Pakistan Mapping Bill To Regulate Amateur Mapping
Stopping unlawful mapping activities: MoD asks government to frame law
by Mushtaq Ghuman, Business Recorder, January 04, 2012
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has suggested to the government to frame a law aimed at stopping unlawful activities related to mapping firms, given that several western countries, including Australia, China, India, Turkey, USA and UK, have enacted supportive laws, official sources told Business Recorder. … According to the MoD, rapid developments in the fields of surveying and mapping, especially computer-aided cartography, availability of satellite imagery and satellite-based ‘Global Position System’ (GPS) has greatly facilitated the art of map making. Resultantly, a number of firms have engaged themselves in mapping activities. …”If mushroom growth of such firms is not checked instantly, it would be a potential threat of high security risk, on the one hand, and decline of accurate mapping within the country, on the other,” sources quoted MoD as writing to the government. …
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