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URL
— Universal Resource Locator
LAN
— Local Area Network
REPCODE
— Representation Code
TBM
— Temporary Bench Mark (in surveying)
USA
— United States of America
US
— United States of America
XML
— Extensible Markup Language
QLID
— Queensland Land Information Directory
ROM
— Read-Only Memory
FTP
— File Transfer Protocol
UK
— United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
ANSI
— American National Standards Institute, Inc.
UNESCO
— United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
GUDS
— Geologicky Ustav Dionyz Stur
C4G
— Center for GeoInformatics
RELOS
— Regional Locator System
LAGIC
— Louisiana Geographic Information Center
A IN B
— Auto in basement
EPA
— Environmental Protection Agency (US)
CPU
— Central Processing Unit
K-L
— Karhunen-Loeve
K F
— Kummerly Frey AG
CBD
— Cash Before Delivery
FEMA
— Federal Emergency Management Agency
QC
— Quality Control
ISP
— Internet Service Provider
GUI
— Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
GDDD
— Geographical Data Description Directory
PDR
— Preliminary Design Review
A-DCS
— Advanced/Data Collection System
R&A OSS
— Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services
G W-N
— George Washington
JAGIS
— Journalism and Gis Interest Group
NADCON
— North American Datum Conversion
QINSY
— Quality Integrated Navigation System
PIXEL
— Picture Element
PIDR
— Polygon ID right
WALIS
— Western Australian Land Information System
U-TDOA
— Uplink Time Difference of Arrival
C&MT
— Communication & Measurement Technologies Limited
R&D
— Research & Development
FAQ
— Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
WAGDA
— Washington State Geospatial Data Archive
GBAMS
— GBS Master Series
C.BR
— cement brick
NAD 27
— North American Datum of 1927
ASCII
— American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
RASVY
— Royal Australian Survey Corps
S-VGA
— Super Video Graphics Array
BAOSC
— Bay Area Open Space Council
SMTP
— Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
J&K
— Jammu and Kashmir
CRT
— Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
ADSL
— Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
CADMAP
— Computer-aided drafting, mapping, and photogrammetry
UCDL
— University of California Digital Library
NABGG
— National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists
NAFSMA
— National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
NAD 83
— North American Datum of 1983
E-N&N
— Electronic News and Notes
DA&SM
— Data Acquisitions & Systems Maintenance
WAGAP
— Washington Gap Analysis Program
IACWD
— Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data
R&TS
— Research & Technical Standards
T/RS
— Township/Range System
ASA
— American Standards Association
R-VIS
— Reality Visualization
USDA
— United States Department of Agriculture
H.ST.
— Halte Stelle
OADCES
— On-line Aerotriangulation Data Collection and Editing System
LAGEO
— Laser Geodynamic Satellite
VPN
— Virtual Private Network (ATM)
BANOBRAS
— Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos
S-SIG
— Sureying Special Interest Group
UCLGES
— Unified Cartographic Line Graph Encoding System
WAML IB
— Western Association of Map Libraries Information Bulletin
WASCH
— Waschhaus
IAKAR
— Inertially aided kinematic ambiguity resolution
E.ST.
— Eisenbahn Station
ADP
— Automated Data Processing
I-SITE
— Intelligent Screening of Imagery for Teleophthalmology
BAKOSUR-TANAL
— Badan Koordinasi Survey dan Pemetaan Nasional
OC-CLSA
— Orange County Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association
TBD
— To Be Determined
IAEGS
— Institute for Advanced Education in Geospatial Sciences
EU
— European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
MAGERT
— Map and Geography Round Table
DOD
— United States Department of Defense
MAIGIS
— Multi-Agency Internet Geographic Information Service
FOV
— Field Of View (satellite)
GPS
— Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
DARPA
— Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
MAGIRT
— Map and Geospatial Round Table
WWW
— World Wide Web
EAS-E
— Engineering and Survey-Exchange
HAZUSMH
— Hazards multihazard version
DAIS-1
— Digital Airborne Imagery System
ARCFM
— Arc Facilities Manager
EARTHSAT
— Earth Satellite Corp
CSA
— Canadian Space Agency
LANDRU
— Local Access to Networked Data Retrieval Utility
NSF
— National Sanitation Foundation
WML
— Wireless Markup Language
BBS
— Bulletin Board System
ISDN
— Integrated Services Digital Network
RAM
— random-access memory
IAHWG
— Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Working Group
HANDGPS
— High Accuracy Nationwide Differential GPS
EOF
— End Of File
HAUPTM
— Hauptmann
BAOR
— British Army of the Rhine
DAISIDS
— Distributed Ad-hoc Intelligent Sensor-Intrusion Detection System
JATOP
— Army Topographic Service
FAA
— Federal Aviation Administration
NTSB
— US National Transportation Safety Board
RDBMS
— Relational Database Management System
AOL
— America on line
BLDG
— Building
DEPT
— Department
MST
— Mountain Standard Time
QA/QC
— Quality Assurance/Quality Control
CONUS
— Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
ACM
— Association for Computing Machinery
EEC
— European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU)
SIC
— Standard Industrial Classification (Code)
PST
— Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours)
EDT
— Eastern Daylight Time
DOE
— United States Department of Energy (government)
DBMS
— Database Management System
NATO
— North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
WYSIWYG
— What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
IBRD
— International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
MHZ
— Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
SLIP
— Serial Line Interface Protocol
RCRA
— Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
PNG
— Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
UDP
— User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
WAN
— Wide Area Network
MSL
— Mean Sea Level
UAV
— Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
IAEA
— International Atomic Energy Agency
NCR
— National Capital Region (Metro Manila)
NIST
— National Institute of Standards and Technology
IMO
— International Maritime Organization
EPIRB
— Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
ABET
— Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
BPS
— bits per second
DLL
— Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
IM
— Information Management
HQ
— Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
NTIS
— National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
COSPAR
— Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
ARCH
— Architect
UNEP
— United Nations Environment Program
BLM
— Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
FORTRAN
— FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
TN
— Tennessee
RAID
— Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
UT
— Utah
IFOV
— Instantaneous Field Of View
RTF
— Rich Text Format
ENIAC
— Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
SEATO
— Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
EBCDIC
— Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD)
W3C
— World Wide Web Consortium
UN
— United Narions
SCSI
— Small Computer System Interface
HUD
— Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
YD
— Yard
CIA
— Central Intelligence Agency
DDL
— Data Definition Language
SEDUE
— Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia
ROW
— Right-Of-Way
RI
— Rhode Island
SD
— South Dakota
VHF
— Very High Frequency
JAXA
— Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
RISC
— Reduced Instruction Set Computer
ESCAP
— Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
DIME
— Dual Independent Map Encoding
USGS
— United States Geological Survey (DOI)
WMO
— World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
NOAA
— National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
CEU
— Continuing Education Unit
ASCE
— l'American Society of Civil Engineers
CORBA
— Common Object Request Broker Architecture
VI
— U.S. Virgin Islands
CALTRANS
— California Department of Transportation
JPEG
— Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format)
NJ
— New Jersey
GPO
— Government Printing Office
DOMSAT
— Domestic Communications Satellite System
AU
— Astronomical Unit
VT
— Vermont
OR
— Oregon
NFIP
— National Flood Insurance Program
Y2K
— Year 2000
MIN
— Minute
LEO
— Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
WV
— West Virginia
AIA
— American Institute of Architecture
ABUT
— Abutment
KW
— Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
USPS
— United States Postal Services
DMSP
— Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
WI
— Wisconsin
USAF
— United States Air Force
MIME
— Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
PPB
— parts per billion (109)
SONAR
— (DOD) A sonic device used primarily for the detection and location of underwater objects.(This term is derived from the words "sound navigation and ranging.")
NAICS
— North American Industry Classification System
WAP
— Wireless Application Protocol
KHZ
— kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
AEC
— Architecture, Engineering, Construction
WAC
— World Aeronautical Chart
VDT
— Video Display Terminal
KDMS
— Kork Digital Mapping System
SNR
— Signal-to-Noise Ratio
CLK
— Clerk
ASEE
— American Society for Engineering Education Gulf
NEB
— Nebraska
MDT
— Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
SDBMS
— Spatial Database Management System
RMS
— root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
COBOL
— Common Business-Oriented Language
AVHRR
— Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
MATLAB
— Matrix Laboratory
MSE
— Mean Square Error
NSA
— National Security Agency
NASDA
— National Space Development Agency of Japan
ITRF
— International Terrestrial Reference Frame
BNSC
— British National Space Centre
DSF
— Delivery Sequence File
GUID
— Globally Unique Identifier
KV
— Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement)
TX
— TEXAS
I/O
— Input/Output
TCP/IP
— transmission control protocol/internet protocol
FSA
— Farm Service Agency
EDP
— Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
RDS
— Radio Data System
WY
— Wyoming
GLAB
— Bayerisches Geologisches Landesamt
ICMP
— Internet Control Message Protocol
DOM
— Document Object Model
FMC
— Federal Maritime Commission's
SMSA
— Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
PMSA
— Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
JPL
— Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
AB
— Air Base
PRIM
— Primary
VA
— Virginia
SMS
— Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
WA
— Washington Accord
ISRO
— Indian Space Research Organisation
HDOP
— Horizontal Dilution of Precision
AIREA
— American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
FOUO
— For Official Use Only
USA
— United States Army
REVPG
— Revision and Product Generation System
SGML
— Standard Generalized Markup Language
FA
— Fire Alarm
DILIGENT
— Digital Library Infrastructure on Grid Enabled Technology
UV
— Ultraviolet (Light)
DPI
— Dots per inch.
