MIL-STD-2408, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STANDARD PRACTICE: MAPPING, CHARTING & GEODESY GLOSSARY OF FEATURE AND ATTRIBUTE DEFINITIONS (21 APR 1995)., This Military Standard, MIL-STD-2408, is a specialized dictionary wherein physical and conceptual earth objects/entities and their descriptive characteristics/properties are defined as Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy (MC&G) features and their associated attributes.