Microsoft Flight Simulator may use data from the following databases:
* NaturalVegetation.cgl
* bldo*.cgl set of files
* vec*.cgl set of files
* vtc*.cgl set of files
* wabworld.cgl
available upon request to FlightSimData@microsoft.com, which are made available here under the Open Database License version 1.0 at https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/index.html

Microsoft Flight Simulator may use data from the OpenStreetMap Databases in the bldo*.cgl, vec*.cgl, vtc*.cgl and wabworld.cgl set of files, available upon request to FlightSimData@microsoft.com, which is made available here under the Open Database License at https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/index.html.

Microsoft Flight Simulator may use data from the Microsoft US Buildings Database in the bldo*.cgl set of files, available upon request to FlightSimData@microsoft.com, which is made available here under the Open Database License at https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/index.html.

Microsoft Flight Simulator may use data from the Potential Natural Vegetation Database (Hengl, Tomislav, 2018, "Global Maps of Potential Natural Vegetation at 1 km resolution", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QQHCIK, Harvard Dataverse, V4 from https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/QQHCIK) in NaturalVegetation.cgl, available upon request to FlightSimData@microsoft.com, which is made available here under the Open Database License at https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/index.html.


Globeland30:

National Geomatics Center of China.

This product is provided by the SIGMA project, which is financed through the EC’s Research Framework programme FP7. (FP7). 

http://sigma.geoportal.vgt.vito.be/geonetwork/apps/tabsearch/?uuid=0102de3f-cdb7-45b0-a99e-8101d3b49cd2&hl=eng



EcoRegions:

from https://ecoregions2017.appspot.com/ https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014 

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/



Aridity:

Trabucco, A., and Zomer, R.J. 2018. Global Aridity Index and Potential Evapo-Transpiration (ET0) Climate Database v2. CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI). Published online, available from the CGIAR-CSI GeoPortal at https://cgiarcsi.community  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

simplified by Bongfish GmbH.



Rock types:

Hartmann, Jörg; Moosdorf, Nils (2012): Global Lithological Map Database v1.0 (gridded to 0.5° spatial resolution). PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.788537 [Add to Citavi project by DOI]  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

simplified by Bongfish GmbH.



BlueMarble:

from Visible Earth NASA https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble



Blue Marble data collection (topography):

Imagery by Jesse Allen, NASA's Earth Observatory, using data from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) produced by the British Oceanographic Data Centre.

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/73934/topography



April, Blue Marble Next Generation:

Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Observatory

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/74017/april-blue-marble-next-generation



Earth at Night (Black Marble) 2016 Grayscale Maps:

NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data from Miguel Román, NASA GSFC.

https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/144897/earth-at-night-black-marble-2016-grayscale-maps



Blue Marble Next Generation:

Stöckli, R., Vermote, E., Saleous, N., Simmon, R., and Herring, D. (2006). True color earth data set includes seasonal dynamics. EOS, 87(5):49, 55. Corresponding

author: rstockli@climate.gsfc.nasa.gov

https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/archive/bluemarble/bmng/landmask/



Blue Marble data collection (Deep Star Maps):

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Constellation figures based on those developed for the IAU by Alan MacRobert of Sky and Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott and Rick Fienberg).

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3895



ASTER data

NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. ASTER DEM Product. 2001, distributed by NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC, https://doi.org/10.5067/ASTER/AST14DEM.003. Accessed 2020-03-18.

NASA JPL. NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second. 2013, distributed by NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC, https://doi.org/10.5067/MEaSUREs/SRTM/SRTMGL1.003. Accessed 2020-03-18.


Microsoft Flight Simulator may use images from Maxar. Images © 2020 Maxar.

Microsoft Flight Simulator may use images from Airbus DS Geo Inc. © CNES (2020) Distribution AIRBUS DS.

Microsoft Flight Simulator may use images from Vexcel Imaging US, Inc. © Vexcel Imaging.