Attribution & Data Sources

Credits and licensing for all data used by the Pelagic platform.

This page lists the data sources and required attribution statements for all third-party data used by Pelagic. It is updated as the platform expands into new regions.
Platform Data

Pelagic Data

The following data is original to Pelagic and protected under Australian copyright law.

Dive Site Database

Dive site compilation, trails & navigation

© Pelagic

The Pelagic dive site database is an original compilation produced through original fieldwork, site assessment, and research. This includes entry and exit point analysis, underwater trail routes, navigation codes, depth profiles, and conditions parameters. While individual geographic locations may be publicly known, the selection, curation, original fieldwork, and structured data representation is original work by Pelagic and is protected by copyright.

© Pelagic. All rights reserved. Reproduction of this data, in whole or in part, without written permission is prohibited.
Conditions Model & Visibility Predictions

Azure visibility prediction engine

© Pelagic

Pelagic's visibility prediction model, conditions scoring system, swell turbidity calculations, rain state management, and all associated algorithms are original proprietary work developed by Pelagic.

© Pelagic. All rights reserved.
🇦🇺 Australia

New South Wales

Third-party data sources used for the Sydney, Illawarra, Hunter, and Manning Coast regions.

Weather & Rainfall Data

Australian Bureau of Meteorology

© Commonwealth

Rainfall observations and tide prediction data sourced from the Bureau of Meteorology and used as inputs to Pelagic's conditions model.

© Bureau of Meteorology, Commonwealth of Australia
bom.gov.au ↗
Ocean Wave Data

Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, NSW DPE

CC BY 3.0 AU

Offshore wave height, period, and direction data from the NSW Coastal Data Network Waverider buoy network, operated by Manly Hydraulics Laboratory.

© Manly Hydraulics Laboratory, NSW Department of Planning and Environment. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia.
mhl.nsw.gov.au ↗
Elevation & Bathymetric Data — Echo³ 3D Viewer

NSW DCCEEW Digital Elevation Model

© State of NSW

Digital elevation and bathymetric terrain data used to generate the 3D terrain models in Pelagic's Echo³ viewer.

© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2019
🌍 Global

Global

Third-party services used across all regions of the Pelagic platform.

Basemap & Satellite Imagery

Esri — ArcGIS Static Basemap Tiles

Required Attribution

All map tiles and satellite imagery are provided by Esri via the ArcGIS Static Basemap Tiles service. Attribution is displayed directly on the map canvas as required by Esri's terms of use.

Powered by Esri | Sources: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community
esri.com ↗
Icons

Icons8

Free with attribution

Platform icons used throughout the Pelagic interface are sourced from Icons8.

icons8.com ↗
Map Label Fonts

MapTiler

Free with attribution

Font glyphs used for map label rendering are served via the MapTiler Fonts API.

maptiler.com ↗