Licensing agreement · 2026-11-07
1. What you are licensing
Golfapedia grants the customer accepting this agreement a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to embed available, hosted Golfapedia 3D course tours on websites registered to that customer's account. This permits commercial use on golf travel, tee-time, club, resort, publishing and directory websites. An agency may manage a customer's integration with permission; resale or sublicensing requires a separate written agreement.
Golfapedia and its licensors retain ownership of the service, software, maps and content. Course names and trademarks belong to their respective owners; inclusion does not imply endorsement by a course. Keep supplied attribution visible. Do not extract or redistribute underlying imagery, terrain, course data or software, conceal attribution, bypass metering, share keys with other customers, or use unauthorized domains.
2. Price and free testing
The rate is 2 US cents per qualifying tour start. There is no standard setup fee, annual subscription or minimum monthly usage charge. An account receives 25 free test starts shared across its courses. Free or promotional starts have no cash value. Custom development, bespoke integrations and substantial course work require a separate quotation and your approval.
3. What counts as a billable view
A qualifying start occurs when a visitor deliberately starts a tour and the tour successfully becomes ready for exploration on an approved website. Merely loading an iframe or visiting its parent page is not billable. Within 30 minutes of a qualifying start, the same browser reopening that course on the same approved website does not incur another charge. Hole changes, camera controls and page refreshes within that window are included. Starting another course, or starting again after the window expires, can count as another view.
Failed loads, recognized automated traffic and Golfapedia demonstration traffic are excluded. Browser identifiers identify a browser session rather than a unique person. Different browsers, cleared browser storage and separate devices may be counted separately. We do not use invasive fingerprinting to reconstruct a person's identity.
4. Prepaid viewing credit
Paid usage starts with $20.00 in prepaid purchased credit. Charges for qualifying starts are deducted from the account's shared balance after free test starts are exhausted. Purchased viewing credit does not expire while the service operates. Credit is for this service only, is not transferable and earns no interest. Prices are in USD; any applicable tax is disclosed before payment.
5. Automatic replenishment is your choice
Automatic replenishment requires separate, explicit consent. If enabled, we charge your authorized saved payment method $20.00 when your available balance drops below $5.00. This repeats as needed while enabled. A replenishment adds prepaid credit; it is not an additional usage fee. You can disable future automatic replenishments in your account at any time. A payment already submitted may finish processing; resulting unused purchased credit remains refundable.
Successful payments receive a receipt. If a payment fails or requires additional authentication, we notify you. We do not provide negative-balance credit. New paid starts pause when available credit is insufficient.
6. Spending controls and records
You choose a monthly usage spending limit. The initial limit is $50.00. This caps charges for tour starts in a UTC calendar month, not purchases of prepaid credit. Unused credit carries forward. New paid starts pause when the next charge would exceed the limit. Changing the cap does not reverse charges already incurred. Lowering it below current usage pauses further paid starts.
The account displays the available balance, counted starts, usage charges, credit purchases, refunds, approved domains and replenishment settings. Low-balance and spending-limit notices help you manage usage; the enforced balance and cap remain the controlling limits. If you believe a charge is incorrect, contact licensing@golfapedia.org with the relevant date, website and course. We investigate and correct confirmed duplicate, failed-load or otherwise incorrect charges.
7. Cancellation and refunds
You may stop embedding, disable automatic replenishment or close the account at any time. Unused purchased credit is fully refundable on request, with no cancellation or refund fee deducted by Golfapedia. Contact licensing@golfapedia.org or use the account's refund option. On closure, new starts and future automatic replenishments stop.
Consumed viewing credit is not refundable except for billing corrections or where required by law. Free test starts and promotional credit are not cash and cannot be refunded. Refunds go to the original payment method where supported; bank and payment-provider processing times apply. If the original method cannot receive a refund, contact us to arrange a supported alternative. Closing the account does not erase records we must retain for payments, disputes or legal obligations.
8. Installation, domains and account security
You are responsible for permission to place the embed, registering the domains you control, protecting account access and using the supplied embed code. One account can cover multiple available courses; additional websites must be approved before use. A key is an embed identifier, not a secret password. Domain checks and server-side metering protect the account. We may block misuse or automated traffic and ask you to help investigate suspected abuse.
9. Availability, accuracy and performance
Tours depend on browser, device, network, mapping and third-party data availability. Individual courses, imagery and features may change or become unavailable. Course layouts are for exploration and planning, not surveyed measurements, navigation, safety instructions or an official course record. Confirm important details with the course.
The service is provided on an as-available basis. We do not guarantee uninterrupted operation, a particular engagement time, booking conversion or search ranking. If the service is discontinued, unused purchased viewing credit remains refundable. Your integration should provide a useful fallback when a tour cannot start.
10. Visitor information
Metering uses a limited browser-session identifier, course and approved website identifiers, timestamps, load/start events and security signals such as IP address and user agent. You must give visitors appropriate notice of the embedded service and obtain any consent required for your implementation. See our licensing privacy notice. Do not send visitor names, email addresses or other unnecessary personal information in embed URLs.
11. Changes and existing customers
The rate and agreement version accepted for an account must be recorded. Material pricing or billing changes require advance notice and acceptance before new rates apply. You may stop usage and request a refund of unused purchased credit if you do not accept a change.
Previously purchased annual licenses keep their existing paid terms and cancellation rights. They are not automatically converted, canceled or charged under this agreement. Any transition must be separately agreed, including treatment of remaining paid service.
12. Questions and acceptance
Contact licensing@golfapedia.org about billing, course availability, custom work, accessibility or these terms. A production account must record agreement version, acceptance time, accepted price and separate automatic-payment consent. Nothing here removes rights or remedies that applicable law does not allow the parties to exclude.