This is a message form to be used for urgent ordering. In block 2, use one of the following codes for your location. Stock numbers are also listed in map catalogs, which are available at division and higher levels and occasionally in smaller units. Another document that is an aid to the map user is the gazetteer. A gazetteer lists all the names appearing on a map series of a geographical area, a designation that identifies what is located at that place name, a grid reference, a sheet number of the map upon which the name appeared, and the latitude and longitude of the named features.
Gazetteers are prepared for maps of foreign areas only.
All maps should be considered as documents that require special handling. If a map falls into unauthorized hands, it could easily endanger military operations by providing information of friendly plans or areas of interest to the enemy. Even more important would be a map on which the movements or positions of friendly soldiers were marked. It is possible, even though the markings on a map have been erased, to determine some of the information that had been marked upon it. Maps are documents that must not fall into unauthorized hands.