First Readings

Spatial Law

• Cho, George, 2005. Geographic Information Science: Mastering the Legal Issues.
• NRC, 2004. Licensing Geographic Data and Services. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C.
• Longhorn, R.A., Hensen-Apollonio, V.,  and J. White, 2002. Legal Issues in the Use of Geospatial Data and Tools for Agriculture and Natural Resource Management. Rockefeller Foundation and CGIAR.
• Onsrud, Harlan, 2010. SIE 525 Information Systems Law (links to course notes, video, readings, etc)
• Onsrud, Harlan, 2000. First Readings in GIS Law Website.
• Pomfret, Kevin, 2010. What is Spatial Law?
• Croswell, Peter and Alex Wernher, 2004. GIS Program Revenue Generation and Legal Issues in Public Sector Organizations. URISA.

Ethics

Ethics in GIS

• Michael Blakemore and Roger Longhorn, 2004. Ethics and GIS: A Practitioner’s Dilemma.
• Craig, Will, 1993. A GIS Code of Ethics: What We Can Learn from Other Organizations.
• Onsrud, Harlan, 2010. Implementing Geographic Information Technologies Ethically
• Terry, Geney et al., 2007. Ethics for GIS Professionals.
• Quinn, M. 2010. Ethics for the Information Age (4th Edition), New York: Addison-Wesley, ISBN: 0132133873.
• AAG, 2009. Geographic Information Ethics: Special Session of AAG 2009
• Ethical Guidance for Pervasive and Ethical IT Blog

Ethics in Crowd-sourcing / Crowd-mapping

• Zittrain, Jonathan, 2009. Minds for Sale: Ubiquitous Human Computing and the Future of the Internet
• Raymond, Nathan, Howarth, Caitlin, and Hutson, Jonathan, 2012. Crisis Mapping Needs an Ethical Compass
• Meier, Patrick, 2012. Stranger than Fiction: A Few Words About an Ethical Compass for Crisis Mapping
• Ayala Iacucci, Anahi, 2012. Data Protection Standards 2.0
• Ayala Iacucci, Anahi et al., 2011 [Updated Feb 2012]. The Security and Ethics of Live of Live Mapping in Repressive Regimes and Hostile Environments

GIS Codes of Ethics

• Practical Ethics in Participatory GIS/Public Participation GIS (PPGIS.net)
• GISCI GIS Code of Ethics
• GISCorps Code of Conduct

Social Media and Government

• Center for Technology in Government, 2010. Exploring Value in Social Media.
• Center for Technology in Government, 2010. Designing Social Media Policy for Government: Eight Essential Elements.
• Center for Technology in Government, 2010. Exploratory Social Media Project Phase I: Identifying benefits and concerns surrounding use of social media in government.
• OMB, 2010.  Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act, Memorandum dated April 7, 2010.
• IBM, 2011. How Federal Agencies Can Effectively Manage Records Created Using New Social Media Tools.
• National Archives Blog, 2010. Are these Records?
• O’Leary, John. 2010. Social Media in the Public Sector, Governing.

NRC Reports

Mapping and Disaster Management:

• NRC, 2007. Successful Response Starts with a Map: Improving Geospatial Support for Disaster Management. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C.

• NRC, 2007. Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crisis. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C.

Mapping and Privacy:

• NRC, 2007. Putting People on the Map: Protecting Confidentiality with Linked Social-Spatial Data. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C.