The GSD is a GIS database of world international boundaries and shorelines. The database contains ArcView shapefiles and ArcInfo coverages in six different scales. The six different scales provide varying degrees of boundary and coastline detail. The six scales provided are listed below:

• 1 : 120,000,000
• 1 : 40,000,000
• 1 : 12,000,000
• 1 : 3,000,000
• 1 : 1,000,000
• 1 : 250,000

Click here to see the different scales provided.