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Legal issues with volunteered geographic information
Author(s) -
Scassa Teresa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the canadian geographer / le géographe canadien
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1541-0064
pISSN - 0008-3658
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2012.00444.x
Subject(s) - volunteered geographic information , sophistication , variety (cybernetics) , internet privacy , intellectual property , liability , host (biology) , business , political science , data science , computer science , law , sociology , social science , ecology , artificial intelligence , biology
Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is a relatively new and rapidly developing activity with varying degrees of organization and legal sophistication that involves host sites, contributors, and users. VGI related activities raise a variety of legal issues, from intellectual property to liability, defamation, and privacy. These issues may affect the rights and obligations of all those who use or participate in VGI activities. This article provides an overview of some of these legal considerations from the perspectives of the host, contributor, and user respectively.