Terms of Use

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of mapunitedstates.com ("the site", "we", "us"). By using the site you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

About the site

Map United States is a free, ad-supported educational reference about United States geography. The site provides interactive maps, state profiles, reference tables, a comparison tool, and a geography quiz. It does not provide legal, financial, medical, or travel advice, and it is not an official source for government data.

Acceptable use

You may read, link to, print, and share pages on this site for educational and personal purposes. When you use the site, you agree not to:

• Use the site in any way that violates applicable law or regulation.
• Interfere with or disrupt the site, its infrastructure, or any other user's access (for example, by running automated scrapers that place an unreasonable load on the site).
• Reverse-engineer or attempt to extract the site's underlying source beyond what is technically necessary to view pages in a standard browser.
• Use the site to transmit malware, spam, or other harmful content.
• Misrepresent your identity or impersonate the site or its editors in any communication.

Intellectual property

Except for content provided by third parties (such as OpenStreetMap tile imagery and the Leaflet mapping library), the text, design, layout, and original graphic elements on this site are the property of Map United States or are used with permission. You may:

• View pages in a standard browser.
• Print pages for classroom, homeschool, or personal study, including distributing printed copies to students and colleagues for educational purposes.
• Link to any page on this site from your own website or document.
• Quote short excerpts with attribution (a link back to the source page is the simplest form of attribution).

You may not republish whole pages on another website, resell printed copies, or redistribute site content for commercial purposes without our written permission. Questions about commercial use can be directed to the email on the Contact page.

Third-party content

Interactive maps include tile imagery provided by OpenStreetMap contributors, which is licensed under the Open Database License. When you reuse views from the interactive maps, please retain OpenStreetMap attribution where visible.

Accuracy of information

We work to keep geographic data, statistics, and reference tables accurate and current, but we cannot guarantee that every figure on every page reflects the latest available release. Populations, economic data, and administrative boundaries are drawn from public sources and are updated periodically. If you find an error, please report it through the Contact page; we apply corrections promptly once they are verified.

The site is provided for general reference and education. It is not a substitute for authoritative sources for legal, financial, electoral, real-estate, navigational, or emergency purposes. Do not use information from this site to navigate in the field, plan aviation or marine routes, make legal or tax decisions, or take any action where accuracy to the latest minute matters.

Disclaimer of warranties

The site is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, or uninterrupted availability. We do not warrant that the site will be free of errors, that defects will be corrected, or that any server hosting the site is free of viruses or other harmful components.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Map United States and its editors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or data, arising out of or related to your use of the site — whether based on contract, tort, strict liability, or any other legal theory, and whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the site shall not exceed USD $50.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of liability for certain damages. In those jurisdictions, our liability will be limited to the minimum extent permitted by law.

Third-party links and advertising

The site contains links to third-party websites and displays advertising served by Google AdSense and its partners. We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or accuracy of third-party sites or advertisements. Visiting a linked site or clicking an advertisement is at your own risk.

Privacy

Your use of the site is also governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, which describe what information is collected and how it is used.

Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last reviewed" date at the top indicates when the Terms were last changed. Your continued use of the site after a change takes effect constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If a change materially reduces your rights under these Terms, we will make the update visible on this page.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [Jurisdiction], without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the site will be resolved in the courts of [Jurisdiction], and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.

Contact

Questions about these Terms can be sent to [email protected].