Data sources

Every item on the map carries its source and update time. This page lists each source, how often we pull from it, whether it is currently healthy, and the licence its data is published under.

How freshness is labelled

Live feed — polled every few minutes directly from the operator. Refreshed periodically — the upstream feed itself is rebuilt on a schedule (for example every 15 minutes). Delayed — satellite or third-party data that arrives hours after the event. Historical — past records; never a description of the road right now. Reference data — things like charger locations that rarely change.

Sources

511 Alberta (developer API) Healthy

Government of Alberta · Alberta · Events every 3 min, cameras/road conditions every 10 min

1,941 active records. Last successful update 3 min ago.

Licence: 511 Alberta developer terms · Attribution: 511 Alberta · Publisher site

Edmonton collision data Healthy

City of Edmonton · Edmonton · Historical; refreshed monthly

Last successful update 23 h ago.

Licence: City of Edmonton Open Data Licence · Attribution: City of Edmonton · Publisher site

EV chargers and fuel stations (OpenStreetMap) Problem

OpenStreetMap contributors · Alberta · Refreshed weekly

2,431 active records. Last successful update 31 d ago. Last error: Overpass alberta: HTTP 504

Licence: ODbL 1.0 · Attribution: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Publisher site

NASA FIRMS active fires Healthy

NASA · Global · Refreshed every 30 minutes

40 active records. Last successful update 13 min ago.

Licence: NASA open data (attribution requested) · Attribution: NASA FIRMS · Publisher site

Satellite fire hotspots (CWFIS) Healthy

Natural Resources Canada — Canadian Forest Service · Canada · Refreshed every 30 minutes

3,891 active records. Last successful update 18 min ago.

Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada (see CWFIS end-user agreement) · Attribution: Natural Resources Canada, CWFIS · Publisher site

Weather and air quality (Open-Meteo) On demand

Open-Meteo · Global · Fetched on demand, cached 20 minutes per 5 km cell

Licence: CC BY 4.0 (non-commercial use of the free API) · Attribution: Weather data by Open-Meteo.com · Publisher site

511 Alberta (Esri Canada feed) Off

Government of Alberta via Esri Canada · Alberta · Feed updates every 15 minutes

1,862 active records. Last successful update 6 h ago.

Licence: Alberta 511 / Esri Canada (public feature service) · Attribution: 511 Alberta, Esri Canada · Publisher site

Base map

OpenFreeMap + OpenStreetMap

Vector tiles from OpenFreeMap, built from OpenStreetMap data (ODbL). Place search uses OpenStreetMap's Nominatim within its usage policy: only when you press Enter, and cached.

What we don't do

No data is fabricated or interpolated. Nothing periodic is labelled live. Historical collision counts are never shown as a prediction of danger. Camera images are relayed exactly as the operator publishes them and cached briefly to avoid overloading public servers. No advertising, no accounts, and analytics record only which features are used, never who used them.