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This page lists examples of usage of OpenStreetMap data without proper attribution as required by the OpenStreetMap License. This page relies on people noticing and reporting violations.
The problem is normally one of a simple oversight, the publisher does not understand what is required, or attribution is not given correctly. There is also the possibility of wilful misrepresentation. In many instances the violation is of minor significance to the project but it is reasonable for the community to expect all users of the data to respect the requirements. There may also be major violations where the publisher may not respond to an approach by the community and the Foundation may need to contact the author.
We require that OpenStreetMap is credited, and that the users are made aware of our license (usually by means of a link to osm.org/copyright).
For more information see the Legal FAQ.
Process
These local chapters offer to handle your report of a violation (follow the link for instructions): France · Italy · Spain · ...
If you want to handle the violation by yourself, follow these steps.
- First, check if the usage of OSM data is substantial. See the Substantial Guideline for details about the definition of "substantial" used by the OSM Foundation. If the usage of OSM is substantial, continue with the next steps. If you are not sure, ask other people on a suitable mailing list (e.g. talk-de for Germany), on IRC or at the forum.
- Add an entry to the bottom of the table below. If you are unsure about the violation, discuss it on one of our common communication channels (see above). If you are sure, you can report it at forum or a mailing list, too.
- In case that the URL is listed at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki's spam blacklist, you will not be able to insert it here. Please contact a wiki administrator, they are immune against the spam blacklist and they can also add an entry to this wiki's spam whitelist.
- Contact the publisher with a suitable pleasant and non-threatening email and update the record with the date you've contacted them.
- Wait for a response for a suitable period. If that does not create the desired response then you should follow up with a second attempt to contact the publisher.
- If that does not work and the violation is considered serious then report it, if not done yet, at forum or a suitable mailing list, otherwise the Foundation should be contacted, maybe legal(at)osmfoundation.org.
- Once the attribution has been fixed or the page is no longer accessible, please move the entry to the List of usages where attribution has been fixed or case is obsoleted
To discuss a certain use before adding it to the list, consider doing so at forum, a suitable mailing list talk or a suitable national mailing list (e.g. talk-de for Germany). It is not suggested discussing cases at the discussion page because very few people read there.
If OpenStreetMap is being used through a third-party service, that service may also provide a way to report attribution issues. For example, issues involving Mapbox customers can be reported by filling out this form.
Hints to mappers
Be gentle! We are a project for providing free maps and not to argue with somebody about legal issues. It doesn't help anybody playing the police and collecting as much cases as possible. This could give OSM a bad image. Don't be too correct. If they give it their best then it is ok.
Before taking any steps, take a moment to consider whether attribution is worth the potential cost to OSM in the form of lost goodwill, bad PR or people switching to more relaxed map providers. For low-visibility, one-off publications (birthday invites, powerpoint slides presented to a small audience, random social media posts, ...), this may not be the case.
List of usages lacking proper attribution
See also They are using OpenStreetMap for rather correct attribution examples.
https://www.natureindex.com/supplements/nature-index-2016-collaborations/paris https://www.natureindex.com/supplements/nature-index-2016-collaborations/tokyo| Page | License ok | Authors ok | Added by | Dates contacted | Last checked | Date fixed | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architekturbüro Enrico Mincuzzi (pictures on a contact page) | partial (clickable maps linking back to OSM) | partial (clickable maps linking back to OSM) | Driver2 on 2009-08-06 | Lulu-Ann on 2009-08-06, dieterdreist on 2019-12-16 | 2023-06-15 - Mateusz Konieczny | Pictures link to osm.org, which could count as 'some' attribution, but do not strictly satisfy the license requirements and community interpretation of it. Usage is minor
May qualify as insubstantial, see https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Licence/Community_Guidelines/Substantial_-_Guideline | |
| Traveling Salesman The software itself and screenshots of it on sf.net | no (note that project has last update in 2015) | no (note that project has last update in 2015) | maybe !i! on 2011-03-09 | 2023-06-15 for screenshots and confirmed death of a project - Mateusz Konieczny | Last project activity in 2015. | ||
| http://mapsshop.ru/ | no | no | xopok 2011-07-28 | nettroll 2011-10-24
maybe https://mapsshop.ru/feedback.html can be used for the next contact |
2023-07-25 ( via https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/is-there-an-attribution-here/101620 ) - Mateusz Konieczny | They sell OSM maps without copyright notice etc. | |
| https://plan.nc/ currently map of https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=9/-21.2727/165.1932 | no | no | Pieren 20 Sept 2011 | 20 Sept 2011 (by the contact html page) | 2023-05-25 (and made https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/136542567 https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/136542507 - partially to check are picking also updates) - Mateusz Konieczny | No attribution on the slippy map layer called "GeoPlan" | |
| Apple's iPhoto for iOS | no | yes | seav 2012-03-09 | 2012-03-08 | 2023-07-31 - asked original reporter - Mateusz Konieczny | partial Attribution: 2012-05-04 [1] (link to an image in twit is dead) | It's all over the news: [2]. Attribution to OSM Contributors but without recognizing the ©, license not referenced, SA not OK.
