Where our facts come from
Every fact in Travois comes from a public source or a documented correction, and each card shows its date.
- WikidataCC0Countries, capitals, currencies, languages, driving side, calling codes, emergency numbers, time zones, attraction and destination names, places and coordinates. Each country page is dated with the day its facts were read.
- WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0Short introductions, shown word for word with a link to the article. The plug and voltage table ("Mains electricity by country"). Popularity from page views (CC0).Retrieved 29 September 2026
- Wikimedia CommonsPer photoPhotos. Each one shows its photographer and licence, and links to its Commons page.
- MeteostatCC BY 4.0Monthly climate averages from the weather station nearest each city. Raw data: NOAA, Deutscher Wetterdienst and others.Retrieved 28 September 2026
- WikivoyageLinks onlyWhich places have a travel guide. We link to it and never copy its text.
- Frankfurter (European Central Bank)Free to useLive exchange rates on the Money card: the ECB reference rates of the latest working day.
- OpenStreetMapODbLMap tiles, served as Protomaps extracts. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Natural EarthPublic domainCountry outlines used to frame and highlight each country on the map. They show de facto boundaries.
- Travois editorsNotes in the openCorrections we make by hand: hidden or renamed places, fixed facts. Each one has a note explaining why, and corrected items say so on the page.
The dataset itself is rebuilt weekly by an open pipeline; share-alike text (Wikipedia) is kept word for word and credited where it appears.