GNIS	(Geographic Names Information System)

Point coverage.

Developed by USGS from 1:24,000 scale USGS maps.

Provides information on a variety of point locations representing natural and cultural 
features.

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Descriptions of primary items:

NAME -- name
	indicates common unique name of feature (e.g., "Applegate River")


DESIG -- designation (most of these are self-explainatory)

	airport
	canal
	cape
	cemetery
	civil
	dam
	flat
	gap
	lake
	locale (includes a variety of cultural sites by common name)
	mine
	park
	pillar
	ppl (populated places -- some may be historic and not currently populated)
	range
	reservoir
	ridge
	school
	spring
	stream
	summit
	trail
	valley


LATLONG -- Latitude and Longitude
	Alphanumeric string indicating latitude and longitude of point (e.g., 
422549N1232635W indicates 422549 degrees North and 1232635 degrees West)


ELEVATION
	Elevation (for selected sites only) in feet with an implied decimal place (i.e., 4,000 
feet is represented as "40000).


MAPNAME
	Name of USGS quadrangle map (e.g., " Wilderville")


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the above does not represent a complete documentation of this data