Data sources and attribution

EM Snow combines open data from the services below. We are grateful to every one of them.

Open-Meteo forecast API

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Licence: Data CC BY 4.0; free hosted API is non-commercial · https://open-meteo.com/

Self-hosted Open-Meteo (AWS Open Data sync)

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com

Licence: Data CC BY 4.0 (s3://openmeteo, AWS Open Data); server AGPLv3 (run stock, no modifications) · https://github.com/open-meteo/open-data

Météo-France AROME/ARPEGE model output

Météo-France, AROME and ARPEGE model data via meteo.data.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, forecast runs updated continuously

Licence: Licence Ouverte v2.0 (Etalab): commercial use and redistribution with attribution · https://meteo.data.gouv.fr/

ECMWF open data (IFS and AIFS)

Based on data and products of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

Licence: CC BY 4.0 plus ECMWF Terms of Use (attribution wording prescribed, removable on ECMWF request) · https://www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/open-data

Open-Meteo archive (ERA5, Copernicus CDS)

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5)

Licence: CC BY 4.0 (CDS licence change 2025-07-02) · https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/historical-weather-api

OpenStreetMap ski data via OpenSkiMap

Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, via OpenSkiMap.org

Licence: ODbL 1.0 · https://openskimap.org/

Wikidata

Structured data from Wikidata

Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication) · https://www.wikidata.org/

Unicode Unihan Database

Copyright (c) 1991-present Unicode, Inc. Unihan kMandarin readings, unicode.org/copyright.html

Licence: Unicode License v3 (Data Files and Software) · https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr38/

WSL Institute SLF (CH measured snow)

WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF

Licence: SLF public measurement API · https://www.slf.ch/

GeoSphere Austria (AT measured snow)

GeoSphere Austria

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · https://www.geosphere.at/

Meteo-France nivo network (FR measured snow)

Météo-France réseau nivo-météorologique

Licence: Licence Ouverte 2.0 · https://meteofrance.com/

USDA NRCS SNOTEL (US measured snow)

USDA NRCS SNOTEL

Licence: US public domain · https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

NVE seNorge/gts (NO measured snow)

NVE (seNorge/gts.nve.no)

Licence: NVE open data · https://www.nve.no/

SMHI öppna data (SE measured snow)

SMHI öppna data

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · https://www.smhi.se/

BC Automated Snow Weather Stations (CA measured snow)

BC Automated Snow Weather Stations (gov.bc.ca)

Licence: BC Open Government Licence · https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Snowy Hydro snow courses (AU measured snow)

Snowy Hydro Ltd snow courses

Licence: Snowy Hydro public data · https://www.snowyhydro.com.au/

Japan Meteorological Agency AMeDAS (JP measured snow)

Japan Meteorological Agency (AMeDAS)

Licence: JMA open data · https://www.jma.go.jp/

Agencija RS za okolje ARSO (SI measured snow)

Agencija RS za okolje (ARSO)

Licence: ARSO public data · https://www.arso.gov.si/

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute CHMI (CZ measured snow)

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ), opendata.chmi.cz

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · https://opendata.chmi.cz/

European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS)

European Avalanche Warning Services (EAWS) member agencies

Licence: CC BY family (per-member country, see eaws.org) · https://www.avalanches.org/

Windy.com webcams

Webcams provided by windy.com - add new webcam

Licence: Windy Webcams API v3 terms of use (account.windy.com/agreements/windy-api-webcams-terms-of-use) · https://www.windy.com/

Foursquare Places ratings

Ratings data via Foursquare

Licence: Foursquare Places API terms · https://location.foursquare.com/

Resort operator lift and snow feeds

Lift status courtesy of the named resort operators

Licence: Per-operator; see perFeed triage

swisstopo swissALTI3D

Source: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Source dataset last updated 2025-01-01.

Licence: swisstopo open government data, free of charge including commercial use, source reference required · https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/height-model-swissalti3d

IGN MNT LiDAR HD (France)

IGN, MNT LiDAR HD, Licence Ouverte 2.0; dataset update date recorded per clip in the DEM manifest Source dataset last updated 2025-05-01.

Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (etalab), commercial use permitted with attribution · https://geoservices.ign.fr/lidarhd

BEV ALS DTM Austria 1 m

Digitales Gelaendemodell (DTM) Oesterreich, BEV, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), clipped and resampled for per-resort use Source dataset last updated 2025-09-15.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · https://data.bev.gv.at/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9a4e3e4f-2cd5-4f73-af51-384beb9331d0

Copernicus DEM GLO-30

Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30 Source dataset last updated 2021-01-01.

Licence: Free for any use including commercial, subject to the Copernicus DEM licence notice · https://registry.opendata.aws/copernicus-dem/

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), UV index

Generated using Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information; distributed via Open-Meteo self-hosted sync (CC BY 4.0 redistribution)

Licence: Copernicus free and open data policy (Regulation (EU) No 1159/2013): worldwide, royalty-free reuse including commercial, attribution required · https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/

Global Wind Atlas 4.0

Data obtained from the Global Wind Atlas version 4.0, a free, web-based application developed, owned and operated by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The Global Wind Atlas version 4.0 is released in partnership with the World Bank Group, utilizing data provided by Vortex, using funding provided by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). For additional information: https://globalwindatlas.info | Citation: Davis, N.N., Badger, J., Hahmann, A.N. et al. (2023), The Global Wind Atlas: A high-resolution dataset of climatologies and associated web-based application, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 104(8): E1507-E1525, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0075.1

Licence: CC BY 4.0 (modified: clipped to resort areas and aggregated along lift geometry) · https://globalwindatlas.info

ESA WorldCover 10 m v200 (2021)

© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021), processed by ESA WorldCover consortium

Licence: CC BY 4.0 (modified: zonal aggregation along piste corridors) · https://esa-worldcover.org

Registry version 1, updated 2026-08-09.