Regulations of the Wielkopolska Geoportal

I. Definitions

For the purposes of these Regulations, the terms indicated below will have the following meanings:

1. Geoportal – Geoportal of the Wielkopolska Region.
2. Spatial information infrastructure – spatial data sets described with metadata and related services, technical means, processes and procedures, which are used and made available by leading authorities, other administrative bodies and third parties that contribute to the spatial information infrastructure.
3. Spatial data – data relating directly or indirectly to a specific location or geographical area.
4. Spatial data set – a set of spatial data recognizable by the common features.
5. Spatial data services – services which are operations that can be performed using computer software on data contained in spatial data sets or on related metadata.
6. Spatial information infrastructure metadata – information that describes spatial data sets and spatial data services and enables the discovery, inventory and use of these data and services.
7. Interactive service – a service that enables adding, deleting, and modifying the geometry and attributes of point, line and area features.
8. User – a natural person, legal person, administrative body or an organizational unit without legal personality that browses or uses the Geoportal. The user may be a registered user, also having the scope of rights granted by the administrator, or an unregistered user.
9. Registration – a one-time process enabling the collection of data about the User necessary to create a User account, give him a login and password, and collect visit statistics.
10. Authorization – a process that confirms the User’s identity.
11. Logging in – an activity consisting in entering the login and password by the User in order to enter the system and enable the use of interactive services with the use of the possessed authorizations to work on applications and / or databases.
12. Administration body – a government administration body or a body of a local government unit or another entity, when it is established by operation of law or authorized under agreements to perform public tasks related to the environment.

II. General information

1. Access to spatial data sets and services is determined by the following provisions:
   a) The Act of May 17, 1989 Geodetic and Cartographic Law,
   b) The Act of March 4, 2010 on the infrastructure for spatial information ,
   c) The Act of February 17, 2005 on the computerization of the activities of entities performing public tasks.
2. The maps presented in the Geoportal are illustrative and cannot be treated as official documents, they cannot be the basis for administrative or official activities. The information contained in the Geoportal may be used only for non-profit and non-commercial purposes, in private or scientific applications, to the extent permitted by the Act of February 4, 1994 on copyright and related rights. Maps or any parts of them may not be used in reproducible systems or reproduced in any way: photographic, mechanical or otherwise, without written permission.
3. In matters not covered by these regulations, the provisions of the Civil Code, the Act on the provision of electronic services and other generally applicable regulations.

III. Access to services

1. These Regulations define the rules and conditions for using the Geoportal resources.
   
2. Information services are available to all Users.
3. Interactive services are available only to registered Users, additionally having the rights granted by the administrator.
4. During the registration process, the User defines the login and password used later in the login process.
5. A registered User may modify or delete their data at any time.

IV. Types and scope of services provided

1. Spatial data services available on the Geoportal:
   a) search service (CSW) – i.e. searching for spatial data sets and services on the basis of the content of the corresponding metadata and enabling the display of the content of the metadata;
   b) browsing service (WMS, WMTS) – at least: displaying, navigating, enlarging and reducing, shifting or overlapping collections and displaying explanations of cartographic symbols and metadata content;
   c) download service (WFS) – i.e. copying the entire data sets or parts thereof.
2. Access to search and browsing services is universal and free.

V. Rules for the use of data and services by Users

1. The use of the Geoportal is free of charge, possible only for non-profit and non-commercial purposes, only for personal use defined by the provisions of the Act on Copyright and Related Rights.
2. The User has no right to copy, sell, share or otherwise market or distribute the content of the Geoportal in whole or in part, in particular to send or make it available in computer systems and networks or any other ICT systems.
3. The user is obliged to indicate the events truthfully and in accordance with their actual state of affairs, in accordance with their competences. Indication of a false event results in the automatic blocking of the User’s account. If a false report has triggered a response from certain services (especially in the field of public security), the reporting person can be located by any available technical means and then held responsible for providing false information.
4. Access to materials and data included in the provincial geodetic and cartographic resource is specified in the Act of May 17, 1989, Geodetic and Cartographic Law.

VI. WTechnical conditions for the use of data and services

1. In order to use the resources of the Geoportal correctly, the following is required:
   a) Internet connection;
   b) A device that allows you to access the Internet, including a program for browsing its resources (web browser), accepting Cookies and Java Script.
2. When using the resources of the Geoportal, it is prohibited to:
   a) the use of viruses, bots, worms or other computer codes, scripts or programs that interrupt, destroy or limit the operation of the Geoportal,
   b) the use of computer codes, scripts or programs that automate the use of services provided by Geoportal.

VII. Copyright

The content of this website is protected by copyright in accordance with Art. 4 of the Copyright Act, according to which: “They are not subject to copyright: normative acts or their official drafts; official documents, materials, signs and symbols; published patent or protection descriptions; simple press releases “.

VIII. Final Provisions

1. These Regulations are valid from the date of publication.
2. These Regulations are available free of charge in a form that allows them to be downloaded, saved and printed.
3. The Administrator is not responsible for the lack of access to the Geoportal for reasons beyond the Administrator’s control.
4. The Administrator, for security reasons and due to any other reasons beyond the Administrator’s control, has the right to temporarily suspend access to the Geoportal for the period necessary to remove the circumstances.
5. Subject to the limitations resulting from mandatory provisions of law, the Administrator is not responsible for damages caused in connection with the Geoportal, its use or in connection with improper operation, errors, deficiencies, disruptions, defects, delays in data transmission, computer viruses, line or system failure. IT or non-compliance with the Regulations by Users.
6. These Regulations may be changed at any time and to any extent. The changes are effective from the moment they are published on the Geoportal website.
7. Geoportal, as a website, may contain links to websites managed by third parties.
8. The use of links to other Internet resources is at the User’s own risk. The administrator does not bear any responsibility for the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of the data contained on the pages that can be accessed through this Geoportal.
9. Data collected in the registration process are processed in accordance with:
   a. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46 / EC,
   b. the Personal Data Protection Act,
   c. the Privacy Policy of the UMWW.