Terms of Service

Effective October 26, 2026

These terms are an agreement between you and TownLayers ("TownLayers", "we", "us") for your use of townlayers.com and its map studio (the "Service"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. What TownLayers is

TownLayers turns map data into designs for laser cutting and engraving: coasters, signs, posters, layered wood maps and similar pieces. You pick a place and a style in the studio, adjust it, and export files (such as SVG, PDF and DXF) to use with your own laser software and machine.

2. Your account

• You need an account to use the studio. You sign in with an emailed code or with Google; sign-in is provided by our sign-in service, Clerk.
• You must be at least 18 years old to create an account.
• Keep your email account secure; anyone who can read your email can sign in as you. Tell us at support@townlayers.com if you think someone else has used your account.
• One person per account. Free accounts are for trying the Service; making several Free accounts to get more free exports is not allowed.

3. Plans and what each allows

Plan	Price	What it includes
Free	$0	Design maps of any place and preview every style. One free export per account: a single-layer design up to 6 inches, as SVG. Personal, non-commercial use only.
Premium	$9 a month	Every style at any size; SVG, PDF and DXF exports; designs saved to your account. Personal, non-commercial use only.
Pro	$29 a month	Everything in Premium, plus laser-bed sheets with many copies, a larger daily map-data allowance, and commercial use (section 6).

Each plan includes a daily amount of map data, which resets every day. It is meant for normal use of the studio; we may limit or suspend accounts that use the Service in automated or excessive ways (for example scraping map data).

Prices are in US dollars. We may change prices or plans; for a paid plan, a price change applies from your next billing period after we tell you about it, at least 30 days ahead.

4. Payment, renewal and cancellation

• Premium and Pro are subscriptions billed every month, in advance, until you cancel. Payment is handled by Stripe, and the sale is made through Link, Stripe's checkout service, as the seller of record. We do not see or store your card number.
• Sales tax or VAT is added at checkout where it applies.
• You can switch plans or cancel at any time from the Account page ("Manage billing"). When you cancel, your plan stays active until the end of the period you have paid for, then the account becomes Free. Designs saved to your account are kept for 30 days after a paid plan ends, then deleted; subscribe again within those 30 days to keep them.
• When you upgrade partway through a month, you are charged the difference for the rest of that month right away. When you downgrade, you keep the higher plan until the end of the period you have paid for, and the lower plan and price start with your next billing cycle.
• Refunds: payments are not refunded. If something went wrong, contact support@townlayers.com and we will help.
• If a payment fails, we and Stripe will try again for a while; if it still fails, your account becomes Free.

5. Map data and credits

The maps are made from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL), and from Microsoft's building footprints, also under the ODbL. Map data can be incomplete, out of date or wrong. TownLayers designs are decorative; do not use them for navigation, surveying, property lines or safety decisions.

Every file you export includes a small credit, "Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors", as the data's license asks. It is printed in small gray type just below the design, outside the piece, on a layer of its own: in your laser software you can turn that layer off, or engrave the credit on the back of the piece.

6. Your designs and how you may use them

• The designs you export are yours to use under your plan: Free and Premium for your own personal, non-commercial projects and gifts; Pro also lets you sell physical items you make from them (for example engraved coasters or wood maps sold in a shop or online).
• On any plan you may not resell, share or publish the exported files themselves (for example selling SVG files or design templates), or use the Service to build a competing map product.
• Text you add to a design (names, titles, dates) is yours. Do not add anything unlawful or anything you do not have the right to use, such as someone else's trademark or logo.

7. What you must not do

• Break the law, or infringe anyone's rights, using the Service.
• Try to get around plan limits, the daily map-data allowance, or the one free export.
• Copy, download in bulk or redistribute the Service's map packs or other map data, or access the Service with bots or scripts.
• Interfere with the Service, probe it for weaknesses, or try to reach other people's accounts.

We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms. If we close a paid account for no fault of yours, we will refund the unused part of the current period.

8. Laser cutting is your responsibility

You decide how to cut and engrave a design, with what material, machine and settings. Check every file before cutting, follow your machine maker's safety instructions, and never leave a running laser unattended. TownLayers is not responsible for damage to materials or equipment, fires, injuries, or results that differ from the preview.

9. Other companies' names

LightBurn is a trademark of LightBurn Software, LLC. OpenStreetMap is a trademark of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. TownLayers is not affiliated with or endorsed by either.

10. The Service is provided "as is"

We work to keep TownLayers running and accurate, but the Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, to the extent the law allows.

11. Limit of liability

To the extent the law allows, TownLayers is not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for lost profits or data, and our total liability for any claim about the Service is limited to the amount you paid us in the one month before the claim.

12. Changes to the Service and these terms

We may change or stop features of the Service. If we change these terms, we will email every account holder at least 24 hours before the change takes effect; using the Service after that means you accept the new terms. If you do not, you can cancel, and a paid plan runs to the end of its period.

13. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, United States.

14. Contact

Questions about these terms: TownLayers, 162 8th Street, Rusk, Texas 75785 · support@townlayers.com.