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What is Base Data?


Base data is the basic land surface data that describes the lay of the land including major and minor landmarks, natural and manmade, such as rivers, roads and buildings. It includes all the features shown on the typical USGS 1:24000 scale topo map.

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
URL:http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/frontrange/land/basedata/basedata.htm
Contact: Carol Mladinich  mailto:csmladinich@usgs.gov
Updated: 07/28/2000
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