FIPS 10-4
TheFIPS10-4standard,Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions,was a list of two-letter country codes that were used by the U.S. Government for geographical data processing in many publications, such as theCIA World Factbook.The standard was also known asDAFIF0413 ed 7 Amdt. No. 3 (November 2003) and as DIA 65-18 (Defense Intelligence Agency,1994, "Geopolitical Data Elements and Related Features" ).
The FIPS 10-4 codes are similar to (but sometimes incompatible with) theISO 3166-1 alpha-2country codes.The standard also includes codes for the top-level subdivision of the countries, similar to but usually incompatible with theISO 3166-2standard.
History
[edit]On September 2, 2008, FIPS 10-4 was one of ten standards withdrawn byNISTas a Federal Information Processing Standard.[1]TheNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agencycontinued to maintain the FIPS 10-4 codes in an informal document titled "Geopolitical Entities and Codes" (GEC) until December 31, 2014,[2][3]retiring the GEC on March 31, 2015.[4]
On January 23, 2013, theU.S. Department of Defensereleased the first edition of "Geopolitical Entities, Names and Codes" (GENC), a U.S. federal government profile ofISO 3166-1andISO 3166-2.GENC is designed to be compatible with ISO 3166 but reflect U.S. governmentdiplomatic recognitionand naming decisions by theU.S. Board on Geographic Names;it is intended to be the basis for a future U.S. national profile of the ISO standards.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Federal Register, September 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 170), page 51276
- ^"Appendix D: Country Data Codes".The World Factbook.Central Intelligence Agency.RetrievedAugust 18,2018.
- ^"NGA: GNS Country Codes".geonames.nga.mil.Retrieved2016-02-16.
- ^"GENC Standard — Frequently Asked Questions".NSG Standards Registry.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.RetrievedDecember 23,2021.
- ^"Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes".NSG Standards Registry.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.RetrievedDecember 23,2021.