ParkNearOpen map

Where our data comes from

ParkNear is built largely on public open data. This page lists every source, who publishes it and under what licence — because if we're going to use it, we should credit it properly.

How we label availability

  • LIVE — a real free-space count published by the city or a live feed. Measured, not guessed.
  • DRIVER REPORTS — recent check-ins from other drivers, weighted by how recent they are.
  • ESTIMATE — no observed data, so we model it from time of day, day of week and weather. Shown in a deliberately different style so it never looks like a measurement.

Live municipal feeds

These are the cities where ParkNear shows measured free-space counts rather than an estimate.

Disponibilités des parkings publics

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Nantes Métropole

Live free-space counts for public car parks in Nantes.

Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence

Occupation des parkings en temps réel

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Eurométropole de Strasbourg

Live free-space counts for Strasbourg car parks. When the city reports its real-time link is unavailable we show 'no live data' rather than a count.

Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence

Bezetting parkeergarages real-time

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Stad Gent

Live free-space counts for Ghent's parking garages.

Licence: Open data licence — see portal

Parkleitsystem Basel

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Kanton Basel-Stadt (data.bs.ch)

Live free-space counts from Basel's parking guidance system.

Licence: Open data licence — see portal

Disponibilités des places de parkings

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Aix-Marseille-Provence Métropole

Live free-space counts across Marseille and Aix-en-Provence.

Licence: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence

ParkAPI / ParkenDD

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Community-run (parkendd.de)

Live free-space counts for covered German, Swiss and Danish cities. We only trust a city's counts when its snapshot is fresh.

Licence: Open — see project

Base data

OpenStreetMap

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OpenStreetMap contributors (via Overpass API)

Parking lot and on-street parking locations worldwide.

Licence: Open Database License (ODbL)

OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles

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OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, © OpenStreetMap contributors

The 3D navigation basemap.

Licence: ODbL (data) — map style per project licence

Google Maps Platform

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Google

Parking place search worldwide, driving routes, geocoding, and the browse map.

Licence: Commercial API — used under Google's terms

Driver check-ins

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ParkNear users

Crowdsourced 'spaces free' / 'full' reports, time-decayed and weighted.

Licence: Contributed by users

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

Spotted a source we've credited incorrectly, or a licence we've got wrong? Please tell us and we'll fix it.