4": "#AE734C", 
+    "5": "#9E8478", 
+    "6": "#C6A365",
+    "7": "#B4A67D", 
+    "8": "#E1D4C4", 
+    "9": "#BEB56D", 
+    "10": "#777C7A", 
+    "11": "#A89B6F", 
+    "12": "#E9E2AF"
+}
+
+cmap = np.zeros((256, 4), dtype=np.uint8)
+cmap[:] = np.array([0, 0, 0, 255])
+for k in texture_categories.keys():
+    cmap[int(k)] = np.array(parse_color(texture_categories[k]))
+
+np.save("soil_texture.npy", cmap)
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/soil_texture.npy b/raster_api/runtime/src/cmap_data/soil_texture.npy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a1a6518
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diff --git a/stac_api/infrastructure/config.py b/stac_api/infrastructure/config.py
index 2196a430..bba00ea4 100644
--- a/stac_api/infrastructure/config.py
+++ b/stac_api/infrastructure/config.py
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ class vedaSTACSettings(BaseSettings):
     stac_enable_transactions: bool = Field(
         False, description="Whether to enable transactions endpoints"
     )
+    disable_default_apigw_endpoint: Optional[bool] = Field(
+        False,
+        description="Boolean to disable default API gateway endpoints for stac, raster, and ingest APIs. Defaults to false.",
+    )
 
     @root_validator
     def check_transaction_fields(cls, values):
diff --git a/stac_api/infrastructure/construct.py b/stac_api/infrastructure/construct.py
index c3ca56a0..10b4879b 100644
--- a/stac_api/infrastructure/construct.py
+++ b/stac_api/infrastructure/construct.py
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def __init__(
             self,
             f"{stack_name}-{construct_id}",
             default_integration=stac_api_integration,
+            disable_execute_api_endpoint=veda_stac_settings.disable_default_apigw_endpoint,
         )
 
         CfnOutput(