Cartographic Considerations for Ethical Rockhounding
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https://doi.org/10.14714/CP105.1967Abstract
When does location information on an interactive web map become too detailed and identifiable? In this case study, I discuss the issues that arose when the Washington Geological Survey converted a decades-old printed rockhounding location map into multiple interactive, variable-scale web maps. These issues include topics relating to privacy, land management, rock-collecting laws, and the ethical responsibility of a state agency to consider the many different ways that such maps could be used.
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2025-03-25
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Coe, D. E. (2025). Cartographic Considerations for Ethical Rockhounding. Cartographic Perspectives, (105), 63–66. https://doi.org/10.14714/CP105.1967
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