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PRIVACY / THIRD-PARTY AI

What may be sent

Allowing enables these OpenAI-dependent features for this sign-in. You can optionally remember approval for your account on future sign-ins, until you turn it off or this disclosure changes. Before signing in, permission covers only account-creation safety checks; the new account needs its own approval. Declining leaves these actions off; the map and features that do not need this processing remain available.

This does not enable optional photo AI memory or community learning. Those remain separate choices.

Change this choice in AI processing settings in your preferences. Turning it off removes remembered approval and stops future gated requests on this browser or app session; it cannot recall data already sent or cancel processing already underway.

OpenAI handles submitted data under the applicable service terms and data controls. This permission is not a promise of zero retention or a guarantee about model training. Read the privacy policy.

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Maps & layers

Choose Satellite, Hybrid, Topo or 3D terrain

Match the map's presentation to the question you are trying to answer.

3 minute guide4 steps3D terrain: Scout and Apex
Where to start in the appMap → Layers or the 2D / 3D control
  1. 01

    Choose a base map

    Choose Satellite for a clean photographic view, Hybrid for imagery with map context, or Topo for terrain-focused cartography. Optional layers sit above the selected map.

    Choose a basemap and view mode in Map & terrain. The selected imagery source remains a separate preference.
  2. 02

    Switch to 3D terrain

    Open the 2D / 3D control and select 3D. Move, zoom and rotate the map to compare slopes and valleys. Return to 2D when you want a straight-down view.

  3. 03

    Adjust the relief for readability

    Use the displayed relief multiplier when you want subtle terrain to stand out. This changes the visual height of the terrain, not the underlying elevations, distances or slope data.

    Terrain relief changes the visual height. True scale, Enhanced and Dramatic do not change real elevations or measurements.Map attribution retained: Mapbox.
  4. 04

    Keep a useful amount of context

    Turn Roads & Trails on when you need road and path labels. Use Hybrid and the water layers to compare the surrounding waterways. Source detail and imagery dates vary by location.

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