Compact radio sources in the galactic plane

The 20cm source catalog covers a longitude range of -20{deg}<l<120{deg} the latitude coverage varies from +/-0.8{deg} to +/-2.7{deg}. The total survey area is about 331{deg}^2^; coverage is 90% complete at a flux density threshold of about 14mJy, and over 5000 sources are recorded.

The 6cm catalog covers 43{deg}^2^ in the region -10{deg}<l<42{deg}, |b|<0.4{deg} to a 90% completeness threshold of 2.9mJy; over 2700 sources are found. Both surveys have an angular resolution of about 6". These catalogs provide a 30% (at 20cm) to 50% (at 6cm) increase in the number of high-reliability compact sources in the Galactic plane, as well as greatly improved astrometry, uniformity, and reliability; they should prove useful for comparison with new mid- and far-infrared surveys of the Milky Way.