Flashback 2003: Pioneer Researcher Warned Against “Geoslavery”

Professor James Dobson pioneered GIS technology and was so alarmed at the potential misuse of the technology that he warned against geoslavery. He understood the relationship between ubiquitous tracking and objects and the resulting ability to control them. His warning is more important today than before. ⁃ TN EditorJerome Dobson wants to make sure his field of research doesn’t aid the greatest threat to personal freedom.
As a pioneer of geographic information systems (GIS), Dobson,