Atlas Terms of Use
1. Atlas is not an official warning service
Atlas relays information that governments and international organizations publish, such as warnings, earthquakes, typhoons, wildfires and shelters, and names the issuer of each item. Atlas itself issues no warnings or forecasts.
- In an emergency, call your local emergency number (in Taiwan: 119 for fire and ambulance, 110 for police) and follow the authorities’ instructions.
- Whether and when to evacuate is for your local government and the issuing authority to say.
- Atlas does not replace official warning systems such as emergency alerts on your phone, radio, television or sirens.
2. Information may be late, incomplete or wrong
- The data comes from third parties and may be delayed, interrupted, missing or wrong. Atlas cannot guarantee that it is timely, complete or accurate.
- Some information is not an event confirmed by an authority, and the app labels it so: satellite fire hotspots are heat detected from space, which may be burning fields, factories or volcanoes, not confirmed on the ground; news events (GDELT) are leads extracted automatically from news reports; river levels and radiation readings are raw, unchecked readings; weather is a numerical model’s estimate, not an official forecast.
- Each source’s own disclaimer, such as NIFC’s, GDACS’s or the UK Environment Agency’s, is shown with its data in the app and applies as well.
3. Alerts may be late or not arrive
iOS decides when the app’s background checks run, which can be much later than an event. If the app has been closed from the app switcher, or the phone is off, offline or low on battery, alerts may not arrive at all. Do not rely on Atlas alone to protect life or property.
4. Acceptable use
You agree not to use Atlas unlawfully, not to disrupt or damage it, and not to scrape its content in bulk.
5. Intellectual property
- The rights in each piece of data belong to its issuer or provider. The app credits each source as its licence requires; the full list is in Settings > Data sources, and the open data notices are on the open data page.
- This app incorporates information made freely available by MetService. Despite this, MetService is not associated with, and does not endorse, Atlas or how this app uses MetService information.
- The open-source software and data the app uses are listed with their licences in Settings > About > Open-source licenses.
- The terrain’s heights are partly produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30. The organisations in charge of the Copernicus programme by law or by delegation do not incur any liability for any use of the Copernicus WorldDEM-30.
- The app’s code and design belong to the developer.
6. Atlas Pro
Atlas Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription that adds features to the app. Official warnings, alerts and safety information near you are free and are not part of Atlas Pro.
- It is monthly or yearly. The app shows the price and the period before you buy, and your Apple Account is charged when you confirm the purchase.
- It renews automatically for the same period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. The renewal is charged to your Apple Account within the 24 hours before the period ends.
- Cancel it or change the plan in your Apple Account’s subscriptions (on iPhone: Settings > your name > Subscriptions), or in Atlas under Settings > Atlas Pro > Manage subscription. After you cancel, Atlas Pro stays until the end of the period you have paid for.
- Refunds are handled by Apple under its own terms, at reportaproblem.apple.com. I cannot refund App Store purchases myself.
- What Atlas Pro includes may change, for example when a data source changes its terms or stops publishing. The app lists what it includes before you buy.
7. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the developer is not liable for any loss arising from using or being unable to use Atlas, or from relying on its information. This does not apply to loss caused by the developer’s intent or gross negligence, and it does not affect consumer rights that the law where you live gives you and that cannot be excluded by contract.
8. Changes to the service
The developer may add, change or stop features or data sources at any time, for example when a source stops publishing or changes its terms.
9. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of China (Taiwan).