2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 3136 Geographic Information Ethics and GIScience I is scheduled on Tuesday, 3/24/09, from 8:00 AM - 9:40 AM in Skybox 208, Riviera Hotel, 2nd Floor Sponsorship(s): Geographic Information Science and Systems Specialty Group Ethics, Justice, and Human Rights Specialty Group Organizer(s): Dawn J. Wright - Oregon State University Francis Harvey - University of Minnesota - Minneapolis Chair(s): Dawn J. Wright - Oregon State University Abstract(s):   8:00 AM   Introduction: Dawn J. Wright - Oregon State University   8:04 AM   Author(s): *Francis Harvey - University of Minnesota - Minneapolis  Abstract Title: Reflections on Experiences Teaching GIS Professional Ethics 8:19 AM   Author(s): *Nancy J. Obermeyer, Ph.D., GISP - Indiana State Univ  Abstract Title: Applying Virtue Ethics in the GIS Community 8:34 AM   Author(s): *Yvan Bedard - Laval University Marc Gervais - Laval University Jennifer Chandler - University of Ottawa Rodolphe Devillers - Memorial University of Newfoundland  Abstract Title: Professional Ethics, System Design Methods and Geospatial Data Quality 8:49 AM   Author(s): *Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law - University of Ottawa Elizabeth F. Judge - University of Ottawa  Abstract Title: Geographical Information Systems and Privacy 9:04 AM   Author(s): *Paul Zandbergen - University of New Mexico  Abstract Title: Reverse Geocoding and Implications for Geospatial Privacy 9:19 AM   Author(s): *John Cloud - NOAA Central Library  Abstract Title: The Earth through a Keyhole Introducer(s): Dawn J. Wright - Oregon State University Session Description: Ethical engagements with the multitude of GIS applications and uses, whether surreptitious or overt have marked recent developments in the field. Indeed, the variety of applications of GIS&T has led the U.S. Department of Labor to highlight "geographic technology" as a key high growth job field for the 21st century. While the potential benefits and risks of geographic technologies are becoming well known, these ethical issues are less widely engaged. For instance: - Geographic technologies are surveillance technologies. The data they produce may be used to invade the privacy, and even the autonomy, of individuals and groups. - Data gathered using geographic technologies are used to make policy decisions. Erroneous, inadequately documented, or inappropriate data can have grave consequences for individuals and the environment. - Geographic technologies have the potential to exacerbate inequities in society, insofar as large organizations enjoy greater access to technology, data, and technological expertise than smaller organizations and individuals.

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