Data Sources & Credits
Attribution for third-party data used in the platform.
Third-party data used in the platform, and the licenses it is used under. Every source below is credited as its license requires.
OpenStreetMap
Some facility locations and building footprints contain information from OpenStreetMap, which is made available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
U.S. Census Bureau
The map's place search (cities and towns) and its optional roads layer use U.S. Census Bureau data: the 2024 Gazetteer place file, TIGER/Line primary roads and rail lines, and Vintage 2024 population estimates (city labels). Works of the U.S. government, public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). Place names for smaller communities come from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System, also public domain.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Battery gigafactory project data: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, U.S. gigafactory tracker.
The GDELT Project
News-coverage monitoring uses data from the GDELT Project.
Public records
The platform also draws on public records published by U.S. federal, state, and local agencies, including the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state environmental and utility regulators, and county and municipal permitting offices. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement by any agency.