USE OF SERVICES IN ANY MANNER, INCLUDING MERELY BROWSING OR ACCESSING THIS ESRI WEB SITE, CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE AND AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS OF USE. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE THOROUGHLY AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THEM BEFORE ACCEPTING THEM.
IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THESE TERMS OF USE OR DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THEM, CEASE ACCESS AND USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND SERVICES IMMEDIATELY. ESRI WILL ONLY PERMIT YOU TO ACCESS AND USE OF THE ESRI WEB SITES UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF USE.
These Terms of Use comprise a legal agreement between you and Esri. Unless you have otherwise agreed in writing, the terms and conditions provided herein govern your access and use of Services offered from Esri Web sites whether used in connection with other products or services, or independent of them. Additional terms and conditions may apply (and will be presented to you) when accessing certain Services. Use of other Esri products or services is subject to the appropriate written agreement or click-through license provided and are separate from these Terms of Use.
1.1 Acceptance. By accessing this Esri Web site, you agree to be bound by this Esri Web site and Service Terms of Use ("Terms of Use") between you ("You" or "Your") and Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. ("Esri"), located at 380 New York St., Redlands, California, 92373.
As used in these Terms of Use, "Services" includes but is not limited to software; data; images, maps, photographs, animations, video, audio, or music; text, scripts, or markup code; service packs, patches, or technical support in response to requests; web services; publicly available APIs or JavaScript libraries; documentation; or other information, electronic resource, or service provided on this Esri Web site (either collectively and or individually).
1.2 Third-Party Content. When using the Services, you may have the opportunity to leave the Esri Web site in order to access and download additional content provided by third-parties, including software, data, and imagery, as more fully described in Article 4.3 herein. You acknowledge that third-party content is solely the responsibility of the third-party content provider. These Terms of Use do not convey to you any rights to access or use third-party content (including copying, distributing, creating derivative works from, or publicly displaying). Access and use of third-party content may require that you agree to different or separate terms, conditions, and restrictions. Agreeing to any such terms and conditions will be between you and the third-party content provider, and will not affect these Terms of Use or any separate agreements you may have with Esri.
1.3 Modifications to the Web Site or Terms of Use. Esri reserves the right to change content provided in and access to Services at any time without notice to you. This may be done at Esri's sole discretion, for any reason including but not limited to legal compliance, change in Esri policy, aesthetic or technology development, or internal business or legal considerations. Esri may also, from time to time, modify or replace these Terms of Use or Esri Privacy, which may affect your rights to use the Services provided. Modified or replaced Terms of Use or Esri Privacy Statement will be made available to you
You understand and agree that your accessing or use of Services after the modified or replaced Terms of Use or Esri Privacy Statement is posted will signify your acceptance to those Terms of Use and Esri Privacy Statement. You further understand that it is your responsibility to read the current Terms of Use or Esri Privacy Statement—Esri will not contact you letting you know they have been modified or replaced.
2.1 Ownership. The Services provided on Esri Web sites and any content provided therein are provided to you subject to these Terms of Use. The Services may be freely available to you, but they are not in the public domain unless specified as such. Esri and third-party licensors own the Services (unless otherwise specified), which are protected by United States laws and applicable international laws, treaties, and conventions regarding intellectual property or proprietary rights. These Terms of Use do not transfer any rights to redistribute, prepare derivative works from, or acquire ownership interest in Services.
2.2 Grant of Noncommercial Use of Services. You may download, view, copy, and print Services available on Esri Web sites solely for your own internal purposes, or for your own noncommercial external purposes unless otherwise specified. Services may not be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system now known or later developed, except as expressly permitted in writing by Esri. Proper attribution to Esri must be given for any use of the Services. For the purposes of this Article 2.2, "Noncommercial Use" means Your authorized use of the Services wherein you provide the Services to third parties at no charge, and that You and/or Your third party customers do not generate income, promote the generation of income, promote the generation of income, or any other means of commercial advantage or private financial gain from such use. Esri reserves the right to determine if Your use of Noncommercial Services that access through ArcGIS qualifies as a no charge Noncommercial Use, or as a Commercial Use that requires a separate license and license fee. Esri may at any time, and at its sole discretion, change, alter, or discontinue the ArcGIS services provided to You or any third party customer accessing these free services.
