Message-ID: <199508221451.KAA39716@atlanta.american.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 10:50:00 EDT From: GREGORY SHELTON <mailto:GAS@LAKE.USNO.NAVY.MIL> To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Thanks to everyone who responded, including NATO (see below)! GregoryFrom: LAKE::WINS%"mailto:Chris.Scheurweghs@stc.nato.int" 22-AUG-1995 05:29:59.75 To: mailto:gas@lake.usno.navy.mil CC: Subj: NATO Country Codes
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Dear Gregory, All requests concerning STANAG have to be sent to MAS (Military Agency for Standardization). E-mail: mailto:Reny@shape.nato.int Here are the NATO codes: BE (BELGIUM) CA (CANADA) DA (DENMARK) FR (FRANCE) GE (GERMANY) GR (GREECE) IC (ICELAND) IT (ITALY) LU (LUXEMBOURG) NL (NETHERLANDS) NO (NORWAY) PO (PORTUGAL) SP (SPAIN) TU (TURKEY) UK (UNITED KINGDOM) US (UNITED STATES)
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>I assume your Patron (or at least NATO) is using a corrupted version of the
>International Standards Organization (ISO) two letter country code. I say
>corrupted because some of your codes do not fit the standard:
>
>BE- Belgium
>CA- Canada
>DA- (probably Denmark but should be DK)
>FR- France
>GE- (not listed -- unless it is supposed to be Germany which is DD or DE by
>the code)
>GR- Greece
>IT- Italy
>LU- Luxembourg
>NL- Netherlands
>NO- Norway
>PO- (could be Portugal(PT) or Poland(PL)
>SP- (could be Spain (ES)
>TU- (could be Turkey (TR)
>UK- (could be United Kingdom(GB)
>US- United States
>
>Just goes to prove that International Institutuions should stick to the
>accepted international standards!!! But then the US still has not switched
>to Metric--so what can one say???
Gregory Shelton Phone: 202-653-1499 U.S. Naval Observatory Library Fax: 202-653-1497 3450 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. E-mail: mailto:gas@lake.usno.navy.mil Washington, D.C. 20392-5420 http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/lib.html For our online catalog, telnet urania.usno.navy.mil, username: urania