Vector World Map (VMap)

Title

Description

Various geographic features covering the entire earth. World coverage of topographic map themes. VMap includes major road and rail networks, hydrologic drainage systems, utility networks (cross-country pipelines and communication lines), major airports, elevation contours, coastlines, international boundaries and populated places. The original VMAP files were created by the United States Defense Mapping Agency, based on the Digital Chart of the World 1:1,000,000. Version 5 is based on the newest edition of the 1:1,000,000 Operational Navigation Charts, published by the United States national Imagery and Mapping Agency.

Identifier

/NAP/UT/VMap

1540142266

Links

Access via Scholars Geo Portal

Collection

Geospatial

Alternative Title

VMap

Terms of Use

Restricted to U of T faculty, staff, and students.

License

license, restricted

Distributor

United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Virginia, United States

Data Type

vector

Geographic Keywords

International

Notes

includes major road and rail networks, hydrologic drainage systems, utility networks (cross-country pipelines and communication lines), major airports, elevation contours, coastlines, international boundaries and populated places

Broad Topic

Transportation networks

Keywords

water

aerodromes

airports

bathymetry

cities

contours

fisheries

highways

hydrography

industrial

lakes

oceanography

pipelines

placenames

political

railroads

trails

transportation

utilities

vegetation

Airports

A√©roport

Communaut√© urbaine

Urban communities

Fisheries

P√™cheries

Road networks

R√©seau routier

Hydrography

Hydrographie

Lac

Lakes

Oceanography

Oc√©anographie

Pipelines

Pipeline

Toponymy

Toponymie

Railway networks

Transport

Utilities

Services publics

Plants

Plante

Water

Eau

Coordinate System

7789, www.epsg.org

Scale

50000

Producer

United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency, VA, USA

Edition

Version 5

Citation

“Vector World Map (VMap),” MDL Data, accessed January 20, 2026, https://mdl-data.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/1050.