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"quote": "Not addressed: the web page read on 2026-10-27 (4,650 characters) is silent on this.", "text_sha256": "9957378ae4d9e1bdc481e137997cd470c3d93185eb87c655fdf36672867435e8" }, { "subject": "Shutterstock", "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/3d-&-spatial", "document": "Shutterstock data licensing, 3D and spatial", "question": "rights", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "All assets are rights-cleared and contributor-permissioned for AI training and…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "All assets are rights-cleared and contributor-permissioned for AI training and commercialization.", "text_sha256": "9957378ae4d9e1bdc481e137997cd470c3d93185eb87c655fdf36672867435e8" }, { "subject": "Shutterstock", "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/data-partner-network", "document": "Shutterstock Data Partner Network", "question": "route", "answer": "licenses-from-owners", "answer_text": "licenses layers or imagery straight from the firm that captured them", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "Explore Shutterstock’s Data Partner Network to license your content for AI training", "text_sha256": "795dbb287c5ab3cfaf87212820898999f4c4a9b776ba47114121b073a77428d9" }, { "subject": "Shutterstock", "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/data-partner-network", "document": "Shutterstock Data Partner Network", "question": "names_kind", "answer": "other-kinds-only", "answer_text": "names other kinds of data, not spatial", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "What type of content do you control (select all that apply)", "text_sha256": "795dbb287c5ab3cfaf87212820898999f4c4a9b776ba47114121b073a77428d9" }, { "subject": "Shutterstock", "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/data-partner-network", "document": "Shutterstock Data Partner Network", "question": "asks_for", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "Tell us about your content library. We’ll follow up to discuss next steps.", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "Tell us about your content library. We’ll follow up to discuss next steps.", "text_sha256": "795dbb287c5ab3cfaf87212820898999f4c4a9b776ba47114121b073a77428d9" }, { "subject": "Shutterstock", "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/data-partner-network", "document": "Shutterstock Data Partner Network", "question": "door", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "Tell us about your content library. We’ll follow up to discuss next steps.", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "Tell us about your content library. We’ll follow up to discuss next steps.", "text_sha256": "795dbb287c5ab3cfaf87212820898999f4c4a9b776ba47114121b073a77428d9" }, { "subject": "Shutterstock", "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/data-partner-network", "document": "Shutterstock Data Partner Network", "question": "rights", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "Retain ownership and control", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "Retain ownership and control", "text_sha256": "795dbb287c5ab3cfaf87212820898999f4c4a9b776ba47114121b073a77428d9" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://up42.com/", "document": "UP42 geospatial platform", "question": "route", "answer": "marketplace", "answer_text": "hosts a catalogue where capture firms list and sell their data", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Search available geospatial data from different providers.", "text_sha256": "2cec9983c1f0dbcb22f05a8b305f82e0bd6fd9e01cbaa21a9fe1e74f331cd278" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://up42.com/", "document": "UP42 geospatial platform", "question": "names_kind", "answer": "names-spatial", "answer_text": "names maps, geospatial, aerial, 3D or spatial data", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Search, task, process, and manage EO data from leading providers through one platform.", "text_sha256": "2cec9983c1f0dbcb22f05a8b305f82e0bd6fd9e01cbaa21a9fe1e74f331cd278" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://up42.com/", "document": "UP42 geospatial platform", "question": "asks_for", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "Multispectral satellite Learn more Aerial Learn more SAR Learn more Elevation Learn more…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Multispectral satellite Learn more Aerial Learn more SAR Learn more Elevation Learn more Lidar", "text_sha256": "2cec9983c1f0dbcb22f05a8b305f82e0bd6fd9e01cbaa21a9fe1e74f331cd278" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://up42.com/", "document": "UP42 geospatial platform", "question": "door", "answer": "not-stated", "answer_text": "not stated", "status": "not-stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Not addressed: the web page read on 2026-10-28 (4,407 characters) is silent on this.", "text_sha256": "2cec9983c1f0dbcb22f05a8b305f82e0bd6fd9e01cbaa21a9fe1e74f331cd278" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://up42.com/", "document": "UP42 geospatial platform", "question": "rights", "answer": "not-stated", "answer_text": "not stated", "status": "not-stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Not addressed: the web page read on 2026-10-28 (4,407 characters) is silent on this.", "text_sha256": "2cec9983c1f0dbcb22f05a8b305f82e0bd6fd9e01cbaa21a9fe1e74f331cd278" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://www.up42.com/marketplace", "document": "UP42 data partners", "question": "route", "answer": "marketplace", "answer_text": "hosts a catalogue where capture firms list and sell their data", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "We've built the world’s most extensive ecosystem of Earth observation data and processing algorithms for our users.", "text_sha256": "d3b903de7a39bdf9cf28ddaa0ab5fd225d55d2d903fa54e4dbf3f08daf922084" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://www.up42.com/marketplace", "document": "UP42 data partners", "question": "names_kind", "answer": "names-spatial", "answer_text": "names maps, geospatial, aerial, 3D or spatial data", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Access data from aerial sensors, including planes and drones.", "text_sha256": "d3b903de7a39bdf9cf28ddaa0ab5fd225d55d2d903fa54e4dbf3f08daf922084" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://www.up42.com/marketplace", "document": "UP42 data partners", "question": "asks_for", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "Capable of resolutions up to 1 cm, with data from Vexcel, Hexagon, IO