Terms & Conditions

1. The Service

Rootfifteen provides a deterministic 0–100 land intelligence score for any coordinate on Earth, together with per-factor breakdowns, provenance metadata, and (where applicable) historical time-series. Scores are derived from open geospatial datasets, including but not limited to satellite imagery, digital elevation models, climate reanalyses, soil composition layers, and land-cover classifications.

The Service is an informational research tool. Scores, factor values, narratives, visualisations, and any accompanying content are signals only. They are not, and must not be relied upon as, engineering, geotechnical, legal, agronomic, hydrological, environmental, zoning, planning, insurance, valuation, tax, investment, or financial advice. You are solely responsible for independently verifying data before making any physical, commercial, regulatory, or legal decision, and for engaging appropriately licensed professionals where required.

2. Eligibility, accounts & API credentials

You must be at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher) and legally capable of entering into a binding contract to use the Service. The Service is not available to any person previously suspended or removed by us, or to any person on a sanctions or restricted-party list maintained by the governments of India, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, or the United Nations.

If we issue you API credentials, tokens, or other access material, you are responsible for maintaining their confidentiality and for all activity that occurs under them, whether or not authorised by you. You agree to use reasonable security practices, including rotating credentials periodically and never embedding them in publicly distributed client-side code. You must notify us promptly at hello@rootfifteen.com of any suspected compromise, unauthorised use, or loss of credentials.

3. Licensed use of V1

V1 may be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes under a Rootfifteen licence. Access is granted on request: email us describing your use case and we issue credentials, rate limits, and any commercial terms that apply.

Regardless of licence, you may not redistribute, resell, mirror, or republish raw API responses, and you may not train, fine-tune, or benchmark machine-learning models on the Service or its outputs without our written permission.

V2 will be a substantially more capable release — higher resolution, deeper history, and expanded coverage — with its own plans and limits. To request access today or to be notified about V2, email hello@rootfifteen.com.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to, and not to permit or enable any third party to:

• use the Service in violation of any applicable law, regulation, sanctions regime, or third-party right;
• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code, weights, formulas, or underlying training data of the scoring model, except to the extent such restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law;
• copy, resell, sublicense, lease, rent, distribute, or repackage raw API responses or substantial portions of the Service as, or as part of, a competing scoring, valuation, or land-intelligence product;
• use the Service to build, train, fine-tune, or benchmark a machine-learning model that is substantially similar to or competitive with the Service;
• send automated traffic that exceeds documented rate limits, circumvents access controls, or degrades performance for other users;
• use the Service to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on a natural person (including credit, insurance, employment, housing, or law-enforcement decisions) without meaningful human review and any required disclosures;
• upload, transmit, or introduce malicious code, viruses, worms, or any technology that could harm the Service or its users;
• probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service or breach any security or authentication measures without our prior written consent;
• remove, obscure, or alter any proprietary notices, attribution, or branding.

We may investigate and take appropriate action, including throttling, suspending, or terminating access, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have violated this section.

5. Customer data and feedback

Your inputs. As between the parties, you retain all right, title, and interest in the coordinates, parameters, and other inputs you submit ("Customer Data"). You grant Rootfifteen a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, process, transmit, and use Customer Data solely to (i) provide and operate the Service for you, (ii) prevent, detect, and respond to security, fraud, and abuse, (iii) comply with law, and (iv) generate aggregated, de-identified statistics that cannot reasonably be used to identify you or any individual.

Feedback. If you provide suggestions, ideas, or feedback about the Service, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free licence to use it without restriction or obligation to you.

Compliance with law. You represent that you have all rights necessary to submit Customer Data to the Service and that doing so does not violate any law or third-party right.

6. Intellectual property

The Service, including the scoring model, algorithms, software, documentation, website content, logos, and all improvements thereto, is owned by Rootfifteen or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, database, and other intellectual property laws. Subject to your continued compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence during the term to (a) access the Service and (b) use API responses internally for your own lawful business, research, or personal purposes.

All rights not expressly granted are reserved. No rights are granted by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. Underlying open datasets remain governed by their respective licences, which you are responsible for reviewing when redistributing derivative content.

7. Third-party data and services

The Service depends on public and third-party datasets and hosting systems, including remote sensing sources such as ISRO, ESA Copernicus, NASA, NOAA, and their derivative products. The availability, accuracy, licensing terms, and revision history of those sources are outside our control and may change; the Service inherits their limitations, latency, and uncertainty. We do not warrant that upstream providers will remain available, that historical values will not be revised, or that any dataset will be free of gaps, cloud contamination, or classification error.

8. Beta, preview, and experimental features

Features labelled "alpha", "beta", "preview", "experimental", "V2", "early access", or "coming soon" are provided for evaluation, may contain bugs, and may be modified, degraded, or withdrawn at any time without notice. They are provided as-is, are excluded from any service-level commitments, and should not be relied upon in production.

9. Availability, support, and modifications

We strive to keep the Service available but do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation, and no uptime commitment applies unless expressly set out in a signed commercial agreement. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service, in whole or in part, at any time, with reasonable notice where practicable. Community support is provided on a best-effort basis via the contact address below.

10. Disclaimer of warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITH ALL FAULTS, AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR USAGE OF TRADE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT ANY SCORE WILL BE ACCURATE OR CURRENT, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. LAND, CLIMATE, AND LAND-COVER CONDITIONS CHANGE OVER TIME; SCORES MUST BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BEFORE ANY PHYSICAL, FINANCIAL, OR REGULATORY DECISION.

11. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ROOTFIFTEEN, ITS AFFILIATES, CONTRIBUTORS, OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, GOODWILL, USE, OR DATA, OR THE COST OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU ACTUALLY PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD 100). MULTIPLE CLAIMS DO NOT ENLARGE THIS LIMIT. THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION APPLY EVEN IF ANY LIMITED REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain warranties or damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you; in such cases our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

12. Indemnity

You will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Rootfifteen, its affiliates, and their respective officers, employees, agents, and contributors from and against any third-party claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to (a) your access to or use of the Service, (b) Customer Data or any content you submit, (c) your violation of these Terms or of any law or third-party right, or (d) any decisions you or your users make based on the Service.

13. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access, in whole or in part, with or without notice, if (a) you materially breach these Terms, (b) required by law or a regulator, (c) required to protect the security or integrity of the Service or other users, or (d) an upstream provider revokes access we rely on. Upon termination, all licences granted to you terminate and you must cease all use of the Service. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including intellectual property, restrictions, disclaimers, indemnity, liability limits, and governing law) will survive.

14. Export controls and sanctions

You represent that (i) you are not located in, and will not use the Service from, a country or region subject to comprehensive sanctions, and (ii) you are not, and are not acting on behalf of, a person or entity subject to applicable sanctions or restricted-party lists. You will comply with all applicable export-control and sanctions laws in your use of the Service.

15. Changes to the Service or these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in the Service, our practices, or applicable law. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, provide additional notice (for example, an in-product notice or email where we have your address). Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree, your sole remedy is to stop using the Service.

16. Governing law and dispute resolution

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or in connection with them or the Service are governed by the laws of India, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of India, except that either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to protect its intellectual property or confidential information. Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable rights you may have under the mandatory laws of your place of residence.

17. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any executed commercial agreement, constitute the entire agreement between the parties regarding the Service and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force. Our failure to enforce any right is not a waiver of that right. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign them to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Notices to Rootfifteen must be sent to the email address below.

18. Contact

For questions about these Terms, commercial licensing, or legal notices, email hello@rootfifteen.com.