Mapping the world

Abstract

The Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) of the United States Department of Defense is primarily responsible for providing maps of various parts of the world in support of America's armed forces. The Vector Product Format (VPF) is defined by a Department of Defense Military Standard (MIL-STD-2407, July 1993), and represents a new data model for digital vector products to be built, maintained, archived, and distributed by DMA. Recently, NATO adopted VPF as a standard for the international exchange of digital spatial data. -from Author