Buch, Englisch
Reihe: Modern Cartography Series
Buch, Englisch
Reihe: Modern Cartography Series
ISBN: 978-0-08-043111-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology
It is to a discussion of policy issues that this book hopes to make a contribution. As with the technology of the information revolution, the policy issues involved are not unique to cartography but several key policy issues are of special interest to cartographers. Some of them, such as copyright and intellectual property rights, are not new but take on new significance as a result of technological changes.Modern cartography has largely come to terms with the technological developments of the information revolution and the considerable adaptations required have been made although in some instances not without considerable difficulty. The same cannot be said, however, for some of the key policy issues discussed in this book. In many instances we are simply at the stage of defining the nature and extent of the problems which is a necessary first step in determining solutions. There are differences in opinion as to what the key policy issues are and how they should be approached. The various chapters of this book reflect these different perspectives.In selecting authors to contribute to the volume an attempt was made to ensure that the major policy issues were dealt with from a variety of different perceptions. An attempt has also been made to achieve a comprehensive discussion of major topics such as the pricing of digital spatial data, copyright and intellectual property by having several authors define and examine the key issues involved. As cartography increasingly moves from a supply driven approach to a demand driven one, producers must deal not only with the technical changes required by this fundamental shift but also with the policy issues involved. In several instances major cartographic producers, such as national mapping agencies, have responded superbly to the technological challenges of producing maps on demand in response to the specific requirements of individual users including maps on the World Wide Web thus making high quality cartographic information available in ways which have never before been possible. At the same time, however, the accessibility, pricing and copyright policies of the very same agencies are perhaps limiting access and creating new barriers to the utilization of the products they are creating. Unless these contradicti
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National mapping as a business-like enterprise (D. Rhind). Spatial data policy and pricing in the United States (S.C. Guptill, D.F. Eldridge). Digital data, copyright, commercialization and related issues - a Canadian perspective (M. Corey). Availability and pricing of georeferenced data in Asia Pacific (A. Gar-On Yeh). Copyright law issues in modern cartography (L.E. Harris). The protection and availability of digital cartographic information and products (L. Aslesen). Legal protection of geographic databases: the viewpoint of the Institut Geographique National, France (J-P. Grelot). A private sector perspective (E. Kennedy). Tragedy of the information commons (H.J. Onsrud). Availability of geospatial data through libraries in the United States (M.L. Larsgaard). Modern cartography, policy issues and the developing nations: rhetoric and reality (D.R. Fraser Taylor). Professional responsibility and ethics in the spatial sciences (N.J. Obermeyer). The three R's of GIS-based site selection: representation, resistance and ridicule (M. Monmonier). Why GIS needs postmodern social theory, and vice versa (L. Yapa). Conclusion. Some remaining challenges (D.R. Fraser Taylor). Index.