Data sources & licences

ShowMeOnMap never fabricates or pre-loads values — every number and coordinate on a map is fetched live from one of the sources below, and each map carries its own citation. This page is generated from the same registry the app and its automated health checks read, so it cannot drift out of date independently of the code.

75 of 98 sources have had their licence terms read and recorded. The rest are marked licence review pending — they are listed rather than hidden.

If you own one of these datasets and believe ShowMeOnMap is using it outside your terms, email franklan010@gmail.com and we will remove or license it.

Basemaps & tiles

  • AWS Terrain Tiles (terrarium DEM)
    s3.amazonaws.com · public-domain / CC-BY-4.0 / OGL (per source dataset) · Tilezen Terrain Tiles / AWS Open Data
  • Overture buildings PMTiles (pinned release)
    overturemaps-extras-us-west-2.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com · Licence review pending
  • Thunderforest Outdoors tiles (park basemap)
    tile.thunderforest.com · Used under the provider’s commercial terms

boundaries

  • Vancouver School Board catchment boundaries (build-time static)
    media.vsb.bc.ca · publisher-terms-unstated

camera

  • Alberta 511 Traffic Cameras
    511.alberta.ca · OGL-Alberta · Alberta 511 — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta
  • DriveBC Highway Webcams
    www.drivebc.ca · OGL-BritishColumbia · DriveBC — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia
  • NOAA BuoyCAM Stations
    www.ndbc.noaa.gov · US-Gov-PD · NOAA National Data Buoy Center
  • Ontario 511 Traffic Cameras
    511on.ca · OGL-Ontario · Ontario 511 — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
  • YouTube Data API videos.list (harvest refresh)
    www.googleapis.com · YouTube-ToS-embed · YouTube (per-channel credit on every record)
  • YouTube oEmbed (live-cam seed verification)
    www.youtube.com · YouTube-ToS-embed · YouTube (per-channel credit on every record)

Enrichment services

  • OpenAI Whisper transcriptions
    api.openai.com · Used under the provider’s commercial terms
  • Tavily Web Search (AI-optimized)
    api.tavily.com · Used under the provider’s commercial terms

Environmental & hazard

  • BC Wildfire Service Active Fires
    services6.arcgis.com · OGL-BC
  • BC Wildfire Service Fire Perimeters
    services6.arcgis.com · OGL-BC
  • Climate TRACE Emissions
    api.climatetrace.org · Licence review pending
  • Copernicus GloFAS Global Flood
    global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu · Licence review pending
  • EEA E-PRTR European Pollution
    air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · Licence review pending
  • EPA Toxic Release Inventory
    data.epa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • FEMA NFHL Flood Zones
    services.arcgis.com · Public domain (US Government work)
  • GBIF Species Occurrences
    api.gbif.org · CC0-1.0 / CC-BY-4.0 (filtered at fetch time)
  • GDACS Global Disasters
    www.gdacs.org · Licence review pending
  • GFW Hansen Tree Cover Loss (sample tile z=4)
    storage.googleapis.com · Licence review pending
  • GFW Integrated Deforestation Alerts (sample tile z=4)
    tiles.globalforestwatch.org · Licence review pending
  • HDX Humanitarian Data
    data.humdata.org · Licence review pending
  • JRC Global Drought Observatory
    drought.emergency.copernicus.eu · Licence review pending
  • MeteoAlarm European Weather
    feeds.meteoalarm.org · Licence review pending
  • NASA COOLR Landslides
    gis.earthdata.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NASA EONET Wildfires
    eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NASA FIRMS Active Fires
    firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NASA GIBS GOES-East GeoColor (DescribeDomains)
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work) · NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) / NOAA GOES
  • NASA GIBS GOES-West Fire Temperature (DescribeDomains)
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work) · NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) / NOAA GOES
  • NASA GIBS HLS Landsat 8/9 Reflectance (30 m)
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work) · NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) / HLS Landsat 8-9
  • NASA GIBS HLS Sentinel-2 Reflectance (30 m)
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Copernicus-Sentinel · NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) / HLS Sentinel-2 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data
  • NASA GIBS MODIS Snow Cover
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NASA GIBS OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent (30 m)
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work) · NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) / OPERA
  • NASA GIBS OPERA RTC-S1 Sentinel-1 Radar (30 m)
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Copernicus-Sentinel · NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) / OPERA · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data
  • NASA GIBS TEMPO Tropospheric NO2 (DescribeDomains)
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work) · NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) / TEMPO
  • NASA GIBS VIIRS Combined Flood
    gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov · Public domain (US Government work) · NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS)
  • NDBC DART Buoy Stations
    www.ndbc.noaa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NDBC DART Realtime Feed (sample: 21418)
    www.ndbc.noaa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NHC Active Hurricanes
    services9.arcgis.com · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NIFC Historical Fire Perimeters
    services3.arcgis.com · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NOAA Coral Reef Watch SST
    coralreefwatch.noaa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NOAA HMS Smoke Polygons
    satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NOAA nowCOAST Lightning Strike Density (WMS)
    nowcoast.noaa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NOAA Sea Level Rise Tiles
    coast.noaa.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NWS Tsunami Alerts
    api.weather.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NWS Weather Alerts
    api.weather.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • OpenAQ Air Quality
    api.openaq.org · Licence review pending
  • Safecast Radiation Measurements
    api.safecast.org · Licence review pending
  • Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes
    webservices.volcano.si.edu · Licence review pending
  • US Drought Monitor
    droughtmonitor.unl.edu · Licence review pending
  • USGS Earthquake Hazards
    earthquake.usgs.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • USGS NWIS Lake/Reservoir Sites
    waterservices.usgs.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • USGS NWIS Stream Gauges
    waterservices.usgs.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • USGS Quaternary Faults
    earthquake.usgs.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • USGS Volcano Hazards (Elevated Alerts)
    volcanoes.usgs.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • WFIGS Fire Perimeters (Current)
    services3.arcgis.com · Public domain (US Government work)
  • WFIGS Incident Locations (Current)
    services3.arcgis.com · Public domain (US Government work)
  • World Air Quality Index (AQI raster tiles)
    api.waqi.info · WAQI-acceptable-usage (non-commercial) · World Air Quality Index Project (waqi.info) · originating EPA

