Global Discovery is the function of Global Insight Plus and Global Profile. The combination of these leading products forms the most detailed seamless world data set available.
Global Insight provides vector reference mapping at 1:1,000,000 scale for the entire world. Coverage is provided by a manageable set of layers including places (over 513,000 locations including accented characters and alternative names), up-to-date political maps at two scales (1:1M and 1:3M), coastlines, international borders, some first level administrative borders, time zones, roads, railways, drainage features (rivers and lakes), airports (including IATA code) and ports (including UN/LOCODE)
Global Profile five-minute raster data provides small-scale mapping for abstract views and features coloured imagery for both land elevations and sea bathymetry. Thirty-second raster provides higher resolution mapping for land areas. Vector mapping includes land and sea floor contours plus a mountain gazetteer.
There are an unlimited number of uses for Global Discovery. Potential applications include: