Legal Terms of Use

We offer you the services of World and City Maps on the condition that you agree to the following terms:

Acceptance

The following legal terms and conditions govern your use of the maps, directions, information, materials and documents being made available to you (the “Materials”).

BY SUBMITTING A QUERY OR BY USING THE MATERIALS, YOU SIGNIFY ELECTRONICALLY YOUR AGREEMENT TO ALL TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES CONTAINED OR REFERENCED HEREIN (THE “TERMS OF USE”).

Please review these terms carefully. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use please do not submit a query or use this website or the Materials.

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update or revise these Terms of Use at any time. Please check the Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Materials following the posting of any changes to the Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of those changes.

Electronic Delivery Policy and Your Consent

By using the Materials, you consent to receive from World and City Maps all communications, including notices, agreements, legally required disclosures or other information in connection with the Materials (collectively, “Notices”) electronically. World and City Maps shall provide such electronic Notices by posting them on this website. You understand and agree that World and City Maps is an online service and transacts with users like you in electronic form only. If you desire to withdraw your consent to receive Notices electronically, you must discontinue your use of the website and the Materials.

Privacy Policy

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Proprietary Rights

You acknowledge and agree that the Materials are protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other proprietary rights and laws. For example, World and City Maps owns a copyright in the selection, organization, arrangement and enhancement of the Materials, as well as in the Materials original to itself. Third parties whose Materials appear own the copyright in the Materials original to them. The look and feel of this website, including our color combinations, button shapes, and other graphical elements, are World and City Maps trademarks. No portion of the Materials or the data contained in the Materials may be reproduced in whole or in part unless expressly authorized by World and City Maps in writing.

The World and City Maps name and logo, and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are the trademarks or registered trademarks of World and City Maps.com. All other product and service marks contained herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. You may not use any World and City Maps or third party trademarks or logos without the prior written consent of World and City Maps or the applicable trademark owner.

License to and Limitations on Use of Maps, Directions, Cartographic Technology and Content Information

Provided you comply with these Terms of Use, World and City Maps grants you a nonexclusive, non-transferable license to view and print the Materials solely for your own personal non-commercial use. You may share a map or directions with another individual for that individual’s personal non-commercial use using the email option on the webpage. You may not commercially exploit the Materials or the underlying data, including without limitation, you may not create derivative works of the Materials, use any data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on the Materials, frame any portion of the Materials, or reprint, copy, modify, translate, port, publish, sublicense, assign, transfer, sell, or otherwise distribute the Materials without the prior written consent of World and City Maps. You shall not derive or attempt to derive the source code or structure of all or any portion of the Materials by reverse engineering, disassembly, decompilation or any other means. You shall not use the Materials to operate a service bureau or for any other use involving the processing of data of others. You shall use the Materials and this website for legal purposes only and shall not use them in any manner that violates the laws of any jurisdiction. You do not receive any, and World and City Maps and its licensors retain all, ownership rights in the Materials. You may not alter or remove any copyright notice or proprietary legend contained in or on the Materials. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting you a license under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of World and City Maps or any third party, except for the right of use license expressly set forth herein. To the extent you are authorized to access, display or otherwise use any Materials outside of any World and City Maps website, you may not use such Materials with other content or in a manner that:

  • is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, or contains explicit or graphic descriptions, or accounts of, sexual acts;
  • victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  • impersonates any person, business or entity, including World and City Maps, its affiliated companies, and its and their employees and agents;
  •  encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, or that gives rise to civil liability;
  • removes, alters, reproduces, distorts, or in any way obstructs any trademark, logo, copyright or other proprietary notices, legends, symbols or labels provided as part of the Materials or World and City Maps website;
  • uses the Materials or World and City Maps website for any purpose other than as expressly permitted;
  • interferes or disrupts the World and City Maps servers or networks, or disobeys any network access or security requirements, policies, procedures or regulations of World and City Maps;
  • interferes with the rights of others to use the Materials or World and City Maps website;
  • uses the Materials or World and City Maps website as a means to engage in conduct that reflects poorly upon, disparages or devalues of World and City Maps reputation or goodwill, as determined in sole of World and City Maps discretion; or
  • uses the Materials or World and City Maps website in conjunction with adult content or promotes illegal activities, gambling, or the sale of tobacco or alcohol to persons under twenty-one (21) years of age.

