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Free weather icons
Danne on December 22nd, 2009
The Norwegian weather service Yr.no is very popular in the Nordic region as they release weather data for free. We (as in the Swedish web development company Dotvoid AB) have used their service to create mashups and services as many others have before us.
Recently Malin Holm converted all our old bitmapped weather icons to SVG and we decided to release two png versions (60×50 and 120×100) licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution No Derivative 3.0 Unported License. All icons are named after the weather codes used by Yr.no but can of course be used for other data.
Download the full weather icon set at the Dotvoid AB icon page.
- Weather icons
Tags: graphics, icons, weather icons
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Nice icons, looking forward to using them, but I am not sure about the rules on the yr.no site for the data.
I’m looking for free weather data for my travel sites, but the norwegian is a bit too much for me
Is it allowed to use the data for free on commercials sites, and if so, what are the rules?
If you don’t have time or say IANAL, then just thanks for the icons
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Yr allows you to use the weather data for free - even for commercial use - as long as you clearly state, including a link, that the weather data is from yr.no.
More info in English here: http://www.yr.no/english/1.2025949
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:40 pm
On every page where you display weather data that is.
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:49 pm
ok, sounds reasonable enough. Will use that then, thanks alot again for both the icons and for this information!
December 23rd, 2009 at 12:23 am
Great to see some interest in Yr.no from our neighbours too, and some very nice icons! Good stuff!
December 27th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
are the icon free for commercials sites too?
and really great icons!!
December 27th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Yes. The icons are free for commercial/non commercial purposes alike - as long as the icons are attributed with a link according to the license.