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Data Licenses

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The Who's On First dataset is both an original work and a modification of existing open data (sources listed below). Some of those open data projects do require attribution. We detail all sources and their specific license, usage, and vintage metadata in the full sources list.

This file was generated by the bin/docs.py script on 2020-02-21.

  • Austria Open Data: source data and license
  • Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland: source data and license
  • Alameda County Data Sharing Initiative: source data and license
  • Acme Laboratories: source data and license
  • Amsterdam Open Datakaart: source data and license
  • Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Iniciativa de Datos Públicos y Transparencia: source data and license
  • data.gv.at: source data and license
  • Atlanta Department of Planning and Community Development: source data and license
  • Australian Government Open Data Portal: source data and license
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics: source data and license
  • Azavea, Inc.: source data and license
  • Baltimore Mayor's Office of Information Technology: source data and license
  • Voorlopig Referentiebestand Gemeentegrenzen: source data and license
  • Boston Redevelopment Authority: source data and license
  • Burlington VT Neighborhoods Project: source data and license
  • Burrito Justice: source data and license
  • City of Cambridge Geographic Information System Department: source data and license
  • Alberta Open Government - Municipal Boundaries: source data and license
  • City of Burnaby GIS Department: source data and license
  • City of Calgary, Corporate Analytics and Innovation: source data and license
  • DataBC - British Colombia Open Data Catalogue: source data and license
  • District of North Vancouver Government: source data and license
  • City of Edmonton Department of Sustainable Development: source data and license
  • Gatineau Service de l'urbanisme et du developpement durable (SUDD): source data and license
  • Laval Service de l'urbanisme: source data and license
  • Montreal Service de la Mise en Valeur du Territoire: source data and license
  • City of New Westminster Development Services Department: source data and license
  • Ottawa Neighbourhood Study (ONS): source data, and license
  • Quebec City Open Data Portal: source data and license
  • City of Regina Open Data - Community Associations: source data and license
  • City of Saskatoon Open Data Portal - Neighbourhood Areas: source data and license
  • City of Surrey GIS Section: source data and license
  • City of Victoria Open Data Catalogue: source data and license
  • City of Winnipeg Department of Planning, Property, and Development: source data and license
  • Natural Resources Canada, CanVec Hydrographic Features: source data and license
  • Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek: source data and license
  • Swiss Cadastral System: source data and license
  • SwissTopo: source data and license
  • Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie: source data and license
  • Denver Department of Community Planning and Development: source data and license
  • GeoDanmark: source data and license
  • Elections BC: source data and license
  • Portal de datos abiertos del Ayuntamiento de Madrid: source data and license
  • CartoBCN: source data and license
  • Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya: source data and license
  • NLS National Land Survey of Finland: source data and license
  • Open Data France: source data and license
  • London Datastore - Greater London Authority: source data and license
  • GeoNames: source data and license
  • Yahoo! GeoPlanet: source data and license
  • Hong Kong Open Data Portal: source data and license
  • Helsinki City Real Estate Department: source data and license
  • Ordnance Survey Ireland: source data and license
  • International Organization for Standardization: source data and license
  • International Telecommunications Union: source data and license
  • City of Kuopio: source data and license
  • City of Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils (Certified): source data and license
  • Mapshaper: source data and license
  • Mesoshapes: source data and license. This source includes CC-BY compatible data from the following organizations:
    • Armenia: Acopian Center for the Environment (ACE)
    • Armenia: Revolutionary GIS
    • Asia: National Land Surveying and Mapping Center (TNLSMC)
    • Azerbaijan: ISCGM
    • Azerbaijan: State Committee Land and Cartography
    • Bangladesh: GIST
    • Bangladesh: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    • Bolivia: IDE-EPB GeoBolivia data portal (IDE_EPB)
    • Burundi: OCHA HDX
    • Burundi: IGEBU
    • Cameroon: WRI
    • Cameroon: Institut National de la Cartographie
    • Chad: OCHA
    • Chile: Chilean National Library of Congress
    • Colombia: Instituto Geografico Agustin Codazzi
    • Colombia: OCHA
    • Colombia: Sala Humanitaria (SH)
    • Costa Rica: ESRI Open Data
    • Costa Rica: Daticos/Geotecnologias S.A.