2023-06-20: "uses Apple Maps as its base map (as you'd expect). this in turn includes some OSM data and has less-than-compliant attribution" "on Photos it's a tiny "Legal" link that takes you to Apple's attribution webpage somewhere, on which OSM is listed fairly prominently (second after TomTom)" |
| Apple's iPhoto for OSX | partial "small "legal" link on the map which leads to attribution to tomtom, OpenStreetMap and a long list of other sources" | partial "small "legal" link on the map which leads to attribution to tomtom, OpenStreetMap and a long list of other sources" | dieterdreist 2012-10-21 | unclear, if any | 2023-07-25: original reporter contacted - Mateusz Konieczny | Checking on 26/7/2023, it is fixed ("Photo" app on MacOS) 2023-07-26: "small "legal" link on the map which leads to attribution to tomtom, OpenStreetMap and a long list of other sources" | |
| 111 Orte in Hannover, die man gesehen haben muss http://www.emons-verlag.de/programm/111-orte-in-hannover-die-man-gesehen-haben-muss (http://altancicek.de/) | no map at the linked page, unable to find links to offending documents | no map at the linked page, unable to find links to offending documents | Jano John Akim Franke 2013-05-03 | 2013-05-03 | 2023-06-25 - unable to spot map, see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Jjaf.de#attribution - Mateusz Konieczny
2023-07-24 page does not load at all - Mateusz Konieczny 2023-07-25 - page loaded, no map there - Mateusz Konieczny |
Pages 232-236 are redacted and designed OSM-data printed maps. Copyright of producer prominently given. Only page 2 says "Wald- und Siedlungsflächen: OpenStreetMap" although OSM-data-usage is more than these "areas". May be a problem for more books of "111 Orte" http://www.emons-verlag.de/programm/themen/111-orte | |
| http://www.frogsparks.com/ myTrails app | no | no | --Nop (talk) 17:51, 7 January 2015 (UTC) | email send on 2021-01-29 by Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-07-30: According to their website development is abandoned (but you can still for premium). Removed from Google Play (for unrelated reasons). Many layers are broken, but OpenCycleMap, 4umaps OpenTopoMap, OPNVKarte, Lonvia Hiking work and are shown without attribution. - Mateusz Konieczny | Android app uses among others OSM Mapnik, OpenCycleMap, OpenPisteMap, OpenHikingMap, Hiking/Trailriding Map, Lonvia Hiking/Cycling/MTB. Shows no Attribution or licence for any of the maps. Includes mass downloading for all maps, also violating usage policies. Mass download dialog contains the claim "this map may be used without any restrictions" | |
| mobil, issue 01.2015, (customer magazin of Deutsche Bahn), insert by connect magazine, page 8 | no | no | --Nakaner (talk) 11:39, 23 January 2015 (UTC) | 2015-01-23 | 2023-07-23 contacted original reporter - Mateusz Konieczny | It is a small OSM mapnik screenshot (4.2x5.9 cm) with a overlay showing dead zones (mobile phone) along railway line Halle–Uelzen. It is not part of the online edition!
I suggested three different choices for compensation via e-mail either a donation to FOSSGIS e.V. or an OSM advertisement or an article about OSM and/or OpenRailwayMap. --Nakaner (talk) 11:39, 23 January 2015 (UTC) | |
| http://www.discgolf-altenau.de/?Parcours for example on https://discgolf-altenau.de/index.php/unser-parcours/ | no | no | Ogmios 2015-01-29 | ... | 2023-06-26 | Contacted them via mail. They said they will fix it but did nothing for several month now. | |
| http://www.protectedplanet.net/ | no (hidden attribution when screen is small) | no (hidden attribution when screen is small) | Imagico 2015-10-22 | no | 2023-07-07 - Mateusz Konieczny | Mapbox based map without attribution (probably also in violation of Mapbox TOS) | |
| http://routeyou.com | partial | no | Sanderd17 (talk) 12:50, 21 February 2016 (UTC) | 2016-02-21 | 2023-06-15 - Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-06-15: maps such as https://www.routeyou.com/fr-pl/route/view/12801571/piste-velo-recreative/bukowno-cracovie have a credit when shown on website, GPX files have no stated license | They use OSM for routing, and allow distribution and display of GPX data based on that routing info. The GPX files are distributed under a CC-BY-SA license (which is possible as derived, creative product), but don't mention ODBL (which should be done). There's no attribution on the pages towards OSM contributors. |
| http://www.earnewald.nl/zien-doen/vaar-wandel-fiets-app | redirects to page without a map | redirects to page without a map | Leonmvd 2016-05-28 | 2016-05-28 | 2023-07-21 - Mateusz Konieczny | this specific URL is gone, I asked (User talk:Leonmvd) reported to relocate it (anyone else is also welcomed to help!) - Mateusz Konieczny | Usage of OSM tiles without attribution |
| Printed maps distributed by Guide Regional (SARL SLJ) | no | no | Nico nc (talk) 17:38, 5 June 2016 (UTC) | 2016-05-01
2016-06-05 |
2023-07-24 (only checked www.guide-regional.fr/actualites.html and tried to contact reporter) - Mateusz Konieczny | already distributed maps are not really fixable, no followup since 2016 to 2023, www.guide-regional.fr/actualites.html is also dead - defunct case | Printed regional road atlas made of OSM tiles and added ads, distributed in mailboxes. These maps are also visible on publisher's website: www.guide-regional.fr/actualites.html. No mention of OSM license, website says that all content is property of the company. |
| Map appears in https://panel.preyproject.com/app
Home page: http://www.preyproject.com |
no | no | Spod | 2016-06-08 | 2023-06-15: https://panel.preyproject.com/app requires login - Mateusz Konieczny | The map displayed in their web app has no attribution. They are using Mapbox tiles, I think. I can't see an obvious way to contact them via their website. | |
| planet.com ([3] and [4]) | no (attribution hidden on small screens) | no (attribution hidden on small screens) | Imagico 2017-03-20 | contacted them via contact form but no response after one week --Roadrenner (talk) 23:19, 9 August 2017 (UTC) | 2023-06-25 - Mateusz Konieczny | Map in Gallery is without any attribution, Planet Explorer has it hidden under 'Terms' (both for the map and the search function) | |
