USAGE RESTRICTIONS AND LICENCES
Last update 2020-09-16.
PERSONAL OR NON-COMMERICAL USE
This public website is intended for personal hobby use by private
individuals. Use of the proprietary information by businesses,
governments and other public services (including
statutory corporations) requires a licence as noted below. Non-commercial use refers to use by recognized educational institutions for educational purposes.
Broadcast of text or verbal information derived from using the maps, or the display of old maps (> 3 hours past the valid time) on
websites, forums, Facebook and/or in publications for
non-commercial purposes is permitted as long as DX Info Centre or
William Hepburn are/is
credited as the original source and a link to this website is provided.
Note that full images already provide this information and thus no
additional credit is required.
Reposting of current and forecast maps on websites, apps, forums, Facebook, etc. is not permitted. Please provide a link instead.
Archiving of maps is not permitted, except for the occasional map used for documenting significant ducting events.
COMMERCIAL OR GOVERNMENT USE
Commercial (business) or government use of any maps (forecast or archived) or the
information they contain requires the purchase
of a licence from DX Info Centre. Government use includes statutory corporations and public service organizations.
There are two types of usage licences :
1) A standard licence is available for those wishing to use the
latest maps found on the dxinfocentre.com website. This licence allows
the user to copy the content and create derivative works for internal
use (such as propagation monitoring and mitigation) and for occasional
presentations to third parties. Re-selling the content or selling derivative works or services to third parties is not permitted. The images can be downloaded from the DX
Info Centre website (image URLs provided) on a daily basis and stored/archived
on your server.
--> A standard licence also allows access to higher resolution maps (5592 x 4320 px) not found on the public website. <--
2) A historical licence is available on a per request basis for
older images. This licence provides one-time non-exclusive rights to use
the images for analyses, internal use, occasional presentations to
third parties, or in publications. The DX Info Centre archive contains maps going to back to May 2000,
although the period of coverage is not continuous. The images remain the property of William Hepburn and may not be resold.
Unlicensed archiving of maps is not permitted.
To request a licence quote, please contact DX Info Centre at dxinfo at cogeco.ca .
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