    • Cuba: Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas, Cuba (ONEC)
    • Democratic Rebublic of Congo: OCHA
    • Democratic Rebublic of Congo: Referenciel Geographique Commun DRC
    • Egypt: Revolutionary GIS
    • Egypt: USAID via FOIA
    • Ethiopia: GIST
    • Ethiopia: USAID
    • Ethiopia: WRI
    • Europe: Euro Global Map (EGM)
    • Europe: European Data Portal (EDP)
    • France: French IGN (FIGN)
    • French Guiana: French IGN
    • Gambia: OCHA
    • Georgia: GIST
    • Georgia: ISCGM
    • Georgia: geodesyandcartography
    • Global: Digital Chart of the World (DCW)
    • Global: ESRI Open Data - Daticos
    • Global: Natural Earth Urban (NEU)
    • Global: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
    • Global: World Resource Institute (WRI)
    • Global: International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)
    • Global: Art of the Mappable (AOTM) for Mapzen under CC0
    • Global: OCHA_OPEN
    • Global: USAID
    • Global: Empirical Study of Conflict (ESOC)
    • Guinea: OCHA HDX
    • Guinea: WFP
    • Guinea: International Organization for Migration
    • Guyana: Guyana Bureau of Statistics (GBOS)
    • Honduras: ISCGM
    • Honduras: Direccion General de Catastro y Geografia
    • India: DataMeet
    • Indonesia: Geospatial Information Agency
    • Indonesia: ISCGM
    • Iraq: ESOC
    • Iraq: World Food Program
    • Iraq: Relief Web Humanitarian Information Center
    • Israel: Revolutionary GIS
    • Israel: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (ICBS)
    • Jamaica: Statistical Institute of Jamaica
    • Japan: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)
    • Kyrgyzstan: OCHA
    • Kyrgyzstan: Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic
    • Liberia: GIST
    • Liberia: USAID
    • Liberia: OFDA Economic and Humanitarian Assistance
    • Libya: OCHA HDX
    • Libya: Libya Bureau of Statistics and Census (BSC)
    • Libya: IOM
    • Macedonia: EuroGlobalMap
    • Mali: OCHA
    • Mauritania: OCHA
    • Mauritius: Ministry of Housing and Lands
    • Mauritius: ISCGM
    • Mozambique: ISCGM
    • Mozambique: CENACARTA
    • New Zealand: Statistics New Zealand (SNZ)
    • Nicaragua: ISCGM
    • Nicaragua: INETER
    • Niger: OCHA
    • Nigeria: OCHA
    • Palestine: OCHA
    • Palestine: Ministry of planning (Palestinian Authority)
    • Papua: ISCGM
    • Papua: National Mapping Bureau
    • Paraguay: DGEEC
    • Paraguay: Republica de Paraguay Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEC)
    • Peru: OCHA
    • Peru: Instituto Geográfico Nacional
    • Rwanda: Revolutionary GIS
    • Rwanda: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)
    • Senegal: OCHA
    • Serbia: EuroGlobalMap
    • Serbia: EuroGeoGraphics
    • South Africa: Revolutionary GIS
    • South Africa: South Africa Municipal Demarcation Board (SAMDB)
    • Taiwan: National Land Surveying and Mapping Center
    • Tanzania: Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics (TNBS)
    • Togo: ISCGM
    • Togo: Direction General of Cartography - DGC Togo
    • Ukraine: Revolutionary GIS
    • Ukraine: OCHA Ukraine ДНВП Картографія
    • Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Central Statistics Office (ZimStat)
    • Zimbabwe: OCHA HDX
  • Metazen: source data and license
  • Mini Tenders: source data and license
  • Natural Earth: source data and license
  • Geonorge Norway: source data and license
  • City of New Orleans, Office of Information Technology and Innovation, Enterprise Information Team: source data and license
  • Oakland Community and Economic Development Department: source data and license
  • City of Oulu: source data and license
  • OurAirports: source data and license
  • Pediacities: source data and license
  • Office of Geodesy and Cartography, Poland: source data and license
  • City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability: source data and license
  • Directorate-General for the Territorial Development of Portugal: source data and license,
  • Quattroshapes: source data and license. This source includes CC-BY compatible data from the following organizations:
    • Australia: Geoscience Australia and Australian Bureau of Statistics
    • Austria: Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen
    • Belgium: Institut Géographique National – Belgique
    • Brazil: IBGE
    • Bulgaria: Cadastre Agency
    • Bulgaria: MRDPW
    • Canada: Department of Natural Resources Canada
    • Canada: Statistics Canada
    • Canada: BC Stats
    • Chile: Global Map of Chile
    • Chile: International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
    • Chile: Instituto Geografico Militar de Chile
    • Croatia: Drzavna Geodetska Uprava
    • Cyprus: Lands and Surveys
    • Cyprus: Survey and Cartogr. Br.
