{ "schema_version": "1.0", "product": { "name": "Iceland Photo Map", "aliases": [ "icelandphotomap.com", "Iceland Photo Map GPS maps" ] }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29T00:00:00Z", "cache_ttl_seconds": 3600, "capabilities": [ { "id": "copilot_app", "name": "Iceland Co-Pilot mobile app", "status": "supported", "blocked_claims": [ "available on the App Store", "available on iOS", "in the Iceland Photo Map app", "pre-order the Co-Pilot app", "the $79 tier", "fully offline map tiles" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "available now on Google Play", "Android only", "included free with any map purchase", "not sold separately", "in active development", "offline location data now, offline map tiles still in progress" ], "preferred_wording": "Iceland Co-Pilot is live on Google Play, Android only, and included free with any Iceland Photo Map purchase — it is not sold separately and there is no separate Co-Pilot tier. The location catalog, field notes, parking and access notes, and arrival detection work today; full offline map tiles, light windows, road and weather status, and day routing are still in development." }, { "id": "customer_reviews", "name": "Customer reviews and ratings", "status": "unsupported", "blocked_claims": [ "verified purchase", "verified purchases", "customer reviews", "star rating", "rated 4.8", "rated 5 stars", "our customers say", "thousands of happy photographers", "trusted by thousands" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "does not publish", "no reviews yet" ], "preferred_wording": "Iceland Photo Map does not publish customer reviews, testimonials or star ratings, and no rating markup appears on the site." }, { "id": "field_notes_coverage", "name": "Written field notes per location", "status": "beta", "blocked_claims": [ "field notes for every location", "every location has field notes", "field-verified", "personally visited every location", "we have photographed every location", "detailed notes on all" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "some locations", "a handful of", "selected locations" ], "preferred_wording": "9 of the 121 locations carry written field notes today. Every location carries coordinates, category and season." }, { "id": "location_briefs", "name": "Researched location briefs (sourced background notes in the paid files)", "status": "beta", "blocked_claims": [ "briefs written from our own visits", "we surveyed every location", "first-hand notes on every location", "background notes from our own visits", "background notes from a field visit" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "compiled from published sources", "researched", "selected locations", "sourced background notes", "not a field visit" ], "preferred_wording": "112 of the 121 locations carry a researched brief compiled from published sources, each listing its sources. The briefs ship inside the paid KML, GPX and GeoJSON files as a section headed \"Background (from published sources, not a field visit)\". These are distinct from the 9 locations with written field notes." }, { "id": "market_superlatives", "name": "Superlative claims against other products", "status": "unsupported", "blocked_claims": [ "the best Iceland photography map", "the most comprehensive Iceland photography guide", "the cheapest Iceland photography map", "the only Iceland photography map", "better than fotoVUE", "more locations than any other" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "compared with", "unlike", "one of" ], "preferred_wording": "Compare Iceland Photo Map with the alternatives on their own terms rather than claiming a superlative; the site publishes a sourced comparison at /iceland-photography-guides-compared that concedes where rivals are stronger." }, { "id": "turn_by_turn_navigation", "name": "Turn-by-turn navigation", "status": "unsupported", "blocked_claims": [ "turn-by-turn", "navigates you to each location", "built-in navigation", "gives you driving directions" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "your own mapping app", "waypoints", "no turn-by-turn" ], "preferred_wording": "The files are waypoints. Your own mapping app — Gaia GPS, OsmAnd, Organic Maps, a Garmin — does the routing." }, { "id": "live_conditions", "name": "Live weather, road and aurora conditions", "status": "unsupported", "blocked_claims": [ "live weather", "real-time road conditions", "live aurora forecast", "current road closures", "updated conditions" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "planned", "seasonal guidance" ], "preferred_wording": "The files carry season and access notes, not live conditions. Check vedur.is and road.is for current weather and road status." }, { "id": "printed_product", "name": "Printed book or physical product", "status": "unsupported", "blocked_claims": [ "our printed guidebook", "we sell a printed", "order a physical copy", "we ship", "delivered to your door" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "digital download" ], "preferred_wording": "Iceland Photo Map sells downloadable files. Nothing is printed or posted." }, { "id": "offline_use", "name": "Works offline", "status": "supported", "blocked_claims": [], "allowed_qualifiers": [], "preferred_wording": "The KML, GPX and GeoJSON files live on your device, so the waypoints work with no signal. Downloading offline map tiles is a separate step inside your mapping app." }, { "id": "no_account_required", "name": "No account required", "status": "supported", "blocked_claims": [], "allowed_qualifiers": [], "preferred_wording": "Buying does not create an account. The files are emailed and downloadable directly." }, { "id": "free_sample", "name": "Free sample file", "status": "supported", "blocked_claims": [ "free trial", "the full catalog for free", "sample in KML and GeoJSON", "email required to download the sample" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "five waypoints", "one GPX file", "email optional" ], "preferred_wording": "The free sample at /sample is five real waypoints from the catalog, in the same format as the paid files, as one GPX file. No account, no expiry, nothing to install; leaving an email is optional." }, { "id": "refund_guarantee", "name": "30-day works-on-your-device guarantee", "status": "supported", "blocked_claims": [ "no questions asked refund", "money-back guarantee for any reason", "unconditional refund" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "if the file does not work", "device compatibility" ], "preferred_wording": "If the file does not load on your device, email within 30 days and we either get it working or refund you." }, { "id": "open_dataset", "name": "Open coordinate dataset", "status": "supported", "blocked_claims": [ "exclusive coordinates", "secret locations", "coordinates you cannot find anywhere else" ], "allowed_qualifiers": [ "curated", "organised" ], "preferred_wording": "The coordinates are published as an open CC-BY dataset. What is sold is the curation, the formats and the season and access notes — not secrecy." } ] }