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Third-party notices
The code libraries, fonts, map imagery and data used by the pages of the Nexus Standards sites, with the licence, copyright holder and attribution of each. Each component keeps its own licence.
Summary
- Code libraries8
- FontsIBM Plex (SIL OFL 1.1)
- Map imagery and data7
- Deliveryexact versions, integrity-checked
- Version1.0
- Effective date20 October 2026
- Last updated20 October 2026
- Contactcontact@therisk.global
GCRI Canada · Secretariat of the Nexus Standards
Scope
- 1.1 This page lists the third-party code libraries, fonts, map imagery and data that nexustandards.com and the programme sites published at addresses beginning with nexustandards.com/, such as nexustandards.com/climate/ (together, the Sites) load or show, with their licences, copyright holders and the attribution each requires.
- 1.2 The libraries are fetched by the reader's browser at the exact versions shown, from the jsDelivr content delivery network, only when a figure comes into view, and each file is checked against its published integrity digest before it runs. Each component keeps its own licence; the licences of the Nexus Standards (CC BY 4.0 for text, registries, schemas and data; Apache-2.0 for reference code) do not apply to them.
Code libraries
| Component | Version | Licence | Copyright holder | Used for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MapLibre GL JS | 6.9.1 | BSD-3-Clause | Copyright (c) 2023, MapLibre contributors; contains code from mapbox-gl-js v1.13 and earlier, Copyright (c) 2020, Mapbox (BSD-3-Clause), from glfx.js, Copyright (C) 2011 by Evan Wallace (MIT), and a portion of d3-color, Copyright 2010-2016 Mike Bostock (BSD-3-Clause) | map pages and the standards globe |
| globe.gl | 2.34.4 | MIT | Copyright (c) 2019 Vasco Asturiano | globe scenes |
| 3d-force-graph | 1.73.3 | MIT | Copyright (c) 2017 Vasco Asturiano | constellation and atlas scenes |
| three.js | 0.185.1 | MIT | Copyright (c) 2010-2026 three.js authors | bundled in globe.gl and 3d-force-graph; three-dimensional figures |
| d3 | 7.9.0 | ISC | Copyright 2010-2023 Mike Bostock | scenes and figures |
| topojson-client | 3.1.0 | ISC | Copyright 2012-2019 Michael Bostock | globe scenes |
| world-atlas | 2.0.2 | ISC (packaging); geometry from Natural Earth, public domain | Copyright 2013-2019 Michael Bostock | country outlines of the globe scenes |
| h3-js | 4.5.0 | Apache-2.0 | Copyright Uber Technologies, Inc. | hexagonal cells computed when the pages are built; also bundled in globe.gl |
Components bundled inside globe.gl and 3d-force-graph keep their own licences: three-globe, kapsule, polished and d3-force-3d (MIT); the ngraph modules (BSD-3-Clause, Andrei Kashcha); earcut (ISC, Mapbox); h3-js (Apache-2.0, Uber Technologies, Inc.); and the Helvetiker typeface data (MgOpen licence, Copyright (c) 2004 by MAGENTA Ltd), whose copyright and permission notice accompany copies of the font data.
Fonts
- 3.1 The pages are set in IBM Plex Sans and IBM Plex Mono where the publishing platform serves them, and otherwise in the reader's system fonts; the pages themselves request no font from a third party.
- 3.2 IBM Plex is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1, Copyright (c) 2017 IBM Corp. with Reserved Font Name "Plex". The licence text accompanies the font files wherever they are served. "IBM Plex" is a trademark of IBM Corp.
- 3.3 Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1; fonts: IBM Plex.
Map imagery and data shown
| Provider and material | Licence or terms | Attribution as shown on the pages |
|---|---|---|
| NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), NASA EOSDIS | NASA Earth science data and information policy (open data) | We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). |
| ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 (METI and NASA) | Openly shared without restriction; citation requested | ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA. NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003 |
| Blue Marble shaded relief and bathymetry (NASA Earth Observatory) | NASA open data | Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory |
| LANCE FIRMS thermal anomalies via NASA GIBS (NASA ESDIS) | NASA open data | We acknowledge the use of data and imagery from LANCE FIRMS operated by NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). |
| Gridded Population of the World, Version 4.11 (CIESIN, Columbia University; NASA SEDAC) | CC BY 4.0 | Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW |
| Reference labels and boundaries from OpenStreetMap via NASA GIBS | Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0; shown on the map only, never extracted | © OpenStreetMap contributors |
| Natural Earth coastlines, borders, rivers and places (NACIS) | Public domain | Made with Natural Earth |
Map and data credits appear beside each figure and in its exports. Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory. Data sources named in the area profiles are listed for reference, with their provider, licence and a link to the provider's publication; their data is not reproduced on these pages.
Licence texts
MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1 (BSD-3-Clause), as published in its LICENSE.txt:
Copyright (c) 2023, MapLibre contributors All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of MapLibre GL JS nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Contains code from mapbox-gl-js v1.13 and earlier, licensed under a BSD-3-Clause license: Copyright (c) 2020, Mapbox Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of Mapbox GL JS nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Contains code from glfx.js: Copyright (C) 2011 by Evan Wallace Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. Contains a portion of d3-color (https://github.com/d3/d3-color): Copyright 2010-2016 Mike Bostock All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * Neither the name of the author nor the names of contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.globe.gl 2.34.4, 3d-force-graph 1.73.3 and three.js 0.185.1 (MIT):
globe.gl: Copyright (c) 2019 Vasco Asturiano 3d-force-graph: Copyright (c) 2017 Vasco Asturiano three.js: Copyright (c) 2010-2026 three.js authors Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.d3 7.9.0, topojson-client 3.1.0 and world-atlas 2.0.2 (ISC):
d3: Copyright 2010-2023 Mike Bostock topojson-client: Copyright 2012-2019 Michael Bostock world-atlas: Copyright 2013-2019 Michael Bostock Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.h3-js (Apache-2.0, Copyright Uber Technologies, Inc.): the licence text is published at apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
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