    • Czech Republic: Český úřad zeměměřický a katastrální
    • Denmark: Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen
    • Estonia: Maaamet
    • Europe: EuroGeoGraphics
    • Europe: European Environment Agency (EEA)
    • Faroe Islands: Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen
    • Finland: Maanmittauslaitos
    • Global: Flickr
    • France: Institut Géographique National
    • France: Institut National de l’Information Géographique et Forestière
    • Global: Geonames
    • Georgia: National Agency of Public Registry
    • Germany: Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
    • Great Britain: Ordnance Survey
    • Greece: Hellenic Military Geographical Service
    • Greenland: Kort og Matrikelstyrelsen
    • Hungary: Földmérési és Távérzékelési Intézet
    • Iceland: Landmælingar Íslands
    • Indonesia: Global Map of Indonesia (ISCGM/Indonesia)
    • Ireland: Ordnance Survey Ireland
    • Italy: Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano
    • Latvia: Latvijas Republikas Valsts zemes dienests
    • Liechtenstein: Bundesamt für Landestopographie
    • Lithuania: Nacionalinė žemės tarnyba
    • Luxembourg: Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie
    • Malta: Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA)
    • Mexico: INEGI
    • Moldova: State Agency for Land Relations and Cadastre
    • Netherlands: Kadaster
    • Netherlands: Topografische Dienst Nederland
    • New Zealand: Land Information New Zealand
    • Northern Ireland: Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
    • Norway: Statens Kartverk
    • Palestine: Global Map of Palestine
    • Palestine: ISCGM/Palestinian National Authority
    • Palestine: Ministry of Planning
    • Palestine: Geographic Center and Technical Support
    • Poland: Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii
    • Portugal: Instituto Geográfico Português
    • Rep. of Slovakia: Geodetick a kartografick ústav
    • Romania: CNGCFT
    • Romania: National Center of Geodesie
    • Romania: Cartography
    • Romania: Fotogrametry and Remote Sensing
    • Serbia: Republički geodetski zavod
    • Slovenia: Geodetska Uprava Republike Slovenije
    • South Africa: : Global Map of the Republic of South Africa
    • South Africa: ISCGM/State Copyright
    • South Africa: Department of Rural Development and Land Reform
    • South Africa: Chief Directorate of National Geo-spatial Information
    • Spain: Centro Nacional de Informacion Geografica – Instituto Geográfico Nacional
    • Spain: Instituto Geográfico Nacional
    • Sweden: Lantmäteriet
    • Switzerland: Bundesamt für Landestopographie
    • Switzerland: swisstopo
    • Ukraine: Research Institute of Geodesy and Cartography
    • United Kingdom: Ordnance Survey
    • United States: United States Census Bureau
    • Global: Yahoo!
  • Quattroshapes Point Gazetteer: source data and license. This source includes CC-BY compatible data from the following organizations:
    • Global: GeoPlanet
    • Global: GeoNames
  • The City of Santa Barbara: source data and license
  • SanGIS/SANDAG GIS Data Warehouse: source data and license
  • Lantmateriet Sweden: source data and license
  • Seattle City GIS Program: source data and license
  • San Francisco Arts Commission: source data and license
  • City of San Francisco: source data and license
  • SimpleGeo: source data and license
  • San Jose Planning Department: source data and license
  • Open San Mateo County: source data and license
  • Senatsverwaltung fur Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt Berlin: source data and license
  • Statistics Canada: source data and license
  • Statoids: source data and license,
  • Open Information Saint Paul: source data and license
  • Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia: source data and license
  • The List - Bay Area Concert Guide: source data and license
  • Turku City Government: source data and license
  • Tampere City Survey GIS: source data and license
  • Toronto Social Development, Finance & Administration Department: source data and license
  • Transitland: source data and license
  • UN/LOCODE (United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations): source data and license
  • U.S. Department of State - Humanitarian Information Unit: source data and license
  • United States Census Bureau: source data and license
  • US ZIP Code Tabulation Area: source data and license
  • Vancouver Planning and Development Services: source data and license
  • Washington Post: source data and license
  • Yahoo! GeoPlanet (formerly Where On Earth): source data and license
  • Who's On First: source data and license
  • Wikipedia: source data and license
  • Zetashapes: source data and license. This source includes CC-BY compatible data from the following organizations:
    • Global: flickr
    • United States: United States Census Bureau
  • Zolk Chicago Neighborhoods Map: source data and license

All 312 sources listed above are currently used to populate Who's On First records or will be added to Who's On First records in the near future.