Abstract: UAVs offer tremendous potential to collect geospatial information in ways that will both replace and supplement existing collection capabilities. Unfortunately, trying to integrate broad commercial use of UAVs into the existing legal and policy framework is proving very challenging. This webinar will identify the major legal and policy issues that must be addressed and discuss what such a framework might look like in the future to accommodate commercial use of UAVs.

Bio: Mr. Pomfret is the founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Spatial Law and Policy and the Principal in GeoLaw, P.C, where he advises business and governments on the legal issues associated with the collection, use, storage and distribution of location and other forms of geospatial information. Mr Pomfret has given talks around the world on matters of spatial law and policy and writes regularly on issues of privacy, licensing, national security and liability issues and the use of geospatial technology in the courtroom and is the principal author of chapter on location privacy in the United States in Geographic Data and the Law: Defining New Challenges. Mr. Pomfret has been involved in geospatial technology for over 25 years, beginning his career as a satellite imagery analyst where he helped to develop imagery collection strategies to monitor arms control treaties and identify requirements for future collection systems. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the OpenGeospatial Consortium and was appointed to the National Geospatial Advisory Committee.

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