GS-07 - Property regimes
- Explain the legal concept “property regime”
- Compare and contrast the U.S. federal government’s policy regarding rights to geospatial data with similar policies in other countries
- Compare and contrast the consequences of different national policies about rights to geospatia data in terms of the real costs of spatial data, their coverage, accuracy, uncertainty, reliability, validity, and maintenance
- Describe organizations’ and governments’ incentives to treat geospatial information as property
- Outline arguments for and against the notion of information as a public good
- Argue for and against the treatment of geospatial information as a commodity
PD-29 - Programming of Mobile GIS Applications
Mobile technology has significantly changed how we communicate and interact with the outside world. With the increasing use of mobile devices and advancement of information communication information (ICT) technologies, mobile GIS emerged to provide real-time data collection and update, and made GIS easier and convenient to access. This entry introduces the concept, types, and general architecture of mobile GIS, key technologies used for mobile GIS development, and examples of mobile GIS applications.