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Podcast: The State of GeoData Formats
By Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
April 14, 2009

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This week we look at geodata formats - what's new, what's needed, what's working and what's not. Among our topics: Google's newly announced Map Data API, the Shapefile 2.0 Manifesto, SpatiaLite and the state of KML in the wild.

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ESRI's 2009 Southeast Regional User Group Conference is coming up April 27-29 in Jacksonville, Florida. Connect with your peers and ESRI staff as you grow your knowledge and gather fresh insight to apply to your GIS projects during this one-of-a-kind forum. For more information visit the SERUG webpage.

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