Spatial Data Audits

Attached is a link to an article I wrote on the value of Spatial Data Audits. It was recently published by Directions Magazine.

Privacy Right In Historical Location Data Still In Question

There has been a good deal of discussion about a recent federal district court ruling that the government's need to obtain a warrant bef...

Why Spatial Law?

I have been asked a few times why I am interested in developing spatial law? For those who don't appreciate the technology, my answer is...

Scientific American

The Scientific American has a couple of great articles on privacy and spatial data. Esther Dyson does an excellent job in describing the dif...

Reading Recommendation

I strongly recommend that anyone interested in Spatial Law issues pick up a copy of the Journal of Space Law published by the University of ...

Recent Spatial Law Links

Privacy - in all it forms - continues to be a hot Spatial Law issue. An article in the Washington Post discusses how the Department of Homel...

Recent Developments in Spatial Law

Rick Crowsey , of Crowsey Incorporated, forwarded me this article from the Washington Post on the increased use of GPS devices by law enfor...

When Is A Gun Shot Like A Drug Prescription?

I came across two articles this week that caught my eye. The first was a Washington Post article about how insurance companies are accessin...

Street View Lawsuit Update

An update to the Pennsylvania lawsuit regarding Google Street View. Google has filed a response, portions of which can be viewed on The Smok...

Review of Spatial Law Matters

A California teenager is challenging a ticket issued by a police officer based upon a radar gun reading. He believes that the GPS device in ...

Is This A "Money Back Guaranty"?

“I believe that as the year unfolds there will be no excuse whatsoever for any foreigners to become lost in Beijing and if they do get lost ...

How Important Is Data Quality?

An article from a few months ago concerning how some citizens in one Arkansas county learned suddenly learned that their property is located...

INSPIRE Presentations

Attached is a link to a number of presentations that were given at a recent conference on the European INSPIRE initiative. One will note tha...

But Is The Water Cold?

I have a lawyer buddy who is somewhat skeptical of the concept of Spatial Law. Truth be told, he enjoys making fun of it and the Spatial Law...

Farm Bill To Address Privacy Issues?

Recently I posted a discussion on a Spatial Law case involving privacy and the federal Freedom of Information Act (http://spatiallaw.blogspo...

Restictions On Spatial Data Can Have Detrimental Consequences.

Spatial data is unique in that a data set can be used for a variety of purposes: national security, environmental, commercial, infrastructur...

NBC Report on GPS and Accuracy of Spatial Data

NBC Nightly News did a report this Sunday (May 4, 2008) on GPS devices in cars. The reports focus was on the flaws in the system, specifical...

TomTom Commercial

In December, I mentioned a commercial for a satellite navigation device I had seen that I felt might create an unreasonable expectation of d...

Privacy Lawsuit Against Google Earth

I am sure by now that most of you have heard about the lawsuit that a couple is bringing against Google for trespass and invasion of privacy...

Links to Recent Spatial Law Matters

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903550 is a link to an article from information week.com sent to me by ...

Interesting Links

http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2701 is a link to a piece by Bruce Joffe on a California assemblyman's attempt to d...

Recent Press Reports on Spatial Law Matters

The following link is to an Indian newspaper account of how Indian authorities still attempt to control maps of the country - particularly m...

Space Law 2.0?

I am not sure that this is directly related to Spatial Law, but the following link is a good exampple as to why it is so hard for the legal ...

Did Google Earth "Slander" An Israeli Town?

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/11/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-Google-Earth.php The above link is to a recent article in the International H...

US Court Finds A "Substantial Privacy Interest" In Spatial Data

A recent case involving a Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) request for public spatial data was recently decided. ( Multi Ag Media v. USDA...

Round-up of Spatial Law issues

Link to an article from Salt Lake Tribune about the need to control government's efforts to provide services that can be provided by gov...

Will GPS Save (or Cost) You Money?

The following link is to an article on MSN about that discusses how the increased presence of GPS devices in automobiles can affect your poc...

Spatial Data and National Security

The following is a link to an article that I wrote a few years ago on matters a spatial data company might want to consider from a national ...

A Thoughtful Discussion On Privacy

The attached link is to an article on privacy and spatial technology by Professor George Cho of the University of Canberra in Australia, one...

Who Is At Fault When A Right Is Wrong (Part 2)

Another link concerning the rental car getting stuck on the railroad tracks. http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl...

Who Is At Fault When A Right Is Wrong?

Many of you have probably already heard about the recent accident involving a driver in a rental car who, following the directions given to ...

What To Do If the On-Line Maps Are Wrong. . .

I like the note added to the directions on the attached link. I wonder how many other sites do the same? https://www.med.virginia.edu/inte...

Virtual Map/Singapore Land Authority Appeal

I have attached a link below to an article concerning a case in Singapore in which Virtual Map is accused by Singapore Land Authority (SLA) ...

Spatial Products - Product Liability Issues

I am planning on periodically posting summaries of significant spatial law cases. The first is Brocklesby v. U.S . 767 F.2d 1288 (9 th ...

Creative Commons Licensing For Public Sector Information: Opportunities and Pitfalls

Many spatial products and services include public sector spatial data. Therefore, even though I have not yet read it, I wanted to pass on th...

Do Navigation Devices Portray "Reality"?

A recent New York Times article discusses how small villages in England are being overrun by large trucks driving through their narrow stree...