Data and licences
Every number on PyroSim comes from the open sources below. Each report states which ones it used.
Copernicus Land Monitoring Service: Corine Land Cover 2018, CLC+ Backbone 2021, HRL Forest Type, Tree Cover Density and Grassland 2018
Free and open, with attributionEuropean Environment Agency (EEA)
Vegetation and land cover around each property.
© European Union, Copernicus Land Monitoring Service, European Environment Agency (EEA)
https://land.copernicus.euCopernicus DEM GLO-30
Free, with attributionESA / European Union (Copernicus)
Slope, aspect and landform. A surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy.
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved
https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/explore-data/data-collections/copernicus-contributing-missions/collections-description/COP-DEMEFFIS burnt areas
Commission reuse policy, with attributionEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre
Fire history and the reference perimeter for the Evros 2023 replay.
© European Union, 1995-2026, European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS)
https://forest-fire.emergency.copernicus.euCopernicus Emergency Management Service, activation EMSR686
Free, with attributionEuropean Commission, Copernicus EMS rapid mapping
Dated burnt-area maps of the 2023 Evros fire, used to check the replay day by day.
Copernicus Emergency Management Service (© 2023 European Union), EMSR686
https://rapidmapping.emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR686ERA5 reanalysis
Copernicus licence (free, including commercial use)ECMWF, Copernicus Climate Change Service
Fire Weather Index climatology and the hourly weather for replays.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026 (ERA5, CC BY 4.0, doi:10.24381/cds.adbb2d47). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
https://cds.climate.copernicus.euOpenStreetMap
Open Database Licence (ODbL)OpenStreetMap contributors
Roads, buildings, power lines and fire-water points.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyrightMicrosoft Building Footprints
Open Database Licence (ODbL)Microsoft
Building outlines for the municipal inventory where OpenStreetMap has none.
© Microsoft, Open Database Licence (ODbL)
https://github.com/microsoft/GlobalMLBuildingFootprintsOpenStreetMap Nominatim and Overpass
Open Database Licence (ODbL)OpenStreetMap Foundation and public Overpass servers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Address search and the infrastructure around a property.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/geoBoundaries (Greece, ADM0)
CC BY 4.0William & Mary geoLab; source EuroGeographics
Checks that a location is on Greek land.
geoBoundaries (Runfola et al. 2020), EuroGeographics, CC BY 4.0
https://www.geoboundaries.orgMapbox
Commercial map serviceMapbox, Maxar
Base maps and satellite imagery.
© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap © Maxar
https://www.mapbox.com/legal/tosWhy this data is freely available
The EU Copernicus programme, ECMWF ERA5 and JRC EFFIS are freely available to everyone. PyroSim's value lies in combining them into one measurement per property, mapping it onto the regulation's criteria, and delivering it in a form owners, engineers and municipalities can use.