Legal and Licensing
The Natural Area Coding SystemTM, NACTM,
the Universal Address SystemTM,
Universal Area CodeTM, Universal AddressTM,
the Global Postal Code SystemTM,
Global Postal CodeTM, Universal Postal CodeTM,
GPCTM,
the Universal Property Identifier SystemTM,
the Universal Property Identifying SystemTM,
Universal Property IdentifierTM, UPIDTM,
the Universal Property Identity Code SystemTM,
Universal Property Identity CodeTM, UPICTM,
the Universal Map Grid SystemTM,
Universal Map GridTM and many other special terms
on this web site are the trade marks of NAC Geographic Products Inc.
and protected by laws of intellectual properties of the world.
The algorithm, the character set and the concept of the Natural Area
Coding System are copyrighted content of NAC Geographic Products Inc.
and protected by the International Copyright Law.
The Natural Area Coding System is a proprietory standard that requires
licenses to use in any applications except endusers.
Any uses of the Natural Area Coding System or any of its derived systems
including any maps with NAC grids and any intelligent
devices such as computers, GPS receivers, mail sorting equipment in either
hardware or software that have the capability to input,
display, retrieve, store, or process the Natural Area Coding System or any
of its derived systems require licenses from NAC
Geographic Products Inc. Please contact NAC Geographic Products Inc.
for information about the licenses.
We are issuing both exclusive and non-exclusive licenses. If you want to
get exclusive licenses, you should hurry because the
opportunities to get the licenses are limited. Here is the list for all
EXCLUSIVE LICENSES of the Natural Area Coding System
and its derived systems for
- Universal Map Grids on the city street map of an individual city for a period of time
With Universal Map Grids on a street map, users can directly pinpoint any Universal Address on the map without the need to lookup the alphabetic list
of street names. NAC enhanced maps can also be used for people to find out their Universal Addresses. With Universal Addresses, stores, shops,
restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions will easily draw more people who usually will not come because the unfamiliar locations
- Input and display of NAC on handheld GPS receivers for the market of an individual country for a period of time
With the display and input of NAC, a GPS receiver will be much more useful than ever because currently nobody really can directly use the
display of the longitude/latitude or UTM coordinates, and these coordinates are long digits and difficult to read, input and remember.
- Display of NAC on GPS enhanced watches for an individual country for a period of time
Currently due to the lack of efficient representation of geographic coordinates, it's impossible for a watch to display the long digits of
longitude and latitude coordinates (about twenty characters) on a watch. With NAC, this problem is solved. All GPS enhanced watches will be able
to display ten character NAC that is accurate to one meter. Once such a watch is released on the market, people will use accurate spatial
information similar to use accurate time for their daily life, especially on reporting accidents, broken spots on the road, historic ruins,
fossiles, pollution areas, camping sites, etc.
- Input, Display and Transmission of NAC on a cellphone in an individual country for a period of time
With the capability of input, display and transmission of NAC, a cellphone will be so useful in communication especially for emergency services.
- Printed telephone catalog that contains Universal Addresses of companies for an individual city
With the Universal Addresses listed, a catalog can make users find the address of a person or a company on a map or the corresponding physical
location much more conveniently.
We provide non-exclusive licenses for all other uses of the Natural Area Coding System and its derived systems.
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