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Names of Commonly Used Agencies

Below are commonly seen names of governmental and institutional agencies who produce, or who have produced maps.

The materials below are not comprehensive, but merely to be used in assisting the basics of map cataloging.
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Corporate Names of Producers
 
   
   
 

 

 

 

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Corporate Names for Commonly Seen Government Map Producers

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Initialism/Acronym LC Name
ACIC

Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (U.S.)

AGS

American Geographical Society of New York

DNM

Australia. Division of National Mapping

 

Canada Centre for Mapping

 

Canada. Surveys and Mapping Branch

 

Geodµtisk institut (Denmark)

GB-AEAF

Great Britain. Army. East African Force

GB-AMEDR

Great Britain. Army. Middle East Drawing and Reproduction

SS 84

Great Britain. Army. Survey Squadron, 84

DMS

Great Britain. Directorate of Military Survey

OS

Great Britain. Ordnance Survey

WO

Great Britain. War Office

GSGS

Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section

HIND

Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section ßt Hind ßv 5000.Ý

IGN

Institut gâeographique national (Belgium)

IGN

Institut gâeographique national (France)

IGM

Istituto geografico militare (Italy )

NOS

National Ocean Survey

SGO

South-West Africa. Surveyor General's Office.

 

Sudan. Maòslaòhat al-Misåaòhah

 

Sweden. Rikets allmèanna kartverk

AMS

United States. Army Map Service

ATC

United States. Army Topographic Command

DMA

United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Aerospace Center

DMAHC

United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic Center

DMAH/TC

United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Hydrographic/Topographic Center

DMATC

United States. Defense Mapping Agency. Topographic Center

USNOS

United States. National Ocean Service

 

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David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian, University at Buffalo.
Created by 26 May 2000

Last Modified: 12 July 2005
URL: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/maps/names-common.html
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The materials selected above do not necessarily reflect the procedures and practices of the State University of New York at Buffalo.