GIS Utilized in Law

Timothy — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:34:23 +0000

There are many uses for GIS. Although they all revolve around the same system, they can be totally different. I recently discovered an unusual industry taking advantage GIS. Attorneys are using GIS to help with their law cases. With one example I found on the JurisPro Expert Witness Directory, GIS helped determine remediation in quality of groundwater. The article Hydrology Expert Witnesses & GIS gives further example of how GIS helps monitor groundwater pumping and land subsidence or intrusion in coastal areas.

An additional resource for GIS in law was a link I found on the Remote Sensing and Geospatial Data Used as Evidence in Court post through GeoData Policy. This document is a list of case law from Crowsey Inc. Some of the interesting cases documented include:

Privacy Laws Pertaining to Aerial-Photography and Remote Sensing
Aerial Photography to Prove Deterioration Marsh Land
GIS in City Council Districting
Satellite Photos Used to Determine Location of a Barge Accident
GIS Identified a Drug-Free Buffer Zone Around Schools

All of this goes to show that no matter what industry that you may be in, GIS can be used to not only benefit a company but provide evidence in a court of law. Although these examples show pieces of evidence that are pulled from every day GIS work , it also gives and interesting career idea.

Combining GIS and Law make for an exciting career adventure. Who would have of thought?

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