Terms of Service

These Terms govern your use of Shade Map ("the App"), operated by Garded LLC ("we", "us", "our"). By downloading or using the App you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.

1. What the App does

Shade Map models a building and the trees around it, powered by measure.so technology, then calculates where the sun reaches and where shadows fall, across a day and across the year. It gives you hours of direct sun for a spot you choose.

2. Accuracy — please read this part

The App produces an estimate from a model. It is not a site survey, an engineering assessment, a solar production forecast, a property appraisal, or professional advice of any kind. In particular:

• The tree data is partial. It typically covers only the tallest trees within a radius of a property. Smaller trees, hedges, and undergrowth may not be modelled, so real shade is often greater than the App reports and hours of sun are correspondingly a best case. The App states this where it shows the figures.
• The data ages. Survey data is captured on a particular date. Trees grow, trees are felled, buildings go up and come down. A model built on older data can be out of step with what is there today.
• The model is a simplification. Buildings are represented as extruded outlines with a roof, and tree canopies as simple shapes. Real geometry is more complicated than that.
• Weather is not included. Figures describe the geometry of sun and shadow on a cloudless day. They are not a forecast and take no account of cloud, haze, or seasonal foliage.

Use the App to inform a decision, alongside your own observation of the site and, where the stakes justify it, professional advice. Do not rely on it as the sole basis for buying property, sizing or siting a solar installation, or any other decision with significant financial consequences.

3. Subscriptions and payment

Shade Map offers auto-renewing subscriptions and a one-time lifetime purchase. Current options and prices are shown in the App before you buy.

• Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase.
• Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends.
• Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings on your device. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription.
• The lifetime option is a single payment and is not a subscription. It grants access to the App as it exists and as it develops, for as long as we operate it.

4. Refunds

Purchases are made through Apple, and refunds are handled by Apple under its policies. We cannot issue refunds directly. You can request one at reportaproblem.apple.com. If something has gone wrong with the App, please tell us as well — it may be something we can fix.

5. Acceptable use

Please do not reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source of the App; use it to build a competing dataset or service; scrape or bulk-extract results; or use it in a way that breaks the law or infringes someone else's rights.

6. Intellectual property

The App, its design, and its content are owned by Garded LLC and protected by law. These Terms grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on devices you own or control, in line with the App Store Terms of Service. Underlying data and map imagery remains the property of its respective providers.

7. Availability

The App depends on services we do not control, including Apple's and our data providers'. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, and we may modify or discontinue features. We will not remove a feature you paid for without good reason.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the App is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Garded LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenues, or opportunities, arising from your use of the App. Our total liability for any claim relating to the App is limited to the amount you paid us for it in the twelve months before the claim. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limits, in which case they apply to the fullest extent permitted.

10. Apple

These Terms are between you and Garded LLC, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content, and has no obligation to provide support for it. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

11. Changes

We may update these Terms. We will change the date at the top of this page and, where the change is significant, note it in the App. Continuing to use the App after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

12. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Nothing here removes any consumer right you have that cannot be waived under the law where you live.

13. Contact

Questions about these Terms: thisdudestartedsomething@gmail.com.