Legal Notices for Google Maps/Google Earth and Google Maps/Google Earth APIs

Last Modified: February 1, 2021

Google is providing the following notices under applicable laws and contracts (the "Legal Notices").

The Legal Notices are incorporated by reference into the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service and the Google Maps/Google Earth APIs Terms of Service.

In these Legal Notices, Google Maps/Google Earth and the Google Maps/Google Earth APIs are referred to as the "Service(s)."

Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used in these Legal Notices have the meanings given to them in the Google Terms of Service, the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service, and the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.

  1. Standards. The Services rely on widely recognized international standards for naming and mapping conventions. For example, for country and territory naming, we rely primarily on the ISO-3166 standard, which is recognized by the UN Statistics Division.

  2. U.S. Government Restricted Rights Notice.

    1. This computer software is submitted with restricted rights under the Google Terms of Service, the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms, and the Google Maps/Google Earth APIs Terms of Service. It may not be used, reproduced, or disclosed by the Government except as provided in paragraph (b) of this notice or as otherwise expressly stated in the contract.

    2. This computer software may be:

      • Used or copied for use with the computer(s) for which it was acquired, including use at any Government installation to which the computer(s) may be transferred;

      • Used or copied for use with a backup computer if any computer for which it was acquired is inoperative;

      • Reproduced for safekeeping (archives) or backup purposes;

      • Modified, adapted, or combined with other computer software, provided that the modified, adapted, or combined portions of the derivative software incorporating any of the delivered, restricted computer software will be subject to the same restricted rights;

      • Disclosed to and reproduced for use by support service Contractors or their subcontractors in accordance with paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this notice; and

      • Used or copied for use with a replacement computer.

    3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this computer software is copyrighted computer software, it is licensed to the Government with the minimum rights set forth in paragraph (b) of this notice.

    4. Any other rights or limitations regarding the use, duplication, or disclosure of this computer software are to be expressly stated in, or incorporated in, the contract.

    5. This notice will be marked on any reproduction of this computer software, in whole or in part.

  3. Country-Specific Notices.

    1. Algeria
    2. Andorra
    3. Australia
    4. Austria
    5. Argentina
    6. Belgium
    7. Belgium
    8. Brazil
    9. Canada

      1. Google’s maps of Canada include data provided from the following:

      2. Google’s maps of Canada contain Postal CodeOM Data copied by Google under a sublicense from DMTI Spatial Inc., a party directly licensed by Canada Post Corporation. The Canada Post Corporation file from which this data was copied is dated September 2009 or later.

      3. Google maps du Canada contient des données qui ont été reproduites avec l'autorisation de DMTI Spatial Inc. sur sous-licence de la Société canadienne des postes. Le fichier de la Société canadienne des postes d'où proviennent ces données est daté de septembre 2009 ou plus tard.

      4. © Contains information licensed under the Open Government License -- Canada

      5. © Adamlabs

      6. Brock University Map Library

      7. City of Airdrie

      8. City of Bathurst

      9. City of Cold Lake

      10. City of Fort St. John

      11. © City of Fredericton

      12. City of Grande Prairie

      13. City of Kamloops

      14. City of Kelowna

      15. City of Lacombe

      16. City of Leduc

      17. City of Miramichi

      18. © Parksville

      19. The City of Penticton

      20. City of Port Alberni

      21. City of Salmon Arm

      22. © First Base Solutions

      23. City of Surrey

      24. Communauté métropolitaine de Québec

      25. Terrace Bay

      26. County of Grande Prairie No. 1

      27. County of Stettler

      28. County of Vermilion River, DAS Ltd.

      29. District of Kitimat

      30. District of Lillooet

      31. District of Sparwood

      32. © District of West Kelowna

      33. © Aero-Photo Inc

      34. City of Lloydminster

      35. © McElhanney

      36. S. Alberta MD’s and Counties

      37. City of Merritt, M.D. of Taber

      38. Town of Antigonish

      39. Namgis First Nation

      40. © Nanaimo

      41. Parks Canada

      42. Peace River Regional District

      43. © Province of British Columbia

      44. RDCO

      45. RDNO

      46. Regional District Okanagan-Similkameen

      47. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

      48. Rural Municipality of Hanover

      49. © Province of Nova Scotia

      50. Data Simon Fraser University

      51. Southport Aerospace

      52. St. Francis Xavier University

      53. SCRD

      54. SWOOP

      55. Elgin County

      56. Town of Truro

      57. Town of Banff

      58. Town of Canmore

      59. Town of Gibsons

      60. Town of Qualicum Beach

      61. Town of Sussex

      62. University of Waterloo Library

      63. City of Saguenay

      64. © XEOS Imaging Inc.

      65. City of London

      66. © IMTCAN

      67. Tobiano

      68. Teck Coal Limited

      69. Data Living Oceans Society

      70. UARCD

      71. Statistics Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

      72. Gouvernement du Québec (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr)

      73. City of Toronto Open Data (https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/)

      74. OC Transpo - Canada - City of Ottawa: (https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/open-transparent-and-accountable-government/open-data#)

      75. City of Ontario - https://www.ontarioca.gov - The data made available here has been modified for use from its original source, which is the City of Ontario. The City of Ontario makes no claims as to the completeness, timeliness, accuracy or content of any data contained in this application; makes any representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use; nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein. The data is subject to change as modifications and updates are complete. It is understood that the information contained in the web feed is being used at one's own risk.

      76. Government of Yukon: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Yukon - https://open.yukon.ca/open-government-licence-yukon

      77. Donnees Quebec - https://www.donneesquebec.ca/licence/#cc-by

      78. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.gov.nl.ca/disclaimer/

      79. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario, version 1.0 -https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario

      80. Données ouvertes Montréal - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

      81. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Ottawa - https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/open-transparent-and-accountable-government/open-data#open-data-licence-version-2-0

      82. RAC

      83. EPA-BELD4-Equivalent Landuse Database for Canada, https://about.zenodo.org/terms/, changes were made.

      84. British Columbia - Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence.

      85. New Brunswick Canada http://www.snb.ca/e/2000/data-E.html

      86. City of Calgary Open Data (CA) - https://data.calgary.ca/d/Open-Data-Terms/u45n-7awa

      87. British Colombia Data Catalogue (CA) - https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/plans-and-projects/managing-the-transit-network/tspr/open-government-license-translink-tspr.pdf

      88. Nova Scotia Data Catalogue (CA) - https://novascotia.ca/opendata/licence.asp

      89. Yukon Open Data (CA) - https://open.yukon.ca/open-government-licence-yukon

      90. Open Data Portal City of Victoria (CA) - https://opendata.victoria.ca/pages/open-data-licence

      91. Prince Edward Island (CA) - https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/finance/open-government-licence-prince-edward-island

      92. Government of Canada (CA): https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3d282116-e556-400c-9306-ca1a3cada77f

      93. ArcGIS Hub City of Ottawa (CA) - https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/ottawa::municipal-address-points/explore

      94. ArcGIS Hub County of Roanoke (CA) - https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/Roanoke-Virginia::psap-address-points/explore

      95. ArcGIS Hub City of Kamloops (CA) - https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/kamloops::address-point/explore

      96. ArcGIS Hub Government of Yukon (CA) - https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/yukon::civic-address-point/explore

      97. ArcGIS Hub City of Brampton (CA) - https://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/brampton::address-points/explore

      98. Contains information from the Manitoba government, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use Licence (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)

      99. The City of Barrie (CA): https://www.barrie.ca/

      100. Gouvernement du Quebec (CA): https://www.donneesquebec.ca/

      101. British Columbia Data Catalogue (CA): https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/

      102. Government of Ontario (CA): https://www.ontario.ca/page/government-ontario

      103. Statistics Canada, Administrative Areas, 2023 (CA): https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/start

      104. City of Toronto (CA): https://www.toronto.ca/ Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

      105. City of Montreal (CA): https://donnees.montreal.ca/ Licensed by Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC By 4.0)

      106. Winnipeg, MB: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

      107. Government of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/transparency/terms.html

      108. Open Data City of Toronto: https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/

      109. Town of Oakville: https://www.oakville.ca/getmedia/3cb7902a-2220-433e-8aed-24f326b745b9/town-hall-oakville-open-data-licence.pdf

      110. Milton, Ontario: https://discover-milton.hub.arcgis.com/pages/disclaimer-and-terms-of-use

      111. City of Edmonton: https://data.edmonton.ca/stories/s/City-of-Edmonton-Open-Data-Terms-of-Use/msh8-if28/If you distribute or provide access to the datasets to any other person, whether in original or modified form, you agree to include a copy of, or this Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for, these Terms of Use and to ensure any such person agrees to, and is bound by, them without introducing any further restrictions of any kind.

      112. Government of Canada: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3d282116-e556-400c-9306-ca1a3cada77f

      113. Ontario GeoHub: https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario

      114. Ville de Gatineau: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.fr

      115. Yukon Province CA: https://open.yukon.ca/open-government-licence-yukon

      116. Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL): https://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/en-CA/open-data/ Note about their license: TERMS OF USE OF THE RTL’S GTFS DATA - Referring to the Réseau de transport de Longueuil You must refer to the RTL as the source when using its data. You must, at the RTL’s request, remove such a reference if the RTL considers it illegitimate, contrary to public interest, or contrary to its mission.

