These terms of use shall be applied to the use of the open, free interface services offered by the National Land Survey of Finland (hereinafter NLS). By using the service, you accept these terms of use and agree to comply with them.
Description of the interface service
The interface service may be used free of charge for testing and production purposes in a service in which performance is not critical.
The interface service is not intended for using high-volume services. NLS does not guarantee the sufficiency of capacity or commit itself to increasing capacity if usage volumes increase. The interface service is available until further notice. Its technical implementation and products have been determined and described.
Limitation of use
NLS may limit the access of an individual interface service user to the service, where necessary, if high usage volumes interfere with the operation of the interface service.
NLS may prevent the access of a user to the service entirely if the use endangers the information security, availablity, or integrity of the interface service, or some other misuse is detected.
Responsibility of NLS
The service and the information within it are offered as is.
NLS is not responsible for the service or information being error-free, up to date, continuously available, or suitable for a certain purpose.
NLS is not responsible for downtime caused by equipment malfunctions, or other similar reasons that might prevent the use of the service.
NLS is not responsible for ensuring that the interface service works in the user’s application development or hardware environment.
NLS is not responsible for any damages, costs, or losses incurred by the use of the service or information, limitation of use, errors or deficiencies, changes, interruptions, or cancellations of the service or information, or for demands made by third parties.
Responsibility of the user
The user shall comply with good information security practices when using the interface. The user is responsible for the protection of their own API key and other identifying information. The user is responsible for informing the National Land Survey of Finland without delay about possible incidents or endangering identifiers.
Changing the service
NLS reserves the right to change, develop, restrict or discontinue the content, functionalities and technical features of the service.
Significant changes will at the latest be indicated 3 months before the entry of the change into production. Information about changes will be published in the description of the service on the NLS website.
Amendments to the Terms of use
NLS reserves the right to amend these Terms of Use.
The current version of the Terms of Use is published on the NLS website. Any amendments to the Terms of Use shall enter into force upon publication on the website.
Copyrights
Interface service data are free of charge and fall under the NLS’s open data licence.
The user of the interface service shall ensure that it indicates the source of the material in its service.