BFE
— Base Flood Elevation
FOM
— Field Operations Manual
AASP
— American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
CMSA
— Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
RAIM
— Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
AG
— Attorney General
PROSYS
— Production System--Unix
BIA
— Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
RSVP
— Resource Reservation Protocol (Internet)
CG
— Coast Guard
SCADA
— Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
3D
— three-dimensional (geophysics)
VI
— British Virgin Islands
QDF
— Queensland Department of Forestry
AUV
— Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
DCMI
— Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (Online Computer Library Center)
AGU
— American Geophysical Union
EIM
— Environmental Information Management
STF
— Summary Tape File
JSC
— Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
NESDIS
— National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
DNC
— Digital Nautical Chart
COMSAT
— Communications Satellite Corporation
UID
— User IDentification
HF
— High Frequency
DTED
— Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
NMFS
— National Marine Fisheries Services
KB
— Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
FPU
— Floating Point Unit
UML
— Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG)
COE
— Creek Corps of Engineers
LUST
— Leaking Underground Storage Tank
LEP
— Linear Error Probable
PHILADA
— Philadelphia
UNGEGN
— United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
PND
— Pond Air Express
OPEC
— Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
IW
— Information Warfare
ECDIS
— Electronic Chart Display and Information System
LIDAR
— Lander Light Detection and Ranging
MEO
— Medium-Earth Orbit
CAM
— Computer-Aided Mapping
NASA
— National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
AFS
— Air Force Station
CCAFS
— Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
UC
— University of California
ND
— North Dakota
CCITT
— Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) [now ITU-T]
BAS
— British Antarctic Survey
LMIC
— Land Management Information Center
AMSR
— Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
ERBS
— Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
IPY
— International Polar Year
WB
— World Bank
CGM
— Computer Graphics Metafile
LARC
— Langley Research Center (NASA)
TVA
— Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
SAR
— synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
ORNL
— Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
RGB
— red-green-blue (signal)
EAC
— Engineering Accreditation Commission
CD-ROM
— Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
MSU
— Microwave Sounding Unit
TDOA
— Time Difference Of Arrival
ENTR
— Entrance
DDN
— U.S. Defense Data Network
SCDOT
— South Carolina Department of Transportation
AOI
— Area Of Interest
KAM
— Kansas Association of Mappers
ADEOS
— ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
NBFU
— National Board of Fire Underwriters
USCG
— United States Coast Guard
USNO
— United States Naval Observatory
ERTS
— Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
DLT
— Digital Linear Tape
UNDP
— United Nations Development Program
OTA
— Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
NM
— New Mexico
MLLW
— Mean Lower Low Water (nautical Charts)
ARS
— United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
BPA
— Bonneville Power Administration (US)
KSC
— John F. Kennedy Space Center
MRSH
— Marsh
OLAP
— Online Analytical Processing
IL
— Illinois
RP
— Reference Point
IALA
— International Association Of Lighthouse Authorities
TD
— Total Depth
ISAMS
— Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
GSFC
— Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
AWIPS
— Advanced weather Interactive Processing System (NOAA)
ENVISAT
— European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
MOD
— Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
TLV
— Threshold Limit Value
SVD
— Singular Value Decomposition
VGA
— Video Graphics Array
UID
— Unique Identifier
DEIS
— Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
HLW
— High Level Waste
EEZ
— Exclusive Economic Zone
EMAIL
— Electronic Mail
NARA
— United States National Archives And Records Administration
INS
— Inertial Navigation System
SV
— Space Vehicle
AWS
— Air Weather Service
ARAMCO
— Arabian American Oil Company
TTY
— Teletype Telex Machine
GRD
— Ground Resolved Distance
ASCS
— Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
AAPG
— American Association of Petroleum Geologists
DAT
— Digital Audio Tape
DFAD
— Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
MLW
— Mean Low Water (nautical Charts)
NYSDOT
— New York State Department of Transportation
VLSI
— Very-Large-Scale Integration
TWP
— Township
OPR
— Office Of Planning And Research
ASTER
— Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
V
— Volt (measurement)
FRA
— Federal Railroad Administration
EDMS
— Electronic Document Management System
TRMM
— Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
BPI
— bits per inch
CCRS
— Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
TDD
— Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
S/W
— Software
GOES
— Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
WYO
— Wyoming
NWS
— National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
BLOB
— Binary Large Object
SCOPE
— Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
SLAR
— Side-Looking Airborne Radar
CRADA
— Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
IJC
— International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
IHB
— International Hydrographic Bureau
BOTUS
— Best of the US
LFC
— Large Format Camera
GML
— Geography Markup Language
NDVI
— Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
MTPE
— Mission To Planet Earth
VBA
— Visual BASIC for Applications
EA
— Environmental Assessment, EIAP
DLA
— Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
IHO
— International Hydrographic Organization
NC
— North Carolina
OPS
— Optical Sensor
NHTSA
— National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
JR HS
— Junior High School
EPS
— Encapsulated Postscript
NIEHS
— National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
CSOC
— Consolidated Space Operations Center
NSKV
— Norges Sjokartverk
ICT
— Information and Communication Technologies
AM/FM
— Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
USN
— United States Navy
MOA
— Minute Of Angle
BIP
— Band Interleaved by Pixel
REA
— Rural Electrification Administration (US)
IRDS
— Information Resource Dictionary System
IUE
— International Ultraviolet Explorer
GRS 80
— Geodetic Reference System of 1980
TIFF
— Tag Image File Format
ABS
— Australian Bureau of Statistics's
ISCCP
— International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
IRRI
— International Rice Research Institute
VCR
— video cassette recorder/player
BDY
— Boundary
FHWA
— Federal Highway Administration
UTM
— Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System)
DSDP
— Deep-Sea Drilling Project
CZCS
— Coastal Zone Color Scanner
TXDOT
— Texas Department of Transportation
LAS
— Land Analysis System
SLP
— Slope
PENNDOT
— Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
NII
— National Information Infrastructure (USA)
TRB
— Technical Review Board (MRR)
INMARSAT
— International Maritime Satellite
KBPS
— KiloBytes per second
VML
— Vector Markup Language
AWWA
— American Water Works Association (Denver)
BHF
— Bahnhof
IPX
— Internet Packet Exchange
RIT
— Rochester Institute of Technology
TDRSS
— Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
TELNET
— Telecommunications Network Protocol
RPF
— Raster Product Format
BMDO
— (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
MLRA
— Major Land Resource Area
ACOE
— Army Corps of Engineers
UART
— Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
NCDOT
— North Carolina Department of Transportation
BIM
— Building Information Model
NRCS
— Natural Resources Conservation Service
CADD
— computer-aided design and drafting
TOMS
— Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
CERCLIS
— Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US)
EDIFACT
— Electronic Data Interchange for Administration Commerce and Transport
CSPG
— Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
BEF
— British Expeditionary Force
NHC
— United States National Hurricane Center
VDU
— Video Display Unit
NCAR
— National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
SF
— San Francisco
AOML
— Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
BS.AS.
— Buenos Aires
NESS
— National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
TI
— Texas Instruments, Inc.
TMS
— Thematic Mapper Simulator
LAAS
— Local Area Augmentation System
DBH
— Diameter at Breast Height
BRCK
— Brucke
UW
— University of Washington
LONG
— Longitude
COV
— Cover
EGNOS
— European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
NYPL
— New York Public Library (New York, NY)
NCEP
— National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
LDG
— Landing (aviation)
SOCC
— Satellite Operations Control Center
EOSAT
— Earth Observation Satellite Co.
GFDL
— Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
NIMA
— National Imagery and Mapping Agency (became National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|NGA)
USEPA
— United States Environmental Protection Agency
MERIS
— Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
ITS
— Intelligent Transportation System
LON
— Longitude
INSAR
— Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
VILL
— VILLAGE
MDOT
— Michigan Department of Transportation
USMC
— United States Marine Corporation
ACSM
— American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
DAC
— Digital-To-Analog Converter
PARC
— Palo Alto Research Center
DTM
— Digital Terrain Model
TM
— Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
OFFN
— Offnung
AFWA
— Air Force Weather Agency
BNA
— block numbering area
ADM2
— Second-order administrative division
FWS
— United States Fish and Wildlife Service
POLYID
— Polygon identification number
CGU
— Canadian Geophysical Union
S/N
— Signal-to-Noise ratio
APWA
— American Public Works Association's
VTRANS
— Vermont Agency of Transportation
ASTM
— American Society for Testing Materials
IGBP
— International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
CSIRO
— Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
NRO
— U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
TBM
— Tunnel Boring Machine
ACD
— Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
GPSDR
— Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
ADOT
— Arizona Department Of Transportation
CIO
— Central Imagery Office
MAGSAT
— Magnetic Field Satellite
RICS
— Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
TIROS
— Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
NEL
— National Exploitation Laboratory
FLOPS
— FLoating-Point Operations Per Second
GNSS
— Global Navigation Satellite System
UCB
— University of California, Berkeley
FAS
— Foreign Agricultural Service
SIPES
— Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States
UPRN
— Unique Property Reference Number
USGCRP
— United States Global Change Research Program
TBPLS
— Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
IIS
— Internet Information Server
ADF
— Application Development Facility
CDOT
— Colorado Department Of Transportation
AMSU
— Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
DOA
— United States Department of Agriculture
PIMMA
— Pipeline Integrity Management Mapping Application
SROM
— Spectro-radiometer for Ocean Monitoring
TS
— Top Secret
CASE
— Computer-Aided Software Engineering
ERIM
— Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
VRS
— Virtual Reference Station
JERS
— Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
DRAPP
— Denver Regional Aerial Photography Program
FNESA
— Federation of New England Surveyors Associations
CANSIS
— Canadian Soil Information System
UAS
— Unmanned Aircraft System
S/C
— Spacecraft
SST
— Sea surface temperature
VAL
— Valley
FACC
— Feature and Attribute Coding Catalogue
DISTDAHS
— Distributed Satellite Telemetry Data Handling System
BLVD
— Boulevard
FRS
— Fellow of the Royal Society
NAVD
— North American Vertical Datum
IASI
— Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
CDFG
— California Department of Fish and Game's
TWA
— time-weighted averaged
JTIDS
— Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (djay-tidz)
RGS
— Royal Geographic Society
ILWIS
— Integrated Land and Water Information System
EOSDIS
— Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
WAAS
— Wide Area Augmentation System
TRF
— Terrestrial Reference Frame
EMAP
— Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
NAMCOR
— National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia
GOME
— Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
RCH
— Reach
ARR
— Arrondissement
NFDRS
— National Fire Danger Rating System
TWRA
— Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
SMMR
— Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
USFS
— United States Forest Service
RE
— Royal Engineers
TLM
— Telemetry
TDOT
— Tennessee Department of Transportation's
CDI
— Compact Disk Interactive
MESSR
— Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
TIRS
— Thermal Infrared Scanner
KDD
— Knowledge Discovery in Databases
DSIR
— Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
UCSB
— University Of California Santa Barbara
HDTV
— High-Definition Television
UHF
— Ultrahigh Frequency
BGN
— United States Board on Geographic Names
FGDC
— Federal Geographic Data Committee's
GLI
— Global Imager
OCE
— Of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
CRIS
— Cross-track Infrared Sounder
SIGGRAPH
— Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery
MARAD
— Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet)
OTH
— Over the Horizont
EO
— Earth Observation
LORAN
— Long Range Navigational System
GCDIS
— US Global Change Data and Information System
LBA
— Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere experiment in Amazonia
XMI
— XML Metadata Interchange
DNR
— Department of Natural Resources
DWF
— Drawing Web Format (files)
ONC
— Operational Navigation Chart
WEF
— Water Environment Federation (formerly WPCF)
OSU
— Oregon State University
VPF
— Vector Product Format
B/W
— Black and White
TEC
— US Army Topographic Engineering Center
SPIE
— The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
VABM
— Vertical Angle Elevation Bench Mark
TAC
— Technology Accreditation Commission
SBUV
— Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
TRIM
— Terrain Resource Information Management
NGA
— National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency; US government)
AGSO
— Australian Geological Survey Organisation
IDOT
— Illinois Department of Transportation
INTELSAT
— International Telecommunications Satellite
AVL
— An Automatic Vehicle Location
TERCOM
— Terrain Contour Matching
JICA
— Japan International Cooperation Agency
MTF
— Modulation transfer function.
