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Can I copy and use an image from the Géoportail?
You can make a copy from the screen in the part of the Géoportail site called "View" to use, for example, in your blog or personal site, provided you respect the principles detailed below.
All copies from the Géoportail screen ("VIEW" tab) must:
- be accompanied by a caption with the words © GEOPORTAIL 2007
- retain the data producers’ logos
- be smaller than 1 million pixels in size
- be used in a non commercial context
Please contact us for all other uses (reproduction of a larger sized extract or for commercial purposes).
Concerning the "Aerial photography" and "Map" layers
The Aerial Photography layer on the Géoportail (from 1:20000 to 1:2000) is now based on the BD ORTHO®
The Map layer on the Géoportail is now based on the IGN series of SCANs.
Can the Géoportail show my house to anyone who wants to look via its photos?
A mission serving the general interest governed by law
The aerial photos taken by the IGN as part of its mission serving the general interest are considered to be public information as defined by the modified law n° 78-753 passed on 17 July 1978. This concerns unrestricted access to administrative documents and the reuse of public information.
The photographs contain no items of personal information as defined by the modified law n° 78-17 passed on 6 January 1978 concerning information technology, files and data protection.
Property image rights – a question of legal precedent
For many years, well-established legal precedent considers that property image rights do not constitute exclusive rights for the following reasons :
- firstly, the owner of a property does not have exclusive rights to its image
- secondly, the owner may not object to the image of the property being used by a third party unless the use of it can be shown to be an abnormal inconvenience to him or her.
On this last point, the simple fact of a property or place of residence being visible on aerial photographs does not in itself constitute an "abnormal nuisance to private life".
If an owner considers that it has damaged the image of the property in question, proof must be supplied as to the "abnormal nuisance to private life" which publication of the image on the site has caused.