The county has appealed a court ruling that would force it to
disclose an electronic map of Santa Clara County without charging
exorbitant fees.
The county has appealed a court ruling that would force it to disclose an electronic map of Santa Clara County without charging exorbitant fees.
Releasing the county’s Geographic Information Systems base map represents a threat to national security, the county argues in an appeal filed June 12 with the state’s Sixth Appellate District court. A superior court rejected that argument in May, pointing out that officials currently sell the map to anyone able to afford fees.
“Other people have received it and that is true, but it was with an end-user agreement that they would keep the information private and would only use it for their private purposes,” said County Counsel Ann Ravel. “If we have the ability to determine who’s going to use it, and they’re going to use it in a way that’s consistent with what we believe is appropriate, we have no problem with that.”
