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Sources and attribution

Catavento brings together public information from many places. Every record shows where it came from and when it was checked. This page lists every source, what we use from it, how often we check it, and the credit we show.

Thank you to everyone in the free-flight community who gathers, checks and shares this information, often as volunteers. Catavento simply brings their work together in one place.

How we treat each source

  • Green

    Public directories, openly licensed data and official services. We show the facts with a credit and a link.

  • Amber

    Public but run by volunteers, without published terms, or sensitive to traffic. We take only facts and short labels, link to the full content, check rarely, and tell the owner what we use.

  • Red

    Their terms don't allow automated collection, or the content needs a login. We collect nothing and only link to them.

Sources

Words in italics are filled in for each record, for example the club's name.

  • Sports Aviation Federation of Australia

    Green
    What we use
    Club and school directories (names, state, website, the contact SAFA publishes for each, related association), upcoming events (title, dates, place, organiser, link) and the titles and dates of defect and safety notices. Never committee members' names or details, and never descriptions
    How
    Reading its public directory pages, each club's SAFA page and its public events feed (about 45 requests a week)
    How often
    Weekly
    Credit shown
    Source: Sports Aviation Federation of Australia
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    Australia
    Website: Sports Aviation Federation of Australia (opens in a new tab)

  • New Zealand Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association

    Green
    What we use
    New Zealand club and school lists (names, regions, websites) and national-body facts
    How
    Provided list for now; reading public web pages later
    How often
    Weekly
    Credit shown
    Source: New Zealand Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    New Zealand
    Website: New Zealand Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association (opens in a new tab)

  • Australian National Site Guide

    Amber
    What we use
    Site and launch names, launch positions, short fields (type, height, wind directions, rating), the contact listed for each site, open or closed status, and each site's page address. Never descriptions, hazards, rules or landing notes
    How
    Its export service (siteguide.org.au/api/Export), as its webmaster suggested. Each check sends back the version tag from last time, so an unchanged day costs one tiny reply
    How often
    Daily (a quick "has it changed?" check)
    Credit shown
    Site facts: Australian National Site Guide
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    Australia
    Website: Australian National Site Guide (opens in a new tab)

  • ParaglidingEarth

    Green
    What we use
    Sites missing from the official site guide (a separate community layer, in Australia and New Zealand), coordinates and wind directions for the New Zealand sample sites, and the site lists in the overview regions (Europe and ten other countries). Name, takeoff position and height, directions rated "good" or "possible", whether it suits paragliders or hang gliders, the kinds of flying, and landing and parking positions. Never descriptions, rules or travel notes
    How
    Its open data service, one download per country (about 50 a month); the service needs no sign-up
    How often
    Monthly
    Credit shown
    Community site data: © ParaglidingEarth contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0 / ODbL 1.0)
    Licence
    No published terms
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: ParaglidingEarth (opens in a new tab)

  • State and regional associations

    Green
    What we use
    School and club lists, for cross-checking
    How
    Reading public web pages
    How often
    Weekly
    Credit shown
    Source: association name
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    Australia

  • Club websites

    Amber
    What we use
    From each club or association website listed by its national body, news and event headlines with their dates and links (from its news feed or events calendar), which sites its own "sites" page names (to confirm who manages a site), and, where the main site guide gives none, a site's wind directions as the club publishes them. Never article text, descriptions or photos
    How
    Reading each club's home page, its news feed or calendar, and its sites page (about 3 to 6 requests per club). Facebook pages are never read. A club can opt out through its robots.txt or by asking us
    How often
    About twice a week
    Credit shown
    Source: club name website
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    All countries

  • Organisations' own websites

    Amber
    What we use
    Published facts about schools, tandem operators and shops (for example a published course price), each with its page address and the date checked
    How
    Checked by hand
    How often
    When updated
    Credit shown
    Source: organisation name website
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    All countries

  • New Zealand club site guides

    Amber
    What we use
    Links only
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Site guide: club name
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    New Zealand

  • HighSide flight park

    Amber
    What we use
    Link to the flight park and its passes
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    HighSide flight park
    Licence
    No published terms
    Countries
    New Zealand
    Website: HighSide flight park (opens in a new tab)

  • Natural Earth

    Green
    What we use
    State and region boundaries, used offline to work out which state or region each launch is in
    How
    One-off download (public domain), stored in the project
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Region boundaries: Natural Earth
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: Natural Earth (opens in a new tab)

  • Compiled by Catavento

    Green
    What we use
    Facts we gathered by hand from a public source, each with its source link (for example the New Zealand sample sites)
    How
    Checked by hand
    How often
    When updated
    Credit shown
    Compiled by Catavento from source
    Licence
    Facts only
    Countries
    All countries

  • Where To Fly

    Amber
    What we use
    Nothing collected; links to its forecasts for each site
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Where To Fly (wheretofly.info)
    Licence
    No published terms
    Countries
    Australia
    Website: Where To Fly (opens in a new tab)

  • Open-Meteo

    Green
    What we use
    Hourly forecast wind, fetched by your own browser when you open a page (free non-commercial tier)
    How
    Fetched live by the visitor's browser
    How often
    Each time a page is opened
    Credit shown
    Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
    Licence
    No published terms
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: Open-Meteo (opens in a new tab)

  • Windy

    Amber
    What we use
    Their standard embedded live wind map, unmodified and with their logo, shown only when you tap to load it; nothing collected
    How
    Embedded map from windy.com, loaded by your browser
    How often
    Live, each time you load it
    Credit shown
    Wind map by Windy.com
    Licence
    Owner's terms
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: Windy (opens in a new tab)

  • FreeFlightWx

    Amber
    What we use
    Nothing collected; links to each station's live page
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Live wind: FreeFlightWx
    Licence
    No published terms
    Countries
    Australia
    Website: FreeFlightWx (opens in a new tab)

  • Holfuy

    Red
    What we use
    Nothing collected (their terms forbid it); links to each station's live page
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Live wind: Holfuy, station station name
    Licence
    Owner's terms
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: Holfuy (opens in a new tab)

  • Club-run weather stations

    Amber
    What we use
    Links to each station's live page
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Live wind: club name station
    Licence
    No published terms
    Countries
    All countries

  • Bureau of Meteorology

    AmberNot used
    What we use
    Nothing yet; state observation feeds noted for Iteration 2, pending a check of their terms
    How
    Not used
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Bureau of Meteorology
    Licence
    No published terms
    Countries
    Australia
    Website: Bureau of Meteorology (opens in a new tab)

  • XContest

    Amber
    What we use
    Links only (terms for showing flight data not yet checked)
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    XContest
    Licence
    Owner's terms
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: XContest (opens in a new tab)

  • SkySight

    Red
    What we use
    Links only
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    SkySight
    Licence
    Owner's terms
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: SkySight (opens in a new tab)

  • Paragliding Map

    Red
    What we use
    Links only
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Paragliding Map
    Licence
    Owner's terms
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: Paragliding Map (opens in a new tab)

  • Retailer and manufacturer websites

    Amber
    What we use
    Links and the facts in our starting list only; never product photos or descriptions
    How
    Links
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Source: business name website
    Licence
    Owner's terms
    Countries
    All countries

  • Facebook groups and pages, and messaging apps

    RedNot used
    What we use
    Nothing
    How
    Not used
    How often
    Not applicable
    Credit shown
    Facebook
    Licence
    Owner's terms
    Countries
    All countries
    Website: Facebook groups and pages, and messaging apps (opens in a new tab)

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