NITF
— National Imagery Transmission Format
RY
— Railway
TMDL
— Total Maximum Daily Load
XMP
— Extensible Metadata Platform
OCL
— Object Constraint Language
WCRP
— World Climate Research Program
APA
— American Planning Association
UPC
— Universal Product Code
GWEN
— Ground Wave Emergency Network
WSC
— Water Survey of Canada
PRS92
— Philippines Reference System of 92
NMDOT
— New Mexico Department of Transportation
SLAC
— The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
PAT
— Polygon Attribute Table
BOREAS
— Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
CSIC
— Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
COTS
— Commercial-off-the-shelf
VDOT
— Virginia Department of Transportation
UCD
— University of California, Davis
IBDF
— Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal
NBII
— National Biological Information Infrastructure
FOSS
— Free / Open-Source Software
ESDD
— Earth Science Data Directory
IUGG
— International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
INCITS
— International Committee for Information Technology Standards
ITC
— International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
NDOT
— Nevada Department of Transportation
AFCEA
— Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's
HSV
— Hue Saturation Value
ENG.DEPARTMENT
— Engineering Dept
NVDI
— Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
ASPRS
— American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
IS&T
— Information Systems & Technology
USDOT
— United State Department of Transportation
AVS
— Application Visualization System
CEBAF
— Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
DIN
— Deutsches Institut fur Normung
SHORAN
— short-range navigation
LEC
— Lockheed Electronics Company
FMCSA
— Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
OTF
— On-The-Fly (data acquisition method)
IBWC
— International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
ZFB
— Zucker Fabrik
VTIR
— visible and thermal infrared radiometer
BOR
— Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
LP
— Line Printer
ESSHC
— European Social Science History Conference
IGY
— International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
NNW
— North North-West
WMF
— Windows Metafile
T
— tonne
PGML
— Precision Graphics Markup Language
H/W
— Hardware
SRTM
— Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
LIGO
— Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
DLG
— Digital Line Graphic
HGBF
— Hauptgueterbahnhof
NAD
— North American Datum
NGGI
— National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
CIESIN
— Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
TAC
— Terrain Analysis Center
DARO
— (U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
NEXRAD
— Next Generation Weather Radar
TAZ
— Traffic Analysis Zone
IVHS
— Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems
POS LV 220
— Position and Orientation System for Land Vehicles 220
DDPO
— Defense Dissemination Program Office
CDOW
— Colorado Division of Wildlife
MODIS
— Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
PROSIX
— Production System
JISC
— Joint Information Systems Committee
AUVSI
— Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
CDFS
— Cloud Depiction and Forecast System
TEFIS
— Transmission Electrical Facilities Information System
SOHO
— SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory
HBGN
— Hawaii Board on Geographic Names
TIR
— Thermal Infrared
SDDOT
— South Dakota Department of Transportation
GISS
— Goddard Institude of Space Studies
MCO
— Mars Climate Orbiter
WPCF
— Water Pollution Control Federation
IAG
— International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
LBS
— Location-Based Services
PANGA
— Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
ONERN
— Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales (Spanish: Office of National Assessment of Natural Resources; Peru)
TARGA
— Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter
FRGS
— Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
NPIC
— National Photographic Interpretation Center
SYMAP
— Synagraphic Mapping System
USDI
— United States Department of the Interior (also
NCGIA
— National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
NYC
— New York City
UKMO
— United Kingdom Meteorological Office
AWRA
— American Water Resources Association's
ABZW
— Abzweigstelle
APCA
— Air Pollution Control Association (Pittsburgh)
NARS
— National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
GLDAS
— Global Land Data Assimilation System
AVE
— Avenue
WIMS
— Weather Information Management System
PBM
— Portable Bitmap
IUGS
— International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
WGS
— World Geodetic System
FGCC
— Federal Geodetic Control Committee
GWE
— Global Weather Experiment
SSW
— South Southwest
AML
— ARC Macro Language
DMAAC
— Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center
SMIRR
— Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer
BLPU
— Basic Land and Property Unit
JECA
— John E. Chance and Associates
GLONASS
— Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System, Russia
EOTD
— Enhanced Observed Time Difference
GNIS
— Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
ICA
— International Cartographic Association
NFLD
— Newfoundland
HRIR
— high-resolution infrared radiometer
CAG
— Canadian Association of Geographers
CSFS
— Colorado State Forest Service
CZM
— Coastal Zone Management
USCE
— United States Army Corporation of Engineers
BIL
— Band Interleaved by Line
IAH
— International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
ASF
— Alaska SAR Facility
ASLO
— American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
IAGS
— Inter-American Geodetic Survey
FLIR
— Forward-Looking Infrared (Radar)
ISAPI
— Internet Server Application Programming Interface
CGCRT
— Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table
UPS
— Universal Polar Stereographic
HIRS
— High-resolution Infrared Sounder
JFIF
— JPEG File Interchange Format
CD-R
— Compact Disk-Recordable
SCAR
— Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)
CGMW
— Commission for the Geological Map of the World
CONN
— Connecticut
ETM
— Enhanced Thematic Mapper
JOMAR
— Joint Office for Mapping And Research
GLOBE
— Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
IMU
— Inertial Measurement Unit
AMAP
— Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
IDIQ
— indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity
ESIP
— Earth Science Information Partnership
DCDSTF
— Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
USACE
— Unites States Army Corps of Engineers
DFIRM
— Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
HQSP
— Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project
SSE
— South-Southeast
D/A
— Digital-to-Analog
HCMM
— Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission
BEICIP
— Bureau d'Etudes Industrielles et de Cooperation de l'Institut Francais du Petrole
BORPELS
— Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
GEOG
— Geography
EFFIS
— European Forest Fire Information System
NIS
— Nationwide Inpatient Sample
ISPRS
— International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
GLRS
— Geoscience Laser Ranging System
GEOS
— Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite
CARL
— Canadian Association of Research Libraries
TRAFO
— Transformator
HRDI
— high-resolution Doppler imager
JMTK
— Joint Mapping Tool Kit
GCHC
— Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
WCS
— World Coordinate System
PDH
— Professional Development Hours
SDTS
— Spatial Data Transfer Standard
INQUA
— International Union for Quaternary Research
CMEDS
— Comprehensive Mapping and Engineering Data System
SODEMI
— Societe pour le Developpement Minier de la Cote d'Ivoire
IAHS
— International Association of Hydrological Sciences
DLG-E
— Digital Line Graph-Enhanced
UN-GGIM
— United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
NNSS
— Navy Navigational Satellite System
FGEF
— Federal Geographic Exchange Format
CES
— Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES)
KRG
— Kurdistan Regional Government
OSBEELS
— Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying
TEX
— Texas
ORSER
— Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources
USNC
— United States National Committee
MRIR
— Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
PLSS
— Public Land Survey System
DFO
— Department of Fisheries and Oceans(Pronounced: DEE-fete)
ITE
— Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC)
VHRR
— Very High-Resolution Radiometer
HCMR
— heat-capacity mapping radiometer
ENE
— east-northeast
TTPI
— Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
IWRA
— International Water Resources Association (USA)
NDCDB
— National Digital Cartographic Data Base
NCIC
— National Cartographic Information Center
NSPE
— National Society of Professional Engineers
USD
— University of South Dakota
LUMS
— Land Use Management System
PLOT
— Plotting
TUNS
— Technical University of Nova Scotia
SOFRATOP
— Societe francais de travaux topographique et photogrammetriques
ECEY
— Every City, Every Year
DDS
— Digital Data Storage
HI
— Hawaiian Islands
IDR
— Interface drawing
MCAS
— Marine Corps Air Station
MICH
— Michigan
GSHAP
— Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
IHD
— International Hydrological Decade (UNESCO)
GOMS
— Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
OUO
— Official-Use Only
DCA
— Department of Community Affairs
PAN
— Polska Akademia Nauk
IGSN71
— International Gravity Standardization Net 1971
OPCS
— Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
GLAI
— Green Leaf Area Index
ACDDS
— Advanced Cartographic Data Digitizing System
ERR
— Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg
CLA
— Canadian Library Association
JCP
— Joint Committee on Printing
OCTS
— Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner
NGVD29
— National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
OWS
— OGC Web Services
WD
— Working Draft
NCDSB
— National Cartographic Data Standard Base
NSRS
— National Spatial Reference System
OF
— Open File
THNOC
— The Historic New Orleans Collection
DPMA
— Data Processing Management Association
FME
— Feature Manipulation Engine
MBPS
— Million bits per second
L/C
— land cover
ACACC
— Association des Cartotheques et Archives Cartographiques du Canada
ISU
— international system of units
USDC
— United States Department of Commerce
FZDS
— Flood Zone Determination Services
MGRS
— Military Grid Reference System
PCA
— principal components analysis
PAVE
— Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental data
NMAS
— National Map Accuracy Standard
SMIPS
— Small Interactive Image Processing System
ITRF00
— International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000
PG/S
— Product Generation Segment
VTR
— Video Tape Recording
RPMIS
— Real Property Management Information System
LRDC
— Land Resources Development Centre
OSTA
— Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (US NASA; now OAST)
NALMS
— North American Lake Management Society
FESWMS
— Finite Element Surface Water Model System
IMACS
— Integrity Monitoring and Control Software
TOF
— Time of Flight
LULC
— Land Use/Land Cover
CHS
— Canadian Hydrographic Service
ACM-SIGGRAPH
— Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Graphics
APO
— Apogee
ANZLIC
— Australia New Zealand Land Information Council
BL
— Boulevard
ISC
— Information Systems Council
GLO
— General Land Office
WRIDS
— Wildland Resources Information Display System
BIOTROP
— Regional Center for Tropical Biology
VEN'D
— Brick veneered building
WRD
— Water Resources Divistion
SIRS
— Satellite Infrared Spectrometer
TIR
— Tabula Imperii Romani
NGRS
— National Geodetic Reference System
HCFCD
— Harris County Flood Control District
NAVD 88
— North American Vertical Datum 1988
GOS
— Geospatial One-Stop
CBEPS
— Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors
MSIRI
— Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
CSR
— Center for Space Research
SBET
— Smoothed bed estimate of trajectory
NATMAP
— Division of National Mapping
CAZRI
— Central Arid Zone Research Institute
A&E
— Architect and Engineering
EP
— End Point
RT OF W
— Right-of-way
DAR
— Data Acquisition Request
MDSHS
— Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society
WORM
— Write Once, Read Many times
NSTB
— National Satellite Test Bed
DPPDB
— Digital Point Positioning Data Base
DESI
— Diversified Energy Services, Inc.
AGRASID
— Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database
AHS
— Automated Highway System
PAN-STARRS
— Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System
FTA
— Federal Transit Administration
NRSA
— National Remote Sensing Agency
GCT
— Greenwich Civil Time
V&V
— Verification & Validation
MTSAT
— Multi-functional Transport Satellite
BPR
— Bureau of Public Roads
ACIU
— Allied Central Interpretation Unit
NZOI
— New Zealand Oceanographic Institute
BOM
— Bureau Of Mines
NRVIS
— Natural Resources and Values Information System
AOLS
— Association of Ontario Land Surveyors
SOI
— Survey Of India
DDTI
— Digital Data Technologies, Inc.
MWDI
— Master Water Data Index
QM
— Quadratmeter
NLDAS
— North American Land Data Assimilation System
GQL
— Graphical Query Language
ENGR.BN.
