Veteran’s Day Maj. Ian Irmischer Mapping in the US Army Ethics and Mapping Tweetmap assignment

Veteran’s Day

•Maj. Ian Irmischer

•Mapping in the US Army

•Ethics and Mapping

•Tweetmap assignment

This week in EMR 21

•Guests galore

•Today: GIS in the Army

•Weds: New York Times

•Map Yourself!

Major Ian Irmischer

•One of Army’s GIS experts

•GIS Faculty at West Point (2006-2009)

•Deployed 2003-2004 Iraq, 2011-2012 Afghanistan

Map Yourself Starts Now.

•Huge assignment

•Your output is only as good as your input

•Continue collecting GPS data

“We haven’t been tracking anybody,”

“Never have. Never will.”

--Steve Jobs, April 27th, 2011

Geographic PrivacyIn the time of

Apple, Google, Drones, and Phones

http://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=hot_topic&id=1496

Imagine Other Countries

•Syria, Canada, China, Brazil, Spain???

Handouts

Map Yourself

•Who has access to similar information?

•Your geodata = your property?

•What can analyzing a person’s geodata reveal about their behavior? Their nature?

•Blind faith

Ethics and GeographicInformation

•http://faculty.wiu.edu/LR-Zellmer/thanksgiving/2007/Turkey07Poster.pdf

Today•What is ethics?

•How does it relate to geographic information & technologies?

•Case studies – applying ethics

•Codes of ethics/conduct

What is Ethics?•First, what it is not

•Not solely following your feelings…

•Not the same as following the law…

•Not “doing whatever society accepts”

What is Ethics?•Standards for right and wrong

•Social values

•Professional codes of conduct

•Medical associations, journalism, law, etc.

Ethics and Geographic Information

•Most decisions about geographic information involve ethics, for example:

•Where to obtain geographic datasets, what datasets would be best to use

•Map scale

•What information to include/not include on map

•How to classify information

•“Locational Privacy”

Ethical concerns w/ GI

•Surveillance

•US Supreme Court

• Should the police have a search warrant before using GPS to track suspects?

World's Smallest GPS Tracker - Fits ANYWHERE For Covert GPS Tracking

http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/covert-small-gps-tracking-device.html

“Tracking” & Cell Phones

Locational Privacy

• Google Street View

• http://thenextweb.com/2009/04/03/british-residents-block-google-street-view-car/

• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robin-chase/national-dialogue-on-loca_b_179106.html

Digital Divide re. access to GIS and other geospatial technologies

Digital Divide re. access to GIS and other geospatial technologies

Ethics – Case Studies• Mapping Muslim Communities

• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16162012

•What do you think?

•Is LAPD project an ethical use of Geo Info?

•Would you accept this mapping project?

Professional Ethics

•Activities of professionals using geographic information

•“codes of conduct”

Professional Ethics•GISP code of ethics

• http://www.gisci.org/code_of_ethics.aspx

•American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing• http://www.asprs.org/membership/certification/appendix_a.html

•American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)• http://www.planning.org/ethics/ethicscode.htm

GISP Ethics•Document work

•Create and maintain metadata

•Honest representations

•Respect privacy

•Esp. re. databases in GIS

Why do we need codes of ethics?

• Provide a basis for evaluating work.

• Enhance public trust.

• Ensure professional quality work.

• Require us to consider the impact of our actions on other persons.

Next….

•Class canceled next Tuesday

•Read Ethics Case Studies on Angel

•Respond to Discussion Forum Question