| http://cascafico.altervista.org/public/violazioni/MV_violazione.png (snapshot) - dead link | no | no | Cascafico | 2017-05-18 | 2023-07-24 (looking at the snapshot, trying to contact reporter) - Mateusz Konieczny | Is it a defunct case? Is this newspaper even existing nowadays? Contacted original reporter - Mateusz Konieczny | Page 2, "Messaggero Veneto" regional newspaper, print circulation 50.000 |
| http://bpi.uk.to/images/piccolo20170712.png (snapshot) - dead link | no | no | Cascafico | 2017-07-12 | 2023-07-24 (looking at the snapshot, trying to contact reporter) - Mateusz Konieczny | Is it a defunct case? Is this newspaper even existing nowadays? Contacted original reporter - Mateusz Konieczny | Page 8, "Il Piccolo" regional newspaper, print circulation 42.000 (2005) |
| Education trail Majdán, Slovakia | no | no | Peter Vojtek 2018-09-16 | 2018-04-26 | 2023-07-24: opened https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3797271 - Mateusz Konieczny | not yet (they claim to have fixed it, but we don't have visual check it was really done) | Missing osm.org and freemap.sk attribution on map on trail information board. |
| Sightseeing tower Lipovec information board, Slovakia | no | no | Peter Vojtek 2018-09-16 | 2018-05-10 | 2023-07-24: opened https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3797268 - Mateusz Konieczny | not yet (they replied saying the will fix it, but no confirmation yet) | Missing osm.org and freemap.sk attribution on information board. |
| facebook.com - for example at https://www.facebook.com/events/813353987016606/ | no (hidden attribution) | no (hidden attribution) | User:Nunocaldeira | 2018-10-10 | 2023-07-18 - Mateusz Konieczny | On September emailed facebook at osm@fb.com asking for visible attribution on their browseable map in a reasonable way and not in a two step attribution. On 10th of October got a reply, where they state they are attribution. Replied on the same day with evidence that they are not, including maps that are visibly credited to HERE, which are OSM data. Also mentioned their sister company, Instagram is also not complying with the mandatory attribution. | |
| føtex (danish supermarket chain) | no | no | user:Hjart | As of 2023-05-25 attribution hidden on a small screens (click-to-see attribution), on very small ones map is hidden completely. Proper attribution on large screens. | OSM map used on page for finding shops. No OSM attribution. Only a link to Leaflet. | ||
| PDF exports at http://www.protectedplanet.net/ - New pdf can be generated for example at https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/ALA
Attribution hidden by default on small screens for https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/ALA |
no | no | Michi2 2019-06-30 | no | 2023-07-24 - Mateusz Konieczny | Repeated offender, see above. Mapbox based map without attribution (probably also in violation of Mapbox TOS). | |
| https://www.schlosshotel-klink.de/ umbenannt in https://www.gutshaus-schloss-klink.de/ | no | no | geri-oc 2019-07-01 | 02.06.2019, 17:07 27.06.2019, 23:31 | 2023-07-19 - Mateusz Konieczny | bis 2020-08-22 keine Reaktion | " ... Sie verwenden auf Ihrer Webseite OpenStreetMap ohne einen Lizenzhinweis. ..." |
| Mapbox | no (especially on mobile and with small window where Mapbox is attributed and OpenStreetMap attribution is hidden by default) | no (especially on mobile and with small window where Mapbox is attributed and OpenStreetMap attribution is hidden by default) | Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 16:42, 8 October 2019 (UTC) | 2019 I - see details | 2023-07-07 - Mateusz Konieczny | There is a deeply hidden and therefore insufficient attribution on mobile. In addition, page misleadingly suggests that data is from Mapbox. | |
| MAPS.ME | no | no | Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 16:42, 8 October 2019 (UTC) | https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/11203 - 2019 VII, https://github.com/mapsme/omim/issues/11845 - 2019 X | 2023-05-25 - Mateusz Konieczny | There is a deeply hidden and therefore insufficient attribution. It is in a place not visited by a typical user. There is a more visible to a typical user attribution (in bottom right corner) - "MAPS.ME" | |
| maps.bnrc.org/ | no | no | blackboxlogic | 2019-11-29 See also https://www.bnrc.org/contact-us-2/ with contact form used on 2023-06-17 by Mateusz Konieczny to send standard mail | 2023-06-17 - Mateusz Konieczny | There is a link to MapBox, but no mention of osm. | |
| https://www.natureindex.com/collaboration-maps/melbourne | no (Melbourne one has an attribution - only on large screens) | no | tastrax | 2019-12-23 | 2023-07-24 - Mateusz Konieczny | Mentioned in mailing list. https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2019-December/083696.html UK based company using Mapbox/OSM https://www.nature.com/info/legal-notice Email sent 2019-12-23 (tastrax). Change on initial page but not others | |
| Snapchat - app | no | no | User:Mateusz Konieczny - https://github.com/matkoniecz/illegal-use-of-OpenStreetMap/blob/master/Snapchat/Snapchat.md | 2019-12-23 | 2023-07-30 - User:Mateusz Konieczny | ||
| Snapchat -map on the website (see details) | partial (on the first use popup appears with prominent "Powered by Mapbox" and "© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap © DigitalGlobe" below) | yes (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright linked from popup) | User:Mateusz Konieczny - https://github.com/matkoniecz/illegal-use-of-OpenStreetMap/blob/master/Snapchat/Snapchat.md | 2019-12-23 | 2023-07-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | ||
| Parkopedia | no (attribution hidden behind mysterious button at small screens) | no (attribution hidden behind mysterious button at small screens) | Discostu36 | 2020-02-03
2023-07-18 (User:Mateusz Konieczny (via form - one is at https://www.parkopedia.de/contact-us/ ) |
2023-07-18 - Mateusz Konieczny | Only Mapbox Logo, no attribution to OSM. Contact via E-mail.
