Geospatial Law, Policy and Ethics

Drawing on the author's extensive professional, legal and scholarly experience in the geospatial community, the book explains how these issues cut across both legal and technology domains, and how they impact geospatial information management across the globe

This comprehensive textbook identifies the emerging legal, policy, and ethical considerations associated with the collection, analysis, storage, and distribution of data that can be tied to location on Earth - otherwise known as "geospatial information."

Drawing on the author's extensive professional, legal, and scholarly experience in the geospatial community, the book explains how these issues cut across both legal and technology domains and how they impact geospatial information management across the globe. While focused on the USA, the framework and analysis can be applied to other nations and legal systems. Key topics covered include intellectual property, privacy, data protection, data quality and liability, security, ethical issues, licensing, and the impact of existing and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, satellites, drones, software, machine learning, small satellites, and 5G. The book includes helpful features, such as a glossary of key legal terms and further reading, and is accompanied by digital supplements in the form of PowerPoint slides for each chapter.Geospatial Law, Policy and Ethics is the ideal companion for advanced undergraduate and graduate-level students of Geographic Information System (GIS), remote sensing geospatial intelligence, geospatial studies, and spatial data science courses. It will also be of interest to geospatial professionals employed in industry, government, or research.

Autorentext

Kevin D. Pomfret is Partner at Williams Mullen law firm, Founder of the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy, and Professor of Geospatial Law.

Klappentext

Drawing on the author's extensive professional, legal and scholarly experience in the geospatial community, the book explains how these issues cut across both legal and technology domains, and how they impact geospatial information management across the globe

Inhalt

About the Author ix Glossary of Key Legal Terms x 1 What Is Geospatial Law? 1 2 Intellectual Property Rights in Geospatial 15 3 Location Privacy 29 4 Data Quality and Liability Considerations 48 5 The U.S. Government as a Regulator 58 6 Security Laws and Policies Associated With Geospatial Technology 70 7 Licensing of Geospatial Information 81 8 Ethics and Other Nongovernmental Instruments 89 9 Selling Geospatial Products and Services to the U.S. Government 96 10 Role of Federal Civil Agencies in Geospatial Information Management 113 11 Role of Defense and Intelligence Agencies in Geospatial Information Management: Geospatial Intelligence 125 12 Where Geospatial Technology Is Taking the Law 134 Additional Readings 145 Index 146