License & Usage Rights
What you can do with our maps
Quick Summary
✓ Free for personal use — download, print, and enjoy
✓ Perfect for gifts — share the beauty of cities you love
✗ Not for commercial use — need a license for that
Personal Use License (Free)
You CAN
- • Download any map from our website
- • Print maps for your home, office, or personal space
- • Frame and hang them on your walls
- • Print maps as gifts for friends and family
- • Use maps for personal creative projects
- • Share links to our website with others
- • Use on personal social media (with credit appreciated)
You CANNOT
- • Sell physical prints or digital files
- • Use maps for commercial purposes
- • Redistribute or sublicense the files
- • Include maps in products for sale
- • Use in business marketing materials
- • Claim the designs as your own work
- • Modify and redistribute the files
Real-World Examples
Sarah's Home Office
Sarah downloads a map of Berlin, where she studied abroad. She prints it at 24x36" and frames it for her home office. Perfect use!
Mark's Anniversary Gift
Mark prints three maps of cities he visited with his wife and gives them as an anniversary gift. Great gift idea!
Lisa's Etsy Shop
Lisa wants to sell prints on Etsy using our maps. Not allowed without a commercial license. She should contact us at commercial@cityoutlines.com
Design Studio's Client Project
An interior design firm wants to use our maps in a client's office. Requires commercial license. We offer flexible licensing for design professionals.
Restaurant Decoration
A restaurant owner wants to print our maps for wall decor. This is commercial use and requires a license. Contact us for commercial pricing.
Commercial Licensing
Need to use our maps for commercial purposes? We offer flexible licensing options tailored to your needs.
Commercial License Includes:
- • Rights to sell physical prints
- • Use in commercial interior design projects
- • Inclusion in products or merchandise
- • Use in business marketing and materials
- • Bulk licensing for multiple locations
- • Custom city or design requests
Industries We Work With:
- • Interior Design Studios
- • Architecture Firms
- • Hotels & Hospitality
- • Real Estate Agencies
- • Print-on-Demand Shops
- • Design Agencies
- • Retail Stores
- • Corporate Offices
Interested in commercial licensing?
Contact Commercial TeamAttribution
While not required for personal use, we always appreciate attribution when you share our maps on social media or your personal website:
Attribution is required for any permitted commercial uses as specified in your commercial license agreement.
Data Sources
Our maps are based on street network data from OpenStreetMap, an open collaborative mapping project. While the underlying data is freely available, our artistic interpretation, design, color palettes, and presentation are original works protected by copyright.
OpenStreetMap data is © OpenStreetMap contributors and is made available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Still Have Questions?
If you're unsure whether your intended use requires a commercial license, or if you have any other questions about licensing, we're happy to help.