<p>The Defence Geographic Centre (DGC) provides geospatial information, services and liaison to the UK Ministry of Defence and international partners.</p> <p>The primary role of DGC is to provide land maps, aeronautical charts, positional information, geo-referenced imagery and digital data in raster, matrix, and vector formats for UK defence planning, operations and training. This can be satisfied by material collected on a global basis or produced in house. DGC also provides expert advice to defence on international boundaries, geographic names and geodetic/geophysical matters.</p> <p>Demand for conventional paper maps and charts continues alongside a significant growth in the demand for digital data to support weapons platforms, systems, navigation and C4I (Command, Control, Communication, Computation and Information). DGC data now forms a key component of most modern weapon systems and is a key enabler for their efficient use.</p> <p>DGC comprises three departments:</p> <p>1. The MOD Geospatial Library holds a global collection of over 700,000 different maps, air charts, atlases, digital geospatial products and other geographic sources.</p> <p>2. The MOD Map and Air Chart Depot holds planning stock to support UK contingency planning requirements and bulk map stocks to meet current operational requirements.</p> <p>3. The Production and Reproduction facility produces a wide range of maps, charts and digital data. Production also provides a crisis response capability in the form of rapid revisions, image maps, digital products and bulk map printing.</p>