      117. Exo: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/licence/#cc-by

      118. Société de transport de Montréal (STM): https://www.stm.info/en/about/developers Note about their license: The STM’s Terms of use for GTFS and API By accessing the Société de transport de Montréal’s data, you agree to comply with all obligations and terms included in these Terms of use. The purpose of these Terms of use is to protect the STM and promote the publication of its data, as well as ensure that users of this data give back the benefits they receive to the community.

      119. Ville de Montréal: https://donnees.montreal.ca/dataset/info-travaux

      120. Ontario 511: https://www.ontario.ca/page/open-government-licence-ontario

      121. Transitland: https://www.transit.land/feeds/f-reseau~express~metropolitain

      122. Société de transport de Montréal STM: https://www.stm.info/en/about/developers/terms-use

      123. City of Kelowna: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada https://apps.kelowna.ca/images/opendata/opengovernmentlicence.pdf

      124. City of Vancouver: https://opendata.vancouver.ca/pages/licence/

      125. City of Toronto: https://open.toronto.ca/open-data-license/

      126. City of Vancouver, BC: https://opendata.vancouver.ca/pages/licence/

      127. County of Grande Prairie: https://www.countygp.ab.ca/en/living-in-our-community/open-data-licence.aspx#You-must-where-you-do-any-of-the-above

      128. The City of Airdrie: https://data-airdrie.opendata.arcgis.com/pages/our-open-licence

      129. Data Quebec: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/vque_18

      130. Ville de Québec: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/adresses-de-la-ville-de-quebec

      131. Halifax Regional Municipality: https://data-hrm.hub.arcgis.com/pages/open-data-licence

      132. Trois-Rivières QC: https://www.donneesquebec.ca/licence/#cc-by

      133. Strathcona County: https://opendata-strathconacounty.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/StrathconaCounty::street-network-1/about

      134. City of Kelowna: https://opendata.kelowna.ca/maps/kelowna::road/about

      135. City of Winnipeg Open Data Portal: https://data.winnipeg.ca/open-data-licence

      136. Statistics Canada, Intercensal - Census Subdivision Boundary Files, 2025: https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence

      137. Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts Quebec. Découpages administratifs: (https://mrnf.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-geographique/couches-decoupages-administratifs/), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr

      138. Open Canada. Government of New Brunswick, New Brunswick Road Network (NBRN). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – New Brunswick - https://www.snb.ca/e/2000/data-E.html

      139. Statcan Open Canada. Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census – Boundary files, 2025. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence

      140. Open Canada, Government of Alberta. National Road Network (NRN) - AB, Alberta. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. https://open.alberta.ca/licence

      141. Government of Alberta. Traffic volumes on links in the highway network. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta. https://open.alberta.ca/licence

      142. Government of Saskatchewan - Contains information licensed under the Government of Saskatchewan Standard Unrestricted Use Data Licence (Version 2.0).- https://gisappl.saskatchewan.ca/Html5Ext/Resources/GOS_Standard_Unrestricted_Use_Data_Licence_v2.0.pdf

      143. CITY OF QUEBEC. Public roads, [Dataset], in Quebec Data, 2012, updated on July 3, 2026.- https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/vque_18, (Accessed on July 3, 2026). Content licensed under CC-BY 4.0.

    10. Cambodia
    11. Cape Verde
    12. Colombia
    13. Czechia
    14. Denmark
    15. Ecuador
    16. Faroe Islands
    17. Fiji
    18. Finland
    19. France and Monaco
    20. Gambia
    21. Germany
    22. Great Britain

      • This Service contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2011, Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2011, and National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2011 (https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/licensing/data-exploration-licence.pdf). All rights reserved. © South West Coast Path Team. Contains information of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited licensed under the following licence. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

      • 2015 UK roadworks and traffic disruptions data provided by Elgin and its licensors, which include Local Highway Authorities, Highways Agency, Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales and Transport for London. For further information see https://www.elgintech.com/.

      • Powered by TfL Open Data, Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016' and Geomni UK Map data © and database rights [2019].

      • DSS Consortium

      • Kent County Council

      • © British Antarctic Survey

      • © Bluesky

      • Infoterra Ltd & COWI A/S

      • © Getmapping plc

      • © Infoterra Ltd & Bluesky

      • The City of Edinburgh Council (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)