Data sources
The data and services Miome is built on, and the credit each one asks for.
Maps
OpenFreeMap
The map under your garden.
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles Data from OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap contributors
The streets, buildings and paths on the map.
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Natural Earth
Shaded relief when the map is zoomed right out.
Made with Natural Earth.
Plant identification
Pl@ntNet
Identifies plants from your photos in Garden Scan.
The image-based plant species identification service used, is based on the Pl@ntNet recognition API, regularly updated and accessible through the site https://my.plantnet.org/
Postcodes
postcodes.io
Finds your garden from its postcode. Great Britain only.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.
Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2025.
Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.
Contains NRS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.
Species and wildlife records
UK Species Inventory
The name and identifier of every species.
UK Species Inventory (Simplified Copy), Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/0070624
BSBI Plant Atlas 2020
Whether a plant is native to Britain, long established, or brought in.
Stroh, P.A. et al. (2023) Plant Atlas 2020: Mapping Changes in the Distribution of the British and Irish Flora. BSBI / Princeton University Press. Native status data: doi:10.5281/zenodo.11097371
Database of Pollinator Interactions
Which insects have been recorded visiting which flowers.
Balfour, N.J., Castellanos M.C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A. & Johnson, C. (2022) DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, e3801.
NBN Atlas
Wildlife recorded near you. Only records its partners have released for commercial use are included; every partner is listed below.
NBN Atlas occurrence download at https://nbnatlas.org accessed on 05 May 2026.
All 48 data partners (121 datasets)
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Anthomyiid Recording Scheme
Aquatic Heteroptera Recording Scheme
Balfour-Browne Club
Bat Conservation Trust
Biological Records Centre
Birda
Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
British & Irish Bryological Society
British Dragonfly Society Recording Scheme
British Lichen Society
British Trust for Ornithology
Centre for Environmental Data and Recording
Chrysomelidae Recording Scheme
Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
Dipterists Forum
Earthworm Society of Britain
Environment Agency
Essex Wildlife Trust
Freshwater Fish Recording Scheme
Friends of the Earth
Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records
Grasshopper Recording Scheme
Hypogean Crustacea Recording Scheme
Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Mammal Society
MammalWeb
National Plant Monitoring Scheme
National Trust
Natural England
Natural History Museum, London
Natural Resources Wales
Oil Beetle Recording Scheme
One Health VBD Hub
Plantlife International
Pseudoscorpion Recording Scheme
Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Silphidae Recording Scheme
Soldier Beetles and Allies Recording Scheme
Soldierflies and Allies Recording Scheme
Springtail Recording Scheme
Tachinid Recording Scheme
Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme (Plantbugs and allied species)
Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme (Shieldbugs & allied species)
The National Longhorn Beetle Recording Scheme
UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
UK Cranefly Recording Scheme
BeeWalk, Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Bumblebees and other bees recorded in your 10 km square. Used with the Trust's written permission, summarised to 10 km squares only; no individual walk or record is shown.
BeeWalk, Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Landscape
OS Terrain 50
Height and slope around your garden.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025
Living England Habitat Map (Phase 4), Natural England
The habitats around your garden.
Contains data supplied by ©Natural England ©Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Natural England Licence No. 2011/052 British Geological Survey © NERC. All rights reserved., © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved. ©Natural England © Crown copyright and database right [2014], © Rural Payments Agency, © Natural England © 1995–2020 Esri, Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database rights. Some information used in this product is © Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Contains freely available data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; British Antarctic Survey; British Geological Survey). Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] (2014), © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved., Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA, USGS, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, and the GIS User Community, Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2021., EODS / CEDA ARD: ESA Copernicus: 'Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2021]', © Carlos Bedson Manchester Metropolitan University, © Copyright 2020, worldclim.org
Garden previews
OpenAI image generation
Draws the preview of your garden as it could look. The images are ours; no attribution is required.