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Data Sources & Attribution

AtlasPath is built on open data. The maps, boundaries, and facts you explore here are made possible by the following projects and organizations, and we are grateful to every one of them.

Map & Geographic Data

Natural Earth: country, state, and province boundaries, plus select river lines. Public domain.

GeoNames: city and town data. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

OpenStreetMap: select river lines. Contains data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0).

Global Runoff Data Centre: river and drainage-basin data. Citation: GRDC (2020): GRDC Major River Basins. Global Runoff Data Centre, Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz, Germany. This product incorporates data from the HydroSHEDS database, which is © World Wildlife Fund, Inc. (2006–2013) and has been used under license.

Oregon State University, Program in Water Conflict Management and Transformation: river-basin country data. Citation: McCracken, M. & Wolf, A. T. (2018). Updating the Register of International River Basins of the World. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(1), 5–15.

Marine Regions (Flanders Marine Institute): ocean and sea boundaries from IHO Sea Areas, version 3 (DOI 10.14284/323). Licensed under CC BY.

RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017: desert boundaries. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

GMBA Mountain Inventory: mountain range definitions and groupings.

Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: volcano classification data (volcanic region, landform, activity evidence). Global Volcanism Program, 2025. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.3.6; 26 May 2026), distributed by Smithsonian Institution, compiled by Venzke, E. doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3. The database is a work of the United States Government.

Wikidata: mountain, volcano, lake, island, national park, and World Heritage site data. Public domain (CC0).

Australian national park areas: Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2024, Commonwealth of Australia 2025. © Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water) 2025. We acknowledge the Australian Government, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water as the source of the data. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Queensland national park areas: based on content from the Queensland Legislation website at 1 October 2026 (areas converted from hectares and rounded). For the latest information on Queensland Government legislation please go to www.legislation.qld.gov.au. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

NOAA NCEI: ETOPO 2022 Global Relief Model, used for the 3D terrain and contour maps. Public domain.

Text & Imagery

Wikipedia: some mountain descriptions are adapted from Wikipedia articles, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Where a description is adapted, the entry links to the source article and repeats this licence, and that adapted text stays available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Descriptions without that credit are AtlasPath's own writing.

Wikimedia Commons: some photographs (mountains, volcanoes, national parks, historic sites in the Encyclopedia). Each image shows its photographer and license directly, linking to the Commons file page.

Software

Three.js (MIT License), D3.js (ISC License), and the Google Fonts Gruppo and Syne typefaces (SIL Open Font License).

Disclaimers

Borders & Place Names

All maps, boundaries, names, and territorial designations in AtlasPath are shown for educational purposes only. They are drawn from the data sources listed above and follow common cartographic practice; they do not express any opinion or position concerning the legal status or sovereignty of any country, territory, or area, or the delimitation of its frontiers. Some regions of the world are subject to territorial disputes, and the way they appear here may differ from the way any particular government recognizes them.

Data Accuracy

Our datasets are compiled from the sources above and carefully reviewed, but in a collection this large some errors are inevitable. If you spot one, we genuinely want to know, so email us at atlaspath.support@gmail.com and we'll fix it.

Privacy

AtlasPath collects only what it needs to run your account: an email address, a username, and your learning progress and quiz statistics. We never sell personal data, and deleting your account permanently removes this data. See the Privacy tab above for our full Privacy Policy, including our approach to children's privacy.

Cookies & Data

AtlasPath uses your browser's local storage for preferences and progress, and privacy-respecting analytics (with advertising signals turned off) to understand aggregate usage. We serve no ads. By continuing to use the site, you agree to this use.

Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 1, 2026

AtlasPath ("we," "us") is a geography education web app. This policy explains what information we collect, why, how long we keep it, and the choices you have. The short version: we collect the minimum needed to run an optional account, we never sell personal information, we show no ads, and you can play the entire app without giving us anything at all.

1. Playing without an account

You can use all of AtlasPath without creating an account. In that case we collect no personal information. Your progress (completed activities, streaks, preferences) is saved only in your browser's local storage on your own device. We can't see it, and clearing your browser data removes it.

2. What we collect if you create an account

Creating an account is optional and adds online progress sync across your devices. We collect:

• Email address: to sign you in and to send password-reset emails. If you sign in with Google, we receive the email address associated with your Google account for the same purpose.
• Username: your chosen display name within the app.
• Learning data: quiz results and history (mode, accuracy, streaks), curriculum progress, places explored in each module, which places are due for review, your best Timed Run and Final Exam scores and times, badges, points, and levels, so your progress follows you across devices.

That is the entire list. We do not collect real names, addresses, phone numbers, photos, location, or payment information. If you choose to send us a message through the in-app contact form, we keep that message and your username so we can respond, until you delete your account.

Date of birth at signup: when you create an account we ask your date of birth once, to determine account eligibility (see Section 3). It is checked in your browser's memory and immediately discarded. It is never stored or transmitted to us.

3. Children's privacy (COPPA)

AtlasPath is an educational service enjoyed by all ages. In line with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA):

• Accounts require the account holder to be at least 13. Our signup form uses a neutral age screen; visitors under 13 cannot create an account.
• Children under 13 can play everything: the full app works without an account and collects no personal information from anyone in that mode (Section 1).
• We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, contact us at atlaspath.support@gmail.com and we will delete the account and its data promptly.
• We serve no advertising to anyone.

