Recommended Formats Statement

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VII. GIS, Geospatial and Non-GIS Cartographic

i. Geographic Information System (GIS) - Vector Data
i. Geographic Information System (GIS) - Vector Data
	Preferred	Acceptable
A. Formats	Most complete data (all layers, appendices), even if proprietary, with a preference for preserving the native format and projection of the data Vector formats compatible with widely adopted GIS including Shapefile, which is comprised of at least a SHP, SHX, and DBF file and optionally a PRJ (highly recommended), XML (highly recommended), SBN, and/or SBX. Esri File Geodatabase OGC GeoPackage GeoJSON (may have scalability issues)	KML GML
B. Delivery method, in order of preference	Public download URLs Automated private download URLs with any necessary API keys or credentials Hard drives
C. Metadata	For metadata information see 191xx ISO standards and