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Google Maps & Google Earth

Cheers for considering creative applications of Google Maps, Google Earth and Street View.

These guidelines are for non-commercial use, except for the limited employ cases described below. If you want to apply Google Maps, Google Earth or Street View for other commercial purposes – significant "for sale or acquirement-generating purposes" – please contact the Google Cloud Customer Team.

We created this page to clarify questions we've received over the years about using our mapping tools in everything from marketing and promotional materials, films, television receiver programmes, books, academic journals and much more.

Introduction

Generally speaking, every bit long as y'all're post-obit our Terms of Service and you're attributing properly, yous can use our maps and imagery. In fact, nosotros love seeing creative applications of Google Maps, Google Earth and Street View.

But we know yous're looking for more specifics to ensure you're using our maps and imagery correctly. We suggest starting with the general guidelines beneath every bit these volition employ to all projects. Feel free to click directly to the section that applies to your use:

General Guidelines
General Guidelines
Google Maps and Google Earth's "content" (as defined in the Google Earth/Google Maps Additional Terms of Service) includes everything you'd detect in these products: map and terrain data, imagery, business listings, traffic, reviews and other related information provided by Google, its licensors and users.

These guidelines cover your utilize of the content – with 1 exception. There are some particular guidelines regarding your use of Street View imagery available from both Google Maps and Google Globe. Please read the section below for instructions on how Street View imagery may or may not exist used.

Terms of Service

To help yous figure out whether your use of the content is adequate, beginning read the post-obit documents:
- Google Terms of Service
- Google Maps/Google World Additional Terms of Service
Your use of the content is first and foremost governed by the licences above.

Fair utilize

Autonomously from whatever licence granted to you lot by Google, your utilise of the content may be acceptable under principles of "off-white utilise". Off-white use is a concept nether copyright law in the Usa that, generally speaking, permits yous to utilize a copyrighted work in certain means without obtaining a licence from the copyright holder.

In that location are similar, although generally more than express, concepts in other countries' copyright laws, including a concept known equally "fair dealing" in a number of countries. Google can't tell you if your use of the content from our products would exist fair use or would be considered fair dealing; these are legal analyses that depend on all of the specific facts of your proposed apply. We suggest you speak to a lawyer if you take questions regarding fair employ of copyrighted works.

Written permission

Due to limited resources and loftier demand, we're unable to sign any letter or contract specifying that your projection or employ has our explicit permission. As long as you follow the guidance on this folio, and attribute the content correctly, feel free to movement forward with your project.

Attribution

All uses of the content must provide attribution to both Google and our data providers. We require articulate, visible attribution when the content is shown. You may non move the attribution to the stop credits or fade it out after a few seconds.

Annotation that if yous (a) embed a archetype map, Street View panorama or My Map; (b) employ i of our APIs on the web or in an application; or (c) use Google World Pro or Earth Studio on desktop; then the necessary attribution is already baked into the map and no farther credit is needed. Larn more about how to properly credit, as well as how to identify providers, on our attribution guidelines page.

If yous're unwilling to meet our attribution requirements, contact our data provider(s) directly to inquire virtually purchasing the rights to use the content directly. You'll find provider contact data listed on their websites.

Personalizing your map

You may annotate our maps with additional information – like points, lines or labels. In fact, many of our tools have built-in features that make it like shooting fish in a barrel to practise just that. For case, Google My Maps lets you describe lines and shapes on a Google map. We also offer a Styling Sorcerer that allows you to edit the colours of private map components (for example, changing water to purple), as well as toggle visibility for each component (for example, making roads invisible). If neither of those fit your needs, you may export an image from Google Earth or Globe Studio to add custom labels or graphics using third-political party software.

While we encourage annotations, you must not significantly alter how Google Maps, Google Earth, World Studio or Street View would look online. For example, you're non allowed to make any changes to the colours of the product interface.

For Google Earth and World Studio content, you're not immune to significantly alter our imagery without providing clear context that information technology'southward a simulation, projection or fictional content.

Prohibited Carry

Notation that you may not employ output from Google Earth, Google Earth Pro and Earth Studio to reconstruct 3D models or create similar content, or to create other content, product(s) or service(s) that may violate our Terms of Service.
Print

Uses in impress

Google Maps, and Google Earth, have built-in print or (for Globe Studio) export functionality. Yous may impress content for non-commercial use and overstate it (for example, a map with directions). In all uses where you'll distribute printed materials that include the content, first be certain to read the general guidelines to a higher place, especially with regard to fair employ and attribution.

Notation that we cannot provide loftier-resolution or vector screen captures of Google Maps; nevertheless, you lot may use Google Earth Pro or Earth Studio on desktop to salvage and impress high-resolution JPEGs. Images can exist exported upwards to 4K.
Tv & Moving picture

Uses in TV and film

Google Earth and Google Earth Studio

You lot may utilize Google World and Globe Studio on boob tube and in a featured motion-picture show post-obit the general guidelines on this page, especially with regard to on-screen attribution. This includes everything from news broadcasts, curt films and documentaries, but does not include promotional films, advertisements or commercials. This Licence to use Google Earth and Globe Studio content applies to all types of film regardless of platform (and engineering) distributed on, only does non extend to content distributed from or to these territories.

