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This general specification defines requirements for the Defense Mapping Agency's (DMA) Tactical Pilotage Charts (TPC).

Purpose. The purpose of this specification is to assure uniformity of treatment among mapping and charting elements, primarily DMA and its contractors, engaged in a coordinated production and maintenance program for this product. Feature requirements are stated in terms of DMA'S Feature/Attribute Coding Standard (FACS), to maintain consistency between various DMA production methods. The use of FACS in this specification is not intended to imply any external digital data coding standard. FACS is the internal coding standard used by DMA's Digital Production System (DPS), which is the primary intended, but not exclusive, method for production of this product at this time. The Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard (DIGEST) Feature Attribute Coding Catalog (FACC), not FACS, is the approved coding standard for the exchange of digital geographic data, as well as the standard for DMA's Vector Product Format (VPF) product line. FACC may be included in, or replace FACS in a future edition of this specification.

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