NewsMap — Data & Imagery Credits

Last updated: October 29, 2026

NewsMap is for general awareness. Data can be delayed, incomplete or wrong, and stories are placed on the map automatically. Don’t rely on it for emergency response, evacuation, navigation or other safety decisions — follow official instructions from local authorities, and call 911 or your local emergency number in an emergency.

NewsMap exists because these organizations publish open data and imagery. Thank you. NewsMap adds only when it checked each source and how it placed each story; the data itself is theirs.

News

The GDELT Project — Global geo-coded news metadata: article links, publishers and mentioned places. Free to use with attribution to the GDELT Project.
News publishers — Headlines, links and images belong to their publishers. NewsMap shows titles, outlet names and links — never article text — and every story links to the original. Each publisher’s own terms.

Hazards & official sources

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program — Earthquakes (real-time feeds and event details). Public domain (U.S. Government work)
NOAA / National Weather Service — Weather alerts, alert zones and messages. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
NOAA National Hurricane Center — Tropical storm forecast cones. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
NOAA Weather Prediction Center — Surface low-pressure analysis. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center — Aurora forecast (OVATION model). Public domain (U.S. Government work)
NOAA National Water Prediction Service — River gauges, observed levels and forecasts. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET) — Wildfires, storms, volcanoes and sea/lake ice events. NASA open data.
National Interagency Fire Center (WFIGS / IRWIN) — Wildfire perimeters and incident records. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
FEMA National Shelter System — Reported open shelters. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
FEMA disaster declarations (OpenFEMA) — Federal disaster declarations for a place. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
RainViewer — Global rain radar. Used under RainViewer’s API terms, with attribution.
Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University) — U.S. NEXRAD radar mosaic and archived NWS alert text. Redistributes NOAA public-domain data.
NASA GIBS (IMERG precipitation) — Global rain history for Replay. NASA open data.

Impact & infrastructure

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer — Flood zones (long-term mapped risk). Public domain (U.S. Government work)
USACE National Levee Database — Levees and their FEMA accreditation. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
FHWA National Bridge Inventory (USDOT NTAD) — Bridges and their condition ratings. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (NIBRS) — Agency-reported crime (a fixed yearly snapshot). Public domain (U.S. Government work)
U.S. EPA Superfund — Superfund sites and their listing status. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
IM3 Data Center Atlas (PNNL / U.S. DOE) — U.S. data center locations. Open Database License (ODbL 1.0).
OpenStreetMap contributors — Nearby places (via the Overpass API). Open Database License (ODbL 1.0).

Place info

Wikipedia — Place summaries, images and population figures. Text CC BY-SA 4.0; each image carries its own licence and credit.
Open-Meteo — Current weather conditions. CC BY 4.0.
U.S. EPA AirNow — Air quality from the nearest monitor. Public domain (U.S. Government work); AirNow data are preliminary.
U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Act reporting — Lead results reported by water systems. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
FEMA National Risk Index — County long-term hazard risk. Public domain (U.S. Government work)
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PRISM, Oregon State University) — Plant hardiness zones. USDA public data.
U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER/Line) — County and city boundaries that name a place. Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Maps & search

OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles and OpenStreetMap contributors — Newsroom and Color basemaps. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); OpenMapTiles schema.
CARTO — Minimal Light and Minimal Dark basemaps. © CARTO, map data © OpenStreetMap contributors; used under CARTO’s terms.
MapTiler — Basemaps and place search, when configured. Used under MapTiler’s terms.
Esri ArcGIS Location Platform — Satellite Hybrid imagery (Esri, Vantor, Earthstar Geographics and the GIS User Community). Used under Esri’s terms.

Software

MapLibre GL JS — Map rendering. BSD-3-Clause.
React and Vite — App framework and build. MIT.
Google favicon service — Outlet icons next to stories. Google’s terms.