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The prohibition prevents the Customer from building independent datasets or derivative products from Google Maps Content, limiting use strictly to within the Services.
The updated terms establish a broader definition of activities that are subject to heightened restrictions under the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service. Previously, the definition enumerated specific high-risk categories. The revised language now encompasses any use case where service failure could reasonably be expected to result in death, serious personal injury, or severe environmental or property damage, and explicitly identifies weaponry as a restricted application. Developers and organizations using Google Maps for restricted purposes should review their use cases against the new definition to ensure continued compliance.
View change record →The reader is prohibited from taking Google Maps Content outside the Services in any form, including by pre-fetching, indexing, storing, resharing, or rehosting it.
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Make any automated use of the App...Use any software, technology, or device to scrape, spider, or crawl the App or harvest or manipulate data
Customer may not indicate that a product or service developed with the Software is sponsored or endorsed by NVIDIA unless expressly authorized in writing by NVIDIA.
Send messages in violation of the USA CAN-SPAM Act or any other applicable anti-spam law.
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"Customer will not export, extract, or otherwise scrape Google Maps Content for use outside the Services. For example, Customer will not: (i) pre-fetch, index, store, reshare, or rehost Google Maps Content outside the services...— Excerpt from Google Maps's Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
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The prohibition prevents the Customer from building independent datasets or derivative products from Google Maps Content, limiting use strictly to within the Services.
The reader is prohibited from taking Google Maps Content outside the Services in any form, including by pre-fetching, indexing, storing, resharing, or rehosting it.
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