— Engineer Battalion
TDS
— Tripod Data Systems
GVF
— Goodness of Variance Fit
MHW
— Mean High Water (nautical Charts)
LQ
— Letter Quality
NEAR
— Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
NCITS
— National Committee for Information Technology Standards
CUR
— Council on Undergraduate Research
STDN
— Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network
BTS
— Border and Transportation Security (DHS)
MAPDS
— Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca Direccion de Suelos
UP
— Urban Planning
LINZ
— Land Information New Zealand
HURRDAT
— Hurricane Data Set
DLG2DEM
— Digital Line Graph to Digital Elevation Model
HXGN
— Hexagon Global Network
KAR
— Kinematic Ambiguity Resolution
ANAE
— Atlas of North American English
ACSC
— Automobile Club of Southern California
LADAR
— Laser Detection and Ranging (Laser Radar)
SIF
— Standard Interchange Format
PDOP
— Position Dilution of Precision
BDSO
— Banque de donnees des statistiques officielles sur le Quebec
ACSTTO
— Association of Certified Survey Technicians and Technologists of Ontario
WW
— Water Works
DNREP
— Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
MPLS
— Minneapolis
FLHO
— Federal Lands Highway Office
KAN
— Kansas
BLVA
— Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt
LDNG
— Landing
PUMA
— Public Use Microdata Area (US Census)
SANGIS
— San Diego Geographic Information Source
TACC
— Texas Advanced Computing Center
GDF
— Geographic Data File
CON
— Concrete
CAMEO
— Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations System
CMAP
— Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
MCE
— Mapping and Charting Establishment
ADDA
— American Design Drafting Association
AFLAG
— Asean Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics
BOUL
— Boulevard
LUMIS
— Land Use Management Information System
ADPDP
— Alaska Division of Policy Development and Planning
SEDESOL
— Secretaria De Dessarrollo Social
ION
— Institute Of Navigation
AACCCM
— Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials
CACS
— Canadian Active Control System
TNP
— Transportation Network Profile
WAGN
— West Antarctic GPS Network
WLS
— Weighted Least Squares
R/S
— Remote Sensing
PNRC
— Pacific Northwest Regional Commission
USPLSS
— Public Land Survey System
OWRT
— Office of Water Research and Technology (DOI)
STATSCAN
— Statistics Canada
A/D
— Analog to Digital (conversion)
USGPO
— United States Government Printing Office
BIMCC
— Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle
TH
— Territory of Hawaii
BANQ
— Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec
ACRES
— Australian Centre for Remote Sensing
CVO
— Cascades Volcano Observatory
CCMEO
— Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
MOP
— Ministerio de Obras Publicas
ABGPS
— Airborne GPS
MDM
— Mount Diablo Meridian
ESDI
— Earth Science Data Interface
PPWK
— Panstwowe Przedsiebiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych
DC&A
— Data Collection and Analysis
SIP
— Scanner Interface Processor
ANVSA
— Alaska native village statistical area
FEDUC
— Federal User Conference
3DEP
— 3D Elevation Program
APDR
— Avec privilege du Roi
TP
— Township
NDL
— National Digital Library
RDG
— Ridge
AWMC
— Ancient World Mapping Center
DDF
— Data descriptive file
CDTED
— Compressed Digital Terrain Elevation Data
ALSA
— Alberta Land Surveyors Association
DEA
— David Evans and Associates, Inc
TGO
— Trimble Geomatics Office
AGRI-STARS
— Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys through Aerospace Remote Sensing
AACR2
— Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2d. ed.
PACON
— Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology
DMGIS
— Data Map and Government Information Services
DMCA
— Digital Millenium Copyright Act
POES
— Polar-Orbiting Satellites
SDUK
— Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
PLAT
— Plateau
PHC
— Probable Hydrologic Consequences
DATPE
— Direction de l'Amernagement du Territoire et de la Protection de l'Environnement (Haiti)
GGNRA
— Golden Gate National Recreation Area
DGN
— Domestic Geographic Name
AESE
— Association of Earth Science Editors
BIOMAPS
— Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
IMGW
— Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej
CDRS
— Collaborative Digital Reference Service
RMSE
— Root Mean Squared Error
NAIS
— National Atlas Information Service
SEVIRI
— Spinning Enhanced Visible & InfraRed Imager
ADE
— Autocad Data Extension
AMIS
— Aviation Management Information System
GDN
— Geography Discipline Network
NWFP
— North-West Frontier Province
RSPA
— Research and Special Programs Administration
TBV
— To Be Verified
NEDSS
— National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
GIDW
— General inverse-distance weighted interpolation model
ATKIS
— Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches Informationssystem
GEBCO
— General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
ASCE SMD
— American Society of Civil Engineers Surveying and Mapping Division
BCC
— Bibliographic Control Committee
RUIN
— Ruins
IDIMS
— Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System
HUND
— Hundred
ADAR
— Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration
BDG
— Bridge
DLR
— Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt
SDH
— Spatial Data Handling
RA
— Rural Area
RBV
— Return Beam Vidicon
DPW
— Department of Public Works and Utilities
GQ
— Geologic Quadrangle
SPDK
— Sistem Pengurusan Data Kadaster
GIRAS
— Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System
CELSOC
— Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
TSS2
— TurboSurvey Software 2
CARES
— Center for Agricultural, Resource, and Environmental Systems
DPED
— Department of Planning and Economic Development
IGEBU
— Institut Geographique De Burundi
SBV ADM
— Schulbucher-Verschleiss-Administration
DMATC
— Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center
PPDB
— Point Positioning Data Base
EBRPD
— East Bay Regional Park District
APIS
— Aerial Photography Information System
ISBD(ER)
— International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources
NJSPLS
— New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors
PSU
— Primary Sampling Unit
DED
— Data Element Dictionary
BMG
— Bureau of Mines and Geosciences
ACSAD
— Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands
CEDARE
— Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe
ASLA
— American Society of Landscape Architects
AARLS
— Arkansas Association of Registered Land Surveyors
GIF
— Graphics Interchange File
WR
— Western Region
ATON
— Aids to Navigation
CECSVB
— Comit pour l'Etablissement de la Carte des Sols et de la Vegetation de la Belgique
NGAC
— National Geospatial Advisory Committee
DLNR
— Department of Land and Natural Resources
DWR
— Department of Water Resources
BSQ
— Band Sequential
NACIS
— North American Cartographic Information Society
NHLSA
— New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association
FU
— Field Unit
NOPPA
— National Ocean Pollution Protection Act
COLD
— Computer Output to Laser Disc
AODC
— Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
AE2S
— Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
COP/BOP
— City of Portland Bureau of Planning
LSIT
— Land Surveyor In Training
YK
— Yukon
MENR
— Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
AAES
— American Association of Engineering Societies
LTE
— Less Than or Equal
NBI
— National Bridge Inventory
ICEX
— Ice and Climate Experiment
BRFD
— Bidirectional reflectance distribution function
ODF
— Oregon Department of Forestry
MPC
— Minnesota Population Center
IRIS R&A
— Research and Analysis Branch, Interim Research and Intelligence Service
NAC
— NASA Advisory Council
ILL
— Illinois
LVVWD
— Las Vegas Valley Water District
BMR
— Bureau of Mineral Resources
AI/ANA
— American Indian/Alaska Native Area
GDAL
— Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
MN/DOT
— Minnesota Department of Transportation
SIGLIT
— Special Interest Group on Library Information Technology
WADGPS
— Wide Area Differential Gps
CAMFER
— Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources
CBN
— Cooperative Base Network
CLD
— Center Line Data
ASHTD
— American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
COI
— Coordinator Of Information
RCC
— Regional Census Center
JNC
— Jet Navigation Chart
PBS
— Primary Base Series
IAWPRC
— International Association for Water Pollution Research and Control
IDLS
— Internet Data Library System
INGEMMET
— Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico
ATR1
— Automatic Target Recognition module
OACH
— Office of the Assistant Chief Hydrologist
DS/S
— Data Services Segment
CRTR
— Crater
DTOP
— Digital Topographic Data
NDSPLS
— North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors
DKDGS
— Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab
COMDG
— Commanding
UNR
— University of Nevada, Reno
ABN
— American Bank Note Company
NEIC
— National Earthquake Information Center
WDOE
— Washington Department Of Ecology
GTE
— Greater Than or Equal
SL
— Sine Loco
MHAPO
— Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online
AIH
— American Institute of Hydrology
GFOSS
— Geospatial Free and Open Source Software
HC
— Hard Copy
PSPCI
— Professional Surveyors Publishing Company, Inc.
WTUSM
— Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping
SAM INC
— Surveying and Mapping, Incorporated
FMS/AC
— Facility Mapping System for AutoCAD
ISERT
— Institut Superieur pour les Etudes et Recherches Scientifique et Techniques
WRRI
— Water Resources Research Institute
OACES
— Oregon Association of County Engineers and Surveyors
CANVEC
— Canadian Vector Data
TAVO
— Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients
TI
— Technical Investigation
DCALS
— District of Columbia Association of Land Surveyors
MILSTRIP
— MILSTAMP and Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
ABSM
— Alberta Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
HRMSI
— High Resolution Multispectral Stereo Imager
GEOZAVOD
— Zavod za Geoloska i Geofizicksa Istrazivanja
MAT-SU
— Matanuska-Susitna Borough
WSLS
— Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
SUGK
— Slovak Office of Geodesy and Cartography
QH
— Quadruple Hydrant
ARK
— Arkansas
CIGF
— Centre d'Information Geographique et Fonciere Ministre de l'Energie et des Ressources, Quebec)
IBG
— Institute of British Geographers
ORSTOM
— Office De La Recherche Scientifique Et Technique Outre Mer
LIEUT
— Lieutenant
RS
— Ranger Station
GEO-CAT
— Geographic catalog of political and statistical areas
SAT
— Small Area Triangulation
BWC
— Bandwidth Compression
DXM
— Data Exchange Manager
ROP
— Raster Operations Processor
LUNR
— Land Use and Natural Resource Information System
K&E
— Keuffel & Esser
ACML
— Association of Canadian Map Libraries
ACCUDEM
— High-accuracy DEM
INETER
— Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales
NSIF
— NATO Secondary Image Format
NJMAPP
— New Jersey Mapping Assistance Partnership Program
ADM1
— First-order administrative division
HALS
— Hawaii Association of Land Surveyors
IFSAR
— Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
DVP
— Digital Video Plotter
GCRC
— Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
IMLS
— Institute of Museum and Library Services
GODORT
— Government Documents Round Table
DAAS
— Defense Automatic Addressing System
AHRS
— Attitude and Heading Reference Systems
ACI
— Association Cartographique Internationale
BSNH
— Headwater basin
NSPS
— National Society of Professional Surveyors
LSAW
— Land Surveyors Association of Washington
ADFG
— Alaska Department of Fish and Game's
GIFTS
— Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer
AARS
— Asian Association on Remote Sensing
ADOTPF
— Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
KDI
— Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence
WASH
— Washington
DGIS
— Direct Graphics Interface Standard
DMA TC
— Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center
CECW
— Consulting Engineers Council of Washington
SESCPF
— Service d'Etude Des Sols Et De La Carte Pedalogique De France
AC&C
— Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography
GMD
— Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst van Suriname
KWOC
— Key Word Out of Context
SEDIC
— Sudan Engineering & Digital Information Centre
DMRS
— Data Management & Retrieval System
IB
— Isobar
IDCCC
— Interior Digital Cartographic Coordination Committee
MSLS
— Maine Society of Land Surveyors
NLQ
— Near-letter quality
SIRGAS
— Sistema de Referencia Geocentrico para las Americas
AISH
— Association Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques
SMASCH
— Specimen Management System for California Herbaria
NYSAPLS
— New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors
ADK
— Arealdatakontoret
ISBD(CM)
— International Standard Bibliographic Description for Cartographic Materials
HRGA
— High Rate Geographical Areas
NSB
— North Slope Borough
BNDT
— Base nationale de donnees topographiques
AAG
— Association of American Geographers
LRITF
— Land Resources Inventory Task Force
ICGI
— Interagency Committee on Government Information
HRB
— Highway Research Board
CGSB
— Canadian General Standards Board
SSSA
— Soil Science Society of America, Inc.
LACIE
— Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment
MJH
— M.J. Harden Associates, Inc.
