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Legal Interoperability in Support of Spatially Enabling Society
Spatially Enabling Society: Research, Emerging Trends and Critical Assessment (2010)
  • Harlan J Onsrud, University of Maine - Main
Abstract

Spatial data is critically important for the wellbeing of society. Yet appropriate spatial data is often very difficult to find and, when found, the legal ability to use it is often in question. Lack of an operational web-wide capability allowing users to legally access and use the geospatial data of others without seeking permission on a case-by-case basis remains as an entrenched major impediment to general spatial enablement for all sectors in society. This chapter presents a legal inter-operability vision for offering, acquiring, and using spatial data and proposes an operational environment for gaining much greater legal clarity and efficiency in wide scale sharing and licensing of such data.

Keywords
  • Legal Interoperability,
  • Licensing,
  • Usage Rights,
  • Open Access,
  • Commercial Licenses
Publication Date
2010
Editor
Rajabifard, Abbas, Joep Crompvoets, Mohsen Kalantari, and Bas Kok
Publisher
Leuven University Press
ISBN
978 90 5867 851 5
Citation Information
Harlan J Onsrud. "Legal Interoperability in Support of Spatially Enabling Society" LeuvenSpatially Enabling Society: Research, Emerging Trends and Critical Assessment (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/harlan_onsrud/1/