Content you contribute
Legal review
Licence granted for user-generated routes, your responsibility for what you share, and how content can be reported or removed.
Terms of Use
Responsible use of Directionary, a supplementary route-learning tool.
Draft, requires legal review
These terms have not been reviewed by a legal professional and are not in force. Provisions marked “Legal review” need professional review before release. Questions: [email protected].
Purpose of Directionary
Directionary is a mobile app that helps people with visual impairments create, share and learn routes through directions, clues and landmarks contributed by the community.
A supplementary tool
Directionary is a supplementary route-learning and wayfinding tool. It does not replace:
- orientation and mobility training;
- white canes, guide dogs or other mobility aids;
- awareness of your surroundings;
- your own judgement; or
- assistance from other people when you need it.
Directionary is not a real-time navigation system and does not detect obstacles.
Community-contributed routes
Routes are contributed by users. They may be incomplete or become outdated, and may not reflect current conditions such as construction, weather or changes to a building or street. Directionary does not guarantee that any route is accurate or safe.
Your responsibilities
Use routes as one source of information. Stay aware of your surroundings, use the mobility skills and aids that suit you, and take appropriate precautions.
Acceptable use
Legal review
Rules against sharing misleading, harmful or unlawful content, and the consequences of breaking them.
Intellectual property
Legal review
Ownership of the app, name and logo, and of contributed content.
Availability of the service
Legal review
Statement on service availability, changes and discontinuation.
Liability
Legal review
Limits on liability. Wording must be prepared by a legal professional and must not overstate protections.
Who operates Directionary
To be confirmed
The legal operator. Directionary is developed in collaboration with Guide Dogs Singapore; that collaboration does not mean Guide Dogs Singapore guarantees routes or user safety.