Source of Map, Charting and Nautical Data Terms

Updated February 9th, 2026

Wavve relies on the various providers and sources of map, charting and nautical data as outlined in these terms below. You should read these terms carefully before accessing or using any of Wavve’s Services.

1. The following is applicable to waters charted by Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on Canadian Hydrographic Service (“CHS”) data, following any minimum standards/guidelines that may have been established by CHS, pursuant to CHS Digital Value-Added Reseller Agreement No. 2023-0530-1260-WB. The incorporation of data sourced from CHS in this product shall not be construed as constituting an endorsement by CHS of this product. This product does not meet the requirements of the Navigation Safety Regulations, 2020 under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. Charts and publications issued by or on the authority of CHS must be used to meet the requirements of those regulations.

2. The following is applicable to waters charted by the National Oceanic Associations America (NOAA):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on NOAA data but is not for official use. This product does not comply with federal chart carriage requirements. By downloading you are agreeing to the NOAA User Agreement found here http://www.charts.noaa.gov/ENCs/ENC_Agreement.shtml. For more information regarding the origin of this data visit https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/.

In using the Service and accepting these Terms, you hereby acknowledge and warrant to Wavve that you have read the NOAA User Agreement.

3. The following is applicable to waters charted by the Australian Hydrographic Office (AHO):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on Australian Hydrographic Office (“AHO”) data following any minimum standards/guidelines that may have been established by AHO.

COPYRIGHT

Certain hydrographic information in the Services is © Commonwealth of Australia; and is used under license with the permission of The Australian Hydrographic Office. All rights reserved.

Apart from the uses permitted to Wavve under the license, the information may not be modified or exploited by reverse engineering of formats and encryption or copied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form, in whole or part.

WARNING

The Australian Hydrographic Office does not check the information in the Services and the Commonwealth accepts no liability for the accuracy of copying of its material or for any modifications that may have been made to the information which it has supplied. Furthermore, the Commonwealth does not warrant that the Services meet any regulations as an appropriate product for navigation nor that it contains the latest hydrographic information available.

The Commonwealth of Australia accepts no liability for the accuracy of copying of information contained in the Services and does not warrant that the Services meet any regulations as an appropriate product for navigation.

