Data Sources
The trusted public agencies and providers that power forecasts, imagery, and astronomy data.
- NOAA / National Weather Service: local forecasts, alerts, and hourly conditions.
- NOAA NESDIS GOES imagery: full-disk Blue Dot satellite image tile.
- USNO Astronomical Applications: sun and moon timing data.
- NASA Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) Dataset 5587 (https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5587/): moon phase imagery by UTC hour-of-year frame.
- Open-Meteo: UV and supplemental environmental data.
Visual assets and attribution
Blue Dot Weather uses a mix of original brand artwork and licensed third-party visual assets. Current attribution status:
- Weather icon set: Adobe Stock asset package (
public/assets/weather_icons/adobe_icons_565712861). Attribution should include Adobe Stock asset ID 565712861 and the creator name from the purchase/license record. - Global background image: Adobe Stock image (
public/assets/backgrounds/AdobeStockAtmosphere_289079499.jpeg). Attribution should include Adobe Stock asset ID 289079499 and creator name from the license record. - Alternative background image: Unsplash photo by Timothee Lacombe (
public/assets/backgrounds/timothee-lacombe-xDWgJ08o7NM-unsplash.jpg). Attribution should include photographer name and source page URL. - Pale Blue Dot / Earthrise pages: Already credited to NASA/JPL-Caltech and NASA Apollo 8 sources on each page.
- Brand logos/icons: Blue Dot Weather original brand assets (no third-party attribution required unless source files change).
- Shoe icons: Keep an explicit source note if these were downloaded or generated outside this repo. If third-party, add provider, creator, and license terms.
Recommendation: keep a single internal "asset register" with source URL, license type, creator credit text, and proof-of-license reference for every non-original visual file.
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