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National Technical Information Service

## (NTIS)

NTIS: Small Scale World Boundaries, Major Rivers,..

Data Source:

National Technical Information Service
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Rd.
Springfield, VA 22161
Phone: (703)487-4650, FTS 737-4650

Data Format:

Vector (points, lines)

Scale/Resolution:

1:12,000,000; 1:3,000,000; & larger

Data Coverage:

Worldwide

Data Description:

World Data Bank I - Coast lines, national boundaries,
and place names at 1:12,000,000 scale.
World Data Bank II - Coast lines, major rivers, national
boundaries, state/province boundaries, and place
names at 1:3,000,000 or larger.
Data is latitude/longitude referenced.

NOTE: According to sources in the CIA the copy
of World Data Bank II distributed by NTIS is not
as complete as that of the CIA's.

Media:

9-track, 1600 bpi, odd parity, EBCIDIC magnetic tape

Acquisition Costs:

Data is available free of charge from the CIA
to federal agencies (see Comments section).
All that is required is a letter of request on
official letterhead designating area of interest
and enough 1/2 inch tapes to contain the data
(the whole database will take 10 tapes).

Others may obtain current price information by
calling NTIS.

Comments:

Data originally created by the CIA Office of Geographic
& Cartographic Research. Information obtained from report
supplied by Denis White entitled "U.S. National Report to ICA", 1984
Section 5, "Automation in Cartography" subsection "Data Bases",
and from telephone conversation with:

Russ Carter
Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Geographic & Cartographic Research
Room GH55

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