As of 2023 [5] full screen on PC is showing "© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map", but if screen is smaller it gets hidden behind mystery (i) button. | |
| dealroom.co | no | no | skfd | https://dealroom.co/contact form, by Mateusz Konieczny at 2023-06-17 | 2023-06-17 - Mateusz Konieczny | map in concrete company details | |
| https://waqi.info and https://aqicn.org
https://aqicn.org/city/beijing/ uses pure OSM data (+NE), using default map style, using OSMF tile servers https://waqi.info and https://aqicn.org/here/ use https://doc.arcgis.com/en/data-appliance/2022/maps/world-topographic-map.htm which includes OSM data among many many data sources |
no (Attribution added in footer) | yes | Roptat (talk) 12:33, 1 April 2020 (UTC) | contacted via https://aqicn.org/contact/ form Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 07:30, 18 July 2023 (UTC) | 2023-07-18 - Mateusz Konieczny | Attribution added in footer on the day of being contacted | Their contact page seems broken, I can't find an email address or a form that loads. They have a twitter account (I don't) so I'd be glad if someone could contact them there
https://aqicn.org/city/beijing/ is directly using OSMF tile servers in violation of https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/ (at least due to missing attribution) |
| https://www.surfline.com/surf-reports-forecasts-cams/united-states/6252001 | no (Attribution disappearing on smaller screens) | no (Attribution disappearing on smaller screens) | javirg on 2020-05-03 | javirg on 2020-05-03 via email | 2023-07-07 | 2023-07-07 | Attribution disappearing on smaller screens |
| MK'ay art | no | no | Anders Hedelund, Peter Leth | 2020-06-07 via Email to mkayart@hotmail.com, 2020-06-08 via phone. | 2023-06-26 - Mateusz Konieczny | before 2023-06-26: mentions OSM at website | |
| mobisaar-App | no | no | Nw520 | 2020-07-12 via Email to project directress | 2023-07-29 - asked original reporter as I get "app is not available for your device" - likely region-locked - Mateusz Konieczny
2023-07-29 - no attribution |
App displays Standard style and uses OSM-data for bus stop positions 2020-07-13 Request has been forwarded to developer DFKI; 2020-07-15 Received reply from DFKI | |
| PKP intercity, maps displayed inside trains (example) | no | no | Mateusz Konieczny on 2020-07-30 | Mateusz Konieczny on 2020-07-30 via phone to press office and email | 2023-07-25 bumped https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/jechal-ktos-pociagiem-intercity-czy-dalej-uzywaja-map-osm-bez-zrodla/92397/11 - Mateusz Konieczny | No attribution or license information at all
seems fixed or at least improved per https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/jechal-ktos-pociagiem-intercity-czy-dalej-uzywaja-map-osm-bez-zrodla/92397/9 but https://discord.com/channels/783754873861963786/783766269707026483/1134518954430312568 indicates lack of attribution whatsoever (image direct link) - maybe it depends on a train... | |
| www.bulurum.com - for example here | no | no | 58zarali | Mateusz Konieczny via https://www.facebook.com/bulurumcom on 2023-06-26 | 2023-06-26 - Mateusz Konieczny | Advertising site | |
| Transportr | no | no | scruss and dieterdreist | 2019-08-07 via Github issue 628 | 2023-07-17 (Fdroid version is completely broken, no map is displayed at all, Google Play version is missing attribution, asked on https://github.com/grote/Transportr/issues/628#issuecomment-1637471337 ) - Mateusz Konieczny | fixed in dev version #672 but not rolled out to public App Store yet (2020-08-25) | |
| Passenger information screens in public transport vehicles in Gdańsk (ZTM Gdańsk) | no | no | Darellur (talk) 17:26, 26 August 2020 (UTC) | Darellur (talk) 15:18, 1 September 2020 (UTC) | 2023-07-17 - contacted original reporter | ||
| https://www.ecosia.org/map?q=0,0 | partial (attribution hidden on small screens) | partial (attribution hidden on small screens) | Hedaja and 2hu4u (merged reports) | Hedaja]]
27th Oct 2020 by 2hu4u |
2023-07-19 - Mateusz Konieczny | Map preview next to search results only shows Mapbox copyright and full map not copyright at all
-Send second emaias remidner and with patched files for them | |
| Mapping Green Dublin - COMMUNITY MAPPING (29 September 2020) | no | no | Donal Hunt (OSM Ireland) | 2020-09-29 | 2023-07-19 - Mateusz Konieczny | 2020-09-28 Discussed at OSM Ireland board meeting on 2020-09-28. Agreed to contact the project seeking attribution and copyright issues to be resolved. | |
| NaSaarWas - App des Ministeriums für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
See also https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.netgis.schutzgebiete and https://apps.apple.com/lu/app/nasaarwas/id1527553958 |
no | no | User:fredao | 2020-08-21 - no response 2020-09-17 - no response 2020-09-30 published 2020-10-01 answered 2023-03-01 ausfrührliches Schreiben BKG |
2023-07-29 - app listed as gone when checked from Poland but still visible to other users | OSM data used - No OSM attribution. Ministerium weist darauf hin, dass in der App als Hintergrundkarte die TOPPlusOpen des BKG verwendet werde. | |
| https://sprawlmap.org/ | no (hidden attribution in bottom-left of map) | no (hidden attribution in bottom-left of map) | Shnoulle | 2020-09-28 | 2023-06-17 - Mateusz Konieczny | ON google talk Waiting for Data, please : confirm about map attribution. | |
| https://www.jetcamp.com/fr/france/fidj-camping/ / https://www.jetcamp.com/en/france/aire-camping-car-park-de-viviers/ | no | no | Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-06-20 | 2023-06-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | Attribution seems OK on main page, but not on each camping. When we click on "activate" to display of the map of a camping, there is no license or attribution. | ||