Geocoding & place lookup

  • OSM Nominatim Geocoding
    nominatim.openstreetmap.org · ODbL 1.0 · © OpenStreetMap contributors
  • US Census Batch Geocoder
    geocoding.geo.census.gov · Public domain (US Government work) · U.S. Census Bureau
  • Wikidata POI (wbgetentities)
    www.wikidata.org · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata (CC0)
  • Wikidata SPARQL (entity query)
    query.wikidata.org · CC0 1.0 · Wikidata (CC0)

Infrastructure & networks

  • Carbon Intensity API (UK generation mix)
    api.carbonintensity.org.uk · Licence review pending
  • Census TIGERweb Geometry
    tigerweb.geo.census.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • Connecticut statewide parcels (CAMA, ArcGIS FeatureServer)
    services3.arcgis.com · CC0 · Connecticut Office of Policy and Management / CT GIS Office
  • Elexon BMRS (UK demand outturn)
    data.elexon.co.uk · Licence review pending
  • ENTSO-E Transparency Platform
    web-api.tp.entsoe.eu · Licence review pending
  • FOSSGIS Valhalla Isochrone
    valhalla1.openstreetmap.de · ODbL 1.0 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, FOSSGIS Valhalla
  • OpenCellID (cell tower reverse lookup)
    opencellid.org · Licence review pending
  • OurAirports CSV Data
    davidmegginson.github.io · Public domain · OurAirports
  • Overpass API (OSM)
    overpass-api.de · ODbL 1.0 · © OpenStreetMap contributors
  • Overpass API mirror (Kumi Systems)
    overpass.kumi.systems · ODbL 1.0 · © OpenStreetMap contributors
  • Overpass API mirror (OSM France)
    overpass.openstreetmap.fr · ODbL 1.0 · © OpenStreetMap contributors
  • US Power Transmission Lines
    services2.arcgis.com · Licence review pending

Model infrastructure

  • Cloudflare AI Gateway (Anthropic passthrough)
    gateway.ai.cloudflare.com · Used under the provider’s commercial terms

Parks & public lands

  • National Park Service API
    developer.nps.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • NPS ArcGIS MapServer
    mapservices.nps.gov · Public domain (US Government work)

road-condition

  • Québec MTQ Road Surface Conditions (WFS)
    ws.mapserver.transports.gouv.qc.ca · CC-BY-4.0-Quebec · Ministère des Transports du Québec — Contains information licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence – Québec

road-event

  • Alberta 511 Traffic Events
    511.alberta.ca · OGL-Alberta · Alberta 511 — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta
  • Ontario 511 Traffic Events
    511on.ca · OGL-Ontario · Ontario 511 — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario
  • Québec MTQ Road Warnings (WFS)
    ws.mapserver.transports.gouv.qc.ca · CC-BY-4.0-Quebec · Ministère des Transports du Québec — Contains information licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence – Québec

road-weather

  • Alberta 511 Road Weather Stations
    511.alberta.ca · OGL-Alberta · Alberta 511 — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta

Satellite imagery

  • STAC Earth Search (AWS)
    earth-search.aws.element84.com · Licence review pending

Statistical & demographic

  • Bureau of Economic Analysis
    apps.bea.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • Census ACS 5-Year Data
    api.census.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • Census LEHD LODES
    lehd.ces.census.gov · Public domain (US Government work)
  • City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report + parcel polygons)
    opendata.vancouver.ca · OGL-Vancouver · City of Vancouver Open Data
  • Eurostat NUTS GeoJSON
    gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · CC BY 4.0 · © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries
  • Eurostat Statistics
    ec.europa.eu · CC BY 4.0 · Eurostat
  • geoBoundaries Admin Boundaries
    www.geoboundaries.org · Licence review pending
  • Google Data Commons
    api.datacommons.org · Licence review pending
  • World Bank WDI
    api.worldbank.org · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank Open Data

Weather

  • Google Weather API
    weather.googleapis.com · Used under the provider’s commercial terms
  • Google Weather UV Index (uvIndex.ts)
    weather.googleapis.com · Used under the provider’s commercial terms · Source: Includes weather data from Google
  • OpenWeatherMap Air Quality
    api.openweathermap.org · Used under the provider’s commercial terms
  • OpenWeatherMap Weather Maps 1.0 (tiles)
    tile.openweathermap.org · Used under the provider’s commercial terms · OpenWeather

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