License policy premium (paid) maps

Our standard paid-map licence is a royalty-free, single-user licence. It allows personal and commercial projects within the conditions below. “Royalty-free” does not mean that the original map files can be shared or that every map-based product may be resold.

Standard royalty-free licence

Allowed

Use our maps in personal and commercial projects not for resale. These can include print media, promotional material and advertising, posters, T-shirt designs and merchandise.

For a design or product that you will sell, the standard licence allows the map to be a small and incidental part of a wider design. The distinction is the map’s role in the finished product, not simply whether money changes hands.

Not allowed under the standard licence

• Sharing the maps or original files directly, or placing them in goods from which the original map files can be extracted.
• Sharing the map files with other users. This is a single-user licence; contact us about a multi-user licence when several people need access.
• Reselling a design or product in which the map is the primary element and the other elements are incidental. Examples include map posters, wall maps, atlases or T-shirts where the map is the main design.

How do those conditions apply in practice?

• A map in your company’s own brochure or presentation: a commercial use in a project not for resale fits the permitted category, subject to the other conditions.
• A larger publication sold to readers: a small supporting map may fit the incidental-use category. A map-focused publication or atlas needs a different assessment.
• A poster sold mainly for its map: the map is the main element, so contact us for an extended licence before using it this way.
• A shared folder of editable source maps for a team: the standard single-user licence does not cover sharing those files. Ask about multi-user terms.

These examples explain the existing conditions; they do not create an additional permission. If the map’s role is unclear, send us a description of the intended use.

Extended licence

An extended licence can cover using a map as the primary element in items for resale. Contact us for the appropriate terms and price for your project. Do not assume an extended or multi-user licence is included with a standard download.

For the attribution-required free option, read the separate CC BY 4.0 free-map policy. For file compatibility and editing, use the file-format guide.