| AllTrails Android App | no | no | Mario Frasca, Mateusz Konieczny | October. 2020 (support email, their reference: 125657), January 2021 with email | 2023-07-29 | Using custom OSM based map, no attribution whatsoever found anywhere. | |
| https://www.waiblingen.de/ceasy/resource/18875?download=1 (page 3 - archived publication) | no | no | mfdz | 2020-11-02 | 2023-07-07 - Mateusz Konieczny | Pdf/Print publication shows regional cycle highway on OSM background map. Attributed is only the district regarding the displayed cycleway data, no OSM attribution regarding background map. | |
| https://www.mapillary.com/app/ | no - attribution hidden by default | no - attribution hidden by default | tastrax | 2020-11-06 | 2023-06-26 - Mateusz Konieczny | Noted on the website - behind I button. Email sent to support@mapillary.com on 2020-11-15 as there are no contact links on the interface (or the main page...that I can see - https://www.mapillary.com/) | |
| https://www.oelschneider.de/saarbruecken-rodenhof.html | no | no | nw520 on 2020-11-15 | 2020-11-15 via email to info@
2023-07-19 via mail to info@oelschneider.de Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 18:04, 19 July 2023 (UTC) 2023-07-28 - contacted LWG (Mateusz Konieczny) |
2023-07-28 - Mateusz Konieczny | uses OSMF tile servers in violation of https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/ (attribution point at least) | |
| https://www.ptv.vic.gov.au/footer/about-ptv/digital-tools-and-updates/mobile-apps/ (Apple app only) | ? | ? | tastrax | 2020-12-02 | 2023-07-25 - original reporter contacted - Mateusz Konieczny | Android app uses GoogleMaps and IOS uses Apple maps which are based also on OSM, and shown typically without attributing OSM properly (2023-01) | |
| uboat.net | no | no | User:Mateusz Konieczny on 2020-01-14 | User:Mateusz Konieczny on 2020-01-14, repeated at 2023-06-17
2023-07-28 - wrote to LWG (Mateusz Konieczny) |
2023-06-17 - Mateusz Konieczny | Lacking proper attribution/uboat.net email | |
| https://gdzieauto.pl/z/ (login wall) | User:Teeed on 2021-02-17 | 2023-07-20 (failed to get through login wall, contacted original reporter) - Mateusz Konieczny | Commercial website. Using OSM to power map. Attribution hidden behind "I" button, no links proviced. | ||||
| In-seat computer displays on the Prospector train service in Western Australia | no | no | Sam Wilson 06:26, 26 March 2021 (UTC) | Emailed info transwa wagovau on 2021-03-26.
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Contacted original reporter, there is a chance of check in 2023 - if that will fail maybe asking talk-au mailing list may make sense (see https://openstreetmap.community/ ) | Photos of map use: navigation screen, live location view, static town view. | |
| Geomaps (bad certificate but domain works)
See especially https://www.geomaps.ie/home/p/double-map-encompassing-townlands |
no | no | Donal Hunt (OSM Ireland) | 2020-04-16
Contact page at https://www.geomaps.ie/contact-us was used at 2023-07-17 |
2023-07-17 - Mateusz Konieczny | 2020-04-16 Emailed contact address on the website requesting they correct the attribution on their website / products. | |
| Woopcase | no | no | Donal Hunt (OSM Ireland) | 2020-04-16 | 2023-06-26 - Mateusz Konieczny | 2020-04-16 Emailed contact address on the website requesting they correct the attribution on their website / products. | |
| https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.umotional.bikeapp - Cyclers Android app | no (typical attribution hidden behind i symbol, prominent Mapbox attribution) | no | Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 15 June 2021 | 20 June 2021 (email) | 2023-07-28 - Mateusz Konieczny | /Cyclers - review on Google Play, email to info@urbancyclers.com specififed on Google Play
/Cyclers 2 - on 2021-09-09 after they fixed blocking access to attribution by logged out users - and nothing else was fixed | |
| https://touren-termine.adfc.de/ - see for example https://touren-termine.adfc.de/radveranstaltung/95199-rund-um-den-tollensesee | no | no | nw520 2021-07-10 | 2021-07-01 Note there is https://touren-termine.adfc.de/p/kontakt with kontakt@adfc.de Mateusz Konieczny send standard email on 2023-06-17 | 2023-06-17 - Mateusz Konieczny | Contacted local chapter ("Landesverband") which reported the issue to the federal chapter; Mapbox via Leaflef only attributing Leaflet | |
| https://rtrt.me/ Multiple apps using OSM maps, see for example https://rtrt.me/app | no | no | tastrax 2021-07-26 | 2021-07-26 - Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-07-29 - Mateusz Konieczny | Standard template letter via contact form | |
| https://www.parken.at/ | no | no | trapicki 2021-07-30 | https://www.parken.at/page/14/impressum gives gts@wko.at as contact, Mateusz Konieczny send standard email at 2023-06-20 | 2023-06-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | 2021-07-30: Noted to talk-at@openstreetmap.org | |
| Printed "Grand Tour des Refuges" map on a tourism board (and other boards, probably) distributed by Explore Cervino. | no | no | phaerrax, 2021-08-02 | I contacted the company by email. | 2023-07-25 OSM note was opened to recheck whether problem still exists - Mateusz Konieczny | The printed map is a local atlas in which specific trails are marked. No mentions of OSM are given. See https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/3798009 for note asking to recheck situation | |
| Autobahn GmbH West: A 620 - Verkehrs- und sicherheitstechnische Optimierung des Kreisverkehrs St. Arnual (Saarbrücken, Saarland) | no | no | Nw520, 2021-08-28 | presse.west@ 2021-08-28
2023-06-29: Mateusz Konieczny to presse.west@autobahn.de |
2023-06-29 - Mateusz Konieczny | 2021-10-29 Received reply with explanation why attribution is missing and promise to properly attribute OSM in the future. | |
| Soluciones Integrales GIS, C.A. (SIGIS) | no | no | Wilmer Osario, 2021-08-30 | 2023-06-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | Uses certain elements obtained from OSM data, without any mention or credits.
