[Geowanking] China policy on Mapping Data

[Kevin Elliott]

Mike Liebhold wrote:
> Speaking of Walled Gardens:
>
> Here below are links to several articles dated 8/31 I just received today
>
> The implications of this are not obvious, since what constitutes 
> "geographic information" is so vague. Although clearer definitions 
> will be set, I can't believe that the authorities intend to, or are 
> capable of monitoring and regulating every bit of information that 
> might be geocoded with location coordinates.
>
> - Mike
>
Mike,

Do you think that the US-China relationship is strong enough for China 
to force US authorities to press charges against anyone here in the US 
to acquires/uses/distributes this data? I'm not familiar enough with our 
foreign policies with China, nor any of the US legalese to know.

"Those who ignore the law and collect, process and distribute the 
country’s geographical information without authorization will be 
severely punished, the law states." --- I thought the "severely 
punished" portion of this quote was the most humorous.

Kevin