Attribution & licensing

When you display SmartMaps maps or use data derived from them, you must show the required attribution. This is a licensing obligation, not an optional credit.

Required attribution

Every map view must display, legibly and by default:

© SmartMaps © OpenStreetMap contributors

Do not translate or abbreviate the licence strings.

The base map uses OpenStreetMap data under the Open Database License (ODbL).

In most cases the attribution is added automatically — keep it visible, do not hide or remove it:

• SmartMaps GL JS / vector styles — MapLibre renders the attribution from the style.
• Static Maps — the attribution branding is rendered into the generated image.
• Raster tiles via the SmartMaps JS API v5 or v3 — the library adds it for you.

You must add the attribution manually only when you use tiles directly — for example a raw raster source in MapLibre (or your own client) without the v5/v3 API, or when you build a custom style:

{
  attribution:
    '© <a href="https://smartmaps.net/copyright">SmartMaps</a> ' +
    '© <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap contributors</a>'
}

SmartMaps logo

When you embed tiles directly (without SmartMaps GL JS or the v5/v3 API), you must also display the SmartMaps logo. The JavaScript libraries and Static Maps add it for you; for direct tile use you add it yourself, using the hosted asset:

• https://cdn.smartmaps.cloud/packages/smartmaps/images/smartmaps.svg
• https://cdn.smartmaps.cloud/packages/smartmaps/images/smartmaps-inverted.svg — for dark backgrounds

Data sources

Depending on the layer or service, SmartMaps combines several data sources. Show the ones relevant to what you actually display:

The authoritative, up-to-date copyright and source list is published at smartmaps.net/copyright. If the two ever disagree, the copyright page is authoritative.