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Acceptance of Terms Through Use
MapQuest.com, Inc. ("MapQuest") owns and operates this Web site (the "site"). By using this site, you signify your agreement to all terms, conditions, and notices contained or referenced herein (the "Terms of Use"). Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and MapQuest with respect to this site, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications, proposals, or understandings (whether oral, written or electronic) between you and MapQuest with respect to the site.

If you do not agree to these Terms of Use please do not use this site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update or revise these Terms of Use. Please check the Terms periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of any changes to the Terms of Use constitutes acceptance of those changes.

Terms and Conditions
You may only use the site for legal purposes and for your own personal use, and not for profit or commercial purposes. You may not use the site, or its services, to publish, post, distribute, or disseminate any defamatory, obscene, or other unlawful material or information, including another's proprietary information, including trademarks or copyrighted information (other than where you have a licence to do so). Additionally, you may not use the site to collect or harvest personal information, including Internet addresses, about other users of the site.

Each document and other material published by MapQuest on this site may contain other proprietary notices or describe products, services, processes or technologies owned by MapQuest or third parties. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting to the user a licence under any copyright, trademark, patent or other intellectual property right of MapQuest or any third party, except for the right of use licence expressly set forth below in these terms of use.

Limitation on Use of Maps, Cartographic Technology and Content Information; Right of Use licence
The custom maps and displayed content information ("Custom Maps") provided free of charge or purchased through this service are provided under a nonexclusive, non-transferable licence for printing and use only by the individual who signed onto this service, and only for that individual's personal use. The user is not permitted to commercially exploit the information or transfer it to any third party. Any reprinting, sublicensing, copying, modifying, publishing, assignment, transfer, sales, or other distribution of the information contained within the Custom Maps is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of MapQuest. The user shall not copy, reverse engineer, translate, port, modify or make derivative works of the information, in whole or in part. The user shall not rent, disclose, publish, sell, assign, lease, sublicence, market, or transfer the information or any part thereof or use it in any manner not expressly authorized by this Agreement. The user shall not derive or attempt to derive the source code or structure of all or any portion of the information by reverse engineering, disassembly, decompilation or any other means. The user shall not use the information to operate a service bureau or for any other use involving the processing of data of others. The user does not receive any, and MapQuest retains all, ownership rights in the information. The information is copyrighted and may not be copied, even if modified or merged with other data or software. The user shall not alter or remove any copyright notice or proprietary legend contained in or on the information.

Consent to Monitoring and Disclosure MapQuest is under no obligation to monitor the information residing on or transmitted to this site. However, anyone using this site agrees that MapQuest may monitor the site contents periodically to (1) comply with any necessary laws, regulations or other government requests; (2) to operate the site properly or to protect itself and its users. MapQuest reserves the right to modify, reject or eliminate any information residing on or transmitted to its site that it, in its sole discretion, believes is unacceptable or in violation of these terms and conditions. Should any user of information on this site provide MapQuest with information including but not limited to feedback, data, answers, questions, comments, suggestions, plans, ideas or the like, such information shall be deemed to be nonconfidential and MapQuest assumes no obligation to protect such information from disclosure. The submission of such information to MapQuest shall in no way prevent the purchase, manufacture or use of similar products, services, plans and ideas by MapQuest for any purpose whatever and by such submission the user grants to MapQuest the irrevocable right to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without restriction or compensation required.

Third Party Sites
This site may produce automated search results or otherwise link you to other sites on the Internet. These sites may contain information or material that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. These other sites are not under the control of MapQuest, and you acknowledge that MapQuest is not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content of such sites. The inclusion of such a link does not imply endorsement of the site by MapQuest or any association with its operators.

Disclaimer of Liability
THE USER OF THIS SYSTEM ASSUMES ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK FOR THE USE OF THIS SITE AND THE INTERNET GENERALLY. MAPQUEST, ITS AFFILIATES AND DATA SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION ACCESSED FROM, OR VIA, THIS SITE OR THE INTERNET, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. MAPQUEST DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LEGAL LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, APPARATUS, PRODUCT OR PROCESS DISCLOSED ON THE SITE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MAPQUEST BE LIABLE FOR ANY COMPENSATORY, SPECIAL, DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE OR THE INTERNET GENERALLY OR ON ANY OTHER BASIS. IF THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OR THE EXCLUSION OF WARRANTY SET FORTH HEREIN IS HELD INAPPLICABLE OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN MAPQUEST MAXIMUM LIABILITY FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGES SHALL BE LIMITED TO U.S. $100.00.

No Warranties
Any MapQuest material on this site may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. MapQuest has the right to modify or discontinue any information or features contained within this site without prior notice. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY MAPQUEST, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY. NEITHER MAPQUEST NOR ITS AFFILIATES WARRANTS THAT THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY WILL BE UNINTERRUPTIBLE OR ERROR FREE OR THAT ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL ACCESSIBLE FROM THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

Choice of Law
These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, excluding its conflict of laws rules. If any part of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any obligation or right of either party shall be effective unless in writing, executed by the party against whom it is being enforced. Any such waiver shall not preclude a party from exercising any other right or later exercising the same right.

U.S. Government Restricted Rights
The information is provided to the user with RESTRICTED RIGHTS. Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of The Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software--Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is MapQuest.com, Inc., 555 17th Street, Suite 1600, Denver CO 80202, Telephone (303) 486-4000. The information is copyright © 1996-2001 by MapQuest.com, Inc. UNPUBLISHED. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNDER THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. For purpose of any public disclosure provision under any federal, state or local law, it is agreed that the information is trade secret and proprietary commercial data and not subject to disclosure.

Copyright and Trademark Notices
Copyright 1996-2001 MapQuest.com, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reproduction of any MapQuest™ or TravelGuide USA material is strictly prohibited. Permission to use all documents and related graphics and any other material from this World Wide Web site is subject to the following Terms and Conditions. "GeoLocate" and "MapQuest" are trademarks of MapQuest.com, Inc.

GIF Patent:
licenced under U.S. Patent No. 4,558,302 and foreign counterparts.

Trademarks
The MapQuest name and logo, and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are the trademarks, service marks or registered trademarks of MapQuest.com, Inc., and may not be used in any commercial manner without the prior written consent of MapQuest All other product and service marks contained herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Additional Copyright Notices
Additional copyright notices apply to third party data used to create this World Wide Web service. These notices can be reviewed by clicking here. By using this site, you signify your agreement to these notices.

Indemnification
Upon a request by MapQuest, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless MapQuest and its parent, subsidiary and other affiliated companies, and their employees, contractors, officers, and directors from all liabilities, claims, and expenses, including lawyer's fees, that arise from your use or misuse of this site. MapQuest reserves the right, at it own expense, to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will cooperate with MapQuest in asserting any available defences

Termination
MapQuest reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to all or part of this site, with or without notice.

For further information relating to the legal issues contained in these terms and conditions, question or problem reports regarding this service, contact
info-uk@mapquest.com.