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*Country (and province/territory) names, as well as their assigned codes, are recorded using [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/FIPS10-4_match.pdf FIPS Standard #10]. Users should note that there are differences between the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) country names and the [[UN GeoRegion Codes |UN Country Names]].
*The [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/help.htm GNS output format] contains various custom codes. Of particular interest are:
**UNI - Unique Name Idenfier (a numeric value - often negative)
**LAT and LONG - Latitude and Longitude (Decimal - also available as DMS)
** NT - Name Type (Only A,P and L are of use in matching to addresses)
