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The vision of the Store Mapper is to display data from multiple sources, lead you in investigating the relationships between those data and ultimately uncover compelling story maps to aid in policy-change efforts. The Store Mapper focuses on four main objectives to meet that vision:
Where are tobacco retailers located? What is the variation in demographics in your area of interest (income, race, ethnicity, and age)? Where are parks and schools located? What tobacco retailers have had a state or federal compliance check and what was the outcome?
What is the distribution of tobacco retailers in your area of interest? How does retailer density change from one neighborhood to another? Where are the tobacco retailers that are located near schools and parks? How would passing a policy to ban retailers near schools and parks change the overall disparity of retailer density? How has the rate of sales to minors changed over time?
Reports are generated to provide you with summary metrics for each type of analysis. The reports include summary metrics for your specified area of interest as well as comparison area (default: statewide) metrics and a map of your area of interest. Optionally, you can chose to include detailed demographic measures showing how metrics change in different types of neighborhoods (ex. as income increases, how does tobacco retailers density change), as well as a list of all retailers included in the analysis.
Finally, the Store Mapper includes links for you to download all the raw tabular data used in analyses, including the full tobacco retailer list, state and federal compliance check lists, list of store assessment locations and survey outcomes, and census tract variables.
This user guide will provide technical instructions for how to use the Store Mapper. For more information on how to apply this data toward policy advocacy efforts, contact Counter Tools at help@countertools.org.
Before using the Store Mapper data, please review the Terms Of Use.
1. Acceptance of terms of use and amendments
Each time you use or cause access to the Store Mapper, located at https://mapping.countertools.org/<your state> and referenced hereafter as Store Mapper, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, as amended from time to time with or without notice to you. In addition, if you are using a particular service on Store Mapper, or accessed via Store Mapper, you will be subject to any rules or guidelines applicable to those services, and they will be incorporated by reference within these Terms of Use. Please read the site's Privacy Policy, which is incorporated within these Terms of Use by reference.
2. The site administrator's service
The Store Mapper and the services provided to you on and via Store Mapper are provided on an "AS IS" basis. You agree that the site administrator reserves the right to modify or discontinue provision of Store Mapper and its services, and to remove the data you provide, either temporarily or permanently, at any time, without notice and without any liability towards you. The site administrator will not be held responsible or liable for timeliness, removal of information, failure to store information, inaccuracy of information, or improper delivery of information.
3. Your responsibilities and registration obligations
In order to use Store Mapper or certain parts of it, you may be required to register for a user account on Store Mapper; in this case, you agree to provide truthful information when requested, and -- if a minimum age is required for eligibility for a user account -- you undertake that you are at least the required age. By registering for a user account, you explicitly agree to this site's Terms of Use, including any amendments made by the site administrator that are published herein.
4. Privacy Policy
Registration data and other personally identifiable information that the site may collect is subject to the terms of the site administrator's Privacy Policy.
5. Registration and password
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and you will be responsible for all usage of your user account and/or user name, whether authorized or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify the site administrator of any unauthorized use of your user account, user name or password.
6. Your conduct
You agree that all information or data of any kind, whether text, software, code, music or sound, photographs or graphics, video or other materials ("content"), made available publicly or privately, will be under the sole responsibility of the person providing the said content, or of the person whose user account is used. You agree that Store Mapper may expose you to content that may be objectionable or offensive. The site administrator will not be responsible to you in any way for content displayed on Store Mapper, nor for any error or omission. By using Store Mapper or any service provided, you explicitly agree that: (a) you will not provide any content or conduct yourself in any way that may be construed as: unlawful; illegal; threatening; harmful; abusive; harassing; stalking; tortious; defamatory; libelous; vulgar; obscene; offensive; objectionable; pornographic; designed to interfere with or disrupt the operation of Store Mapper or any service provided; infected with a virus or other destructive or deleterious programming routine; giving rise to civil or criminal liability; or in violation of an applicable local, national or international law; (b) you will not impersonate or misrepresent your association with any person or entity; you will not forge or otherwise seek to conceal or misrepresent the origin of any content provided by you; (c) you will not collect or harvest any information about other users; (d) you will not provide, and you will not use Store Mapper to provide, any content or service in any commercial manner, or in any manner that would involve junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of unauthorized advertising or commerce; you will not use Store Mapper to promote or operate any service or content without the site administrator's prior written consent; (e) you will not provide any content that may give rise to the site administrator being held civilly or criminally liable, or that may be considered a violation of any local, national or international law, including -- but not limited to -- laws relating to copyrights, trademarks, patents, or trade secrets.
7. Submission of content on Store Mapper
By providing any content to Store Mapper, you agree to submit content in a format determined by the site administrator, and not in a manner that undermines the integrity of the content itself. You agree to follow Counter Tools’ formatting and content guidelines for data submission as well as the restrictions specified above in section 6.
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You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the site administrator and the site administrator's representatives, subsidiaries, affiliates, related parties, officers, directors, employees, agents, independent contractors, advertisers, partners, and co-branders, from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, that may be filed by any third party, arising out of your conduct or connection with Store Mapper or service, your provision of content, your violation of these Terms of Use, or any other violation by you of the rights of another person or party.
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YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF STORE MAPPER AND OF ANY SERVICES OR CONTENT PROVIDED (THE "SERVICE") IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS", AND THE SITE ADMINISTRATOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE SITE ADMINISTRATOR MAKES NO WARRANTY, EITHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, THAT ANY PART OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, RELIABLE, OR OF ANY QUALITY, NOR IS IT WARRANTED EITHER IMPLICITLY OR EXPRESSLY THAT ANY CONTENT IS SAFE IN ANY MANNER FOR DOWNLOAD. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER THE SITE ADMINISTRATOR NOR ANY PARTICIPANT IN THE SERVICE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND AND THAT ANY ADVICE OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED VIA STORE MAPPER MAY BE USED SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND THAT THE SITE ADMINISTRATOR WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE IN ANY WAY. Some jurisdictions may not allow disclaimers of implied warranties, and certain statements in the above disclaimer may not apply to you as regards implied warranties; the other terms and conditions remain enforceable notwithstanding.
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If you violate any provision of these Terms of Use, your permission to use this Site, the Content or the Materials shall automatically terminate. The site administrator may change, suspend or terminate your account or your use of all or part of this Site at any time as the site administrator deems appropriate.
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The site administrator reserves all of the site administrator's rights, including but not limited to any and all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any other proprietary right that the site administrator may have in respect of Store Mapper, its content, and goods and services that may be provided. The use of the site administrator's rights. and property requires the site administrator's prior written consent. By making services available to you, the site administrator is not providing you with any implied or express licenses or rights, and you will have no rights to make any commercial use of Store Mapper or provided services without the site administrator's prior written consent.
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If you believe that your property has been used in any way that could be considered a copyright infringement or a violation of your intellectual property rights, the site administrator's copyright agent may be contacted via: e-mail to the site administrator at help@countertools.org.
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You agree that these Terms of Use and any dispute arising out of your use of Store Mapper or products or services provided will be governed by and construed in accordance with local laws applicable at the site administrator's domicile, notwithstanding any differences between the said applicable legislation and legislation in force at your location. By registering for a user account on Store Mapper, or by using Store Mapper and the services it provides, you accept that jurisdiction is granted to the courts having jurisdiction over the site administrator's domicile, and that any disputes will be heard by the said courts.
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