GIS Ethics site of case studies recrafted

The GIS Ethics site at Penn State University has recently been recrafted: https://sites.psu.edu/gisethics

With support from the National Science Foundation, The GIS Professional Ethics Project has produced this curated collection of geospatial ethics case studies available as Open Educational Resources at GISEthics.org (formerly GISProfessionalEthics.org). The Project also helped establish graduate ethics seminars on the ethical implications of geospatial technologies at Penn State, Oregon State University, and the University of Minnesota. This site has expanded to include 18 case studies, including a timely new case entitled “Flood Mapping” by urban planner Clarke Shupe-Diggs. There is also a new list of related case study collections, which we first wrote about earlier this year, here.

The site is well laid out and the contents are incredibly useful. As an educator, I found the section “How to Analyze Case Studies” particularly helpful.

David DiBiase, curator of the site and one of the principal investigators, is welcoming further suggestions to the site and recently posted, “Along with everyone who has contributed to this effort over the years, I hope the collection is useful to you.”

Part of the newly revamped GIS Ethics site.

–Joseph Kerski