Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2, 2026

Land Recon is a free public web tool that lets you look up land-use data for U.S. street addresses. This page explains what data we and our third-party providers receive when you use the site.

What we collect ourselves

Land Recon does not run user accounts, does not sell or share your data with advertisers, and does not require any registration. We do not set tracking cookies of our own.

Our web server logs requests for operational purposes (uptime, error diagnosis). Logged fields are scrubbed to remove the ?address= query string for /map and /share paths, so addresses you search are not retained in server logs. IP addresses and user-agent strings are retained for a short rolling window.

What is stored in your browser

• Recent searches and saved analysis snippets — kept in your browser's localStorage on this device only. Clearable from within the app or via your browser's site-data controls.
• Cached map data (Google Places lookups, layer snapshots) — kept in your browser's IndexedDB to speed up repeat visits.
• Preferences (active layers, basemap, guided-tour state) — stored in localStorage.

Third parties that receive data

To render the map and run searches, your browser contacts these third-party services directly. Each has its own privacy policy.

• Google Maps Tiles + Places API — receives map coordinates and search queries (e.g. for nearby hospitals, transit, Costco). Google Privacy Policy
• TomTom Search API — receives the address text you type (for autocomplete and geocoding) and your coordinates (for reverse geocoding when you use "Use my location"). TomTom Privacy Policy
• EPA ArcGIS — receives map coordinates to return Superfund site boundaries. EPA Privacy Notice
• Overpass API (via our same-origin proxy) — receives map coordinates to return OpenStreetMap features.
• Google Analytics 4 — if enabled, receives page-view events. IP anonymization is on; we strip the ?address= parameter so your searched addresses are not sent to Google Analytics. We honor the browser's Do Not Track signal: if it's enabled, GA is not loaded. Google Analytics Policy

Geolocation

If you tap "Use my location," your browser asks for permission to share your device's coordinates. The coordinates are sent to TomTom only to translate them into a street address for the search. The coordinates are not retained on our servers.

How to opt out

• Analytics — enable Do Not Track in your browser, or install Google's official opt-out add-on.
• Stored searches — clear them from the home page's "Recent searches" panel, or via your browser's site-data controls.
• Geolocation — deny the browser prompt, or revoke permission from your browser's site settings at any time.

Contact

Questions or removal requests: open an issue at github.com/DeanCron/LandRecon.