Privacy Policy

Who we are

Mapper (mapper.now) is a free flight-path mapping tool published by Sauces 201 LLC, doing business as PNM Now. For any privacy question or request, contact hello@pnm.now. Sauces 201 LLC is the data controller for the limited processing described here.

What we don't do

• No advertising, no ad networks, no fingerprinting.
• No account, no sign-up, no user database. We don’t sell personal information.
• No cookies or Google Analytics unless you opt in (see Analytics below). Page-speed measurements do not set a cookie.
• Fonts, scripts, and map data are served from our own domain, so no third-party CDN receives your IP address just to load the page.

Analytics (opt-in)

Mapper uses Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregate usage (such as which pages are viewed and general device/browser type) so we can improve the tool. It runs only after you click "Accept" on the consent banner. Until then — and if you "Decline" — no Google script is loaded, no analytics cookies are set, and your browser never contacts Google at all.

If you opt in, Google Analytics sets cookies (e.g. _ga, _ga_<id>) and sends pseudonymous usage data to Google LLC in the United States. Google Analytics 4 does not log full IP addresses, and we have not enabled any advertising or cross-site features. Legal basis: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time via Cookie settings (also in the site footer).

iOS app

The Mapper iOS app is a native shell around the same map and miles calculator as this website. It does not include analytics, does not call the flight-time service, and does not send your routes to our servers. Units and map/globe preference stay in on-device storage (Apple UserDefaults). Airport and map data ship inside the app. Opening mapper.now in Safari is the website, and that visit follows the website practices on this page.

What's stored on your device

Mapper saves functional preferences in your browser's local storage (mapper_showLegs for per-leg distances, mapper_unit and mapper_view for units and map/globe, mapper_theme for light/dark, mapper_colorMode and mapper_planeColors for route and plane-type colors, and mapper_routes for the last itinerary you plotted) and your analytics choice (mapper_consent). These stay on your device and don’t identify you. Shareable links encode only airport codes in the URL — nothing about you. Google Analytics cookies are stored only if you opt in. You can clear all of it any time by clearing your browser's site data.

Public route API

Anyone (including automated clients) can request great-circle distances for IATA codes at /api/route. That endpoint receives only the airport codes you send, returns unofficial distance estimates, and does not set cookies or call the flight-time model. We may use the requesting IP address to enforce a short-term rate limit. See llms.txt for how to use it, and the Terms of Use for acceptable use.

Flight-time estimates

When you plot a route on the website, the airport codes and approximate distances you entered are sent to our own server, which forwards them to Anthropic's API to estimate airborne times. That payload is not a name, email, or account, and we don’t link it to you. Anthropic processes the request to return an estimate; under Anthropic’s commercial API terms, API inputs are not used to train its models. If estimates are unavailable, Mapper falls back to a simple distance-based calculation and contacts no one. The public /api/route endpoint does not use this model.

Hosting & logs

The site is hosted on Vercel. Like any web host, Vercel may briefly process your IP address and request metadata in server logs to operate and secure the service (our legitimate interest). We don't use those logs to identify or profile visitors, and we keep no separate copy.

The website also loads Vercel Speed Insights, which measures how fast pages load and respond (Core Web Vitals). The script and the measurements stay on mapper.now, Speed Insights does not set a cookie, and it does not record a name or email. The iOS and Android apps do not include this script. Legal basis: legitimate interest in keeping the site fast.

Legal bases (GDPR)

• Consent for Google Analytics — set only when you click "Accept", and withdrawable at any time.
• Legitimate interest for operating and securing the site, rate-limiting the public route API, generating the flight-time estimate you requested on the website, and measuring page speed with Vercel Speed Insights.
• The on-device preferences are strictly necessary to honor choices you made.

California (CCPA / CPRA)

We do not sell personal information and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We don’t run ads. If you believe we hold personal information about you, email hello@pnm.now and we will help as the law requires.

International transfers

Our hosting (Vercel), AI provider (Anthropic), and — if you opt in — Google Analytics are based in the United States. Where applicable, transfers rely on their respective safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses).

Retention

We hold no user database. The on-device preference persists until you clear it. Host server logs are retained only for our provider's standard short period and then deleted.

Your rights

If you're in the EEA or UK, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict, object to, or port your personal data. Because we don't maintain accounts or a user database, we typically hold no personal data tied to you — but you can still reach us at hello@pnm.now, and you may lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Changes

We'll post any changes here and update the date above. How you may use Mapper is in the Terms of Use.