Sources and licences
MySpots brings together data from several open sources. This page lists all of them in full: what we use, under which licence, and where each provider grants that permission.
Figures as of October 3, 2026
Wikidata
CC0 1.0- What we use
- Facts, coordinates, categories and names in eight languages — the basis of almost every sight and place
- Scale
- 760,709 sights, 372,069 places
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universell (Public Domain)
- Read the permission
- Wikidata:Licensing
OpenStreetMap
ODbL 1.0- What we use
- Geodata for sights Wikidata does not cover: dog areas, inns, small monuments
- Scale
- 8,648 sights
- Licence
- Open Database License 1.0
- Read the permission
- openstreetmap.org/copyright
- Attribution
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
OpenStreetMap Foundation
ODbL 1.0- What we use
- The map tiles of the interactive map
- Scale
- every map view
- Licence
- Open Database License 1.0 + Tile Usage Policy
- Read the permission
- Tile Usage Policy
- Attribution
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, shown on every map
Wikimedia Commons
per file- What we use
- The photographs of sights and places
- Scale
- 318,810 sights with an image
- Licence
- CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA or public domain — differs per fileThe exact licence and the author appear on each file page, linked beneath every image.
- Read the permission
- Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia
- Attribution
- per image on the linked Commons file page
Österreich Werbung
CC BY 4.0- What we use
- Event dates across Austria (feratel data) for the “What's on” tab of each place
- Scale
- 117,595 dates in 1,524 municipalities
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Read the permission
- data.gv.at — Touristische Infrastrukturdaten Österreichs
- Attribution
- Österreich Werbung, credited below every event list
Wikipedia
CC BY-SA 4.0- What we use
- Individual descriptive texts developed from Wikipedia articles
- Scale
- 1,190 texts
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Read the permission
- Wikipedia:Lizenzbestimmungen
- Attribution
- Wikipedia and the authors of the respective article
DB-IP
CC BY 4.0- What we use
- The visitor's country, to aim the home page and the map correctly
- Scale
- looked up on page load
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 (DB-IP Lite)The IP address is only looked up for this, never stored.
- Read the permission
- db-ip.com — IP to Country Lite
- Attribution
- IP Geolocation by DB-IP
How the descriptive texts are written
Descriptions of places and sights are written independently from structured facts (Wikidata) — name, location, year built, architectural style, category. No wording is copied from copyrighted text. Only a small, separately marked share draws on Wikipedia articles; those texts are CC BY-SA 4.0.
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