Description

Retrieve attribution & data provenance for the datasets used by the Vector Charts API.

This can be used in a user interface to display the date that ENC data was loaded for informational purposes.

Query Parameters

N/A. This endpoint does not require authentication.

Response Schema

The endpoint returns an array of objects, each object representing one data source used by Vector Charts. Each data source will have the following fields:

• id: A unique textual identifier for the data source.
• shortDescription: A one-liner title / short textual description of the data.
• longDescription: A longer description of the data.
• sourceUrl: A URL to the original data, if available.
• dataSourcedAt: The timestamp that the data was downloaded from the source at, in milliseconds since unix epoch.
• dataProcessedAt: The timestamp that the data was processed into the Vector Charts system, in milliseconds since unix epoch.

Example Request
GET https://api.vectorcharts.com/api/v1/datasets/attributions

Example Response
Status Code: 200 OK
Response Body:
[
  {
    "id": "noaa-enc",
    "shortDescription": "NOAA ENC: United States Nautical Charts",
    "longDescription": "NOAA ENCs are created and published by the United States Government, and cover the contiguous US, Alaska, Hawaii, and US Territories.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/charts/noaa-enc.html",
    "dataSourcedAt": 1757941524239,
    "dataProcessedAt": 1757941524239
  },
  {
    "id": "basemap",
    "shortDescription": "Background Data",
    "longDescription": "Background Data sourced from the Natural Earth dataset.",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.naturalearthdata.com/",
    "dataSourcedAt": 1757941524239,
    "dataProcessedAt": 1757941524239
  }
]