2.2.1 Grant of Commercial Use of the Services. Upon Your payment to Esri of the applicable license fee(s) and Your acceptance of this Agreement, You may access, download, view, copy, and print Services available on Esri Web sites, for Your Commercial Use. As a condition of this grant of Commercial Use license, You agree to have in place a license agreement with Your third party customers the terms of which protect the Intellectual Property rights of Esri and its licensor(s). You shall maintain accurate business records, including accurate transactions records, of any such Commercial Use licenses which Esri may audit upon reasonable written notice to You. On or before the renewal date of Your authorized Commercial Use, You shall provide such written transaction records to Esri. For the purposes of this Article 2.2.1, "Commercial Use" means Your authorized use of the Services wherein You provide the Services to third parties through transactions that You and/or Your third party customers generate income, promote the generation of income, or any other means of commercial advantage or private financial gain from such use.
Inquiries regarding additional uses not provided herein may be submitted to Esri through a Copyright information or Permissions request.
2.3 Improper Use of Services. Any rights not granted herein or otherwise agreed to in writing between you and Esri are prohibited. In particular, you may not (or attempt to) (a) access Services or resources not made available to you through a standard web browser or Esri products; (b) reverse-engineer, decompile, access, or hack Esri Services not made readily available to you (without consideration given to how reasonable the means used are to keep such secure); (c) use Services in such a manner as to adversely affect Esri's commercial interests; (d) alter, obstruct, or remove any proprietary rights notices provided with the Services; (e) manually or systematically harvest information contained within the Service; or (f) use Services in for illegal, improper, or inappropriate purposes to post or transmit, including but not limited to.
Any of the forgoing, whether merely attempted or successfully executed, is a material breach of these Terms of Use. If you recognize any violation of these guidelines, please notify Esri by using the "Report Inappropriate Content" feature in the Options menu of the message, or by contacting Esri directly at: EsriCommunity@esri.com.
2.4 Trademarks and Logos. "Esri," the globe logo, and other marks used in this Web site are trademarks or registered trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. Other names appearing on this Esri Web site may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners. These marks may only be used where authorized by Esri or permitted by law. Any use not authorized by Esri shall be considered a material breach of these Terms of Use. Additional information regarding Esri's Copyrights and Trademarks may be found.
Please visit Esri's Web Link and Logo License Agreement page for information on providing a link from your Web page to ours.
2.5 Third-Party Data and/or Imagery Licensing Terms and Use Restrictions. Services provided by Esri Web sites (including ArcGIS Services) may contain third-party data and/or imagery. Use of third-party data and/or imagery may be subject to such third party's License Agreement or additional use restrictions. Any applicable third party license agreement may be found at https://www.esri.com/legal/. You are responsible for compliance with all applicable third party license agreement(s). Third party Use Restrictions may be provided with the data (such as with metadata) or under Esri's Use of Data Restrictions. The third party license agreement(s) and any applicable use restrictions may be modified by Esri from time to time and it is your responsibility to check for updates to these license agreements or use restrictions. If a modification any third party license agreement, or use restrictions is unacceptable, you may cancel your access upon written notice to Esri or discontinue use of the Service, as applicable. Continued use of the Service will be deemed acceptance of any modifications.
2.6 Sharing of Your Content. In the event You desire to make use of the ArcGIS content sharing feature by uploading or publishing any of Your data and/or imagery to ArcGIS, You hereby grant Esri a nonexclusive, revocable, royalty free, worldwide limited license (i) to use, store, cache, copy, reproduce, (re)distribute, and (re)transmit Your data and/or imagery that is made available to end users of ArcGIS, and (ii) to provide end users of ArcGIS a hypertext reference link from ArcGIS to the end user's map services at a specific URL containing Your registered data and/or imagery and services, and (iii) to provide Your registered data and/or imagery and publishing services to an end user's web browser as intended by ArcGIS. Moreover, you grant all end users of ArcGIS the right to access and use your data and/or imagery and map services subject to any of Your Terms of Use, License Agreements, or meta data file information that you will provide when Your data and/or imagery is registered for use on ArcGIS.
