Data Sources & Attributions

Our product incorporates data from various external sources, including government agencies, research institutions, and commercial data providers. This page contains the required attributions, disclaimers, and background information for each data source we use. These details help ensure proper credit to data providers and transparency about the origin and characteristics of the data presented in our application.

NASA FIRMS 
“We acknowledge the use of data and/or imagery from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) part of NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observations (LANCE) and NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).”  LANCE and FIRMS data disclaimer

ORNL Landscan Population data
Lebakula, V., Epting, J., Moehl, J., Stipek, C., Adams, D., Reith, A., Kaufman, J., Gonzales, J., Reynolds, B., Basford, S., Martin, A., Buck, W., Faxon, A., Cunningham, A., Roy, A., Barbose, Z., Massaro, J., Walters, S., Woody, C., … Urban, M. (2024). LandScan Silver Edition [Data set]. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.48690/1531770

EEZ Boundaries
Flanders Marine Institute (2023). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 12. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/632

UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites
UNESCO (2023). Boundaries of UNESCO World Heritage Marine Sites (v02). Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/. https://doi.org/10.14284/592