Seems dead? http://enelmapa.com/ is without https, links http://www.enelmapa.com/app/ which gives 502 error | ||
| https://easypark.com.au/parking/en_au/ | no | no | tastrax | 28/10/2021 | 2023-06-26 - https://easypark.com.au/parking/en_au/ shows blank page - but there is also https://download.easyparkgroup.com | contacted via webform | |
| BikeComputer app by Robert Oehler | no | no | Mateusz Konieczny | 2021-06-26, 2021-11-01 | 2023-07-29 - Mateusz Konieczny | contacted via email, see /BikeComputer. Received reply that it is in beta branch and will be released in November 2021. | |
| https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crittermap.backcountrynavigator | no | no | Mateusz Konieczny | 2021-06-26, 2021-11-01 | 2023-07-29 Mateusz Konieczny | contacted via email, see /Backcountry | |
| Erlanger Nachrichten (Daily Paper) | appears to be removed from web | appears to be removed from web | CMorty (talk) | 2021-11-10 | 2023-07-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | before 2023-07-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | Article: Entdeckungen entlang der Stadgrenze, Page 32
Attribution: "NN-Infografik Grafik: Mathias Orgeldinger" Contacted by email (I contacted them before, because of other missing attribution/license issues). |
| https://www.iqair.com/ - see example map | no | no | iriman (talk) | Contacted via https://www.facebook.com/iqair/ Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 05:45, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
https://www.iqair.com/support/contact-us also has a contact form |
2023-07-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | Only a link to leaflet
Confirmed to be OSM data as some badly mapped building passages in SE from Kraków Old City are also there ( https://www.iqair.com/air-quality-map/poland/lesser-poland-voivodeship/krakow ) | |
| https://www.printmijnstad.nl/ | no | yes | JeroenHoek (talk) | 2022-01-23 | 2023-07-30 - Mateusz Konieczny | Attribution on front page added in footer in February 2022. | Attribution on the website self is now correct after contact with the site. The poster prints that you can generate and buy still seem to lack any attribution, despite being literal OpenStreetMap renderings at a city scale. Question regarding this posed to legal (at) openstreetmap.org pending. |
| https://printmycity.com | no | no | ? | https://printmycity.com/pages/faqs lists info@printmycity.com - no contact attempt so far | 2023-07-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | Launched by the owners of printmijnstad.nl above, but targets global market instead of only the Netherlands and Belgium. Oddly enough, lacks any mention of OpenStreetMap at all (where the above has a tiny mention on in its footer). The poster prints that you can generate and buy lack any attribution, despite being literal OpenStreetMap renderings at a city scale.
Shouldn't be necessary to contact separately unless ownership of this international version has changed. It's registered contact address differs though. | |
| Metromile customer dashboard | Andrew (talk) | Inquired via customer support, told to expect a response in a few days. -- Andrew (talk) 00:15, 1 February 2022 (UTC) | 2023-06-29 No response, no resolution | The Metromile website displays customer data on a Mapbox map over tiles that are derived from OpenStreetMap data, but no attribution is visible. | |||
| Australian Unity - Herston Quarter (some PDF files) | no | no | Chtfn (talk) 07:41, 2 March 2022 (UTC) (user aka stragu) | 2021-09-23, using the website's contact page email address. Sent another email on 2021-10-14. No response as of 2022-03-02. | 2023-07-24 | PDF files detailing construction updates sometimes include OSM data without copyright information. Examples: March 2020, May 2020
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| https://www.impresaitalia.info | appears to not be actually OSM data investigation at OSM US Slack | appears to not be actually OSM data investigation at OSM US Slack | Luca5c on 10 April 2022 | 2022-03-12, using the email address found on their facebook account | 2023-07-20 (failed to establish is it actually OSM) - Mateusz Konieczny | OSM images can be seen when searching for a bussiness, such as https://www.impresaitalia.info/734787871416211/room-house/roma.aspx
But how it can be verified whether is it OSM or some other map source? | |
| https://hitchwiki.org/maps/ | ideally attribution would link to https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright | yes | Push-f | 2022-08-11, sent an email to maps@hitchwiki.org | 2023-05-17 | As of 2023-05-17 seems improved: link to OSM added, mentions OSM, license not mentioned clearly | |
| Karta GPS for Android | hidden in settings menu - stacked lines icon -> settings -> scroll down to info section -> legal info -> legal info subsection | hidden in settings menu | Push-f | 2022-08-11, sent an email to info@kartatech.com
2023-07-29 - sent via https://kartatech.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new (failed to find an email contact info) - Mateusz Konieczny |
2023-07-29 | ||
| DuckDuckGo (Apple) Maps | hidden on legal page | hidden on legal page | Push-f | 2022-10-01, sent an email to legal@duckduckgo.com
Mateusz Konieczny: 2023-06-29, sent an email to legal@duckduckgo.com |
2023-06-29 - Mateusz Konieczny | ||
| Brno Public Transport Authority (Dopravní podnik města Brna) (info display in trams, see comment collumn) | no | no | martin-kokos on 2022-10-16
Jakub Jelen on 2021-12-20 |
2022-10-16 sent email to dpmb@dpmb.cz
2022-11-11 acknowledged and confirmed it is being worked on. 2022-12-30 Kudlac to dpmb@dpmb.cz, general response, poor promise 2023-07-02 Kudlac to dpmb@dpmb.cz |
2023-06-30 | Info displays in trams EVO2 show a map of current location on custom tiles based on OSM Data. Dispatcher system RIS II is using openstreetmap.org tiles according to public screenshots. https://openstreetmap.cz/talkcz/c3478 | |
| OnTheWorldMap.com - for example https://ontheworldmap.com/poland/city/krakow/large-detailed-map-of-krakow.html | yes on website, not on map intended to be printable | no | Wilmer Osario, 2022-11-21 | 2023-06-29 - Mateusz Konieczny | Produces printables city maps using OSM data, without indicating any attribution. | ||
| parking.com See this specific example, hopefully link will stay stable and working | no | no | M-hue 2022-11-24 | Mateusz Konieczny via https://contact.parking.com/ on 2023-06-24 | 2023-06-24 - Mateusz Konieczny | Online map visualizing parking lots and garages that can be booked on that site. No attribution on slippy map (or on the terms&conditions page, or anywhere I could find really).
