Météo-France Open Data (data.gouv.fr)
Météo-France Open Data (data.gouv.fr)
Météo-France publishes its free open datasets (station observations, climatological series, radar and climate-change projections) via a certified organisation page on France's open-data portal (data.gouv.fr), as downloadable files with no key. The data.gouv.fr licences API maps Météo-France's declared licence id to "Licence Ouverte / Open Licence" (fr-lo).
Required Attribution:
The Licence Ouverte (Etalab) requires (Signal Lab translation in brackets): "Mentionner la paternité de « l’Information » : sa source (a minima le nom du « Producteur ») et la date de sa dernière mise à jour." [Credit the authorship of 'the Information': its source (at least the name of the 'Producer') and the date of its last update.]
Coverage
Météo-France's free datasets published on data.gouv.fr — station observations, climatological series, radar and climate-change projections — confirmed live today via the data.gouv.fr organisation-datasets endpoint (sample datasets carry "license": "fr-lo"). Météo-France's own organisation page notes that reuse of some other data, not covered by this free listing, requires payment (Signal Lab translation in brackets): "La réutilisation de certaines données est gratuite, pour d’autres elle se fait contre paiement de redevances" [Reuse of some data is free; for others, it is subject to payment of fees]. History start and update frequency: Not stated.
Verdict
Météo-France's free datasets (station observations, climatological series, radar and climate-change projections) published as downloadable files on data.gouv.fr's certified Météo-France organisation page (Signal Lab translation in brackets): "Les données ci-dessous sont gratuites." [The data below are free of charge.] Météo-France notes elsewhere that other data are fee-based: "La réutilisation de certaines données est gratuite, pour d’autres elle se fait contre paiement de redevances" [Reuse of some data is free; for others, it is subject to payment of fees.] Licensed Custom (Licence Ouverte / Open Licence, Etalab): the data.gouv.fr licences API maps the declared licence id to "id": "fr-lo", "maintainer": null, "title": "Licence Ouverte / Open Licence". Attribution: the Licence Ouverte requires (Signal Lab translation in brackets): "Mentionner la paternité de « l’Information » : sa source (a minima le nom du « Producteur ») et la date de sa dernière mise à jour." [Credit the authorship of 'the Information': its source (at least the name of the 'Producer') and the date of its last update.] Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.
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