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Data commons

The data commons is the open part of the Observatory grid: daily summaries from member stations whose operators chose to share them openly, published with attribution for anyone working on risk, resilience and the environment.

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Datasets

The first daily pack is published once an open-tier station has its first accepted day. Packs are rebuilt once a day.

What is shared, and how

Operators choose a tier for each station. Only the open tier enters the commons, under CC BY 4.0. Members-only data stays inside observatory.global, and private data stays with its owner.

Oop
Delayed, aggregated; published under CC BY 4.0.
Navorsing
For academic and public-interest research under an application.
Commercial API
Metered access with a published price list, from Nexus Observatory Inc..
Enterprise and government
Service level and residency by policy, stated in each contract.
Connectivity
Traffic carried by connectivity nodes, in fiat and fixed on the buyer side.

How to cite

Nexus Observatory contributors (2026). Nexus Observatory member stations: daily summaries. Nexus Observatory Inc. https://observatory.global/data-commons/. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

For a single station, cite its page on the Observatory grid, which gives its reference and the operator's chosen credit.

Open gateways

Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)

The daily summaries are shaped for HDX: CSV with HXL hashtags, one resource per country, with methodology, caveats, source and a daily update frequency in the dataset description.

The dataset is prepared in the HDX format each day and published to HDX once the connection is set up.

Risk and resilience index feed

The same open summaries as an indicator-ready feed: aggregates per country and per 1-degree cell for each measure, with the contributing stations, quality counts, the licence and an as-of date. It is published at a stable address for index builders.

Address https://observatory.global/wp-json/nxo-commons/v1/risk-feed

Dra by

Register your observatory, attach its stations and choose the open tier for the stations you want in the commons. Your stations enter the next daily pack once they publish.

Taking part is voluntary and unpaid. Points, badges and trust levels are recognition only and have no cash value. Nothing on this page is an offer of payment, income or any other financial benefit. See the Contributor and Data Contribution Terms. Read the terms

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