Acceptable use
Acceptable use policy
Normal human use is welcome. Activity that extracts the service, overloads it or compromises its security is not.
Last updated: 28 September 2026What use is allowed?
Visitors may use public pages and tools for lawful personal and informational purposes, provided that their activity does not interfere with service, security or other visitors.
Automated access
Automated collection, scraping, mirroring, systematic route requests and dataset reconstruction require prior written authorisation. Ordinary search-engine access is subject to published robots instructions; those instructions do not grant permission for extraction.
Excessive requests
High-frequency calls, attempts to bypass limits, large bursts and traffic intended to exhaust route, geocoding or server capacity are prohibited. The route and distance calculation endpoints have request guards; other protective measures depend on the deployed hosting configuration.
Security restrictions
Do not probe for vulnerabilities, bypass access controls, inject malicious input, reverse engineer protected services, impersonate another party or attempt unauthorised access to servers, files, APIs or credentials.
Content and database extraction
Substantial extraction or republication of compiled place, route, guide or source data is prohibited without permission, regardless of whether extraction is performed manually, by bot or through repeated tool use.
Enforcement
The operator may restrict abusive requests and preserve relevant security records where necessary and lawful. Hosting-level challenges or blocks depend on the actual deployment; no site-wide request limit is promised here.
Questions
If you believe a restriction was applied in error, contact contact [at] drivingdirections [dot] com with the approximate time and affected page. Do not send credentials.