http://govscan.com Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:11:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://govscan.com/2008/01/30/using-file-extensions-in-your-searches-to-uncover-government-databases/ http://govscan.com/2008/01/30/using-file-extensions-in-your-searches-to-uncover-government-databases/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:46:04 +0000 Eric http://govscan.com/2008/01/30/using-file-extensions-in-your-searches-to-uncover-government-databases/ If you are searching for government data that can be imported into your database of choice consider using file extensions along with a keyword in your web searches. The following is a list of common file extensions with common uses in government.

• .xls .dbf .txt .csv .tab (common database files used for everything from school lists to new businesses
• .shp (GIS files in ESRI format)

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