--- title: "Data & licensing platform | Nexus Observatory" description: "Research, commercial API, enterprise and government tiers, the licence of every source carried through to every product…" url: https://observatory.global/data-products/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-10-27 --- Nexus Observatory / **Data & licensing** # Grid data, licensed for your use. Research, commercial API, enterprise and government tiers, the licence of every source carried through to every product, routes from licensed to open release, and residency fixed by contract. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Reference architecture [The open protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) **Open networks**: 20 **Tiers**: 4 **API**: planned **00** · Explainer ## Data & licensing, explained in 3D. Scroll inside the frame to move through the chapters; every scene is drawn to scale. [Open full screen](https://observatory.global/data-products/explainer/) In the field ## Coastal port Coastal radar and AIS watch the approach, a met-ocean buoy reports the sea state, and crane-side edge compute closes the control loop on a private network. [Open the tour](https://observatory.global/environments/coastal-port/) [River basin](https://observatory.global/environments/river-basin/) · [City block](https://observatory.global/environments/city-block/) · [Farm](https://observatory.global/environments/farm/) · [Offshore and ocean](https://observatory.global/environments/offshore-ocean/) · [Ground station](https://observatory.global/environments/ground-station/) **01** · What this platform covers ## Data & licensing, area by area. Choose an area for its systems, standards, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [01 ProductsObservations, derived layers and evidence.](https://observatory.global/data-products/products/) [02 TiersResearch, commercial, enterprise, government.](https://observatory.global/data-products/tiers/) [03 APIOne interface for every product.](https://observatory.global/data-products/api/) [04 PublicationRoutes from licensed to open release.](https://observatory.global/data-products/publication/) [05 ResidencyWhere data lives, fixed by contract.](https://observatory.global/data-products/residency/) **02** · Built on the open protocol ## One protocol under every platform. Marked: the functions this platform leans on hardest. The protocol itself is open and stewarded by the Nexus Consortium, so what you build here runs anywhere the protocol runs. 01 JOIN 02 ADMIT 03 DESCRIBE 04 TIME 05 OBSERVE 06 QUALIFY 07 FEDERATE 08 ORCHESTRATE **03** · Open and enterprise ## Open by default. Enterprise by contract. The open layer lives on the main site, free to use and build on. Enterprise services are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc. Open, on the main site - Open tier - Dataset cards Enterprise, on this site - Paid tiers - Residency by contract **04** · Industries served ## 19 industries build on data & licensing. Each industry has its own site: its use cases, its community and the enterprise path, with this platform among the systems behind it. [Industry **Government** National observing infrastructure, delivered as one programme.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Cities** The city, measured block by block.](https://observatory.global/sectors/cities/) [Industry **Civil resilience** Infrastructure that reports before it fails.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Communities** Connectivity and observation the community owns.](https://observatory.global/sectors/communities/) [Industry **Humanitarian** Observation where the need is greatest and the grid is thinnest.](https://observatory.global/sectors/humanitarian/) [Industry **Climate** The atmosphere, observed to the standard science needs.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Water** Every catchment, gauged.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Nature** Habitat, measured without disturbing it.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Oceans** From the coastline to the open ocean.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Agriculture** Farm decisions on measured ground.](https://observatory.global/sectors/agriculture/) [Industry **Transport** Corridors that report their own conditions.](https://observatory.global/sectors/transport/) [Industry **Infrastructure** Assets that report their own condition.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Mining** The mine, measured from pit to tailings.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Industry** Plants and ports, sensed and connected.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Research** Instruments for science, run like infrastructure.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Education** Every school, a working observatory.](https://observatory.global/sectors/education/) [Industry **Health** Exposure, measured where people live.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Insurance and finance** Independent measurements for risk transfer.](https://observatory.global/industries/) [Industry **Events** Venues that sense and connect at peak load.](https://observatory.global/industries/) **05** · Every platform ## 18 platforms, one architecture. One platform for each technical area of our work, on the same protocol, the same data and the same design. [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) [Earth observation & GeoAI](https://observatory.global/earth-observation/) [Field services](https://observatory.global/field-services/) [Data & licensing](https://observatory.global/data-products/) [Space and satellite systems](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Positioning, navigation and timing](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Security and trust](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Digital twins and simulation](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Design and integration](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Test and qualification](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Operations centre](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Training and enablement](https://observatory.global/technologies/) [Frontier labs](https://observatory.global/technologies/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. Nexus Observatory Inc. The form names who receives your details. [Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) [Create account](https://observatory.global/register/) [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/)**Data & licensing** . Grid data, licensed for your use.[Talk to us](https://observatory.global/contact/) Data & licensing - [Products](https://observatory.global/data-products/products/) - [Tiers](https://observatory.global/data-products/tiers/) - [API](https://observatory.global/data-products/api/) - [Publication](https://observatory.global/data-products/publication/) - [Residency](https://observatory.global/data-products/residency/) Technologies - [Ingest and streaming](https://observatory.global/technologies/data/ingest-and-streaming/) - [Storage and data lakes](https://observatory.global/technologies/data/storage-and-data-lakes/) Industries - [Government](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Cities](https://observatory.global/sectors/cities/) - [Civil resilience](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Communities](https://observatory.global/sectors/communities/) - [Humanitarian](https://observatory.global/sectors/humanitarian/) - [Climate](https://observatory.global/industries/) - [Water](https://observatory.global/industries/) Service platforms - [Observatory Protocol](https://observatory.global/protocol/) - [Protocol & Grid](https://observatory.global/grid-services/) - [Software](https://observatory.global/software/) - [Hardware & power](https://observatory.global/hardware/) - [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) - [Connectivity](https://observatory.global/connectivity/) - [Edge compute & AI](https://observatory.global/edge-ai/) © 2026 Nexus Observatory Inc. 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