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In case law, Microdecisions, Inc. v. Skinner—889 So. 2d 871 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004) (Findlaw)—held that the Collier County Property Appraiser could not require commercial users to enter into a licensing agreement, holding that "[the agency] has no authority to assert copyright protection in the GIS maps, which are public records."
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current | 23:00, 16 November 2021 | 956 × 540 (116 KB) | JPD | Reverted to version as of 01:28, 5 March 2021 (UTC) As I linked in my explanation, the city itself does fly the correct version with the blue square. It seems very likely that all the other versions in use are based on the incorrect Wikipedia illustration, rather than the other way round. | |
10:34, 22 July 2021 | 956 × 540 (115 KB) | Watchduck | The variant with the blue square is not generally used, so this is not a correction. Upload as separate file, if this is needed at all. | ||
01:28, 5 March 2021 | 956 × 540 (116 KB) | JPD | Include blue diamond around star in fly, as seen in [https://www.tampa.gov/city-clerk/info/archives/city-of-tampa-flag|original photo]], [https://nava.org/digital-library/raven/Raven_v09-10_2002-2003_p342-379_T-Y.pdf|Raven article]], and [https://twitter.com/CityofTampa/status/989934618701979649/photo/2|photos of flags flown by city]] | ||
14:53, 16 October 2008 | 956 × 540 (115 KB) | Dyfsunctional~commonswiki | {{Information |Description={{en|Flag of the city of en:Tampa, Florida. SVG Image created by uploader based on a photograph of the original flag at the Tampa city government web site. Note that the seal on the flag is slightly different than the moder |
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