City of New Orleans GIS
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Terms and Conditions of Use:

In an effort to provide information to our citizens and facilitate the neighborhood planning and rebuilding process, we are providing these datasets for free. These datasets may be used for private, public or commercial use.

The City of New Orleans (“the City”) provides the information “as-is”, and shall incur no responsibility or liability as to the completeness or accuracy of this information. The City, and other agencies from which the data were sourced, assume no responsibility arising from use of this information by individuals, businesses, or other Agencies. THE MAPS AND ASSOCIATED DATA ARE PROVIDED WITH NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Do not make any business decisions based on these data before validating your decision with the appropriate government office or agency.

Except where expressly protected by current State law, the City’s GIS data MAY be redistributed or used for derivative works, including maps, reports, graphs and GIS projects, so long as the GIS Data Request Policies and Procedures policy document and the FGDC-compliant metadata are both included. Additionally, the City must be referenced as the original data provider. The user is obligated to describe any or all modifications they have made to the data and must update the corresponding metadata file where appropriate. The user also specifically agrees not to imply that any changes made by the user were approved by the City. If new datasets are built using these free datasets as a foundation (joined to this data through any of it’s data members, or spatial locations), the City of New Orleans must be provided with a copy of the derivative dataset for free. The author of the derivative dataset may specify that the City may not redistribute the data through this or any other data sharing program.

The user MAY NOT use the City’s GIS data in any publicly accessible interactive map services without the written expressed consent of the City of New Orleans.

In addition to the inclusion of the above information in any re-distribution or use of the data, the following disclaimer must be prominently displayed on all printed maps, digital web pages, or other reproductions utilizing the GIS data:

Disclaimer Notice
"This information is derived from the City of New Orleans Enterprise GIS Database. The data are not a survey-quality product and the end user assumes the risk of utilizing it. The City of New Orleans does not assume any liability for damages arising from errors, omissions, or use of this information. End users are advised to be aware of the published accuracy, date, compilation methods, and cartographic format as described in the accompanying metadata, and are advised to utilize these data appropriately."

This disclaimer shall apply to any authorized or unauthorized transfer of all or parts of the GIS Database.