The data from the portals in the Explorer Series are freely available to the public (unless otherwise noted) and may be distributed or copied. 

The spatial information hosted at this website was derived from a variety of sources. Care was taken in the creation of these themes, but they are provided "as is". Oregon State University, the Oregon State University Library or any of the data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records. There are no warranties, expressed or implied, including the warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, accompanying any of these products. However, notification of any errors would be appreciated. Notification of any errors would be appreciated; please e-mail: Webmaster.

Oregon Imagery Disclaimer Policy

The following statement should be used when citing, copying, or reprinting Oregon imagery data: “Data available from the Oregon Imagery Explorer.”

Imagery data contained on, downloaded or accessed from this website are provided on an “as is” basis.  There are no constraints to using to data, although acknowledgement of the Oregon Imagery Explorer would be appreciated in products derived from these data.  However, users should be aware that temporal changes may have occurred since this data set was collected and that some parts of this data may no longer represent actual surface conditions.  In addition, some imagery data may have undergone lossy compression and is not recommended for uses such as hyperspectral signature analysis, “mission critical” applications, and land-use classification.  Users should not use this data for these and other critical applications without a full awareness of its limitations. 

Oregon State University, the State of Oregon or any of the imagery data providers cannot accept any responsibility for errors, omissions, or positional accuracy in the digital data or underlying records.  There are no warranties, expressed or implied, including the warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, accompanying any of these products. Notification of any errors would be appreciated; please e-mail: GIS Data Administrator.

The following disclaimer should be included on all printed (hardcopy) map products generated from the Oregon Imagery Explorer: “This product is for informational purposes and may not have been prepared for, or be suitable for legal, engineering, or surveying purposes. Users of this information should review or consult the primary data and information sources to ascertain the usability of the information.”
 
Furthermore, Terms of Use for the Oregon Imagery Explorer require that: 
The adopted disclaimer be used on all hard copy maps produced from geospatial data, and that the date and source of the data be included on the map,

• Spatial data producers be allowed to extend the adopted disclaimer with additional language further defining the limits of their liability,
  
• A more robust disclaimer may be used in conjunction with any and all geospatial data published on the Internet, on a separate page preceding access to the data, with an accept/reject option for users,
  
• Standardized metadata be included with any distribution of all geospatial data.
  
• The disclaimer above may be used as a blanket disclaimer for documents containing a number of small maps.