ITRS
— International Terrestrial Reference System
AES
— Analysis and Evaluation Staff
NWSCA
— National Water and Soil Conservation Authority
HJW
— Hammon, Jensen, Wallen and Associates
CCLS
— Canadian Council of Land Surveyors
GSWA
— Geological Survey of Western Australia
ACMGIS
— Association for Computing Machinery Geographic Information Systems
ZGI
— Zentrales Geologisches Institute
ORE
— Oregon
EBX
— Electronic Book Exchange
ICITV
— Institut de la Carte International du Tapis Vegetale
WC2N
— Western Canadian Cryospheric Network
RO
— Range Only
CNRST
— Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
SCSPLS
— South Carolina Society of Professional Land Surveyors
OMG
— Open Management Group
ASDI
— Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure
FOSS4G
— Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
DMSI
— Data Management Segment Interface Control Document
TRANS
— Transmit
BEGR
— Begrabnissplatz
GSJ
— Geological Survey of Japan
UNIVERSITY
— University
CIU
— Central Interpretation Unit
MVP
— Moving Vessel Profiler
CATS
— Consequences Assessment Tool Set
HOLC
— Home Owner's Loan Corporation
NAPL
— National Air Photo Library
FRAP
— Fire and Resource Assessment Program
IFREMER
— Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
OSNI
— Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
SLSI
— Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa
HOGG
— History of Geology Group
FLIMAP
— Fast Laser Imaging Mapping and Profiling
CGPM
— Conference General des Poids et Mesures
ZLI
— Zia Landform Images
NMBM&MR
— New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
IAS
— Image Assessment System
CIAS
— CD-ROM Index Architecture Specification Working Group
DIPS
— Digital Image Processing System
CTCUQ
— Commission de Transport de la Communaute Urbaine de Quebec
BUIS
— Beihai Urban Information Center
CEAO
— County Engineers Association of Ohio
DTAD
— Digital Terrain Analysis Data
NADO
— National Association of Development Organizations
RCMRD
— Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development
IADO
— Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia
CGSB-COG
— Canadian General Standards Board Committee on Geomatics
PSLS
— Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors
KFZ
— Kraftfahrzeug
CLSA
— California Land Surveyors Association
ERLAS
— Earth Resources Laboratory Application Software
SFBWW
— Senator fur Bau- und Wonungswesen
ACRS
— Asian Conference on Remote Sensing
MAF
— Master Address File
APSRS
— Aerial Photography Summary Record System
IPGP
— Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
ITD
— Interim Terrain Database
WNRO
— Week Number Roll Over
CAPDU
— Canadian Association of Public Data Users
BMAC
— Bactria Margiana Archaeology Complex
APPSR
— Aerial Photography Progress Summary Report
MFS
— Maine Forest Service
GN
— Grid North
EPI
— Electronic Position Indicator
AGCHO
— Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office
ZGL
— Ziegelei
NDAR
— National Directory of Australian Resources
AOSS
— Ashtech Office Suite for Survey
ANOVA
— Analyses of variance
RDTS
— Research and Development Tracking System
CASA
— Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
ASSOCIATION
— Association
JDSF
— Jackson Demonstration State Forest
UDC
— Universal Decimal Classification
ACAPS
— Automated Chart Production System
COVIS
— Commonwealth of Virginia Information Systems
BUPMIS
— Beihai Urban Planning Management Information System
CLUMP
— Canada Land Use Monitoring Program
EVI
— Enhanced Vegetation Index
SZBPK
— Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz
INSPIRE
— Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
INSTITUTE
— Institute
GEDS
— General Environmental Data Base System
DSNP
— Dassault-Sercel NP
NEIS
— National Earthquake Information Service
SESWG
— Solid Earth Science Working Group
DE/S
— Data Extraction Segment
DMAIAGS
— Defense Mapping Agency Inter-American Geodetic Survey
APCM
— Aerial Photography Contract Management System
NBG
— Nurnberg
CAFF
— Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
NIUA
— National Institute of Urban Affairs
QWIFS
— Queen's Web Interface for Spss
SGU
— Savezna Geodetska Uprava
BA
— Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland
ASFPM
— Association of State Floodplain Managers
APEGGA
— Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
DINAGECA
— Direccao Nacional de Geografia e Cadastro
KWIC
— Key-Word In Context
ACCDTS
— Advisory Committee on Canadian Digital Toponymic Services
NJGIN
— New Jersey Geographic Information Network
MGUG
— Manitoba GIS Users Group
DDR
— Data Descriptive Record
NOD
— New Orleans District
CCGE
— Canadian Council on Geographic Education
SCERP
— Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy
OFR
— Open File Report
MCMC
— Mid-Continent Mapping Center
INEGI
— Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas, Geografia e Informatica
GBHGIS
— Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System
DEW
— Distant Early Warning Line
SORCE
— Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment
ZCTA
— ZipCode Tabulation Area
APQF
— Aerial Photography Quad File
HRVIR
— High Resolution Visible Infrared
NARL
— Naval Arctic Research Laboratory
DAVE-G
— Dialogue Assisted Virtual Environment for Geoinformation
ACCU-DRAPE
— High-accuracy DEM Draped Images
DSSSL
— Document Style Semantic and Specification Language
DCS/RSE
— Data collection system receiving site equipment
CZMIL
— Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar
ISCEM
— International Society of Curators of Early Maps
ELC
— End of Line Code
NARC
— National Association of Regional Councils
CNRS
— Centre National de Recherches Scientifique
NASS
— National Agricultural Statistics Service
CDN
— Coordinates Definitions and Notations
VGI
— Volunteered Geographic Information
ALTMS
— Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping System
DIDS
— Digital Information Display System
CCA
— Canadian Cartographic Association
DIES
— Digital Image Enhancement System
ASDD
— Australian Spatial Data Directory
PASDA
— Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system
MEMPR
— Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources
ADRG
— ARC Digitized Raster Graphic
AEST
— Aestuarium
DDES
— Digital Data Editing System
TT
— TT Maps & Publications Private Limited
CEDAC
— Comprehensive Economic Data Atlas of China
AGDS
— Automated Graphics Digitizing System
EGSMA
— Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority
FTH
— Fathom
FRBR
— Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
ANARE
— Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
CREPUQ
— Conference des recteurs et des principaux des universites du Quebec
SBM
— Surveys and Mapping Branch
NBMG
— Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
MEGRIN
— Multipurpose European Ground-Related Information Network
CRIB
— Computerized Resources Information Bank
COFPAES
— Committee on the Federal Procurement of Architect and Engineer Services
OGP
— OpenGeoportal
CANRI
— Community Access to Natural Resources Information
OSPE
— Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
CEGET
— Centre d'Etudes de Geographie Tropical
NJSPS
— New Jersey Society of Professional Surveyors
PKS
— Peaks
UST
— Underground Storage Tank
NATMO
— Indian National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization
GISMO
— Geographic Information Systems and Mapping Operations
ICGC
— Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia
IDE
— imbedded drive electronics
OPL
— Oilfield Publications Limited
TAG
— Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse
AARSE
— African Association for the Remote Sensing of the Environment
ZIMAS
— Zoning Information and Map Access System
GUGK
— Glavnoe Upravlenie Geodezii i Kartografii
SDPS
— Spatial Data Production System
WDG
— Washington Department of Game
VTA
— Valley Transportation Authority
ABAG
— Association of Bay Area Governments
NICMOS
— Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
LSM
— Land Surface Models
CCIG
— Centre canadien d'information sur la geoscience
MOPU
— Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Urbanismo
ISEA
— Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area
INRAT
— Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie
DRC
— Democratic Republic of Congo's
IDFG
— Idaho Department of Fish and Game
FMLIS
— Federal Mineral Lands Information System
DOQQ
— Digital Orthophoto Quarter-Quadrangle
PLN
— Plain
HIRAN
— High Range Navigation
ICGRS
— Internet-Enabled Continuous Geodetic Reference Station
WIS
— Wisconsin
CGW
— Computer Graphics World
HCC
— Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
DMRT
— Department of Mineral Resources of Thailand
DEM-P
— Digital Elevation Model-Planar
HON
— Honorable
DMP
— Digital Map Products
SRES OP
— Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process
GUGIK
— Glowny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii
DIRS
— Digital Image Rectification System
GISCIENCE
— Geographic information science
ALP
— Automated Lands Project
IGGSP
— Instituto Geografico e Geologico de Sao Paulo
GEOWEB
— Geospatial Web
LRR
— Laser Retro-Reflector
OPEDS
— Outside Plant Engineering Design System
FYROM
— Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GICC
— Geographic Information Coordinating Committee
UA
— Urban Area
PSPE
— Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers
CAFM
— Computer-aided facility management
A/E
— Architectural/engineering
SOP
— Secretaria de Obras Publicas
PASSIA
— Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs
BFGR
— Bundesanstalt Fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
AGIS
— Automated Geographic Information System
KIL
— Kilometer
DMAHTC
— Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center
DGGM
— Direccion General de Geologia y Minas
NRWS
— Narrows
LUCCAS
— Land Use and Cover Change Analysis System
MAFF
— Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
ASRL
— Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
LARSYS
— Laboratory of Applications of Remote Sensing Image Data Processing System
TG
— Toll Gate
IGMI
— Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano
OPIS
— Ocean Planning Information System
GSDI
— Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
RSC/TAMU
— Remote Sensing Center/Texas A&M University
BOLS
— BADGER On-line Service
NJDOT
— New Jersey Department of Transportation
DNRC
— Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's
CCCELS
— California Council of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors
ASCP
— America Society of Consulting Planners
EDITOR
— ERTS Data Interpretation and Tenex Operations Recorder
TSPS
— Texas Society of Professional Surveyors
HSDL
— High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
GLR-P
— Geologisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
SDMS
— Spatial Data Management System
IMDA
— International Map Dealers Association
AERS
— Advanced Earth Resources Satellite
WO
— Welsh Office
HDT-A
— High density tape
GEGMR
— General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources
VSLS
— Vermont Society of Land Surveyors
HLL
— Hillside, Western Australia, Australia
ADL
— Alexandria Digital Library
PC-DOS
— Personal Computer-Disc Operating System
MS-DOS
— Microsoft Disc Operating System
BIG
— Brunei Institution of Geomatics
BOP
— Bureau Of Printing
NCEES
— National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
CECO
— Consulting Engineers Council of Ohio
AFREF
— African Geodetic Reference Frame
FAAT
— Fully Analytical Aerotriangulation
GISDEX
— Federal Geographic Information and Spatial Data Exposition and Conference
IMAGE 100
— Interactive Multispectral Image Analysis System
BEG
— Bureau of Economic Geology
CUL
— Culvert
GLAN-W
— Geologisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
UCS
— Uniform Color Space
AED
— Analysis and Evaluation Division (EPA)
AACR
— Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
FACM
— Florida Association of Cadastral Mappers
DMAODS
— Defense Mapping Agency Office of Distribution Services
IGPT
— Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team
SIAMS
— Ship Information and Management System
SCAN
— Surface Condition Analyzer
SEWUG
— Southeastern Water Use Group
MINN
— Minnesota
RNRF
— Renewable Natural Resources Foundation
BONAP
— Biota of North America Program
DTG
— Digital Tape Generation
RESTEC
— Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
CNSTAT
— Committee on National Statistics
ICMSSR
— Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
KSNM
— Thousands of square nautical miles
CAAD
— Cartographic and Architectural Archives Division
RIJP
— Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerPolders
ODBC
— Operational Database Connectivity
AFT
— Ambiguity Function Technique
IMAP
— Input Management Analysis and Presentation
ESSIC
— Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
UWM
— University of Wisconsin - Madison
OOPEC
— Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
IPANE
— Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
USAP
— United States Antarctic Program
LW
— lichte Weite
NFFL
— National Forest Fire Laboratory
DIELOG
— DAASC Integrated E-Mail Logistics System
CNEXO
— Centre National Pour l'Exploitation des Oceans
FNMOC
— Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center's
CHIA
— Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment
CEP
— Celestial Ephemeris Pole
ISO
— Imaging Spectrometer Observatory
SDTP
— Spatial Data Transfer Processor
GVI
— Green Vegetation Index
IGIF
— International Geographic Information Foundation
DGIWG
— Digital Geographic Information Working Group
IOCM
— Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping
TERSS
— Tasmanian Earth Resource Satellite Station
CNIG
— Centro Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica
BRICMICS
— British and Irish Committee for Map Information and Catalogue Systems
SGCB
— State Geodesy and Cartography Board
HHG
— Household Goods (personally owned)
IJAGR
— International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research
UNECA
— United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
CERCG
— Centre d'Etudes et de Realisations Cartographiques Geographiques
MAG
— Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia
DYSIS
— Dynamic Software and Integrated Solutions
FEP
— Feature Extraction Processor
LAMPS
— Laser-scan Automated Map Production System
AOIPS
— Atmospheric and Oceanographic Image Processing System
PE&RS
— Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing
CIBESA
— Cartografica Iberica S.A.
