Official Wording: Google Maps / Earth TOS
"When you use Google Maps/Google Earth's map data, traffic, directions, and other content, you may find that
actual conditions differ from the map results and content, so exercise your independent judgment and use
Google Maps/Google Earth at your own risk."
Primary Source (External —Content maintained
by the originating authority):
https://www.google.com/help/terms_maps/
Official Wording: USGS / Federal Citation
"GIS base maps are referential. They are not the legal record of original survey measurements.
... As such, GIS maps do not carry legal authority to determine a boundary or the location of fixed works."
Primary Source (External —Content maintained
by the originating authority):
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-370/joffe.html
Official Wording: NGA Operational Advisory
"the use of Web Mercator and other non-WGS 84 spatial reference systems may cause geo-location / geo-coordinate
errors up to 40,000 meters. ... This erroneous geospatial positioning information poses an
unacceptable risk to global safety of navigation."
Primary Source (External —Content maintained
by the originating authority):
NGA Advisory via GPS World
Official Wording: Regional Mapping Authority (GSI / OS)
"It is not possible for Ordnance Survey to replicate the exact position of each physical feature on the ground.
... No responsibility can be accepted for any actions carried out by users using information on this website
[GSI]."
Primary Sources (External —Content maintained
by the originating authorities):