2.7 Use for Certain Services, Requirement of Notice. Unless provided for in a separate agreement between you and Esri, any Services consisting of source code, scripts, publicly available Web-based libraries (such as JavaScript libraries), APIs (such as ArcGIS APIs), or other Services used in application or Web site development should reference Esri and these Terms of Use in a manner adequate to (a) make the ownership of the Service clear and (b) reference these Terms of Use. For instance, when referencing JavaScript libraries in a Web page, a comment should be included adjacent to the reference to the library providing:
The ArcGIS JavaScript API is owned by Esri and is used subject to the Terms of Use found at: https://www.esri.com/termsofuse.
Please contact Esri if you are unsure how to give proper attribution.
2.8 Copyright Policy. Esri's copyright policy is to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and to take-down allegedly infringing materials and/or terminating the accounts of repeat infringers, as applicable. Further details of Esri's copyright policy can be found at https://www.esri.com/legal/licensing/dmca_policy.
3.1 Web Site Privacy Policy. Esri may request certain information, configuration data, or personal information to access select Services or to provide support through this Web site. Esri will collect and use this information in accordance with our Esri Privacy Statement. You agree to the use of this information in accordance with the Esri Privacy Statement. More information of Esri's privacy policies can be found at https://www.esri.com/en-us/legal/overview and https://trust.arcgis.com/en/.
If you're under the age required to provide consent necessary to utilize the Services, you must have your parent or legal guardian's permission. Please have your parent or legal guardian read these terms with you. If you're a parent or legal guardian, and you allow your minor to use the Services, then these terms apply to you and you're responsible for your minor's activity on the Services.
3.2 Passwords and Account Information. Some parts of this Esri Web site may require you to create and use a personal account to access the Services provided. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password for your personal account and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your personal account unless access to your account number, account name, or password was obtained through no fault or negligence of your own. You agree to the following:
3.2.1 You will provide truthful and accurate information at all times when using Services provided on Esri Web sites;
3.2.2 You understand that using a false or incomplete name or e-mail address, impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with a person or entity will result in immediate removal of your personal account and termination of any rights provided herein;
3.2.3 You will use the Services for your individual use, and the account's name and e-mail address must be specific to you-personal accounts may not be shared with other users;
3.2.4 You may not share the login credentials to your registered account with any other individual, entity, or organization. You understand that sharing account information or allowing others to access your account will result in removal of your personal account;
3.2.5 You will notify Esri of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security as soon as you become aware of such use or breach; and
3.2.6 You will log off from account at the end of each session.
Esri shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this section.
3.3 Termination of Personal Account. Esri reserves the right to monitor use of Esri Web sites. Esri reserves the right to suspend or cancel your account or access to Esri Web sites at any time, or take any other appropriate measures in our legal capacity to enforce these Terms of Use. If you have your personal account removed from Esri Web sites for not following these Terms of Use, you may not be allowed to return or create a personal account in the future.
4.1 Exclusion of Warranties. THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON THIS ESRI WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ESRI AND ITS AFFILIATES DO NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED IN THIS Esri WEB SITE WILL BE:
4.1.1 AVAILABLE TO YOU UNINTERRUPTED IN A SECURE FORM;
4.1.2 ACCURATE OR FREE FROM ERROR; OR
4.1.3 FIT TO USE IN YOUR APPLICATION, FOR YOUR PURPOSES, OR ACCORDING TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR NEEDS.
ESRI IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR INCONSISTENCIES IN THE SERVICES.
4.2 Limitation on Liability. ESRI SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RELATED TO YOUR DECISION TO ACCESS AND USE ANY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED ON THE ESRI WEB SITE, EVEN IF ESRI IS ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.
4.3 Links to Third-Party Sites. Many links on Esri Web sites link to Web sites owned and operated by third-parties. These Web sites are not under Esri's control and Esri is not responsible for information (regardless of how it is transmitted or received) or services provided by third-party Web sites. Any links to third-party Web sites provided on Esri Web sites do not imply an endorsement, affiliation, or sponsorship of any kind and do not represent warranties of the quality of services provided by such third-parties.
4.4 Member Generated Content. The content found in the Esri Community comes from a variety of sources, primarily from community members. Esri disclaims any representations or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, or truth of any material submitted or found in the discussion areas;
4.4.1 Esri is not liable for any website links posted within the discussion areas; website links posted in the discussion areas may link to sites not administered or under the control of Esri and users must open such links at their own risk;
4.4.2 Esri is not liable for any errors or delays in the content or transmission of postings on the site. You are responsible for your own decisions to act upon the information provided by community members;
4.4.3 Esri disclaims any representations or warranties as to the confidentiality or privacy of any communication or information transmitted on the site, or any website linked to the site, or otherwise in connection with the services; and
4.4.4 Esri will not be liable for the privacy of e-mail addresses, registration and identification information, confidential or trade-secret information.