Posting Content on World and City Maps

You may only post information, text, graphics, photos, audio and video and other data (collectively, “Content”) on or through the services of World and City Maps that you created or which you have been given permission to post by the owner. The Content may not violate the rights of others, applicable law, or these Terms of Use. Although you or the owner of the Content retain ownership of all right, title, and interest in content that you post on or through the services of World and City Maps, World and City Maps will own all right, title, and interest in any compilation, collective work or other derivative work created by World and City Maps or an affiliate using or incorporating this Content. In addition, by posting content on or through the services of World and City Maps, you grant World and City Maps and its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, assigns, agents and licensees the irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide right to reproduce, display, perform, distribute, adapt, promote, and syndicate this Content in any medium. You are solely responsible for the Content you upload or otherwise provide via the services of World and City Maps. You are solely responsible for the consequences of sharing or publishing such Content with others and/or making such content available to publicly available areas of the services of World and City Maps, including without limitation, disclosing your location to others. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WORLD AND CITY MAPS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTACT OR INTERACTION THAT OCCURS BETWEEN YOU AND ANY PERSON OR THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ANY CONTENT OR INTERACTION YOU HAVE WITH OTHERS. World and City Maps SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTENT THAT YOU POST. THE ENTIRE RISK OF POSTING CONTENT FALLS ON YOU. You further agree that World and City Maps may, without limitation and for no compensation to you, use in any manner all comments, suggestions, complaints and other feedback you provide relating to World and City Maps or the Materials.

Procedure For Making Claims Of Copyright Infringement

If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible on this website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, you may notify World and City Maps.

No Warranties

THIS WEBSITE AND THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED WITH ALL FAULTS ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. World and City Maps, ITS LICENSORS AND OTHER SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES THAT THE WEBSITE AND MATERIALS ARE FREE OF DEFECTS, VIRUS FREE, AND ABLE TO OPERATE ON AN UNINTERRUPTED BASIS, THAT THEY WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED, AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES THAT THE WEBSITE AND MATERIALS ARE MERCHANTABLE, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURATE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NEED, OR NON-INFRINGING, UNLESS SUCH IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE LEGALLY INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY World and City Maps, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES OR AUTHORIZED AGENTS SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR EXPAND THE SCOPE OF ANY WARRANTY THAT CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE MATERIALS IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE AND JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.

Your use of the website and Materials is at YOUR OWN RISK and World and City Maps is under no obligation to provide you with any support, error corrections, updates, upgrades, bug fixes and/or enhancements of the website and Materials.

Please note that the Materials may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. In addition, you may find that weather, construction projects, traffic conditions, or other events may cause road conditions to differ from the listed results. Please obey the rules of the road at all times and comply with all posted signage.

World and City Maps has the right at any time to change, modify, add to or discontinue or retire any aspect or feature of the website or Materials, including, but not limited to, the software, content, hours of availability, equipment needed for access or use, or the availability of the website or Materials on any particular device or communications service. World and City Maps has no obligation to provide you with notice of any such changes.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL World and City Maps, ITS PARENT, AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, DISTRIBUTORS, SUPPLIERS, LICENSORS, AGENTS OR RESELLERS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “World and City Maps GROUP”) BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, MISUSE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE UPON THIS WEBSITE OR THE MATERIALS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, SAVINGS OR PROFITS. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF World and City Maps GROUP HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. SUCH LIMITATION SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

SOME STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THE World and City Maps GROUP’S LIABILITY IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

ADDITIONALLY, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL World and City Maps GROUP BE HELD RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT, GOODS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH ANY SITES LINKED TO OR FROM THIS WEBSITE.

Without limiting the foregoing, under no circumstances shall World and City Maps Group be held liable for any delay or failure in performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of labor or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss of or fluctuations in heat, light, or air conditioning.

Indemnification

Upon a request by World and City Maps, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless World and City Maps Group from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including attorney’s fees that arise from your violation of these Terms of Use or your use or misuse of the Materials or this website. World and City Maps reserves the right, at it own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with World and City Maps in asserting any available defenses.

Disclaimer of Endorsement

Reference herein or on the website to any products, services, processes, hypertext links to third parties or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply its endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by World and City Maps. Product and service information are the sole responsibility of each individual vendor.

International Use

World and City Maps makes no representation that the Materials are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States, and accessing it from territories where the Materials are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this website from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Choice Of Law And Forum

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hungary, excluding its conflicts of law rules. You expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or your use of the Materials and this website shall be initiated and maintained only in the state court located in Hungary, and you further agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction and venue of such courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action. Any action by you against World and City Maps, World and City Maps Group hereunder shall be brought within one (1) month after the claim arose, or be barred.

Severability and Integration

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and World and City Maps with respect to the Materials and this website. If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.

Termination

World and City Maps reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Materials or to all or part of this website, with or without notice.

For further information, questions or problem reports regarding the Materials or this website, please Contact Us.


Supplemental Terms and Privacy Disclosures for My Places

The following additional terms apply to your use of the maps, information, materials, services and other features made available to you through My Places (collectively “My Places”).YOUR REGISTRATION OR USE OF MY PLACES SIGNIFIES THAT YOU AGREE ELECTRONICALLY TO ABIDE BY THESE SUPPLEMENTAL TERMS, in addition to the Terms of Use.

