1. A method of geodetic information acquisition comprising: identifying a file, the file comprising a plurality of records, the plurality of records comprising spatially referenced data; classifying the plurality of records into one or more header records and one or more data records; dividing each of the one or more data records into a plurality of fields; identifying one or more patterns of fields consistent with one or more sets of the one or more data records; associating the plurality of records with a format based on the one or more patterns of fields; and extracting at least some of the spatially referenced data from the plurality of records in accordance with the format.