Terms of Use
Effective July 7, 2026
These terms govern your use of the Cairn app and the cairnmaps.app services. By using Cairn you agree to them. If you downloaded Cairn from the App Store, Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies.
What Cairn is
Cairn is a community map of photography spots. Users upload photos with location data; those photos mark spots other users can discover, save, and visit.
Your account
You're responsible for your account and what happens under it. You must be at least 13 years old to create one. You can delete your account — and all content you've contributed — at any time in the app.
Your content
- You keep ownership of the photos you upload.
- By publishing a photo to the map, you grant Cairn a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host and display it within the app and its services, so the community feature can work. The license ends when you delete the photo or your account.
- Only upload photos you took or have the right to share.
Rules
Don't upload content that is unlawful, hateful, sexually explicit, violent, infringing, deceptive (including deliberately wrong locations), or spam. Don't harass other users, scrape the service, or interfere with its operation.
Moderation
Every spot can be reported in the app, and you can block any photographer to hide their content. We review reports and may remove content or terminate accounts that break these rules, at our discretion.
Visit spots at your own risk
Photo spots are contributed by users. Locations may be inaccurate, hard to reach, dangerous, or on private property. Cairn does not verify them. You alone are responsible for your safety, for respecting private property, protected areas, and local laws when visiting any location found through the app. Sun times and weather shown in the app are estimates from third parties and must not be relied on for safety decisions.
No warranties; limitation of liability
Cairn is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Cairn and its creator are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the app, including harm connected to visiting locations discovered through it.
Changes and termination
We may update these terms or discontinue the service; material changes will be posted here with a new effective date. Continuing to use Cairn after a change means you accept it.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Bulgaria, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.