Note that https://www.facebook.com/parkingcom has last activity in 2020. | |
| Mensajeros Urbanos application - | no | no |  Andres Gomez (AngocA on osm) 2023-01-05
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2023-01-05 Via its webpage https://ayuda.mensajerosurbanos.com/ with the ticket number 584209. | 2023-07-26 - contacted original reporter (my phone is incompatible, cannot check easily myself) - Mateusz Konieczny | ||
| VYMaps.com | no | no | hrhino 2023-02-27 | 2023-02-27 | 2023-06-17 https://vymaps.com/AX/Gransunda-3002102/ is using Google maps - is it using OSM maps anywhere? See also https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Hrhino#vymaps | ||
| https://www.energieatlas-bw.de | no | no | Eliasp (2023-02-27) | 2023-02-27 (via mail to energieatlas//@//lubw.bwl.de from my personal address mail//@//eliasprobst.eu), 2023-06-24 Mateusz Konieczny to poststelle@lubw.bwl.de ( https://www.energieatlas-bw.de/impressum ) | 2023-06-24 | The maps "Solarpotenzial auf Dachflächen" and "PV-Potenziale auf Gebietsebene" use OSM data on the high zoom levels where I could clearly recognize OSM specific features that I personally mapped in multiple areas.
2023-01-01: Response from LUBW. They'll investigate and will fix it, but point out, that their source for maps is http://www.bkg.bund.de/DE/Home/home.html | |
| Android apps developed by OnSpotStory Europe AB: Botaniska and Läckö Kinnekulle | no | no | Markus Anderssonius(2023-05-29) | 2023-05-29 via email. Quick response by the company that will look into the issue. | 2023-06-29 | ||
| https://mappingdiversity.eu/poland/krakow/ | on about page, nothing on map page | no | Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-06-12 via email | 2023-06-15 - Mateusz Konieczny | Replied with promise to fix it | |
| https://papu.io | no | no | kwiatek_123 | 2023-06-27 via email | 2023-06-27 |
No reply to email. | |
| https://account.capitalbikeshare.com/map https://citibikenyc.com/explore https://account.baywheels.com/map https://account.biketownpdx.com/map https://account.divvybikes.com/map | no | no | arichnad | 2023-06-28 via email | 2023-06-28 | Email sent to motivate.com and motivateco.com | |
| https://scihub.copernicus.eu/dhus/#/home | no (there is something barely readable) | no (there is something barely readable) | Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-06-29 - Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-06-29 - Mateusz Konieczny | ||
| https://colhub.met.no/#/home | no (there is something barely readable) | no (there is something barely readable) | Mateusz Konieczny | kommunikasjon@met.no (https://www.met.no/en/contact-us was indirectly linked) Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 06:01, 20 July 2023 (UTC) | 2023-07-20 - Mateusz Konieczny | ||
| https://data.sentinel.zamg.ac.at/dhus/#/home | no (there is something barely readable) | no (there is something barely readable) | Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-07-21 contact attempted - Mateusz Konieczny
2023-09-23 contact attempted via kontakt@geosphere.at after receiving redirecting response |
2023-07-21 - Mateusz Konieczny | ||
| https://mapfoni.com/apps/posterdesigner/design/12671 | there is attribution website but requires scrolling, nothing on poster, nothing restricting use of posters to private context not requiring attribution | there is attribution website but requires scrolling, nothing on poster, nothing restricting use of posters to private context not requiring attribution | Mateusz Konieczny (OSMF got email from someone complaining about that website, added as part of processing that: feel free to add entries to this page on your own) | 2023-07-10 (from personal email after OSMF was contacted about this issue, feel free to send at least initial email on your own, see template) | 2023-06-29 - Mateusz Konieczny | ||
| https://www.flixbus.co.uk/bus-routes | no | no | JCLG | 2023-07-09 | 2023-07-09 - JCLG | They've been contacted previously, and duly added an attribution or switched to HERE, but now they're using OSM data again without attribution | |
| https://www.travelnorfolk.co.uk/journey-planner/ | ? | ? | JCLG | 2023-07-21: is it even OSM? - Mateusz Konieczny | map of area around https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/52.62172/1.30905 - not sure it OSM
Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 10:26, 21 July 2023 (UTC) | ||
| https://radar-opadow.pl/ | no (hidden attribution - see https://radar-opadow.pl/licencje?radartype=cappi ) | no | Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-07-14 (email bounced, listed email is broken, tried to contact via their crowdsourcing site but only donors can comment)
2023-07-21 tried via https://zrzutka.pl/profile/kamil-bednarz - also bounced (send first message about technical issue - frontend tries to parse .geojson with XML, next message failed due to sending too many messages....) 2023-07-21 - managed to contact via https://zrzutka.pl/rm7fub about broken mail 2023-07-21 - tried also https://www.facebook.com/radaropadow/ - responded, promised fix 2023-07-28 - contacted LWG (Mateusz Konieczny) |
2023-07-28 - Mateusz Konieczny | Uses OSMF tile servers, heavy user, violates https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/ due to hidden attribution | |
| https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/a/2013/the-topography-of-tweets.html | no | no | Mateusz Konieczny | 2023-07-17 - Mateusz Konieczny | a really old post, published about decade ago | ||
| https://swisskarte.ch (example: https://swisskarte.ch/stadt/bern/) | no (attributes OSM data to itself) | no | mötteli on 2023-07-19 | info@swisskarte.ch specified in footer but it is not accepting an email, email bounced Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 17:57, 19 July 2023 (UTC) | 2023-07-19 - Mateusz Konieczny | Does not provide any sort of webshop. Sales only per e-mail. | |
| A lot of pages in the French Wikipedia | no | no | Wilmer Osario on 2023-07-20 | https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia:Bistro_des_non-francophones&diff=prev&oldid=206194250 Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 14:33, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
