Google Earth’s Data Imagery and Legal issues
Why does Google Earth not provide data correction?
Google Earth receives the information about names of locations, borders, etc from third party sources. Most time this is good enough. However, sometimes, inaccuracies and grievances do occur. Therefore, Google Earth is trying hard to find and incorporate more data sources for improving its accuracy.
But it cannot promise, about facility for individual user corrections at this moment. Nevertheless, it is keeping a track of in accuracies and problems, which users bring to its attention. You too, can note the data errors which you find. If there is not reason to worry about the location or information in your business listing. You can correct it at any time you want by visiting the Local Business Center.
Legal issues with Google Earth: Google Earth is flattered to know that you want to incorporate Google Earth in your online world. You are permitted to use the Google Earth images if you preserve the copyrights and attributions. This also includes the Google logo attribution.
However, note that you are not permitted to sell them to others, or supply them as a part of some kind of service or use them in a commercial product like tv show or book. For doing so you need to get rights clearance from Google Earth. For it this you need to fill at online request form to Google Earth.
Guidelines for using Google Earth Brand Features
General information: Although, Google Earth likes to accommodate all the requests which it receives from its users, who wish to add a touch of Google Earth on their own websites. It is also passionate, for protecting its reputation as an objective and good provider of search results. Thus it has to turn down several more requests as these sites claim that Google Earth has endorsed them or has affiliations with them.
This is also applicable in case if objectionable material is associated with the Google trademarks, WebPages, logos, screen shots, or any other distinctive features, which can be a Brand Features, or a Google Brand Features. The objection ability of material is determined by Google itself.
Because of all this Google has maintained a system in which you need to have explicit written permission for using Google Brand features. For using the Google Brand Features you need to follow its Guidelines, Terms and Conditions. Moreover you should use these features only for the purposes for which you have obtained the written permission.
Note that, if you already have a written agreement with Google that states, how you can use Google Brand Features, there is no need of going through the approval process. However you need to do so if you want to do something which is not mentioned in that written agreement. On the other hand you can use the brand features without any advance written permission if its website has clear and expresses language, which states, that there is no reason to obtain any permission for using those Brand Features. One example of such features is the Search boxes.
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