The Geospatial File Formats and Software Web Archive seeks to capture software documentation and file format specifications relevant to the long-term preservation of the Geography & Map Division's digital collections, as well as items which document the development and evolution of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. This includes, but is not limited to, versioned documentation relating to GIS and remote sensing software and online applications used for the creation, retrieval, analysis, transformation, and display of geospatial data. It also covers white papers, technical documentation, and geospatial community commentary related to the geospatial file formats included in, but not limited to, the Library's GIS, Geospatial and Non-GIS Cartographic Recommended Format Statement and the Sustainability of Digital Formats geospatial data formats list. This web archive will seek a one-time capture of static sources of documentation, as well as the ongoing capture of any live documentation which continually evolves, the capture of which will aid in Geography & Map's stated collection development policy of documenting the history of cartographic production and GIS technology.

Collection Period: January 2023 to present (this is an ongoing archive).

Frequency of Collection: The majority of sites in the collection were added to crawl on a quarterly basis, with fewer added to crawl once.

Languages: Collection material in English.

Acquisition Information: Sites have been added incrementally since the project began and will continue to be added as they are identified.