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Subject:        Re: California Assemblyman wants to censor Satellite Imagery
Date:   Fri, 6 Mar 2009 10:24:23 -0500
From:   Amanda Henley <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



I'm sure you all remember this, but these references may be good to have
on hand when people start talking nonsense.

The RAND National Defense Research Institute issued a ~200 page document
“Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implications of
Publicly Available Geospatial Information” (Baker and others, 2004)
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG142.pdf

Also the FGDC has "Guidelines for Providing Appropriate Access to
Geospatial Data in Response to Security Concerns"
http://www.fgdc.gov/policyandplanning/Access%20Guidelines.pdf
(there's a decision tree and everything).

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Amanda Clarke Henley, GISP
Geographic Information Systems Librarian
CB# 3922 Davis Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919-962-1151, Fax: 919-962-5537
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    Date:    Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:24:49 -0600
    From:    Maps-L Moderator for Linda Zellmer <[log in to unmask]
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    Subject: California Assemblyman wants to censor Satellite Imagery

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    Subject:        California Assemblyman wants to censor Satellite Imagery
    Date:   Thu, 5 Mar 2009 08:46:16 -0600 (CST)
    From:   Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    To:     Map&AirPhotoDiscussionList <[log in to unmask]
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    Hello,

    This was in the Map Room when I checked this morning. Note that this
    would be at the state level, not the Federal. Linda Zellmer

    Republican California Assemblyman Joel Anderson has introduced a
    bill to censor online satellite imagery of public buildings. “His
    bill would restrict the images such Web sites could post online.
    Clear, detailed images of schools, hospitals, churches and all
    government buildings — what he calls soft terrorism targets —
    would not be allowed. … His bill would make it illegal in
    California to post close-up images of such buildings. Instead, the
    images would have to be blurred.† Note to terrorists: Everything
    blurred is worth bombing. And, since transportation infrastructure
    is also clearly a soft terrorist target, all imagery of roads should
    be blurred too.

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    Linda Zellmer
    Government Information & Data Services Librarian
    415 Malpass Library
    Macomb, IL 61455
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    Phone: 309-298-2723
    Fax: 309-298-2791