Earlier using Google Globe or Globe Studio, please review our Licence Terms and Terms of Service. We too ask that you annals your usage here we love seeing creative uses of Google Earth and appreciate the insights you share.

Google Maps & Street View

If you're using Google Maps or Street View, or your projection features a scene in which our mapping products are referenced for example, if an player uses Google Maps on a telephone or an interview subject demonstrates how they used Google Maps in their research you should submit your projection for approving according to the guidelines on the Entertainment and Media page.
Web & Apps

Uses on the spider web or in applications

If y'all'd like to apply our content in a web-based projection or application, please first review the general guidelines, specially with regard to attribution.

Embeddable maps

We have multiple APIs available to assist yous build and embed custom maps, including Street View, inside your website or application. When using these APIs, certain restrictions may apply. If you simply need to embed a classic Google map or Street View panorama on your website, larn how to hands do so here.

Google Globe images

We know the imagery in Google Globe, both current and historical, can provide useful visual context to news websites, blogs and other educational sites. And often these sites want to use the imagery establish in Google Globe or Earth Studio equally yet images, both as-is or annotated with additional labels and features.

Yous may use a handful of these images in a news article or on a web log, equally long as you follow our attribution rules. You may also desire to look at Google Globe Pro and Earth Studio on your desktop and for these purposes.

Google Globe video

If you're but planning to distribute recreational content made in Google Earth or World Studio online (e.k. YouTube), no explicit permission is required for your project only the aforementioned attribution rules apply. Does non utilize for ads/commercials or promotional content shown online.
Advertisements

Uses in advertisements

Digital

If yous'd similar to use our content in a digital advertizing, please first review the general guidelines, especially with regard to attribution.

Any utilize of Google Maps in digital advertisements must not significantly change how the products and imagery would look online. Please see the "Personalising your map" section for specifics.

Street View imagery can simply be used in digital advertisements where (1) the imagery comes directly from the Google Maps APIs or (ii) the imagery is embedded or linked to on your website using HTML and URL provided on Google Maps.

You may non use Google Earth content in digital advertisements, unless yous're working directly with a Google advertising team.

TV & Print

If you'd like to use Google Maps content in a television commercial, delight refer to our guidelines on "Entertainment and Media" to request brand approval. Note that you lot may non employ Google Earth, or Street View imagery in television commercials.

You lot may not employ Google Maps, Google Earth or Street View imagery in impress advertisements.
Street View
Using Street View imagery
If you lot'd like to use Street View imagery in your project, please get-go review our general guidelines, especially with regard to attribution.

Street View imagery may exist incorporated into your project if:
- the imagery is embedded or linked on your website using HTML and URL provided on Google Maps; or
- the imagery comes direct from the Google Maps APIs, as long equally you bide by the Google Maps/Google Earth APIs Terms of Service.
These solutions ensure that if Google edits or removes imagery in response to user requests, these changes will be reflected in your project also.

Prohibited uses

While we're excited to run across many uses of Street View, there are some utilize cases that are prohibited. Examples of prohibited use cases include:
- creating data from Street View images, such as digitising or tracing data from the imagery;
- using applications to analyse and extract information from the Street View imagery;
- downloading Street View images to use separately from Google services (such as an offline copy);
- merging or stitching together multiple Street View images into a larger prototype.
These restrictions utilize to academic and commercial projects.
Trademarks
Utilise of trademarks
Our trademarks are our valuable assets, and we want to make sure our users and partners utilize them correctly. These trademarks include the Google Earth wordmark, Google Maps wordmark, Google Earth logo, Google Maps logo, Google Maps ruby-red pivot element, Street View wordmark, Street View icon, Pegman wordmark and the Pegman logo.

How to use

Yous may use our trademarks to accurately refer to our products or services, as long every bit such references are advisable and consistent with our trademark guidelines. You may only utilise approved versions of our marks. Please follow all of the general trademark usage guidelines, the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service and the Street View Trusted bluecoat usage guidelines. The trademark usage guidelines employ even to marks that were previously (but are no longer) used in connection with our products.

Prohibited uses

You may not use, comprise or combine whatsoever of our trademarks into a 3rd-party brand name, product proper noun, business name, merchandise name or slogan.

You lot may not utilize whatsoever of our marks in a mode that suggests you lot are endorsed by or affiliated with Google or our Geo products. For example, you may not use our marks:
- in domain names;
- as app icons or featured in an app;
- as the most prominent elements on your website;
- on physical merchandise, promotional materials, business cards or business organization stationery;
- in product reviews.
Delight do not modify or mimic our marks.

Thanks again for using Google Maps, Google Globe and Street View.