UN-GGIM and Legal/Policy Geoinformation Management
1. UN-GGIM and Legal/Policy Issues Related To
Geoinformation Management:
UN-GGIM Workshop
February 27, 2013
Kevin D. Pomfret
Centre for Spatial Law and Policy
3. Resulting In Rapid Growth in Many
Diverse Uses of Geoinformation
Social Media
– Geotagged photos, tweets,
Smart phone apps
Business Intelligence
– Big Data
Open Data
Law Enforcement
Smart Grid
Tracking (assets, loved ones)
Sustainable Development
Infectious Disease
Disaster Response
Climate Change
Protecting Endangered Species
Smart Cities
Insurance
Intelligent Transportation
Systems
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And Creating A Global
Geospatial Community
Geospatial
Community
Data
Provider
Data
User
Data
User
Data
Provider
Data
Provider
Data Consumer
5. Geospatial Community
An international ecosystem that collects/uses/stores/distributes
geoinformation.
– Cuts across technology platforms, industry groups and user
communities.
All segments of community are contributing to community’s
growth
Products and services increasingly being developed based
upon aggregation all types of data collected from diverse
sources.
As a result policies/laws that impact the collection, impact,
and distribution in one segment will impact others.
– Traditional stovepipe approaches are obsolete/detrimental
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10. Policy/Legal Communities
Have Failed to Keep Up
A number of policy/legal issues impact the
collection/use/storage/distribution of geoinformation
Privacy
Intellectual Property
Licensing
National Security
Open Data
Liability
Policy/legal communities not keeping up with geospatial
technology, geoinformation, and the geospatial
community
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11. Uncertainty Making It Increasingly Difficult to
Collect/Use/Store/Distribute Geoinformation
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12. UN-GGIM’s Efforts In This Area
Identified Legal and Policy Issues as one of the
main challenges facing geospatial community in
next ten years
Engaged with the Centre for Spatial Law and
Policy to help identify issues
– White paper
UN-GGIM and Centre conducted a joint survey
of member nations on impact of legal/policy
issues on collection/use/distribution
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17. Impact of Bad
Laws/Policies/Regulations
Increased costs and expenses to collect/use
Longer roll-out times for new products/services
Lawsuits may increase
As a result . . .
Geoinformation will be harder to collect/use/distribute
Demand/market for geospatial products/services could
decrease
This will impact the entire geospatial community
How do you measure opportunity costs of not
collecting/using geoinformation?
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Potential Role of UN-GGIM
Create regional/local forums that include all relevant
stakeholders to identify issues.
– Work within UN-GGIM regional system?
– Research impact of issues particular to each
nation/jurisdiction.
– Include legal communities/universities in the process
Facilitate development of appropriate legal and
policy frameworks (as necessary)
– Local solutions but need to address global issues
– Work towards “legal interoperability” of geoinformation
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