CALMIT
— Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies
USARP
— United States Antarctic Research Program
ATMS
— Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
LOGIC
— Loveland Geographic Information/Cartographic System
AVI
— audio visual interleave
CSRS
— Canadian Spatial Reference System
APR
— Airborne Profile Recorder
RMCA
— Road Map Collectors of America
TLSD
— Tuvalu Lands and Survey Division
ASO
— Australian Survey Office
IRWA
— International Right of Way Association
IGAC
— Instituto Geografico "Agustin Codazzi"
ADNR
— Alaska Department of Natural Resources
ONSWG
— Open Navigation Surface Working Group
DADS
— Digital Assisted Data Base System
TDC
— Tennessee Department of Conservation
CET
— Commission on Education and Training
PLS
— Professional Land Surveyor
DAM
— Detection And Mapping
HRM.BGHS.
— Hermann Berghaus
AEM
— Atmospheric Explorer Mission
NGTOC
— National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
MSTD
— Marine Science and Technology Division
SECS
— Sections
WMATA
— Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
UDF
— Universal Data Format
WDLG
— Widerlager
IGL
— Interactive Graphics Library
APTS
— Aerial Profiling of Terrain System
CALIFORNIA
— California
APFO
— Aerial Photography Field Office
UAM
— Urban Airshed Model
RADAR
— Radio Detecting and Ranging
ARSP
— Applied Remote Sensing Program
INEAC
— Institut National pour l'Etude Agronomique du Congo
GSNI
— Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
MIAS
— Multispectral Image Analysis System
ALIS
— Automated Land Information System
BRGM
— Bureau de recherches geologique et minieres
IHSI
— Institut Haitien de Statistique de d'Informatique
UHGP
— Upland Habitat Goals Project
TPC
— Tactical Pilotage Chart
WVALS
— West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors
FICCDC
— Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography
FAC
— Feature Analysis Code
ADI
— Areas of Dominent Influence
CERR
— Centre d'Ecologie des Ressources Renouvelables
SAFOD
— San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth
OSOA
— Optimal Statistical Objective Analysis
HEPS
— High Energy Particle Sensor
FOF
— Filtering optical fiber
UCLS
— Utah Council of Land Surveyors
CRLMSS
— Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounding Suite
FLL
— Waterfall
DRGM
— Direction des Recherches Gologiques et Minires
VTRAK
— Vector-to-raster conversion software
ARSC
— Australian Remote Sensing Conference
CSIN
— Computer Systems Information Network
SDE
— Spatial Database Engine
OSLS
— Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors
FIG
— Federation Internationale des Geometres
ARC-SDE
— Arc Spatial Data Engine
VITEC
— Visual Information Technologies Incorporated
DGPA
— Direccion General de la Produccion Agraria
PM/S
— Production Management Segment
AMISAR
— Active Microwave ImagerSynthetic Aperture Radar
DARDC
— Device for Automatic Remote Data Collection
SNRIM
— Subcommittee on Natural Resources
MPRD
— Modified Proportional Radial Displacement
TSX
— TerraSAR-X
NCDCDS
— National Committee for Digital Cartographic Standards
RCIC
— Regional Coastal Information Center
ATM
— Adaptive Triangular Mesh
SEAMS
— Soil Environmental and Agricultural Management System
MLMIC
— Minnesota Land Management Information Center
EAP
— Environmental Affairs Program
NJIT
— New Jersey Institute of Technology
TNRIS
— Texas Natural Resources Information System
TELEX
— Teletypewriter Exchange
ARIA
— Arizona Regional Image Archive
LSACTS
— Land Surveyors Advisory Council on Technical Standards
COMPAS
— Coastal Ocean Management, Planning and AssessmentSystem
EAFS
— Effective Aerial Film Speed
LLC
— Line Length Code
SAGA
— Short Arc Geodetic Adjustment
BNPC
— Bathymetric Navigation Planning Chart
JRI
— Jordregisterinstituttet
AGSS
— American Geographical and Statistical Society
DCDB
— Digital Cartographic Data Base
SEOP
— Secretaria de Estado de Obras Publicas
GNIAG
— Geomatics Niagara Information Advisory Group
BCDC
— Bay Conservation and Development Commission
HKGA
— Hong Kong Geographical Association
FLIP
— Flight Information Publication
OTHT
— Over the horizon targeting
RT-GPS
— Real-time Differential GPS
DLCW
— Department of Land and Water Conservation
HSRP
— Hydrographic Services Review Panel
FEWS
— Feature Extraction Workstation
AHDS
— Arts and Humanities Data Service
ISLS
— Islands
GSGS
— Geographical Section General Staff
KAPS
— Kentucky Association of Land Surveyors
AMAD
— Airborne Missions and Applications Division
NSLVA
— Niedersachsisches Landesverwaltungsamt
UDSL
— Utah Division of State Lands
TACA
— Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos
DGDF
— Digital Geospatial Data Files
WDB II
— World Data Base II
LWD
— Littoral Warfare Data
CONC
— ConcreteUSreinforced concrete construction
PAPS
— Pooled Analytical Plotter System
INTA
— Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria
ZPS
— Zeh Plotting Software
NTPS
— National Transportation Planning System
OPP
— Operational Positional Procedure
GDHS
— Ground Data Handling System
DDCMP
— Digital Data Communication Message Protocol
COFRS
— Chinese Operational Earth Resources Satellite
CISM
— Canadian Institute of Surveying and Mapping
DGG
— Direccion General de Geografia
DRGS
— Direct Readout Ground Station
WISCLAND
— Wisconsin Initiative for Statewide Cooperation on Landscape Analysis and Data
GBFP
— Georgia Basin Futures Project
FAST
— Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
LICGF
— Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility
VEDIS
— Vallejo [California] Economic Development Information System
IGA
— Istituto Geografico de Agostini
NAPA
— National Academy of Public Administration
SHDSL
— Symmetric High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
FAPAR
— Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
DAASC
— Defense Automated Addressing System Center
IGT
— Integrated GPS Technologies Incorporated
GDTA
— Groupement pour le Developpement de la Teledetection Aerospatiale
ENTW
— Entworfen
FSPLS
— Florida Society of Professional Land Surveyors
ISPLS
— Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors
HSGT
— Hitachi Software Global Technology Ltd.
OSTF
— Ordnance Survey Transfer Format
GTCM
— Geospatial Technology Competency Model
AFRL
— Akademie fur Raumforschung und Landesplanung
HM.BGS.
— Hermann Berghaus
LASS
— Land Applications Satellite System
ESEM
— Earth Systems Engineering and Management
CDH
— Communications and Data Handling
APBEL
— Atlantic Provinces Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
INSEE
— Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
WFPS
— Western Federation of Professional Surveyors
ARMIS
— Arkansas Resource Management Information System
IRWD
— Irvine Ranch Water District
CDED
— Canadian Digital Elevation Data
ASCLA
— Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
ICAITI
— Instituto Centro Americano de Investigacion y Tecnica Industrial
AEIDC
— Arctic Environmental Information Data Center
LBS-G
— Littoral Battlespace Sensing - Glider
DEMR
— Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
MRIB
— Marine Realms Information Bank (US DOI)
XDS
— External Data Source
GIAL
— Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory
ADV
— Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Lander der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
CUAC
— Cartographic Users Advisory Council
CRESP
— Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation
AHCPR
— Agency for Health Care and Policy Research
FILS
— Federal Government Information Locator System
NYSDT
— New York State Department of Transportation
CYP
— Cape York Peninsula
SEDMS
— Spatially Enabled Document Management System
OCLC
— Ohio College Library Center
TEXPLOT
— Tektronix Plotting
DDIS
— Depository Distribution Information System
IGLD 85
— International Great Lakes Datum of 1985
IGNTG
— Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia
ANMS
— Automated Notice to Mariners System
CEM
— Cemetery
IDLH
— Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
NSAPI
— Netscape Server Application Programming Interface
SERNA-GEOMIN
— Servicio Nacional Geologia y Mineria
DOGAMI
— Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
HBCA
— Hudson Bay Company Archives (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
SSDAN
— Social Science Data Analysis Network
HCDN
— Hydroclimate Data Network
U
— Unclassified
GP.MCD
— Geoprocessing Map Call Deamon program
DGFK
— Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Kartographie
SFQL
— Structured Full-Text Query Language
CPSCRAM
— Cum Privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Regiaeque Apostolicae Majestatis
GNDB
— Geographic Names Data Base
FSMS
— Florida Surveying and Mapping Society
NFIS
— National Forest Information System
OSEC
— Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation
CIST
— Centre d'information sur les sciences de la Terre
OSEDA
— Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis
VIMSARS
— Video Image Map Storage and Retrieval System
UCPTE
— Union for the Coordination of the Production and Transport of Electric Power
SUDENE
— Superintendencia De Desenvolvimento Do Nordeste
NFIRA
— National Flood Insurance Reform Act
AHDAS
— Adaptable Hydrologic Data Acquisition System
LUT
— Land Utilization Type
ABI
— Alabama Bureau of Insurance
AGIO
— Arkansas Geographic Information Office
SPARRSO
— Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation
CMIB
— Controlled Multispectral Image Base
ADAC
— Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club
SLNSW
— State Library of New South Wales
ET
— Frame enclosed elevator with self-closing traps
FDEP
— Florida Department of Environmental Protection
LSR
— Local Space Rectangular
AM
— Automated Mapping
SIGACE
— Special Interest Group for the Application of CD-ROM in Education
TAR
— Tape Address Register
GRF-N
— Geographic Reference File-Names
BFLR
— Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumentwicklung
DSPW
— Digital Photogrammetric Workstation
WRSIC
— Water Resources Scientific Information Center
A-S
— Antispoofing
DAV
— Deutscher Alpenverein
FPAR
— Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
QTM
— Quaternary Triangular Mesh
OSIP
— Operational Satellite Improvement Program
USCS
— United States Customary System
TRGF
— Tragfahigkeit
UDOGM
— Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
GTUB
— Geographic Tabulation Unit Base
HLFB
— Hessisches Landesamt Fur Bodenforschung
ILRIS-3D
— Intelligent Laser Range Imaging Scanner
WGS 84
— World Geodetic System of 1984
SWG
— Standards Working Group
LIBER-GDC
— Ligue des Bibliotheques Europeennes de Recherche, Groupe des cartothecaires
DGSE
— Department of Geological Survey and Exploration
ADR
— Aerial Data Reduction Associates Incorporated
GITA
— Geospatial Information and Technology Association
PCGN
— Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
DCST
— Data Collection System Tape
INSTAAR
— Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
NJDEP
— New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
DN
— Digital Number
CNRG
— Centre National de Recherches Geomorphologiques
NAIP
— NATIONAL AGRICULTURE IMAGERY PROGRAM
DVNP
— Death Valley National Park
AEI
— Aerial Exposure Index
SLF
— Standard Linear Format
MODM
— Multiple objectives decision-making
WGS
— World Geodetic Survey
MAR
— Mean Annual Runoff
GISS-SG
— Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group
NSTL
— National Space Technology Laboratory (was MTF)
JMGL
— Journal of Map & Geography Libraries
APSR
— Aerial Photography Summary Record
NGWIC
— National Ground Water Information Center
ODNR
— Ohio Department of Natural Resources
DFW
— Department of Fish and Wildlife
BPPT
— Badan Pembinaan dan Penerapan Teknologi
RSIP
— Remote Sensing and Image Processing
MTLT
— Minimum Total Length Triangulation
IASSIST
— International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology
CIDAMM
— Centro de Informacion y Documentacion del Area Metropolitana de Madrid
AILESP
— American Indian Lands Environmental Support Project
COMIS
— Cartographic Operations Management Information System
ARTIL
— Artillery
QDM
— Queensland Department of Mines
EUROGI
— European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
ICONA
— Instituto Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza
VFC
— Vector Function Chainer
CTOG
— Contour to Grid
CGSIC
— Civil GPS Service Interface Committee
OHW
— Office of Hazardous Wastes Hydrology
PIOS
— Polygon Information Overlay System
IFF
— Interchange Format File
JWPCF
— Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation
APD
— Automated Plat Design
CFCC
— Census Feature Class Code
UTC
— Utilities and Transportation CommissionWashington
GST
— Galileo System Time
RCID
— Record Identification
ODOP
— Ohio Digital Orthophotography Project
HGML
— Hyper Graphic Markup Language
LRS
— Linear Referencing System
CHGIS
— China Historical Geographic Information System
RES
— Reservation
CSDGM
— Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
PAGES
— Program for the Adjustment of GPS Ephemeris
CPFS
— Colorado Plateau Field Station
LSPS
— Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors
CDS
— Catalogue of Data Sources
ASGA
— Association des Services Geologiques Africains
DFLIP
— Digital Flight Information Publication
ASFE
— Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers
PTC
— Positive Train Control
CMSDU
— Commission on Map Use and Spatial Data Use
NAVOCEANO
— Naval Oceanographic Office
KPM
— Kriegs Pulver Magazin
EDMAS
— Environmental Dose Modeling and Analysis System
ADWR
— Arizona Department of Water Resources
CMONOC
— Crustal Movement Observation Network of China
LL
— Line-by-line
COEB
— Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography Branch
AICP
— American Institute of Certified Planners
GINIE
— Geographic Information Network in Europe
DIGEST
— Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard
SMCRA
— Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)
EDMI
— Electronic Distance Measuring Instrument
DIVISION
— Division
SGK
— Schweizerische Geologische Kommission
PICG
— Programme International de Correlation Geologique
DGEC
— Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos
ASGS
— Australian Statistical Geography Standard
JTU
— Jabatan Tanah Dan Ukur
ICGWM
— International Clearinghouse for Ground Water Models
EUROSDR
— European Spatial Data Research
BGC
— Business Geographics Conference
DRF
— Digital Raster File
DMAUSE
— DMA Utility Software Environment
CSRN
— Colorado Spatial Reference Network
ECRF
— Earth Centered Reference Frame
PIO
— Public Inquiries Office
UTA
— University of Texas at Arlington's
UNIMACE
— Universal Automated Mapping Compilation Equipment
GIPS
— Generalized Image Processing Sytstem
DELT
— Delineator
CRREL
— Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratories
GMAT
— Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time
DOQ
— Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle
NDGS
— North Dakota Geological Survey
USR
— Universal Space Rectangular
ESIM
— Earth Science Information Manager
SEPA
— State Environmental Protection Agency
APMI
— Aerial Photography Micrographic Index System
NAP
— Northern Affairs Program
SICO
— Schonstedt Intstrument Company
STRT
— Strait
FNIB
— Foreign Names Information Bulletin
CNFL
— Confluence
LTO
— Land Title Office
DCSE
— Diba Consulting Software Engineers
AMPS
— Automatic Mapping and Planning System
IEGDR
— Initial Experimental Gridded Data Record
NCARB
— National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
WSU
— Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
MEIS
— Multispectral Electrooptical Imaging Sensor
CPSO
— Cataloging Policy and Support Office's
VP
— Vector Program
MAPA
— Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion
CO-COPS
— Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
VDSL
— Very-high speed Digital Subscriber Line
ISHM
— International Society for the History of the Map
FES
— Feature Extraction Segment
CPLC
— Court of Private Land Claims
CEAL
— Centro Editor de America Latina
IPRG
— Institute for Petroleum Resources and Geophysics
NCMOC
— Naval Central Meteorology and Oceanography Center
ERSAC
— Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Centre
IMACUAC
— Information Management and Computer Utilization Advisory Committee
LGN
— Lagoon
CCBCCM
— Canadian Committee for the Bibliographic Control of Cartographic Materials
NSDNR
— Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
NESTA
— National Earth Science Teachers Association
FREAC
— Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center
HE/S
— Hardcopy Exploitation Segment
UGKK SR
— Urad geodezie, kartografie e katastra Slovenskej republiky
CCISA
— Congress of Cartographic Information Specialist Associations
RBDS
— Radio Broadcast Data System
URISA
— Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
SLDI
— Sustainable Land Development International
RETSAM
— Review, Editing and Tagging Software for Automated Mapping
ULCC
— Utility Location and Coordination Council
SIMAG
— Spatial Information Management Advisory Group
IAOO
— International Association of Assessing Officers
SVP
— Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
SEPM
— Society for Sedimentary Geology
SEASAT
— sea satellite (an oceanographic research satellite) (NASA)
CLOMA
— Confidential letters of map amendment
HIA
— Hydrologic Investigations Atlas
HRG
— High-resolution geometry
AGSL
— American Geographical Society Library
ERS
— Earth Remote Sensing
SNF
— Superior National Forest
GCRS
— Gulf Centre for Remote Sensing
RESVR
— Reservoir
LDLS
— Lesotho Department of Lands, Surveys and Physical Planning
AZMAP
— Arizona Mapping Advisory Council
OU
— Open Under
DNT
— Direccion Nacional de Topografia
CRLS
— Cross-track Infrared Sounder
ECPD
— Engineering Council for Professional Development
DGMP
— Direccion de Geologia Minas y Petrolio
GOMMAPP
— Gulf of Maine Mapping Portal
CPH
— Cartographic Publishing House
NCSME
— Service des Mines et de l'Energie
MSRN
— Michigan Spatial Reference Network
CDWR
— California Department of Water Resources
GAF
— Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Fernerkundung
DMTI
— Desktop Mapping Technologies Incorporated
DRIS
— Digital Research and Instructional Services
JALBTCX
— Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise
RIRT
— Russian Institute of Radionavigation and Time
BSU
— Base Spatial Unit
GPPU
— Graphic Polygon Processing Utilities
NGMBD
— National Geologic Map Database
CIMIS
— California Irrigation Management Information System
LRUD
— Left, right, up, down
VACP
— Virtual Active Control Point
ESSI
— Earth Search Sciences Incorporated
IEMVT
— Institut d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux
ZGS
— Zambia Geological Survey Department
SUNI
— Stockholms Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen
HMGS
— Hellenic Military Geographical Service
GSF
— Generic Sensor Format
USAETL
— United States Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
FDSYS
— Federal Digital System
OGIS
— Office of Geographic Information Systems
DGU
— Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse
GISIC
— Geographical Information Systems International Group
SKW
— Shafer, Kline, & Warren
LISCOM
— Land Information Systems Committee
AMSD
— Adjusted Mapping Support Data
MMSD
— Metric Mapping Support Data
NTD
— National Topographic Database
CGA
— Color Graphics Adaptor
GIV
— Geologic Information Visualization
ASCIE
— American Standard Code for Information Exchange
VFR
— Vector Relational Format
DCRM
— Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
COGNA
— Council of Geographic Names Authorities
OSSIM
— Open Source Software Image Map
JMPC
— Joint Mapping and Photography Committee
CORSE
— Conference On Remote Sensing Education
ENSG
— Ecole Nationale des Sciences Geographiques
TLM
— Topographic Line Map
H-GAC
— Houston-Galveston Area Countil
AGCO
— Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Office
VGA
— Video Graphics Adaptor
STINASU
— Stichting Natuurbescherming Suriname
DGCM
— Direct Geodetic Constraint Method
GIU
— Geographic Information Unit
BUTE
— Butte
NETR
— Nationwide Environmental Title Research
GSMD
— Geological Survey and Mines Dept
FEE
— Feature Extraction Environment
IKU
— Institutt for KontinentalsokkelUndersokelse
LGISC
— Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council
OW
— Oil Well
VISION
— Visual Information System Integrating Our Neighborhoods
VITD
— VPF Interim Terrain Data
WFPLS
— Western Federation of Professional Land Surveyors
CIGNET
— Cooperative International GPS Network
CLIRSEN
— Remote Sensing Center
SRBC
— Susquehanna River Basin Commission
ISM
— Interpretive Structural Modeling
USSCS
— United States Soil Conservation Service
CERD
— Catalog of Environmental Resource Data
UAS
— Urban Area Studies
RBMS
— Relational Database Management System
NCDS
— National Cartographic Data Standard
SDL
— Survey Department of Libya
RMSI
— Risk Management Solutions Incorporated
SANAIS
— South African Natural Areas Information System
OGDI
— Open Geospatial Datastore Interface
ANGEL
— Airborne Natural Gas Emission Lidar
DANE
— Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica
RTN
— Real-Time Networks
NSDI CAP
— National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program
CBI
— China Burma India Theatre of Operations
SADL
— South Australia Department of Lands
ALI
— Advanced Land Imager
EVO
— Ernst Volker
TIN
— Triangulated Irregular Network
LVAN-W
— Landesvermessungsamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
SPVEA
— Superintendencia do Plano de Valorizac o Economica da Amazonia
IF
— Frame identification
IGDC
— Interagency Geographic Data Committee
SGPK
— Schweizerische Geophysikalische Kommission
WBVTR
— Wide-band video tape recorder
URUID
— Unrectified image data
TARA
— The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives
ASB.CL.