4. How we use information

Only to run the service: authenticating you, saving and displaying your own progress and stats, resetting your password, responding to messages you send us, and preventing abuse (rate limiting). We do not use your information for advertising, profiling, or marketing, and we never sell it.

5. Who else sees it

Your account data is stored on Google's Firebase platform (Google LLC), which processes it on our behalf as our infrastructure provider under the Firebase Data Processing Terms. We also use Google Analytics for Firebase to understand aggregate, anonymous usage (see Section 9). No other company receives your personal information, and your account data is not shown to other users.

6. How long we keep it

We keep account data only while your account exists. You can delete your account at any time in the app (Menu → Account). Deletion is immediate and cascades through everything we hold: quiz history, review history, progress in every module, messages you sent us through the contact form, username, profile, and the login account itself. Guest-mode data never reaches us at all (Section 1).

7. Security

Account data is protected by Google-managed authentication, per-user database access rules, and rate limiting. No system is perfectly secure; if a breach affecting your data occurs, we will notify you at your account email promptly.

8. Your rights

Wherever you live, we honor the same rights: see what we hold about you (your stats screens show essentially all of it), correct your username, and delete everything (in-app account deletion, or email us). EU/UK users: the legal basis for processing is performance of the service you signed up for, and you may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

9. Cookies, local storage & analytics

We use your browser's local storage for device preferences (theme, layer settings) and guest progress. We use Google Analytics for Firebase to understand aggregate usage, such as which features are popular and whether people return; this may set first-party analytics cookies or identifiers, and it is configured so that advertising signals (ad storage, ad personalization, and ad-user data) are denied, meaning no advertising profile is ever built from your activity. We use no advertising cookies and serve no ads.

10. Changes

If this policy changes materially, we will post the new version here with a new "last updated" date and, for account holders, note the change at next login.

11. Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at atlaspath.support@gmail.com.

Terms of Service

Last updated: October 1, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of AtlasPath (the "Service"). By using AtlasPath, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

1. Eligibility and accounts

AtlasPath can be used entirely without an account (guest mode). Creating an account requires you to be at least 13 years old, consistent with our approach to children's privacy (see the Privacy Policy, Section 3). Our signup flow uses a neutral date-of-birth screen to enforce this, and the date of birth itself is never stored. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and for all activity under your account. Please notify us promptly at atlaspath.support@gmail.com if you suspect unauthorized use.

2. The Service

AtlasPath is a geography education product: a quiz engine, timed challenges (including map puzzles), a curriculum with progress tracking, and an interactive 3D globe and map. AtlasPath is currently free to use. Features, content, and availability may change, be added, or be removed at any time.

3. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Use automated means (bots, scripts, scraping) to play activities or extract data from the Service, except as permitted by a documented public API (none is offered today).
• Choose a username or submit any content that is obscene, harassing, hateful, impersonates another person, or is otherwise inappropriate for a service used by children. We may reject or change usernames and remove content that violates this.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, its accounts, or its underlying systems, or interfere with its normal operation, including circumventing rate limits or security controls.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or resell the Service or its underlying software, except to the extent such a restriction is prohibited by applicable law.
• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable law.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate this section, with or without notice, at our discretion.

4. Your content

The content the Service stores for you is your username (your display name) and your own learning and progress data, which is visible only to you. If you contact us through the in-app form, we also store your message so we can respond. We do not host public free-text content such as comments, chat, or uploads. You retain no trademark claim over your username, and we may reclaim or reset it if it violates Section 3 or conflicts with a namespace requirement.

5. Subscriptions and payments

AtlasPath is currently free. If paid subscriptions are introduced in the future, their price, billing frequency, and cancellation terms will be presented at the point of purchase and incorporated into these Terms by reference.

6. Intellectual property

Our content. The AtlasPath software, design, quiz logic, curriculum structure, and original written content are owned by us or our licensors and protected by applicable intellectual property laws. We grant you a personal, non-commercial, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for its intended educational purpose.

Third-party data and images. AtlasPath displays geographic data and images sourced from third parties (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Marine Regions, and others), each under its own license. Full attribution is on the in-app Data Sources page (About, Data Sources), incorporated into these Terms by reference. Your use of that underlying third-party data is also subject to each source's own license terms where you use it outside the Service.

Copyright complaints. If you believe content on AtlasPath infringes your copyright, contact atlaspath.support@gmail.com with (1) identification of the copyrighted work, (2) identification of the material and its location in the Service, (3) your contact information, and (4) a statement of your good-faith belief and of the accuracy of your notice. We will investigate and remove infringing material promptly.

7. Maps and geographic content

Maps, borders, and place names in AtlasPath are shown for educational purposes only and do not express any opinion on the legal status of any territory or the delimitation of its frontiers. See the full disclaimer under About, Disclaimers, incorporated into these Terms by reference. Datasets are reviewed for accuracy but may contain errors; please report them to atlaspath.support@gmail.com.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE.

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ATLASPATH WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.

10. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time and delete your account in-app (Menu → Account), which removes your data as described in the Privacy Policy. We may suspend or terminate your account for violation of these Terms or if required by law.

11. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If changes are material, we will note them at next login for account holders and update the "last updated" date above. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

12. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email us at atlaspath.support@gmail.com.