Terms of Service

Users must understand the intrinsic scientific and physical constraints of spaceborne thermal radiometry:

• Orbital Revisit Latency: Polar-orbiting Earth-observation satellites (including NASA Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21, Terra, and Aqua) pass over any given terrestrial point approximately 2 to 4 times every 24 hours. Rapidly moving fire perimeters can advance miles between consecutive orbital overpasses.
• Atmospheric & Canopy Obstruction: Thick pyrocumulonimbus cloud decks, dense cloud cover, and heavy tree canopies can attenuate or mask surface thermal infrared signatures, causing active flames to remain temporarily undetected by spaceborne sensors.
• Thermal False Positives: High Fire Radiative Power (FRP) detections can occasionally be triggered by controlled agricultural burns, prescribed forestry treatments, industrial gas flaring, steel refineries, or solar reflections off metallic surface structures.

By accessing or using WildfireMap.live ("the Service"), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, you must not access or use the platform.

The Service is available to individuals worldwide without age-gating, provided that use complies with all applicable local, national, and international laws.

WildfireMap.live is provided as a free public utility. You are granted a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to view and interact with our maps for personal, academic, journalistic, and emergency-preparedness purposes.

The following activities are strictly prohibited:

• Deploying automated scraping bots or high-frequency requests that overload our tile servers or degrade responsiveness during active disaster events.
• Framing or mirroring the Service in a manner that misrepresents satellite thermal detections as guaranteed real-time perimeter boundaries.
• Attempting to bypass security headers, rate limits, or CDN protections.

Raw Earth observation data streams are in the public domain and provided by open scientific agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA LANCE/FIRMS), the European Space Agency (Copernicus CEMS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (AirNow).

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