Introduction

Issues of Privacy Protection and Analysis of Public Health Data

Dados Bibliográficos

ID14701004
AutoresMei-Po Kwan (0000-0001-8602-9258, The Ohio State University, autor correspondente), Nadine Schuurman (0000-0003-1362-224X, Simon Fraser University)
Ano2004
Volume39
Fascículo2
Páginas1-4
Data de publicação2004-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCartographica The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0317-7173 • E-ISSN: 1911-9925
EditoraUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/qp47-7743-1162-2675
OpenAlexW2056546125
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas18

GIS has witnessed tremendous development in the last decade or so. As the reach of GIS technologies and applications expanded, its effect is also increasingly felt by a variety of individuals and social groups far beyond the realm of the research community. Critics of GIS have identified various social consequences associated with the use and development of GIS, while GIS scientists and researchers have responded to these criticisms through new initiatives that address various social problems arising from the use of GIS data, algorithms, software, and hardware. The purpose of this theme issue is to show that certain types of social problems associated with the use of GIS may be addressed in the technical realm. Its four main articles focus mainly on issues of privacy protection and analysis of public health data. The commentary article highlights the critical issues that emerge from the main articles. With a focus on privacy protection and methods for analysing health data, these articles provide good examples of how the social implications of GIS may be addressed in the technical realm

Data science · Engineering ethics · Focus (optics · Geographic information system · Geography · Information privacy · Internet privacy · Political science · Privacy by Design · Realm · Remote sensing · Theme (computing · Variety (cybernetics · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Engineering · Geographic Information Systems Studies · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis