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WORLD GAZETTEER

 

 

Gazetteer:             Identification Information

Originator:  National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA)

                                Date:  1994

Title:  World Gazetteer

                                Purpose:  unknown

Abstract:  The GEOnet Names Server (GNS) provides access to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA) database of foreign geographic feature names. Approximately 20,000 of the database's 3.5 million features are updated monthly with names information approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (US BGN).

 

                                Access Constraints:  none 

Use Constraints:  It is ultimately the user's responsibility to assess the accuracy and completeness of a data-set extracted from the data base and to determine if these are sufficient for the purposes to which the data-set would be applied.

 

            Ordering Instructions:  available online, see online linkage below

 

                                Contact Person:  NIMA Operational Help Desk (ESICS/L-88)

                                Contact Organization:  National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA)

                                Address:  3200 South Second Street
                                City:  St. Louis

                                State or Province: MO

                                Postal Code: 63118-3399

                                Country:  USA

 

Online Linkage:  http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html

 

                                Entity and Attribute Information (table heading explanations)

                                Shape:  ArcView file type

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