With Liberty & Free Data for All?

Happy 4th of July!

Recently I saw information on what is happening in California with regard to their policies on GIS data. They had similar rules about charging no more than the cost of duplication, as here in Iowa, but some counties were not adhering to that policy. That has now been tested in court and upheld – that they can only charge the cost of creating that copy of the GIS data.

This seems to tie in somewhat with IGIC’s endeavor to start building the IGI, or Iowa’s contribution to the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.

For more information, please visit these links:
The entire court decision
The 2005 Attorney General opinion – Look for 04-1105