The county argued that GIS files were “computer software” and exempt from disclosure under the state Public Records Act. County officials told the Sierra Club they would provide the data in ...

FIT, an acronym for Flexible and Interoperable Data Transfer, is a proprietary GIS file format developed by Garmin Ltd. This file format is basically used to store distance, date, time, location ...

Yes, GIS Files Are Public Data, Too. ... In exchange for handing over a copy of the digital file, which can be used to map data, the county requested a $375,000 licensing fee.

Access in a GIS file format was desirable because it allowed a user with appropriate software to create a digital map with information for over 640,000 parcels in Orange County, ...

This new capability gives Trimble users access to the most up-to-date GIS formats and increases the interoperability of Trimble mapping and GIS solutions. The new data format extensions provide an ...