forwarded to [6] |
2023-07-26 - Mateusz Konieczny | Some mappers of Venezuela have detected that many articles-pages in the French Wikipedia, referring to that country, have been using a kind of "bot" that extracts information from the OpenStreetMap data and indexes them to build articles with them. Without giving any reference to OSM. It happens especially in articles about the administrative divisions of that country, such as these: Where towns or neighborhoods of a city, are listed that we can detect come from OSM data because they have certain words that only appear in OSM. From https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cachamay&diff=prev&oldid=194581966 edits and history it appears to be human-edited not made by an automated bot. | |
| mapy.cz - website, see for an example https://en.mapy.cz/turisticka?x=19.8524373&y=50.0524074&z=16 | partial - hidden attribution | partial - hidden attribution | zdila
2021-11-03 Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-26 |
Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-26 | https://github.com/FreemapSlovakia/freemap-operations/issues/21 | ||
| mapy.cz - Android app | no - hidden attribution | no - hidden attribution | Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-26 | Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-26 | |||
| https://www.pique-nique.info/AireRecherche.php?departement=63&aire=17447&zoom=12 | no | no | Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-28 | https://www.pique-nique.info/contact.php? used by Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-28 | Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-28 | uses OSMF tile servers - https://www.pique-nique.info/index.php was also broken, fixed after report (see FR:Manque d'attribution appropriée) | |
| https://imfromrennes.com/concerts/ | no | no | Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-31 |
2023-07-31 - via https://imfromrennes.com/contact -- Mateusz Konieczny |
Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-07-31 | uses OSMF tile servers | |
| https://www.chirurgia-plastyczna-kobus.pl/kontakt.html | no | no | kwiatek_123 | 2023-08-11 via email | 2023-08-11 | ||
| https://vansite.eu/en/s?address=Schweiz | no | no | habi | 2023-08-15, via email to team@vansite.eu | Uses Mapbox. Mapbox attribution partially out of viewport on desktop, no attribution visible on mobile. | ||
| Paul | no | no | Gileri (talk) 16:36, 27 August 2023 (UTC) | 2023-08-23, via website contact form | 2023-08-23 | Uses leaflet+tile.openstreetmap.org. Only "leaflet" credit present. | |
| Traccar application admin interface | no | no | laznik | https://www.traccar.org/ | |||
| Open Systems International Public Outage Portals (examples: 1, 2) | no | no | citrula on 2023-09-02 | 2023-09-02, via email to info@osii.com - Citrula
2023-09-14 received response from general counsel who says they are investigating internally. I provided a screenshot of the current version of the outage map, since they had a screenshot of a different version with attribution. - Citrula |
2023-09-02 | They host their own tileservers | |
| https://eshop.aqualand-moravia.cz/kontakt | no | no | Kudlac
2020-06-01 |
Kudlac
2020-06-01 eshop@aqualand-moravia.cz 2020-10-08 info@aqualand-moravia.cz |
no response
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| MyRadar Android app (https://myradar.com/) | Partial - hidden behind small button in corner | Partial - hidden behind small button in corner | citrula on 2023-09-11 | 2023-09-11 via email to contact@myradar.com - Citrula | 2023-09-11 | Attribution is hidden behind a small button in the corner. | |
| https://www.packeta.sk/pobocky | partial (attribution hidden by default on mobile and in windows resized to small ones) | partial (attribution hidden by default on mobile and in windows resized to small ones) | Dimitar155 (talk) 11:49, 7 February 2022 (UTC) | Kudlac
2021-09-18 |
2023-09-12 - Mateusz Konieczny | Piskvor 2022-11-04 (not fully fixed) | |
| All map views at https://www.j3l.ch/ - see for an example https://www.j3l.ch/en/Z10351/things-to-do/sport-leisure/hiking? | partial (attribution hidden by default on mobile and in windows resized to small ones). Was Standard Mapbox attribution. habi told them by email that they should expand the attribution by default. | partial (attribution hidden by default on mobile and in windows resized to small ones). Was Standard Mapbox attribution. habi told them by email that they should expand the attribution by default. | jmarchon on 2023-07-21 | Initially on 2022-08-05, no answer received. Another email sent on 2023-07-21. Another email sent by habi to relevant addresses linked in the Impressum of j3l.ch on 2023-08-15. | 2023-08-29 - habi | sometimes between 2023-08-15 and 2023-08-25 (not fully fixed, attribution still hidden by default on small screens) | |
| Mobile website at coveragemap.com | jmarchon on 2023-09-13 | By jmarchon on 2023-09-13. Reply received within 5 hours, as follows:
Hi jmarchon, Thank you so much for reaching out and bringing this to our attention. It was certainly not our intention to omit the OpenStreetMap attribution from the mobile version of coveragemap.com We greatly appreciate all the work that you do, along with the work that the entire OpenStreetMap team does. It looks like the attribution is correctly displayed on the desktop site, but we somehow missed that the attribution was not showing on the mobile version. We will work on getting that fixed as soon as possible. I will confirm once we have fixed this error. Thank you again, Stetson |
2023-09-14 - jmarchon |
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| https://en.busti.me/krakow/jam/ - see https://github.com/norn/bustime/issues/3 | User:Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-09-14 | User:Mateusz Konieczny on 2023-09-14 | 2023-09-14 | ||||
| Jet Lag: The Game Youtube channel | jmarchon on 2023-09-14 | By jmarchon on 2023-09-14, email to sam@wendover.productions. | 2023-09-14 - jmarchon | OSM used in many videos, attribution not found anywhere. | |||
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