Geox Data Policy

1. Platform operator and scope

Geox is operated by ANOFA MÜHENDİSLİK PLANLAMA BİLİŞİM VE TİCARET LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ ("ANOFA"). Geox is an integration layer and viewing environment. It does not claim ownership over third-party geospatial datasets merely because those datasets are displayed through the platform.

Unless a specific project contract says otherwise, this notice applies to the public Geox interface and to platform-generated visual outputs such as legends, screenshots, derived views, user-drawn annotations, and browser-side exports.

2. How Geox accesses data

• Geox displays a mix of third-party tile, WMS, WMTS, GeoJSON, and raster services provided by external organisations.
• Search functionality sends location queries from the user's browser to third-party geocoding services used by the platform.
• In the current implementation, local vector files imported by a user are handled in the browser for map display and interaction.
• User-created drawings can be exported locally from the browser as GeoJSON.

Because Geox depends on external services, some map requests and related technical metadata are transmitted directly from the user's browser to those providers. Those providers apply their own terms and privacy rules.

3. Licensing principles

• Underlying third-party datasets, map tiles, and services remain subject to the rights, attribution requirements, and usage limits defined by their original providers.
• Viewing a layer through Geox does not transfer ownership of the data and does not automatically grant download, sublicensing, redistribution, or commercial reuse rights beyond those already granted by the source provider.
• Where Geox adds legends, styling, grouping, interface text, or platform-specific presentation, those interface elements may be owned by ANOFA or its licensors even when the underlying geospatial data are third-party.
• If you publish, redistribute, or build derivative outputs from Geox, you are responsible for preserving required attribution and checking whether the original source imposes share-alike, non-commercial, or other conditions.

4. Source-specific notes currently relevant to Geox

• Copernicus Land Monitoring Service and EEA layers, including CORINE Land Cover and Urban Atlas, are described by the provider as available under a principle of free, full, and open access, with source acknowledgement and clear marking of modifications required for redistribution and derivative works.
• ESA WorldCover is described by the provider as free of charge and without restriction of use under CC BY 4.0, with attribution required.
• OpenStreetMap data are licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL). Attribution to OpenStreetMap and its contributors is required, and tile/API/geocoding services are subject to separate usage policies.
• The GEM Global Seismic Hazard Map referenced by Geox is presented by the provider under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and expressly described as a dissemination product that must not be used as a substitute for building-code actions or other life-critical decisions.
• The NASA landslide susceptibility service used by Geox identifies a source publication in its service metadata. Before redistributing or republishing that layer beyond ordinary viewing, users should verify the applicable NASA or service-specific reuse conditions and preserve source citation.
• For other third-party layers shown in Geox, including national boundaries, imagery, and hazard services, users should review the original provider's metadata or access page before reuse outside ordinary on-screen viewing.

5. User uploads and user responsibility

If you upload GeoJSON, SHP, KML, GPX, or other files through Geox, you remain responsible for:

• having lawful rights to use and process the uploaded content,
• ensuring that no restricted, confidential, or unlawfully disclosed material is introduced,
• complying with personal-data, confidentiality, export-control, and sector-specific rules where relevant, and
• verifying that any outward sharing of outputs complies with the licences of all source layers involved.

6. Attribution and redistribution guidance

Where a map, figure, report, or presentation is produced using Geox, best practice is to cite both the platform and the underlying data source where relevant. If multiple third-party layers are combined, attribution should remain visible and should not suggest endorsement by ANOFA, the European Union, NASA, OSM Foundation, GEM Foundation, or any other data source.

Users should make any platform-generated or self-made edits clear when republishing a dataset, screenshot, or derivative visual.

7. Personal data and technical data

Geox does not require a user account in its current public form. However, ordinary technical data may still be processed as part of web delivery, security, error handling, and requests sent to third-party services. For ANOFA's broader personal-data practices, please see the official ANOFA Privacy Policy.

8. Takedown, correction, and contact

If you believe that a displayed layer, attribution string, legend, or platform presentation is inaccurate or infringes applicable rights, please contact info@anofa.co with enough detail for review.

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