4. The following is applicable to waters charted by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO):

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This product has been derived in part from material obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office with the permission of the UK Hydrographic Office, the Keeper of Public Records and the following authorities: Aberdeen Harbour Board, States of Alderney Harbour Authority, Clyde – Peel Ports, Argyll & Bute Council, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, First Corporate Shipping Limited (Bristol Port Company), Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Belfast Harbour Commissioners, Torridge District Council (Bideford), Mersey – Peel Ports, Blyth Harbour Commission, Port of Boston Ltd, Sedgemoor District Council, Brightlingsea Harbour Commissioners, First Corporate Shipping Limited (Bristol Port Company), Torbay Council – Tor Bay Harbour Authority, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Argyll & Bute Council, Caernarfon Harbour Trust, Port of Cairnryan Ltd, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Cardiff City Council, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Medway – Peel Ports, Chichester Harbour Conservancy, Clyde – Peel Ports, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Conwy County Borough Council, Cowes Harbour Commission, Cromarty Firth Port Authority, Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority, Environment Agency (River Dee Conservancy), Dover Harbour Board, Forth Ports Limited, Exeter City Council, Falmouth Harbour Commissioners, Falmouth Docks & Engineering (A&P Group), Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Harwich Haven Authority, Stena Line Ports Ltd, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Folkstone Harbour Company, Forth Ports Limited, Fowey Harbour Commissioners, Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners, Highland Council Harbours Authority, DGFirst – Dumfries and Galloway Council, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Clyde – Peel Ports, Aggregate Industries UK Ltd (Glensanda Harbour), Gloucester Harbour Trustees, Associated British Ports Groups (ABP Humber), Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Great Yarmouth Port Authority, Clydeport Operations Limited, Associated British Ports Groups (ABP Humber), States of Guernsey Harbour Authority, River Hamble Harbour Authority, PD Ports, Harwich Haven Authority, Hayle Harbour Authority, Highland Council Harbours Authority, Mersey – Peel Ports, Hinkley Point C Harbour Authority, Stena Line Ports Ltd, Associated British Ports Groups (ABP Humber), Clyde – Peel Ports, Associated British Ports Groups (ABP Humber), Inverness Harbour Trust, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Isle of Man Harbours Division, DGFirst – Dumfries and Galloway Council, Jersey Harbours, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), King’s Lynn Conservancy Board, Highland Council Harbours Authority, DGFirst – Dumfries and Galloway Council, Highland Council Harbours Authority, Lancaster Port Commission, ,Langstone Harbour Board, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Larne Harbour Ltd, Lerwick Port Authority, Littlehampton Harbour Board, DGFirst – Dumfries and Galloway Council, Stena Line Ports Ltd, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Lochboisdale Development Ltd, Highland Council Harbours Authority, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners, Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Lymington Harbour Commissioners, Mallaig Harbour Authority, Mersey – Peel Ports, St Aubyn Estates (Cornwall), Milford Haven Port Authority, Harwich Haven Authority, Montrose Port Authority, Port of Mostyn, Mousehole Harbour Authority, Mowi Kyleakin Pier, Neath Port Authority, Newhaven Port and Properties Ltd, Newlyn Pier & Harbour Commissioners, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Orkney Islands Council, Padstow Harbour Commissioners, Torbay Council – Tor Bay Harbour Authority, Imerys Minerals Ltd (Port of Par), Milford Haven Port Authority, Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Perth & Kinross Council, Peterhead Port Authority, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Cattewater Harbour Commissioners, Poole Harbour Commissioners, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Mersey – Peel Ports, Port of London Authority, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), DGFirst – Dumfries and Galloway Council, Portland Harbour Authority Ltd, Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Highland Council Harbours Authority, Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Portsmouth International Port, Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Port of Ramsgate – Thanet District Council, Environment Agency (Rye Harbour), Salcombe Harbour, Sark Harbours and Pilotage Committee, Scrabster Harbour Trust, Seaham Harbour Dock Company, Medway – Peel Ports, Shetland Islands Council, Shoreham Port Authority, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), St Mary’s (Isles of Scilly), St Aubyn Estates (Cornwall), Stornoway Port Authority, Stena Line Ports Ltd, DGFirst – Dumfries and Galloway Council, Port of Sunderland, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, PD Ports, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Teignmouth Harbour Commission, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Tobermory Harbour Authority, Torbay Council – Tor Bay Harbour Authority, Torbay Council – Tor Bay Harbour Authority, Associated British Ports Groups (All ABP ports except Humber), Cornwall Council (Municipal Harbours), Port of Tyne Authority, Highland Council Harbours Authority, Ullapool Harbour Trustees, Warrenpoint Harbour Authority, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (CNES) Ports & Harbours, Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, Canterbury City Council – Whitstable Harbour, Port of Wisbech Authority, Port of Workington, Yarmouth Harbour (Isle of Wight), Fishery Harbour Centres; Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Arklow Harbour Commissioners, Port of Cork Company, Commissioners of Irish Lights, Port of Cork Company, Drogheda Port Company, Dublin Port Company, Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company, Dublin Port Company, Fishery Harbour Centres: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Shannon Foynes Port Company, Galway Harbour Company, Fishery Harbour Centres: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Fishery Harbour Centres: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Cork County Council, Shannon Foynes Port Company, Port of New Ross (Wexford CC), Fishery Harbour Centres: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Iarnrod Eirann – Rosslare Europort, Shannon Foynes Port Company, Port of Waterford Company, Wexford Harbour (Wexford CC), Wicklow County Council, Gibraltar Port Authority, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), The Crown Estate, Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Land & Property Services, Northern Ireland, Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA), Northern Lighthouse Board, SPC Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC), Corporation of Trinity House, Wessex Archaeology. © British Crown Copyright, 2023. All rights reserved.

