Spatial Law and Policy Update (January 13, 2015)

LEGAL DISCIPLINES

Privacy

Federal drone regulations raise questions about property, privacy rights (GazetteNet)

The big data of bad driving, and how insurers plan to track your every turn  (The Washington Post)

Uber fined peanuts in God View surveillance, data breach investigation  (ZD Net)

Data Quality

Regulator Warns Tech Companies of Big Data Bias (The Wall Street Journal)

  
How much development data is enough? (Agenda)

This misconception about location data accuracy is costing you  (BusinessInsider - Native advertising)

Licensing

Understanding David Lowery's Lawsuit Against Spotify: The Insanity Of Music Licensing (TechDirt)

Who really owns your Internet of Things data?  (ZDNet)

Government

    Spatial Data Infrastructure/Open Data

The economic impact of open data: what do we already know?  (Medium)

This Is How Visualizing Open Data Can Help Save Lives  (The Huffington Post)

Why Open Government Data is vitally important  (The New Times)

    

    Public Safety/Law Enforcement/National Security

Indiana restraining orders may come with GPS monitors  (The Register-Herald)

UK should prepare for use of drones in terrorist attacks, says thinktank  (The Guardian)

Drones could soon be used to patrol protests and catch criminals in UK (Mashable) 

Lawrence police to acquire GPS trackers for suspect vehicles (hometownstations.com)

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

GNSS

Reader View: GPS remains vulnerable to cyberattacks (Santa Fe New Mexican)  

GM’s Using Cameras on Customer Cars to Build Self-Driving Car Maps  (Wired)

UAVs

First Lawsuit to Clarify the Rights of Drone Operators and Property Owners Filed in Federal Court (sUAS News)

Biggest obstacle for delivery drones isn’t the technology: It’s you and me  (The Washington Post)

Japan Adjusts Drone Regulations to Support Industry (Drone Life) 

Drone regulations coming, says Transport Canada (CBC) 

Drone Causes Power Cut in San Francisco Suburb (UAS Vision) 

NH House gives preliminary approval to drone regulations (New Hampshire Union Leader)

Drone Regulations Should Focus on Safety and Privacy (The New York Times)

Internet of Things/Smart Grid/Intelligent Transportation Systems

Connected cars open new digital frontiers (ee Publishers)

Satellite Remote Sensing

Rogers: U.S. Air Force Wasted $518 Million on Weather Satellite (SpaceNews)

NOAA Commercial Space Policy  

Crowdsourcing

GM could crowdsource your car's data to make better maps for self-driving cars (The Verge) 

MISCELLANEOUS

3D Maps for the Blind (GIS Lounge)