1.7. Conditions of Use

INTERMAGNET intends, in due course, to move to a standard, machine-readable data license, such as Creative Commons or similar. Until such time, the INTERMAGNET conditions of use are that

  • The geomagnetic data available through INTERMAGNET are provided for your use (and for the use of colleagues collaborating on the same project) and are not for sale or distribution by you to third parties, without the express written permission of the Institutes that operate the observatories whose data you use.

  • Any report or publication that makes use of INTERMAGNET data should acknowledge the relevant Institutes as the source of data. INTERMAGNET provides two forms of acknowledgement for data use Section 7.3.1.

  • We ask that the data not be used for commercial purposes, nor in any project in which you, your organization, or your collaborators are in a commercial agreement with any third party, without the permission of the operating Institute(s).

  • Either an electronic link to or paper copy of each report or publication should be sent to those Institutes whose data you use.

  • A citation reference should be sent to the INTERMAGNET Secretary secretary_intermagnet@gfz-potsdam.de for inclusion in a publications list on the INTERMAGNET web site.

Your email address, which you provide to INTERMAGNET when requesting data, will be given to the Institute supplying the data so that it may monitor the use of its data.

By accessing these data you signify your acceptance of these terms and conditions. For commercial applications of observatory data, please contact the operating Institute directly.

INTERMAGNET accepts no liability in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurrence arising from the provision of these data.