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Following are the criteria that USGS partners must
meet in order to be listed on the "View
USGS Maps and Aerial
Photo Images Online" site:
- Business
Partner or
Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement Partner must have a current agreement in good
standing with the USGS.
- Partner web site must provide a Web-based interactive viewer
interface to featured USGS product(s) which is accessible,
free of charge, to anyone with an industry standard Web browser.
- Data available for online viewing must represent a substantial
proportion of the actual available coverage of the featured
USGS dataset(s).
- Partner web site should prominently feature, at high level and in
close relation to the viewer application, either the official
USGS trademark or an acknowledgment of the
USGS as the data source, with a link back to
www.usgs.gov.
- Partner web site must be well maintained and kept current with
respect to the featured USGS product(s).
- Partner web site must meet basic standards of taste and appropriate
content as determined by the USGS.
- The partner site's copyright restrictions must be acceptable to the
USGS - minimally allowing personal and non-commercial uses
of USGS data or images displayed and downloaded through the
interactive viewer.
The USGS reserves the sole right, based upon its
interpretation of these criteria, to determine which partner web sites and
viewing applications are suitable for listing and retention on its "View
USGS Maps and Aerial
Photo Images Online" page. The USGS also reserves the
right to change these criteria or to discontinue this service at any time and
without prior notice to its partners or to the general public.
If you think your service qualifies, please contact us.
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