Credits & licenses

LLUCAMPS is built from publicly-available campsite data. Every record carries its source and license. Nothing is scraped from non-permissive sites.

Data sources

Recreation.gov (RIDB)

License: US Government — public domain

Federal campgrounds, picnic areas, and recreation facilities operated by USFS, BLM, NPS, USACE, FWS, and other federal agencies.

ridb.recreation.gov

National Park Service (NPS Data API)

License: US Government — public domain

Campgrounds, visitor centers, and facilities across the National Park System.

nps.gov developer docs

US Forest Service Recreation Opportunities

License: US Government — public domain

USFS dispersed camping areas, campgrounds, and recreation sites.

fs.usda.gov/recreation

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state portals

License: US Government — public domain

BLM dispersed camping and developed sites across western US states and Alaska.

blm.gov/visit

USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US v4.1)

License: US Government — public domain

Federal land manager polygons used to validate and label which camps sit on public land.

USGS PAD-US

State park agencies

License: State public records

Camping facilities published by US state park agencies (Colorado wired today; more states pending available data feeds).

OpenStreetMap

License: Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0

Community-mapped campsites, including dispersed/primitive sites not in federal databases. Includes ways and relations (sites mapped as polygons), not just points.

openstreetmap.org/copyright

OpenStreetMap (ODbL) notice

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, used under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. The derived campsite database bundled with this app contains substantial extracts of OpenStreetMap data and is itself a Derivative Database under the ODbL. It is available under the same terms on request; contact the developer through the bug-report form in Settings or via email llucampsmain@gmail.com.

What we do not use

We do not include data from FreeCampsites, iOverlander, Campendium, The Dyrt, or other community sites whose terms restrict redistribution or downstream commercial use. Their data is excellent — please use them directly.

Map tiles

Map tile rendering is provided by third-party tile servers (chosen in Settings → Map style). Tile providers carry their own attribution, displayed on the map itself.

Open-source libraries

LLUCAMPS is built with React Native, Expo, MapLibre Native, SQLite (FTS5), and many other open-source libraries. The full dependency list with licenses is in the project's package.json.