Mississippi Authorities Think App Developers Should Have To Get A License
App developers who are looking to create any program that establishes boundary lines on a satellite image, using already widely available public information, should need to first obtain a surveying license beforehand, according to authorities in Mississippi.
One startup, Vizaline LLC, is already being sued by the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors over the issue.
Essentially, the company has created an app that enables banks to assess loan risk by plotting lines over satellite imagery.
First Amendment Violation?
What their business does is it takes information that already exists, and uses that to create new information, then they are selling that information to willing customers. Using already available, public information, to establish lines on satellite photos shouldn't be considered surveying, it's free speech they suggest.
The board has tried to argue that because the company has sought to establish survey maps using widely available public information that this means they are required to obtain a survey license.
State authorities have also recommended that the company dispose of the revenue that they've already collected from customers, which could bankrupt them.
“The government shouldn’t force me to return all the money my clients paid when they are perfectly satisfied with our services,.... I just want to protect my right to provide my customers with valuable information to help their businesses.” - co-founder Brent Melton.
The attorneys that have been working on the case are from the libertarian nonprofit firm Institute for Justice and they claim that this is just one more example of a licensing board seeking to needlessly expand its authority.
They are hoping that the government is going to get out of the way and allow Vizaline to continue to serve their customers as they have been doing.
An algorithm drawing a line on a map isn't surveying, or is it?
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Authoritarians want everything to be illegal. "Licensed and regulated" just means, "Illegal, but you can buy government permission anyway."
Asi debe de ser para llevar un control de todas las personas que desarrollan esta tecnologia @doitvoluntarily
I also agree with you I think there should be a little more contror and get your licenses
I don't think you read the same post I read.
Because they want to rape people by taking money from them every way possible.
I think it is excellent that a control is made to bring order and reduce corruption
Imposing "control" is corrupt, and incentivises more corruption.
es muy importante controlar los usuarios de esta tecnologia,buen trabajo amigo saludos