5.1 Term. These Terms of Use shall continue to apply until terminated by you or Esri. Termination may only occur as provided in this section.
5.2 Termination by You. You may terminate these Terms of Use by (a) sending a letter to the address provided herein, Attn: Contracts and Legal Services, expressing clearly in English your desire to terminate these Terms of Use ("Termination Letter") and (b) ceasing and discontinuing your use of all Services on or before sending the Termination Letter to Esri. Continued use of the Services after sending the Termination Letter constitutes your acceptance and agreement to these Terms of Use.
5.3 Termination by Esri. Esri may terminate these Terms of Use if:
5.3.1 You have breached the terms and conditions provided in these Terms of Use through either your action or inaction;
5.3.2 You have breached an agreement you have with Esri relating to the use of Esri products or services;
5.3.3 Esri discontinues the Services on which these Terms of Use are based; or
5.3.4 Esri, at its sole discretion, believes that it is in Esri's best commercial interest to terminate these Terms of Use.
5.4 Effects of Termination. Upon termination of these Terms of Use, all rights and obligations owed by the parties shall cease except for those set forth in Sections 2, 3, and 5. Those rights and obligations shall continue indefinitely.
You may not access, upload, download, use, or export Services provided on the Esri Web site in violation of U.S. Export Control laws or regulations, or in violation of any other applicable laws or regulations. You agree to comply with all export laws and restrictions and regulations of any United States or foreign agency or authority and not to directly or indirectly provide or otherwise make available Services in violation of any such restrictions, laws, or regulations, or without all necessary approvals. Specifically prohibited is the use of any Services for the development, design, manufacture, or production of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction. As applicable, you shall obtain and bear all expenses relating to any necessary licenses and/or exemptions with respect to your own use of the Services outside the United States. Neither the Services nor the underlying information or technology may be downloaded or otherwise provided or made available, either directly or indirectly, (a) to any country subject to U.S. trade sanctions, to individuals or entities controlled by such countries, or to nationals or residents of such countries other than nationals who are lawfully admitted permanent residents of countries not subject to such sanctions; or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Denial Orders. By agreeing to these Terms of Use, you agree to the foregoing and represent and warrant that you are not located in or under the control of, or are not a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
7.1 No Implied Waivers. The failure of either party to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use shall not be deemed a waiver of the provisions or of the right of such party thereafter to enforce that or any other provision.
7.2 Severability. The parties mutually agree that if any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make the intent of the language enforceable.
7.3 Language. You agree that the English language version of these Terms of Use shall govern their interpretation. Any versions provided in a language other than English are provided for convenience only. Any inconsistencies or contradictions shall not affect the interpretation of the English language version.
7.4 Successor and Assigns. You shall not assign or otherwise transfer your rights or delegate your duties under these Terms of Use without Esri's prior written consent. Any attempt to do so without Esri's consent shall be void.
7.5 Governing Law, Dispute Resolution. The laws of the State of California govern your relationship with Esri under these Terms of Use and shall be construed according to those laws without regard to conflict of laws principles. The parties agree to attempt in good faith to negotiate any conflict arising under these Terms of Use. The parties agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in San Bernardino County any and all disputes not resolved within 30 days of notice. Notice to Esri shall only be proper if made by certified mail at the address provided herein.
7.6 Equitable Relief. You agree that your breach of these Terms of Use may cause irreparable damage and that, in the event of such breach, in addition to any and all remedies at law, Esri shall have the right to seek an injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction without the requirement of posting a bond or undertaking or proving injury as a condition for relief.
7.7 Government Users. These Terms of Use strictly govern government users' use, reproduction, or disclosure of the Services, which are considered "commercial services." No other terms or conditions shall apply unless expressly agreed in writing between you and Esri. All rights to the Services are reserved under copyright laws of the United States.
7.8 Integration. These Terms of Use constitute the sole and entire agreement between the parties relating to your use of the Services; supersede any previous agreements, understandings, and arrangements unless otherwise agreed to in writing by an authorized representative of each party; and, completely replace any existing agreements between the parties related to your use of the Service.