Spatial Law and Policy

Why Location Matters: The Legal and Policy Issues Associated with Location

Monday, August 16, 2010

Spatial Law and Policy Update (August 16, 2010)

Licensing/Intellectual Property rights
Pirating of Sat Nav Maps in China
Viacom to Appeal YouTube Decision
Bing Adds OpenStreetMap
Does your town, or its consultant, own is GIS data?

Privacy
Maryland to Create Statewide Database for License Plate Readers
Google Earth Used to Find Unpermitted Pools
Web Attack Knows Where You Live
Idea to Use Cameras to Identify Uninsured Drivers Draws Criticism
Consumer Watchdog accuses FBI, DEA of using Google Earth
If Big Brother is Watching, He Needs a Warrant Court Says
Google under probe in South Korea for StreetView collection
Who is watching you behind the wheel?
US issues redesigned, RFID-enhanced "green cards"
DARPA Develops New Privacy Principals

2nd Lower Merion Student sues over "spycam"

Smart Grid
Location Intelligence Crucial for Smart Grid

Intelligent Transportation Systems
Street Smarts

National Security
NGA Awards EnhancedView Contracts

Spatial Data Infrastructures
Malaysia Developing Legal and Policy Framework For Spatial Data

Miscellaneous
GPS: The Future of Authentication?
South Africa and Russia sign Agreement on Earth Observation
Move, Inc. wins real estate mapping patent case over REAL. LTD
Silvio Berlusconi wipes holiday home off Google Earth
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Kevin is a lawyer that has been focused on the legal and policy issues associated with the collection, use, storage, and distribution of location and other types of geoinformation since 2006. These issues cut across legal disciplines (privacy, licensing, intellectual property rights, liability, national security, open data) and technology platforms (UAVs, satellites,smart phones, wearables, internet of things, smart cities, intelligent transportation systems). He is also the founder the Executive Director of the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy, He writes and speaks extensively around the the world on spatial law and technology. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Open Geospatial Consortium and the National Geospatial Advisory Committee. Prior to attending law school, Kevin served as a satellite imagery analyst. In that capacity he helped to develop imagery collection strategies to monitor arms control agreements. He also served as the special assistant to the U.S. government official responsible for developing the intelligence community's satellite imagery collection and exploitation requirements.
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