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User Concerns CGSIC, September 22, 2009

User Concerns CGSIC, September 22, 2009. GPS World Audience Survey, May 2009. 989 Responses. Question 53. Where is society going with GPS/GNSS use, and how will that change the GPS/GNSS industry? 408 responses. The U-Answer, or über-Answer. Utility Ubiquitous

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User Concerns CGSIC, September 22, 2009

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  1. User Concerns CGSIC, September 22, 2009

  2. GPS World Audience Survey, May 2009 989 Responses

  3. Question 53 Where is society going with GPS/GNSS use, and how will that change the GPS/GNSS industry? 408 responses

  4. The U-Answer, or über-Answer • Utility • Ubiquitous • Totally integrated in every aspect of daily life 117 respondents, or 29 percent of those who gave an answer to this question

  5. The Smiley Face Answer • It’s great! • We’re moving forward • The sky’s the limit! • The sky is not the limit! 57 respondents, or 14 percent of those who gave an answer to this question

  6. The Mobile Answer • Is or will be embedded in all mobile devices • Location-based services • more sales! • death of the single-purpose device 41 respondents, or 10 percent of those who gave an answer to this question

  7. Total Lack of Concern 215 respondents, or 53 percent of those who gave an answer to this question

  8. Worried 152 respondents, or 37 percent of those who gave an answer to this question

  9. The Number One Concern 35 respondents, or 27 percent of those expressing a concern 9 percent of those who gave an answer to this question 4 percent of those who took the survey

  10. Number One: Privacy I expect more intrusion into formerly private life. Down a slippery “walk with your big brother” road — and no turning back Society is headed for a rude awakening where everyone will soon be able to track each other wherever we go

  11. The Pat Answer Users will have to give permission for their location to be known. So, no worries. Relax. Users will find location-based services so rewarding, they won’t mind the minor inconvenience of loss of privacy. They won’t notice.

  12. Reality Check Not John Q Public. Not the great unwashed. Readers of GPS World and/or its various e-mail newsletters: a scientific, technical, government, and business community, conversant with the issues and the technology .

  13. A Non-scientific perspective GPS/GNSS have a developing public relations problem All it takes is a few missteps, and the wolves will be at the door Funding Maybe we really do have a problem, Houston

  14. Historical divagations Watergate J. Edgar Hoover Joe McCarthy Recent abrogations of rights: I wasn’t using my civil liberties anyway .

  15. Other Big Brothers companies, marketers criminals .

  16. Privacy 35 respondents, or 27 percent of those expressing a concern 9 percent of those who gave an answer to this question 4 percent of those who took the survey

  17. Unnatural Overdependence 17 respondents, or 13 percent of those expressing a concern Technologies replace the natural sense of direction; natural senses are not needed anymore.

  18. System Health 13 respondents, or 10 percent of those expressing a concern

  19. Misunderstood 10 respondents, or 8 percent of those expressing a concern Are there enough professionals with expertise and education out there?

  20. Funding, Public Awareness 10 respondents, or 7percent of those expressing a concern

  21. Not Enough Interoperability 8 respondents, or 6 percent of those expressing a concern Among positioning technologies, as well as among GNSS

  22. Commercial Focus over Science 7 respondents, or 5 percent of those expressing a concern

  23. Need More Accurate Data and More Current Maps 7 respondents, or 5 percent of those expressing a concern

  24. Security, Jamming 7 respondents, or 5 percent of those expressing a concern

  25. Devices/Services Too Expensive for User 6 respondents, or 4 percent of those expressing a concern

  26. Reliability, Integrity 4 respondents, or 3 percent of those expressing a concern

  27. Market Saturation, Cheapness 4 respondents, or 3 percent of those expressing a concern

  28. Military Focus, Harm over Societal Benefits 3 respondents, or 2 percent of those expressing a concern

  29. Military Products Need Commercial Approach 3 respondents, or 2 percent of those expressing a concern

  30. More Verbatim Comments Out in Front editorial, “Enter the Fortune Teller,” September GPS World Wide Awake blog, www.gpsworld.com/wideawake “Wide Awake on the Midnight Train to Georgia”

  31. Straight into the future without questioning the potential adverse implications.

  32. acameron @ questex.com

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