Sensors and Systems
-->
Breaking News
KOBELCO and Trimble Announce Expanded Collaboration
Rating12345Trimble Earthworks Grade Control Platform Now Available for KOBELCO...
Flir iXX-Series Combines Thermal Camera with App-Enabled Functionality to Transform Asset Condition Monitoring Tasks
Rating12345Flir iXX with Assetlink Browser-Based Software Leverages Asset-Centric Structured...
SLU’s Remote Sensing Lab Joins Climate TRACE Global Coalition
Rating12345As a coalition member, SLU receives annual research funding,...
  • Jan 13, 2011
  • Comments Off on MAPPS Urges Federal Trade Commission to Revise Draft Regulation Limiting Use of “Geolocation Information”
  • Policy Watch
  • 377 Views

January 13th, 2011
MAPPS Urges Federal Trade Commission to Revise Draft Regulation Limiting Use of “Geolocation Information”

  • Rating12345

MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, has submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission opposing regulatory language that would limit the collection, sharing or use of “precise geolocation data”. The association said a draft regulation, proposed in a Federal Trade Commission staff report, threatens data collection, applications and growth in the private geospatial profession. Learn More