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RED ALERT for mobile mapping...

In my last article, I mentioned a document issued by the Belgian Privacy Commission. This document outlines recommendations pertaining to planning and executing mobile mapping data collection. Here's the link in case you missed it:

The scope of these recommendations includes mandatory registration of mobile mapping service providers, public notice of activities, a Privacy Impact Assessment, and blurring of faces and license plates. If these recommendations are codified into law, they could have severe operational and financial repercussions for anyone involved in the business of providing mobile mapping services.

This document originates from Belgium, but you can bet there are legislators here in the US and other nations that are thinking along the same lines. Everyone who is involved in mobile mapping needs to read this document. Here are a few of the most disturbing items:

• "The scope of the Recommendation covers not only applications such as Google Street View, but also other types of Mobile Mapping such as mapping by public authorities (my emphasis added), mapping for tourism, real estate applications and GPS navigation mapping."

      My comments: Will a Department of Transportation or a city government that wishes to use mobile mapping data to manage assets and operations be required to conform to such legislation?

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