Spatial Law and Geospatial Applications
- Author: Sangeeta Deogawanka
- Full Title: Spatial Law and Geospatial Applications
- Category: articles
- URL: https://www.geographyrealm.com/spatial-law-and-geospatial-applications/
Highlights
- A particular geospatial technology can be used to collect data for different purposes. For instance, imagery data of different spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions may be deployed for mapping and monitoring vegetation cover or developing crop assessment models. Likewise, imagery may be used to detect intrusion of neighborhood countries where there is a border dispute. UAVs are used to facilitate disaster response operations. Drones are also used bot in the military and civil space, as much as they are used for making fun videos. It is evident that Spatial Laws cannot be uniform for all such diverse applications. The purpose for which spatial or location data is being captured determines policies and regulations. For instance, the permissible timeline of data storage, usage and sharing, would depend upon the purpose of data capture. The core legalities of intellectual property rights, licensing, contracts and privacy policies are also determined by the purpose of spatial data capture. Concurrently, the type of party (military, government, business or community) exercising data capture or collection is considered for defining the scope of spatial regulations. (View Highlight)
- In the absence of concrete guidelines, the legal industry itself has taken to self governance. Initiatives like Centre for Information Policy Leadership and Cloud Security Alliance are paving the way towards a regulatory framework of how location or geographic data collected is used. (View Highlight)