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Geoname Digital Gazetteer

• Publisher : San Diego (California). GDE Systems Inc., 1995.
• CD-ROM
• Minimal System Requirements : 80386SX processor, VGA monitor, 8 Megabytes RAM, 4 MB free Hard disk space, Windows 3.1.
• Description : A tool for researching a worldwide database of geographic feature names. GEOname draws from the massive database of geographic names maintained by the U. S. Defense Mapping Agency for over 50 years.  Originally a card file, the name and feature data has been transferred to digital form and is now available as a powerful research tool for the public. U. S. Government rules define all name and feature data requirements, data accuracy, and selection.  In addition, the data format, coding scheme, and name transliteration conventions are established by government standards.  Government production priorities govern the currency and therefore the accuracy of data for individual countries.

The database supports worldwide military cartographic production requirements.  The density of named feature data has been characterized as generally adequate to support map and chart production at a scale of 1:250,000.  Depending on production priorities and product requirements over time, the named feature density in some countries may be significantly greater than for others.  In addition, the types of named features and specific named features selected for inclusion in the database are based on cartographic product specifications.
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