Sources
External data sources and services used by Fisket are listed here. Coverage and freshness vary. Each source provides its own license terms.
- Laravel-Lang
Translations of Laravel validation messages. MIT license; the project’s own field names and text are preserved.
- Wikipedia – Finn Eces
Source for the story of Finnegas and the Salmon of Wisdom. Retold and translated under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Fishbrain
Official product information used to compare fishing services’ free tiers.
- iFiske
Official product information used to compare fishing services’ free tiers.
- FishAngler
Official product information used to compare fishing services’ free tiers.
- VISS – Vatteninformationssystem Sverige
Water quality and status classifications linked to fishing areas, with assessment and download dates.
- GLOBathy – Figshare
Modelled depths for Swedish lakes, selectively downloaded from GLOBathy through Figshare. HydroLAKES IDs and source metadata are preserved. Licence: CC0.
- EMODnet Bathymetry
Seabed depth as locally downloaded GeoTIFF tiles from the EMODnet digital terrain model, with source metadata.
- Länsstyrelsen Östergötland – Djupkartor trendstationer
Locally downloaded depth maps with depth contours, depth polygons, shorelines and depth labels for monitoring stations. Regional coverage.
- Google Search Central
Guidance on language versions, hreflang and canonical URLs.
- 46elks
SMS catch report reminders.
- Skatteverket
Guidance on Swedish wellness allowances and eligible expenses.
- OpenStreetMap
Lakes, roads, elevation, base maps and points of interest.
- OpenFreeMap
Vector basemap for the catch log (OpenMapTiles schema, using OpenStreetMap data), styled in the site’s colours.
- Geofabrik
Swedish OpenStreetMap extracts for local processing.
- SCB
Digital county and municipality boundaries.
- SLU – NORS, SERS, KUL
Fish surveys in lakes, rivers and coastal waters.
- Open-Meteo
Weather forecasts at the fishing water's location.
- SMHI – SVAR / Vattenwebb
Lake depth measurements and locally downloaded depth maps in ZIP format with original metadata from SMHI’s SVAR catalogue.
- Mapterhorn
Terrain data for the map's three-dimensional landscape.
- GBIF
Species observations in and within 50 metres of the fishing water. Each observation includes its license and origin.
- GBIF Species API
Local species names and taxonomy. Image links lead to GBIF galleries with source licences.
- Havs- och vattenmyndigheten
Official fishing rules and geographic regulation areas.
- Svenska fiskeregler
Official fishing-rule guidance. Coverage does not include all Swedish lakes.
- Svenska fiskeregler – Länsstyrelserna
The protected areas with their rules, on the water map and the lake pages. Open data (CC0), fetched every week.
- OpenAI
Automatic translation of organization texts. Translations are reviewed before publication.
- Grok (xAI)
The species illustrations in the catch log are generated with Grok.
- Wikimedia Commons – Leuciscus idus
The photo of the ide (Leuciscus idus) is by Lvova / Ellicrum and is used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
- Open-Meteo Historical & Marine Weather API
The weather and water temperature at the time of each catch in the catch log.
- SMHI – öppna data, meteorologiska och oceanografiska observationer
Measured air temperature, wind, air pressure, sea temperature and sea level from the nearest station for catches and fishing days, and the sea level at your fishing spots.
- Nominatim
Place names for catch locations in the catch log, from OpenStreetMap.
- Wikimedia Commons – Tiveden
The lake photo shown when a catch or fishing day has no photo was taken by Perengstrom in Tiveden National Park and is used scaled down under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
- Open-Meteo Geocoding API
Place search on the catch log's fishing weather page.
- UPCitemdb
Lookup of EAN codes missing from the gear catalogue, so maker and name are filled in when an angler adds a product themselves. Only facts are used; the picture is shown as a preview and not stored.
Local descriptions, rules and media are also provided by fishing organizations and users. Moon phases are calculated locally.