Aerospace, Bluesky…", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Capable of resolutions up to 1 cm, with data from Vexcel, Hexagon, IO Aerospace, Bluesky, Getmapping, and Globhe.", "text_sha256": "d3b903de7a39bdf9cf28ddaa0ab5fd225d55d2d903fa54e4dbf3f08daf922084" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://www.up42.com/marketplace", "document": "UP42 data partners", "question": "door", "answer": "stated", "answer_text": "Need help choosing the right data? Get in touch", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Need help choosing the right data? Get in touch", "text_sha256": "d3b903de7a39bdf9cf28ddaa0ab5fd225d55d2d903fa54e4dbf3f08daf922084" }, { "subject": "UP42", "url": "https://www.up42.com/marketplace", "document": "UP42 data partners", "question": "rights", "answer": "not-stated", "answer_text": "not stated", "status": "not-stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28", "quote": "Not addressed: the web page read on 2026-10-28 (3,729 characters) is silent on this.", "text_sha256": "d3b903de7a39bdf9cf28ddaa0ab5fd225d55d2d903fa54e4dbf3f08daf922084" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/3d-&-spatial", "label": "Shutterstock data licensing: 3D and spatial", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing", "label": "Shutterstock data licensing", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.shutterstock.com/data-licensing/data-partner-network", "label": "Shutterstock Data Partner Network", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://withprotege.ai/data-provider", "label": "Protege: for data providers", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://licensemydata.com/", "label": "License My Data", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "set aside so each buyer sits on one board across this batch (difference M1, 2026-10-28): this organisation names no map, geospatial or spatial data and is read on selljobrecordstoai.com's board or another site's instead" }, { "url": "https://www.troveo.ai/business-data", "label": "Troveo: business data", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "set aside so each buyer sits on one board across this batch (difference M1, 2026-10-28): this organisation names no map, geospatial or spatial data and is read on selljobrecordstoai.com's board or another site's instead" }, { "url": "https://nyne.ai/sell-company-data/", "label": "Nyne: sell your company data", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "set aside so each buyer sits on one board across this batch (difference M1, 2026-10-28): this organisation names no map, geospatial or spatial data and is read on selljobrecordstoai.com's board or another site's instead" }, { "url": "https://www.opendatabay.com", "label": "Opendatabay", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://datadeals.ai/sell-your-data", "label": "DataDeals: sell your company data", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "set aside so each buyer sits on one board across this batch (difference M1, 2026-10-28): this organisation names no map, geospatial or spatial data and is read on selljobrecordstoai.com's board or another site's instead" }, { "url": "https://www.micro1.ai/data-partnerships", "label": "micro1: data partnerships", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "set aside so each buyer sits on one board across this batch (difference M1, 2026-10-28): this organisation names no map, geospatial or spatial data and is read on selljobrecordstoai.com's board or another site's instead" }, { "url": "https://mercor.com/data", "label": "Mercor Data", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "set aside so each buyer sits on one board across this batch (difference M1, 2026-10-28): this organisation names no map, geospatial or spatial data and is read on selljobrecordstoai.com's board or another site's instead" }, { "url": "https://www.carto.com/data-observatory", "label": "CARTO Data Observatory", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis-marketplace/overview", "label": "Esri ArcGIS Marketplace and partners", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "Esri's partner finder: it lists partners who sell services and products to ArcGIS users, not a door for an owner to license map data" }, { "url": "https://up42.com/", "label": "UP42 geospatial marketplace", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.up42.com/marketplace", "label": "UP42 marketplace catalogue", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://polyshares.com/data-licensing", "label": "Polyshares: data licensing", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "set aside so each buyer sits on one board across this batch (difference M1, 2026-10-28): this organisation names no map, geospatial or spatial data and is read on selljobrecordstoai.com's board or another site's instead" }, { "url": "https://maryah.ai/business-data", "label": "Maryah: business data licensing", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "set aside so each buyer sits on one board across this batch (difference M1, 2026-10-28): this organisation names no map, geospatial or spatial data and is read on selljobrecordstoai.com's board or another site's instead" }, { "url": "https://www.sharecafe.com.au/2026/06/17/aerometrex-inks-key-data-deals-with-ai-innovators/", "label": "ShareCafe: Aerometrex AI data deals", "license": "quoted for comment from the publisher's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages", "class": "secondary", "status": "not-terms", "why": "a news report of Aerometrex licensing its aerial and LiDAR catalogue to two AI companies: a dated deal, admitted as evidence of demand, not a buyer's own page" } ], "methodology": "Each firm's own geospatial marketplace, spatial data licensing and partner pages were read through estate-fetch and stored whole (sha256 on every row). For every web page, five questions were answered from its own words: way it acquires spatial data, whether maps, imagery or spatial data are named, spatial data it describes taking, where a capture firm signs up, what it says on rights and permissions. Every stated answer carries the sentence it rests on, checked against the stored text; 'not stated' means the web page read does not address the question. A firm with several web pages reads 'varies' where they disagree. 5 firms, 8 web pages.", "embed": "
4 of the 5 firms we read list maps, aerial imagery, 3D or other spatial data as something they take; newest read 28 October 2026.
Who takes map layers, aerial imagery and spatial data for AI training, sellmapdatatoai.com
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