How to attribute sources before publishing?

Primary Data Sources
Mapcreator and OpenStreetMap data

Our maps are primarily based on the data produced by the Mapcreator team and OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. The required attribution is automatically included in the map:

© Mapcreator © OpenStreetMap

This attribution is sufficient for you to publish the maps you create if you do not use additional data.

In rare exceptions, where there is no physical space to include this attribution on the map, you may place the attribution close to the map. In the case of digital or broadcast maps, the attribution may be added to the credit note or source overview. Maps embedded online should use the hyperlinked version: © Mapcreator © OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is open data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF).

Additional Data Sources

To expand the mapping options available to users, we integrate data from additional sources. This allows for a broader range of features and datasets. The corresponding attributions can be found below.

Satellite

Overlays

Live Data

data layer	source	attribution
CA Weather Alerts	https://weather.gc.ca	Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Government of Canada
Cyclone and Typhoon	https://www.metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html	Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) 2025, United States Navy
Earthquake	https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
EU and AU Fire hotspots - NASA Firms	https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/	Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
FireDanger CA	https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/	Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS), Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), Government of Canada
Hurricane	https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/	National Hurricane Center (NHC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
NA Drought	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/nadm/overview	National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Russo-Ukrainian War	https://deepstatemap.live	© DeepStateMap
US Heat Risk	https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/heatrisk/	National Weather Service (NWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Wildfires CA	https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/	Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS), Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN), Government of Canada
Wildfires California	https://www.fire.ca.gov/	© CAL FIRE, State of California
Wildfires US	https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/	National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)

Static Data

data layer	source	attribution
3D Terrain	https://earth.jaxa.jp	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), ALOS World 3D - 30m (AW3D30)
Bathymetry	https://www.gebco.net/data-products/gridded-bathymetry-data	GEBCO Compilation Group (2021) GEBCO 2021 Grid (doi:10.5285/c6612cbe-50b3-0cff-e053-6c86abc09f8f)
Disputed Areas, Geographic Lines, Graticules, Lakes NE, Lakes NL, Maritime Borders, Rivers NE, Time Zones	https://www.naturalearthdata.com/	Natural Earth (NE)
Faultlines	https://blogs.openquake.org/hazard/global-active-fault-viewer/	Global Active Faults Database (GAF-DB), Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM)
Hillshading, Hillshading Light	https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/explore-data/data-collections/copernicus-contributing-missions/collections-description/COP-DEM	© DLR e.V. 2010-2018 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved
Land cover	https://esa-worldcover.org/en	© ESA WorldCover project (2021) / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium. Retrieved from ESA WorldCover
Maritime Zones	https://marineregions.org/	Flanders Marine Institute (2025)
Solar Eclipse 2024	https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/	NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS)

Country Boundaries Data

data set	source	attribution
Australia
Federal Election	https://www.aec.gov.au/	© Commonwealth of Australia 2017 © Australian Electoral Commission 2025 (AEC)
Canada
Federal Election Provinces, Federal Election Districts	https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/18bf3ea7-1940-46ec-af52-9ba3f77ed708	Government of Canada
Egypt
Municipalities, Districts	https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-egy	Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), OCHA Middle East and North Africa (ROMENA)
Germany
Electoral Districts	https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2025/wahlkreiseinteilung/downloads.html	© Die Bundeswahlleiterin, Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden 2024, Wahlkreiskarte für die Wahl zum 21. Deutschen Bundestag Grundlage der Geoinformationen © Geobasis-DE / BKG 2024
Netherland
Postal Codes	https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/dossier/nederland-regionaal/geografische-data/gegevens-per-postcode	© CBS 2025
Norway
Postal Codes	https://kartkatalog.geonorge.no/metadata/postnummeromraader/462a5297-33ef-438a-82a5-07fff5799be3	Statens Kartverk, Geonorge
Sudan
Districts	https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-sdn	Information Management Working Group (IMWG), OCHA
Switzerland
Districts	https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/landschaftsmodell-swissboundaries3d	© swisstopo
United Kingdom
European Electoral Regions, Constituencies, Local Authority Districts, Wards	https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/	Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Ceremonial Counties, Historic Counties	https://martinjc.github.io/UK-GeoJSON/	Ordnance Survey, Office of National Statistics and National Records Scotland data © Crown copyright and database right [2014]. Ordnance Survey data covered by OS OpenData Licence
United States
Congressional Districts	https://www.census.gov/en.html	U.S. Census Bureau, Geodatabase (TIGER/Line)
Counties, County Subdivisions	https://www.census.gov/en.html	U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Postal Codes	https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/tiger-line-shapefile-2022-nation-u-s-2020-census-5-digit-zip-code-tabulation-area-zcta5	U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefile, 2022, Nation, U.S., 2020 Census 5-Digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA5)
Census Tracts	https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html	U.S. Census Bureau