Credits & licences
Last updated: 8 October 2026
Motarva stands on the work of others: open map data, open-source code, free fonts and icons, and photos and models shared under open licences. Below is each one, with its maker, its licence and where it comes from.
Maps and map data
- Map data: OpenStreetMap © OpenStreetMap contributors Credited on every map and in the footer of every page, as the licence asks.
- Basemap tiles and style: Protomaps basemaps Protomaps LLC, Kelso Cartography; visual design by Geraldine Sarmiento
- Map symbols: tangrams/icons Mapzen, via Protomaps basemaps-assets
- Font of the map labels: Noto Sans The Noto Project Authors
- Satellite imagery: Esri World Imagery Esri, Vantor, GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics, CNES/Airbus DS, USDA, USGS, AeroGRID, IGN, and the GIS User Community Credited on the map while the satellite layer is on.
- Maps in the app screenshots: Mapbox © Mapbox, © OpenStreetMap contributors
Places, elevation and weather
- Place search: Photon komoot Searches OpenStreetMap data.
- Place names for routes and stops: Nominatim Nominatim contributors Searches OpenStreetMap data.
- Elevation data: SRTM 1″ NASA / USGS, via Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen)
- Land and sea outlines (a long route that crosses the sea): Natural Earth Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com)
- Weather forecast along a route: MET Norway Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Photos and text
- Photos of places on the map: Wikimedia Commons The author shown with each photo Each photo shows its author and licence beside it, linked to its page on Wikimedia Commons.
- Descriptions of places: Wikipedia Wikipedia contributors
- Region page photo: 0 Bouillon - Château-fort et pont sur la Semois (1) Jean-Pol GRANDMONT
- Region page photo: Duinen Vosseslag vanaf Vuurtoren Guillaume Bijl Beireke1
- Region page photo: Tombeau du Géant (Parc naturel de l'Ardenne méridionale, Parc national de la Vallée de la Semois) 02 FrDr
- Region page photo: Durbuy - L'Ourthe et le château JackyM59
- Region page photo: Burg Monschau 2 Steffen Heinz Caronna
- Region page photo: Aerial image of Pulvermaar (view from the southwest) Carsten Steger
- Region page photo: Boomgaard Haspengouw Velm Sint-Truiden - panoramio Geert Budenaerts
- Region page photo: Bij Maaseik, de Maas foto4 2015-06-10 16.05 Michielverbeek
- Region page photo: Esch-sur-Sure 2020 – Sure, château Cayambe
- Region page photo: Grenze Deutschland-Luxemburg, Schengen, Brücke über die Mosel-1104 Raimond Spekking
- Region page photo: Uitzicht op het Geuldal - panoramio holadeejay
- Region page photo: Sallandse Heuvelrug Haarlerberg 2 Ymblanter
- Region page photo: Boucle de la Meuse, Monthermé, Roche à Sept Heures, Parc naturel régional des Ardennes 03 FrDr
- Region page photo: Route des Crêtes Vogesenkammstraße 08 Zairon
- Region page photo: Nürburg (Burg) 01 Thomas Hummel
- Region page photo: Gleidorf (Sauerland) Landschaft 20080805 (2796848613) Sjaak Kempe
- Region page photo: Helle River 01 Vberger
- Region page photo: Muur van Geraardsbergen 108 FrDr
- Region page photo: Maarkedal - Etikhove - Poesthem 6 (2022-02-12 15-41-59) Johan Allard
- Region page photo: Bocage givré Guillaume Louÿs-Jupiter
- Route photos The riders who shared them Shared under our Terms of Service.
3D models in the badges
- Sport bike: "Motorcycle" Poly by Google
- Chopper: "Cartoony Purple Motorcycle" AliceCassie This licence asks for no credit; listed so its origin stays traceable.
Fonts
- Headings: Outfit The Outfit Project Authors
- Body text: Nunito Sans The Nunito Sans Project Authors
Icons and flags
- Icons: Lucide 0.469.0 Lucide Contributors; portions by Cole Bemis (Feather, MIT)
- Country flags: flag-icons 7.5.0 Panayiotis Lipiridis and contributors
Code that runs in your browser
- Interactive maps: Leaflet 1.9.4 Vladimir Agafonkin, CloudMade
- Vector map rendering: MapLibre GL JS 6.11.2 MapLibre contributors, with code © Mapbox
- Vector maps inside Leaflet: MapLibre GL Leaflet 0.1.4 MapLibre contributors, Mapbox
- Grouping pins on the map: Leaflet.markercluster 1.5.3 Dave Leaver
- Drawing tools in the Route Maker: Leaflet.draw 1.0.4 Jacob Toye, Jon West, Smartrak
Software on our servers
- Route planning and turn-by-turn: Valhalla Valhalla contributors
- Routing in the Route Maker: BRouter Arndt Brenschede and contributors
Trademarks
Apple, the Apple logo, App Store and CarPlay are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC.
Contact
Missing a credit, or is one wrong? Let us know and we will fix it: [email protected]