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Terms of service, privacy and data-processing terms are issued with each engagement’s order form. The register below lists every data source behind the bureau and the licence it is used under.

Data attributions

  • US federal signal sources — USGS · NASA FIRMS · NWS · EIA · SAM.gov · USAspending · SEC EDGAR · CISA KEV · Census TIGER
    Public domain (U.S. Government works, 17 U.S.C. §105)
    ACTIVE · accessed 2026-10-20
  • Overture Maps Foundation — places theme
    © OpenStreetMap contributors, Overture Maps Foundation
    CDLA Permissive 2.0 (Meta/Microsoft/publisher contributions); OSM-derived portions under ODbL attribution
    ACTIVE · accessed 2026-10-20
  • OpenStreetMap — diff pipeline
    © OpenStreetMap contributors
    ODbL 1.0 (attribution + share-alike for the database layer)
    ACTIVE · accessed 2026-10-20
  • FEMA USA Structures
    CC BY 4.0 (published grant; §105 doctrine noted in source card)
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20
  • Microsoft GlobalML Building Footprints
    CDLA Permissive 2.0 (per Microsoft README — primary source; supersedes ODbL claims by aggregators)
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20
  • USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)
    Public domain — "free of charge and without use restrictions" (agency verbatim)
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20
  • Overture Maps Foundation — addresses theme (US)
    © OpenStreetMap contributors, Overture Maps Foundation (OSM-derived portions)
    Permissive per-source: USDOT NAD + state/county public domain, CC0, CC BY 4.0, PDDL
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20
  • OpenAddresses
    Per-source terms (aggregator does not relicense); US county sources predominantly public domain by judicial decision
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20
  • USDOT National Address Database (NAD)
    National Address Database Access and Usage License — ToS read PENDING (DOT blocks automated fetches)
    PENDING READ · accessed 2026-10-20
  • OpenStreetMap via Geofabrik extracts (enrichment tier)
    © OpenStreetMap contributors
    ODbL 1.0 — gated on the §4.4 Produced Work opinion (counsel outreach filed 2026-10-20)
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20
  • Google Open Buildings
    CC BY 4.0 elected (dual-licensed CC BY 4.0 / ODbL — user choice)
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20
  • GeoNames
    Data credit: GeoNames (geonames.org)
    CC BY 4.0 — commercial usage explicitly permitted
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20
  • US Census Bureau — ACS block groups
    This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
    Public domain (U.S. Government work); API terms apply
    REGISTERED · accessed 2026-10-20