Data Attribution
OpenCamp is built entirely on open data. Campground listings on OpenCamp combine information from the public sources below, each used under its own license. Where a license requires a specific attribution statement, it's reproduced verbatim.
OpenStreetMap
Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Campground, road, and place data. ODbL requires attribution and, for produced works built from substantially the whole database, share-alike on the derived database (not on OpenCamp's own code). See openstreetmap.org/copyright.
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US)
U.S. Government work (public domain)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Gap Analysis Project. Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US).
Used to identify public land boundaries and managing agency for campgrounds on federal and state land.
https://www.usgs.gov/programs/gap-analysis-project/science/pad-us-data-overviewRecreation Information Database (RIDB) / Recreation.gov
U.S. Government work (public domain)
Campground and facility data provided by Recreation.gov's Recreation Information Database (RIDB).
Covers federally managed campgrounds bookable through Recreation.gov.
https://ridb.recreation.gov/USDA Forest Service (USFS) & Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
U.S. Government work (public domain)
Campground and dispersed-camping location data from the USDA Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.
Includes national forest campgrounds, BLM dispersed camping areas, and Long-Term Visitor Areas (LTVAs).
FCC Broadband Data Collection (BDC)
U.S. Government work (public domain)
Mobile coverage context derived from the FCC's Broadband Data Collection (BDC).
Informs cell-signal expectations near campgrounds; does not replace crowdsourced cell reports from OpenCamp users.
https://broadbandmap.fcc.gov/NOAA Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke product
U.S. Government work (public domain)
Wildfire smoke overlay powered by NOAA/NESDIS Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke polygons.
Daily smoke density analysis from satellite data. NOAA/NWS data are in the public domain and may be used without charge for any lawful purpose.
https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/products/land/hms.htmlBC Parks
Open Government Licence – British Columbia (OGL-BC)
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
British Columbia provincial park and recreation site campground data.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bcParks Canada
Open Government Licence – Canada
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National park campground data for Canada.
https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canadaArizona State Parks & Trails
Arizona state government open data
Campground data provided by Arizona State Parks & Trails.https://azstateparks.com/
USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS)
U.S. Government work (public domain)
Elevation data from the USGS Elevation Point Query Service (The National Map / 3DEP).
Used to compute each campground's elevation.
https://apps.nationalmap.gov/epqs/Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Elevation API
Open Government Licence – Canada
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Canadian Digital Elevation Model (CDEM) point altitude lookups, used to compute Canadian campgrounds' elevation.
https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canadaCopernicus DEM (GLO-90)
COP-DEM-GLO-90-F — Full, Free & Open licence for the Copernicus WorldDEM-90
© 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.
Global 90m digital elevation model, distributed via the AWS Open Data Program. Used to compute elevation for Mexican campgrounds and any other campground outside USGS EPQS / NRCan CDEM coverage.
https://spacedata.copernicus.eu/en/web/guest/collections/copernicus-digital-elevation-model/OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles
BSD 3-Clause (OpenMapTiles schema) + ODbL (underlying OpenStreetMap data)
Map tiles by OpenFreeMap. Basemap styling based on the OpenMapTiles schema. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Powers the interactive map on OpenCamp's search and campground pages.
https://openfreemap.org/Photon
Based on OpenStreetMap data (ODbL)
Geocoding and place search by Photon, built on OpenStreetMap data.
Powers the location search box.
https://photon.komoot.io/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) — Recalls API
U.S. Government work (public domain)
RV recall alerts powered by the NHTSA recalls API, a U.S. Government public data source.
Provides safety recall information for recreational vehicles. NHTSA data are in the public domain and may be used without charge for any lawful purpose.
https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/Recreation.gov (RIDB) — Campground Photos
No licence asserted (terms under review)
Photos mirrored from the Recreation Information Database (RIDB) Media export. Each photo displays its original credit and links back to the photo's original URL on Recreation.gov.
RIDB's media credits mix federal agencies with third-party photographers and vendors, and OpenCamp has not been able to confirm a single usage licence that covers all of them, so no licence is shown or claimed for these photos while the terms are being confirmed — only the credit and a link to the original are shown per photo.
https://ridb.recreation.gov/Wikimedia Commons & Wikidata — Campground and Park Photos
CC0, public domain, CC BY, or CC BY-SA (per photo)
Photos sourced from Wikimedia Commons, resolved via Wikidata and OpenStreetMap tags. Each photo displays its specific licence, linked to the licence text, alongside a link to its Commons source page.
Only photos under a free licence are accepted: CC0, public domain, CC BY, or CC BY-SA (any version). Non-commercial (NC) and no-derivatives (ND) licences are rejected, as are unrecognized or missing licences. Most photos are matched directly to the campground itself; where a campground has none of its own, a photo of the surrounding park may be shown instead and is captioned with the park's name so it isn't mistaken for a photo of the campground.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:LicensingCommunity Photos
None asserted — contributed by users
Photos added by OpenCamp users, either attached to a review or uploaded directly from a campground page.
Most user photos are held for moderator review before they're shown publicly; uploads from trusted contributors and site admins publish immediately. Once live, photos are shown as submitted — OpenCamp does not assert any licence for them.
Reviews and cell-signal reports on OpenCamp are contributed directly by users and are not sourced from any of the above. Photos come from a mix of the sources above and direct user contributions — see the Photography entries for details.