Attributions & Acknowledgments

Last updated: January 2026

FieldEco is built with the support of many open-source projects, data providers, and services. We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions that make this app possible.

1. Data Sources

Species & Biodiversity Data

GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility

The species database in FieldEco is powered by occurrence data from GBIF.

Citation:
GBIF.org (08 November 2025) GBIF Occurrence Download
https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.5undnt

License: CC BY 4.0

Weather Data

Open-Meteo

Weather data and forecasts are provided by the Open-Meteo API.

https://open-meteo.com

Free weather API based on open weather model data. No API key required.

2. Mapping & Geospatial

Mapbox

Interactive maps, offline map downloads, and geolocation services.

https://www.mapbox.com

Turf.js

Advanced geospatial analysis - area calculations, distance measurements, and geometric operations.

Author: Mapbox
License: MIT

@tmcw/togeojson

KML and GPX file import functionality for importing GPS tracks and waypoints.

Author: Tom MacWright
License: BSD-2-Clause

3. Scientific Libraries

SunCalc

Sun and moon position calculations for the Sunrise/Sunset field tool.

Author: Vladimir Agafonkin
License: BSD-2-Clause
github.com/mourner/suncalc

4. Cloud Infrastructure

Firebase

Authentication, Cloud Firestore database, and Cloud Storage.

by Google

Sentry

Error tracking and performance monitoring.

License: BSD-2-Clause

RevenueCat

Subscription and in-app purchase management.

License: MIT

5. UI & Visualization

React Native Gifted Charts

Beautiful charts and data visualizations for analysis screens.

License: MIT

Ionicons

Icon library used throughout the app via Expo Vector Icons.

License: MIT

6. Core Technologies

FieldEco is built on these foundational open-source technologies:

React Native

by Meta

MIT License

Expo

by Expo

MIT License

TypeScript

by Microsoft

Apache 2.0

This website is built with Astro (MIT License).

7. Contact

If you have questions about attributions or believe we have missed crediting your work:


Thank you to all the open-source contributors and data providers who make FieldEco possible.

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