Image

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This is a list of Creative Commons licensed image-based media. Please see the Books page and use it as a guide for how to lay out this one. Part of the original page is now ported here.

Types


Featured Image Sites

OpenPhoto

Hundreds of stock photos licensed for free commercial and non-commercial use

FreeMedia

Licensed stock photos from the University of North Texas

Flickr's Creative Commons pool

Searchable and browseable database of licensed photos from this photo sharing service

Open Clip Art Library

A public domain collection of vector-based (SVG) clip art (uses the CC public domain declaration).

Youraustralia

  • Main URL: http://www.youraustralia.eu
  • CC-only portal: all images except maps are CC-licensed.
  • CC-only feed: ?
  • Formats: image (jpg)
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 350+
  • Notes: Landscape images from most regions of Australia, high resolution (800 pixel wide), with location information and notes

Zorger

  • Main URL: http://public-domain.zorger.com
  • CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
  • CC-only feed: ?
  • Formats: image (bitmap)
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: Approx 1,000 images (as of 20061201)
  • Notes: scans from pre-1922 books, 1950s scifi illustraions, photos

Ryoku Stock Photography

  • Main URL: http://stock.ryoku.de
  • CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
  • CC-only feed: ?
  • Formats: images
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: First release with 10 high quality images.
  • Notes: A free stock photography project. The theme of the first issue is "Agriculture". All images are in very high resolution and under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License. Images are tagged in German.

Open Clip Art Library

  • Main URL: http://openclipart.org/
  • CC-only portal: everything is public domain
  • CC-only feed: ?
  • Formats: image (vector)
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: over 4300 clips (as of 20050823)
  • Notes:

Taskforge

  • Main URL: http://taskforge.njj.dk
  • CC-only portal: everything is CC licensed
  • CC-only feed:
  • Formats: mostly graphics
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection:
  • Notes:

h2guide MapWizard

  • Main URL: http://www.h2guide.com/h/mapwizard
  • Notes: CC-licensed clickable maps
  • CC-only portal: ?
  • CC-only feed: ?
  • Formats: image,html
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: whole world up to a resolution of 1:500.000

piqs.de

  • Main URL: http://www.piqs.de/
  • Notes: German image-database with pure CC-content
  • CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed (Attribution License)
  • Formats: image
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 6,500+ images (as of 20070613)

Geograph British Isles

  • Main URL: http://www.geograph.org.uk/
  • Notes: Community creating a digital archive of photos covering every square kilometer of the British Isles
  • CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
  • CC-only feed: RSS/KML/GeoRSS/GPX/Memorymap feeds
  • Formats: image
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 461,250 images (as of 20070613)

Flickr

Design Reaction

  • Main URL: http://www.designreaction.org
  • CC-only portal: yes
  • Formats: image, PDF
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: CC-licensed graphic design in the form of socially conscious posters

DC Nature

  • Main URL: http://www.dcnature.com/
  • CC-only portal: yes
  • Formats: images: jpg
  • Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: around 1000 images
  • Notes: A community of natural historians who are showcasing the spectacular natural history and wildlife in the District of Columbia, USA

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