Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and 20.12 (“we”, “us”, or “our”). They govern your access to and use of the 20.12 application, the website at 2012.co.nz, and all related features, data, and services (together, the “App”).

By downloading, installing, registering for, tapping “I Understand” on the in-app disclaimer, or otherwise using the App, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not install or use the App.

These Terms apply to all users of the App, including registered users and guests. You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a legally binding contract to use the App.

Indicative only. All marks, boundaries, positions, measurements, and other information shown in the App are approximate and provided for general guidance only. They are not an authoritative, certified, or legal record.

Not a cadastral or legal survey. The App does not define, mark out, certify, or determine legal property boundaries. Under the Cadastral Survey Act 2002, only a licensed cadastral surveyor may define cadastral boundaries. You must not rely on the App to determine the position of any boundary, and you must obtain a survey from a licensed cadastral surveyor where a boundary needs to be established.

Survey marks. Survey-mark information is sourced from third parties and may be incomplete, superseded, or inaccurate. Physical marks may have been disturbed, moved, damaged, or destroyed. We do not verify the physical existence, condition, or location of any mark. Locating marks on the ground is at your own risk: you are responsible for obtaining any necessary land-access permissions, complying with trespass and other laws, and ensuring your own safety.

Positioning and GNSS. Positioning accuracy depends on factors outside our control, including your device, any connected GNSS hardware, satellite geometry, atmospheric conditions, and obstructions.

You are solely responsible for verifying all information against the relevant official source, for exercising your own professional judgement, and for any decision, work, or reliance you base on the App.

Underground services and assets (such as drains, pipes, and catchpits) are shown only approximately and may be incomplete, mislocated, or entirely absent from the App. Before any ground-disturbing work you must obtain current information through beforeUdig and from the relevant asset owners and network utility operators, and you must comply with all safe-digging practice and your obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

20.12 is designed for professional use by surveyors, field technicians, and geospatial professionals. You agree to use the App in accordance with these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations in New Zealand.

You agree not to:

• Use the App for any unlawful, fraudulent, or harmful purpose
• Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App
• Interfere with or disrupt the App or the servers or networks connected to it
• Use automated tools to scrape or bulk-query data through the App beyond normal use
• Misrepresent the source, accuracy, or status of any position, mark, or boundary, or use the App in any way that could cause harm to third parties
• Use the App in a way that breaches any third-party data licence or any applicable law

To access cloud sync features, you must create an account. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us promptly at support@2012.co.nz if you suspect unauthorised use.

You may use the App in guest mode without creating an account; however, data will not be persisted between sessions in guest mode.

You can initiate account deletion directly in-app using the Delete Account button in account settings.

We reserve the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or where we reasonably suspect misuse.

The App allows users to upload mark photos and related mark details. Uploaded mark content may be visible to all users of the App.

Leaderboard participation includes public in-app display of your nickname, points, and rank.

You agree not to upload content that is:

• Unlawful, harmful, abusive, threatening, or defamatory
• Infringing another person's intellectual property or privacy rights
• Misleading, fraudulent, or intentionally false

You retain ownership of content you upload, and grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, and display it as reasonably necessary to operate the App. You are responsible for the content you upload and confirm you have the rights or permissions required to upload it, including any personal information about other people, which you must handle in accordance with the Privacy Act 2020.

Uploaded content may be reported by users. Reported content may be reviewed by admins/moderators, and we may remove content or take account-level action where appropriate. We are not obliged to monitor content.

All spatial data displayed within the App is sourced from the LINZ Data Service (Land Information New Zealand) and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

Aerial imagery is sourced from LINZ and includes data from © Maxar Technologies, Sinergise/Copernicus Sentinel, GEBCO, and regional New Zealand councils. Street map data is © OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Where you reuse third-party data, you are responsible for complying with the applicable licence and attribution requirements. The App itself, including its design, code, and branding, is the intellectual property of 2012.co.nz. All rights reserved.

Survey and geodetic mark data is fetched in real time from LINZ and is provided for informational and professional reference purposes only. While we strive to display accurate data, we make no warranties regarding the completeness, currentness, or accuracy of any spatial data shown within the App.

20.12 is a tool to assist professionals — it does not replace the obligation to verify survey data through official channels. Always confirm critical survey information against official LINZ records before relying on it for cadastral or engineering purposes.

Much of the information in the App is sourced from third parties (including LINZ and relevant councils and utility operators) that we do not create, control, or independently verify. It may be inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date, and is provided “as is”.

The App may interoperate with third-party hardware, software, websites, or services (including GNSS receivers, correction services, mapping providers, and Google sign-in). Your use of those is governed by the relevant third party's terms, and we are not responsible for them.

The App is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, or non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components.

Where you acquire the App in trade (that is, for the purposes of a business), to the maximum extent permitted by law, the guarantees and remedies under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) do not apply, and sections 9, 12A, and 13 of the Fair Trading Act 1986 (FTA) do not apply. You agree it is fair and reasonable that they do not apply.

Where you are a consumer under the CGA and acquire the App other than in trade, nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any right or remedy you have under the CGA, the FTA, or other consumer-protection law that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law.

Subject to that, and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, 2012.co.nz shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or related to your use of the App, including but not limited to reliance on inaccurate data, any excavation or damage to underground services, any boundary or title dispute, loss of profits, or data loss.

Subject to the above, our total aggregate liability to you for all claims arising out of or in connection with the App and these Terms is limited to the greater of the total fees (if any) you paid us for the App in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the liability, and NZD $100.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you indemnify us (and our directors, employees, and agents) against all losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal costs) arising out of or in connection with your use of the App, your breach of these Terms or any applicable law, content you upload, or any work, decision, or reliance you base on the App. This does not apply to the extent the loss is caused by our breach or negligence, or where it would be unenforceable because you acquired the App as a consumer under the CGA.

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New Zealand. Before commencing legal proceedings, you agree to first contact us and attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute. You and we submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand. Nothing in this clause limits your ability to bring a claim in the Disputes Tribunal or to exercise any non-excludable consumer right.

We may update these Terms from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. For material changes we may take reasonable steps to notify you, which may include requiring you to re-accept the updated Terms (or the in-app disclaimer) before continuing to use the App. Continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

If you have any questions about these Terms & Conditions, please contact us at:

support@2012.co.nz