Property is secured by laws that are clearly defined and enforced by the state. These laws define ownership and any associated benefits that come with holding the property. The term property is very expansive, though the legal protection for certain kinds of property varies between jurisdictions. Property is generally owned by individuals or a small group of people. The rights of property ownership can be extended by using patents and copyrights. Property rights give the owner or right holder the ability to do with the property what they choose. That includes holding on to it, selling or renting it out for profit, or transferring it to another party.
GV: two related but different concepts. Also widely applicable, while main interest/relevance is about data ownership.
Explain the legal definition of the concepts "ownership" and "property rights"
Explain organizations’ and governments’ incentives to treat geospatial information as property and arguments for and against the treatment of geospatial information as a commodity
Outline the arguments for and against the notion of information as a public good
Compare and contrast National, European policy regarding rights to geospatial data with similar policies in other countries
Explain how geospatial information might be used in a taking of private property through a government's claim of its right of eminent domain
Compare and contrast the consequences of different national policies about rights to geospatial data in terms of the real costs of spatial data, their coverage, accuracy, uncertainty, reliability, validity, and maintenance
In progress (GI-N2K)