THE GENERAL CATALOG OF PHOTOMETRIC DATA (GCPD) .2.

We describe the new version of the General Catalogue of Photometric Da ta. Our database of photometric photoelectric data has been updated an d completely rebuilt. Most collections contain the data published to t he end of 1995, taken from more than 2500 papers. We have updated the Master Index which now contains information for over 207500 stars and components. Public access to the data is provided through the World Wi de Web at http://obswww.unige.ch/gcpd/gcpd.html. A connection has been established with the ADS Abstract Service which allows to retrieve da ta directly from the ADS output pages.