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
- WaterBlurMasksOffline.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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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### 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
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### EcoRegions
Data is from the following sources:
https://ecoregions2017.appspot.com/
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/bix014
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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### 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.
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### 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.
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### BlueMarble
from Visible Earth NASA:
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/collection/1484/blue-marble
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### 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
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### April, Blue Marble Next Generation
Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Observatory
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/74017/april-blue-marble-next-generation
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### 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
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### 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/
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### 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
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### 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.
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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.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator may use images from Maxar. Images ©2020 Maxar.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator may use images from Airbus DS Geo Inc. ©CNES (2020) Distribution AIRBUS DS.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator may use images from Vexcel Imaging US, Inc. ©Vexcel Imaging.
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