NOTICES

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and its licensors make no warranties or representations, express or implied, with respect to this product. The UKHO and it’s licensors have not verified the information within this product or quality assured it.

5. The following is applicable to data from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDR):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on MNDNR data but is not for official or navigational use. By downloading you are agreeing to the MNDNR General Data and Software License Agreement found here: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/sitetools/data_software_license.html

In using the Service and accepting these Terms, you hereby acknowledge and warrant to Wavve that you have read the MNDNR General Data and Software License Agreement.

6. The following is applicable to data from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on MDNR data but is not for official or navigational use. By downloading you are agreeing to the MDNR License Agreement found here: https://gis-michigan.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/Michigan::inland-lake-contours/explore

In using the Service and accepting these Terms, you hereby acknowledge and warrant to Wavve that you have read the MDNR General Data and Software License Agreement.

7. The following is applicable to data from the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on NHDES data but is not for official or navigational use. By downloading you are agreeing to the NHDES metadata found here: https://www.nhgeodata.unh.edu/datasets/NHGRANIT::nh-bathymetry-lakes-lines/about

In using the Service and accepting these Terms, you hereby acknowledge and warrant to Wavve that you have read the NHDES metadata.

8. The following is applicable to data from the Washington Department of Ecology (WDE):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on WDE data but is not for official or navigational use. By downloading you are agreeing to the WDE metadata found here: https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/gispublic/DataDownload/ECY_ELV_LakeBathymetry.htm

Details regarding Copyright use can be found here: https://ecology.wa.gov/about-us/accountability-transparency/website-information/copyright-information

In using the Service and accepting these Terms, you hereby acknowledge and warrant to Wavve that you have read the WDE metadata.

9. The following is applicable to data from the Iowa Geospatial Data Clearinghouse (IGDC):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on IGDC data but is not for official or navigational use. Further details can be found here: https://geodata.iowa.gov/documents/1f039701b1d74e6bb9318dea1985d493/about

10. The following is applicable to data from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on OWRB data but is not for official or navigational use. Further details can be found here: https://oklahoma.gov/owrb/data-and-maps/bathymetric-mapping.html

By downloading you are agreeing to the OWRB metadata found here: https://owrb.ok.gov/maps/data/layers/surface_water/bathy/Hefner.htm#6

In using the Service and accepting these Terms, you hereby acknowledge and warrant to Wavve that you have read the OWRB metadata.

11. The following is applicable to data from the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (WFWP):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on WFWP data but is not for official or navigational use. By downloading you are agreeing to the WFWP metadata found here: https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/d8ec323d84b1453cb5d63eba8bc6dc3a/info/metadata/metadata.xml?format=default&output=html

In using the Service and accepting these Terms, you hereby acknowledge and warrant to Wavve that you have read the WFWP metadata.

12. The following is applicable to data from the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources (KDFWR):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on KDFWR data but is not for official or navigational use. Further details can be found here: https://app.fw.ky.gov/fisheries/waterbody.aspx

13. The following is applicable to data from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on ADCNR data but is not for official or navigational use. Further details can be found here: https://alabama-department-of-conservation-natural-resources-algeohub.hub.arcgis.com/

14. The following is applicable to data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR):

This product has been produced by Wavve based on ODNR data but is not for official or navigational use. Further details can be found here: https://ohiodnr.gov/business-and-industry/services-to-business-industry/gis-mapping-services/gis-mapping-services

15. The following is applicable to data from the Gippsland Ports Committee of Management Inc:

This product has been produced by Wavve using data supplied by the Gippsland Ports Committee of Management Inc. and the State of Victoria, adapted for use in this product, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) found here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

In accepting or using this data, you acknowledge and agree that neither the Crown in right of the State of Victoria, Gippsland Ports Committee of Management Inc., nor their Directors, employees, or agents make any warranty regarding the currency, accuracy, reliability, completeness, or suitability of the data, and accept all liability, including negligence, for any loss, damage, or cost, including consequential loss, arising from the use of or reliance on the data.