Right (to) Spatial Information

The Survey of India complains

Against Google’s Mapathon 2013

Brings again the spatial data issues to the forefront

Whether Google has violated ‘the law of the land’ is under investigation,

And ‘security concerns’ are too grave to ignore,

Still, the mapping agencies need to innovate

Their responses to such challenges

Which they are likely to face more often

Given the trends of crowdsourcing.

The tendency of mapping agencies ‘not to loose grip’ is understandable

However, such issues should not be allowed

To overshadow

‘The right (to) spatial information’

To common citizen

That is basic, fundamental and genuine.

Bal Krishna, Editor

bal@mycoordinates.org