Please review these terms carefully. If you do not agree to these My Places Terms, please do not use My Places.

About My Places

My Places is offered for your convenience and for entertainment and informational purposes only. Your use of My Places (including, without limitation, any reliance by you on any results, information or other data provided through My Places) is at your sole risk.

Registration with My Places

You must register with us to use My Places. In order to register, you must be legally capable to enter into contracts, you must provide true and accurate registration information and you must keep this information current. We may require that you use or obtain a user ID authorized by us to create your account and to authenticate your access to My Places (“User ID”). You agree to abide by any separate terms and policies that will apply to your registration and use of such User ID. We may deny any registration in our sole discretion.

Your My Places Responsibilities

  • Your My Places account is for your personal use only. You are responsible for all activities under your account, including all legal liability incurred from the use of your account by you or others. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential.
  • You are solely responsible for the content you upload or otherwise provide (including any personal information you choose to submit or share using My Places, such as maps disclosing your home address and the home address of others) and the consequences of sharing or publishing such content with others and/or the general public. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONTACT OR INTERACTION THAT OCCURS BETWEEN YOU AND ANY OTHER USER OF MY PLACES AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK FALLS ON YOU. Once you have posted information about yourself or your family members, such as maps locating where you live or work, it may be difficult to control the misuse of such information by others, which could compromise your own privacy. Therefore, consider if there is any information contained in your postings on My Places that you would rather be kept private.
  • Most of the content you’ll find on the Internet, including My Places, is subject to copyright protection. Therefore, you agree that you will transmit, post or share only content on My Places that you own or that you have the express permission to use in this manner. Unless otherwise expressly authorized by World and City Maps or by law, you will not modify, copy, frame, reproduce, sell, publish, transmit, display or otherwise use any portion of My Places or its content without the express written authorization of World and City Maps or the owner of the content.
  • You will not violate the privacy rights of others by posting their personal information on My Places, such as name, address, email address, telephone number or map location, without their express, prior consent.
  • You will not transmit, post or share content that violates any applicable law, regulation, or the World and City Maps Legal Terms of Use.
  • You will not use My Places to mine information about others for purposes of sending unsolicited bulk communications (e.g., spam), to violate any applicable law, regulation or these My Places Terms, or to violate the rights of others.
  • You acknowledge and agree that we may take any legal or technical remedies as we deem appropriate to prevent the violation of these My Places Terms and to protect our computer network.

Your My Places representations and license to us

You represent and warrant to us and to other users of My Places that you own or have the appropriate rights to post such content on My Places. In order for us to provide the My Places services to you, you give us a permanent right to display, modify, use, perform, transmit, distribute, store and copy any content you post or share on My Places.

No duty to monitor or retain data

We are not liable for content provided by you or others. We have no duty to monitor or pre-screen content on My Places. We reserve the right to remove content for any reason, but we are not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such material. My Places includes limited online storage of content you submit as a convenience to you; however, please take note that we are not and will not be responsible for lost or missing data or content you submit.

World and City Maps ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMER; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

We incorporate fully by reference the Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability provisions of World and City Maps Legal Terms of Use. MY PLACES IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES.


3RD PARTY NOTICES AND LICENSES

The following notices and licenses apply to the extent of third party data used in the Materials. These notices and licenses do not amend, supplement, waive or otherwise affect any provisions in the Terms of Use applicable to World and City Maps or its affiliates, which take precedence over the following notices and licenses governing third party data:

Google Maps/Earth Terms of Service

By downloading, installing, or using the Google Earth software, accessing or using the Google Maps service (together, the “Products” or “Services“), or accessing or using any of the content available within the Products, you agree to be bound by the following: (1) the Google Terms of Service (the “Universal Terms“); (2) the terms found on Google’s Legal Notices page (the “Legal Notices“); and (3) the additional terms and conditions set forth below (the “Additional Terms”). Before you continue, you should read each of these three documents, as together they form a binding agreement between you and Google regarding your use of the Products. Collectively, the Universal Terms, the Legal Notices, and the Additional Terms are referred to as the “Terms“.

THE LICENSED PRODUCT(S) ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF EFFECTIVENESS, COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE LICENSED PRODUCT(S) IS WITH YOU, THE END USER. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN ADVICE GIVEN BY DMTI OR IT’S DEALERS, DISTRIBUTORS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES CREATES A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASES DMTI’s LIABILITY AND YOU MAY NOT RELY ON ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE.

This license will terminate automatically without notice from DMTI if you fail to comply with any provision of this license agreement. Upon termination, you shall destroy or return any written materials in connection with the Licensed Product(s) and all copies made thereof including modified copies, if any.

This license shall be governed by the laws of Hungary applicable therein.

Last Updated: October 30, 2009
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