The Land Remote Sensing Laws and Policies of National Governments: A Global Survey
- Paper number
IAC-07-E6.4.07
- Author
Dr. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, University of Mississippi, United States
- Year
2007
- Abstract
This paper is the study produced by a project undertaken by the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law (Center) for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellite and Information Service's Commercial Remote Sensing Licensing Program. It reviews some of the laws and policies that address the commercialization and privatization of space-based remote sensing systems, data, and data products. It contains an analysis of some existing policies, and identifies some Nations that have been reported to be commencing space-based remote sensing activities but do not yet have formal laws and policies. It also identifies some global trends and includes a Nation-by-Nation synopsis of relevant laws and policies. The countries reviewed include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, European Community, France, Germany, Hong Kong (special administrative region of China), India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, the Russian Federation, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom. This study updates and expands work done in 2003 by the Center and presented to the United States Department of Commerce/National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing titled, “A Brief Survey of Remote Sensing Law Around the World”.
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