— Asbestos-covered frame building
ICACET
— International Cartographic Association Committee on Training
DBPWG
— Data Base Population Working Group
NMASM
— New Mexico Association of Surveyors and Mappers
SAGEEP
— Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems
WDDES
— World Digital Database for Environmental Science
GCSS
— Global Combat Support System
GCLI
— GIS in Canadian Libraries Initiative
KIER
— Korean Institute of Energy and Resources
CCPR
— California Center for Population Research
REMS
— Regional Earth Modeling System
MSIA
— Mapping Sciences Institute Australia
IBSP
— Idaho Bureau of State Planning
LOMC
— Letters of map correction
GCDB
— Geographic Coordinate Data Base
MARIS
— Mississippi Automated Resource Information System
SDRW
— Societe de Developpement Regional pour la Wallonie
OGRIP
— Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program
MPWUPH
— Ministry of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing
DGMG
— Direccion General de Minas y Geologia
DAMES
— Defense Automated Message Exchange Service
GITCO
— Government Information Technology Committee
ESIS
— Earth Science Information System
JCCDS
— Joint Committee on Cartographic Data Standardization
FMGIS
— Flight Management Geographic Information System
CRSS
— Canadian Remote Sensing Society
OMNR
— Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Canada)
PPSS
— Precise Positioning Service Security Module
XWD
— X-Window Screen Dump
AVIRIS
— Advanced Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer
REICHSB
— Reichsbahn
SIGIT
— Swedish Institute for Geographic Information Technology
SCAMP
— Southern California Aerial Mapping Project
BGW
— Bergwerk
DMASPOEM
— Defense Mapping Agency Special Program Office for Exploitation Modernization
GISCO
— Geographic Information System of the European Commission
NATM
— New Austrian Tunnelling Method
ECAI
— Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
DCR
— Design Concept Review
BETRBF
— Betriebsbahnhof
OWRD
— Oregon Water Resources Department
MER
— Ministere de l'Energie et des Ressources
WVA
— West Virginia
DATIS
— Digital Airborne Topographic Imaging System
JNGC
— Jordan National Geographic Centre
CCDM
— Core Cadastral Domain Model
TASC
— Transportation Administration Service Center
NGPRP
— Northern Great Plains Resource Program
JCLS
— John Chance Land Surveys, Inc.
TENN
— Tennessee
BEV
— Bundesamt fur Eich- und Vermessungswesen
GSZ
— Geological Survey of Zambia
AFFRC
— Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center
CLDS
— Canada Land Data System
HLVA
— Hessisches Landesvermessungsamt
DDPS
— Desktop Digital Photogrammetry System
PHZM
— Plant Hardiness Zone Map
IALS
— Idaho Association of Land Surveyors
CLID
— Class identifier
DPWS
— Digital Photogrammetric Work Station
ODC
— Open Data Consortium
TLID
— Tiger/Line Record Identification Number
DAL
— Data Analysis Laboratory
BMA
— Botswana Ministry of Agriculture
ECI
— Election Commission of India
PHODIS
— Photogrammetric Image Processing System
IFLA
— International Association of Library Asociations and Institutions
ISABU
— Institut Des Sciences Agronomiques Au Burundi
SNGM
— Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria
CDA
— Colorado Department of Agriculture
GSS
— Geographic Support System
VDMR
— Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
SNI
— Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG
PMA
— Production and Marketing Administration
COS
— Central Office of Statistics
USBC
— United States Bureau of the Census
TEKPLOT
— Tektronix Plotting
CCELC
— Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification
MGSD
— Michigan Geological Survey Division
IGCI
— Institut Geographique de la Cote d'Ivoire
EDIES
— EROS Digital Image Enhancement Systems
CDV
— Cartographic Data Visualizer
BHIC
— Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum
JMC
— Japan Map Center
AAGS
— American Association for Geodetic Surveying
ERSC
— Egyptian Remote Sensing Center
KSGR
— Kiesgrube
TNM UC
— The National Map Users Conference
VHB
— Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc
GP.MC
— Geoprocessing Map Call
MDAS
— Multispectral Data Analysis System
ACMS
— Automated Census Mapping System
NRCT
— National Resources Council of Thailand
OIR-GIS
— Office for Information Resources-GIS Services Division
IGWMC
— International Ground Water Modeling Center
IRG
— Inter-Record Gap
SDMG
— Direction des Mines et de la Geologie
SIGSA
— Sistemas de Informacion Geografica S.A.
IMAG
— Information Management Advisory Group
ACLS
— Association of Canadian Lands Surveyors
PRO
— Public Record Office
DAFIF
— Digital Aeronautical Flight Information Files
TSIS
— Total Solar Irradiance Sensor
AWAR
— Area weighted average resolution
DRBC
— Delaware River Basin Commission
ALMRS
— Automated Land and Mineral Record System
HARN
— High-Accuracy Reference Network
LARS
— Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing
SGG
— Service Geologique du Gabon
LSO
— Land Surveyors Online
CONAE
— Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (National Commission on Space Activities - Argentina)
VNP
— Voyageurs National Park
CANSPACE
— Canadian Space Geodesy Forum
SSEW
— Soil Survey of England and Wales
HGCSD
— Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District
CRAIGES
— Cartographic Reproduction and Interactive Graphic Editing System
TSGS
— Topographic Section General Staff
COSMIC
— clients is the Computer Software Management and Information Center
NDF
— Nevada Division of Forestry
PADCO
— Planning and Development Cooperative International
MORAP
— Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership
PHIGS
— Programmer Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
ASPS
— Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors
RPDS
— Rapids
BADGER
— Bay Area Digital GeoResource
DCW
— Digital Chart of the World
PFAS
— Pennsylvania Facility Analysis System
DDA
— Data Descriptive Area
CUET
— Cuesta
DADSO
— Data Access and Dissemination System Office
OMO
— Other Mapping Organization
LOMA
— Letters of map amendment
ESSC
— Earth System Science Center
THSOA
— The Hydrographic Society of America
LIMA
— Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
SOLSE
— Shuttle Ozone Limb Scanning Experiment
HFN
— Hafen
MEM
— Ministry of Energy and Minerals
FARC
— Federal Archives and Record Center
MAGE
— Map Authoring and Generalisation Expert
LIMO
— Land Information Management Office
KLEINBF
— Kleinbahnhof
CIACER
— Centro de Investigacion y Aplicacion de Sensores Remotos
AVCA
— Audio-visual and Cartographic Archives
RATP
— Regie autonome des transports parisiens
RIAI
— Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland
GRACE
— Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
PLF
— Point Location File
SHN
— Servicio de Hidrografia Naval
EDD
— Environmental Data Directory
WRCB
— Water Resources Control Board
SAF
— Society of American Foresters
CEGIS
— Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science
SAST
— Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team
UGSMD
— Uganda Geological Survey and Mines Department
OKAGE
— Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education
DGIAI
— Direccion General de Integracion y Analisis de la Informacion
GAT
— Geography Association of Thailand
ITCA
— International Topographic Composition Association
SGL
— Service Geologique de Luxembourg
DAESA
— Dual Axis Fourier Shape Analysis
FCT
— Forestry Commission Tasmania
FPT
— Full Production Training
ENID
— Endnote ID
GNMP
— Gettysburg National Military Park
PACOG
— Pueblo Area Council of Governments
AASG
— Association of American State Geologists
HLAB
— Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung
CENREN
— Centro de Recursos Naturales
TBC
— Trimble Business Center
SMOW
— Standard Mead Ocean Water
WOM
— Web Object Management
ITRM
— Information Technology Resouces Management
HERST
— Herstellung
TVK & CO
— Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Company
RALS
— Random Access Logical Subfiles
PPPG
— Pusat Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Geologi
DGO
— Direccion General de Oceanografia
UNGIWG
— United Nations Geographical Information Working Group
CRN
— Canadian Road Network
IPP
— Integrated Plotting Package
CSPA
— Council of State Planning Agencies
GRASS
— Geographic Resource Analysis Support System
UCAID
— University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development
HTDP
— Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning
NTM
— Notice To Mariners
IFR
— Instrument Flight Regulation
FEAC
— Far Eastern Advisory Commission
OIH
— Office of International Hydrology
SHOM
— Service Hydrographique et Ocenographique de la Marine
DIM
— Digital Image Matching
CSISS
— Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences
WVGES
— West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
CENTA
— Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria
KREMU
— Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit
OOSI
— Osterreichisches Ost- Und Sudosteuropa-Institut
EDINA
— Edinburgh Data and Information Access
GCG
— Geocartographics Subdivison
NTDME
— Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy
PECG
— Professional Engineers in California Government
IMIA
— International Map Industry Association
NRSL
— Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory
WDB I
— World Data Bank I
OBS
— Office of Biological Services
KLEINB
— Kleinbahn
GPIP
— General Purpose Image Processor
CERCO
— Comite Europeen de Responsibles de la Cartographie Officielle
AEG
— Association of Engineering Geologists
CSAV
— Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
IDWR
— Idaho Department of Water Resources
OAB
— Operational Advisory Broadcasts
DBDB
— Digital Bathymetry Data Base
RASC
— Royal Australian Survey Corps
RCSSMRS
— Regional Centre for Services in Surveying and Mapping and Remote Sensing
DFG
— Department of Fish and Game
NDIIPP
— National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
AIR
— American Indian Reservation
BOA
— Building Omission Area
PIN
— Parcel Identification Number
DSU
— Digital Standard Update
GISOM
— Generating Information and Scanning Ohio Maps
APWWA
— American Public Water Works Association
QLIS
— Queensland Land Information Strategy
KLS
— Kloster
LDAS
— Land Data Assimilation System
ITFE
— Inductive Terrain Feature Extraction
AOO
— American Oceanographic Organization
FCM
— Feature Change Map
EIGS
— Ethiopian Institute of Geological Survey
HUA
— Hydrologic Unit Area
MWT
— Minimum Weight Triangulation
CSDMS
— Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions
NPMS
— National Pipeline Mapping System
REGIS
— Regional Geographic Information System
CEN
— Comite europeen de normalization electronique
CMOTS
— Cartographic Material Order and Tracking System
MCIS
— Maps and Chart Information System
LIA
— Land Information and Analysis office
QSL
— Quarter Scan Line
EOT
— End of Text
SOS
— Survey Office System
DEM-G
— Digital Elevation Model-Graphic
FMP
— Field Pack Mobile Professional
SARM
— Spatial Auto-Regressive Model
RADEF
— Road Administration Data Exchange Format
PPNM
— Pengarah Pemetaan Negara Malaysia
GPM
— Gestalt Photo Mapper
AUSLIG
— Australian Surveying and Land Information Group
WT
— Water Tank
NCGMP
— National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
AIPG
— American Institute of Professional Geologists
UNAM
— Universidad Nacional De Mexico
GEP
— Google Earth Pro
PM
— Prime Meridian
BOC
— Bureau of the Census
NCSS
— North Carolina Society of Surveyors
SOFT AT
— Softcopy Aerotriangulation
PCX
— Paintbrush Export Format
MRLU
— Map Reproduction and Liaison Unit
NAWQUA
— National Water Quality Assessment
GEOTMS
— Geographic Town Management System
NETS
— National Establishment Time-Series
GEST
— Gestechen
WRS
— World Reference System
LCDB
— Land Cover Database
DTSS-P
— Digital Topographic Support System Prototype
ANRC
— Alaska Native Regional Corporation
LRDB
— Low Resolution Data Base
IDNA
— Integrated Dataset for North America
CBS
— Community Base Station
EOCAP
— Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program
HVC
— Hue-Value-Chroma
ONIG
— Office Nationale de la Geologie
SCEC
— Southern California Earthquake Center's
NCHRP
— National Cooperative Highway Research Program
AD.ST.
— Aldolf Stieler
CCAHA
— Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
BVG
— Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft
GRS
— Geodetic Reference System
SONATRACH
— Societe Nationale de Recherches de l'Explorations Minieres
SCSMAC
— South Carolina State Mapping Advisory Committee
OAMTC
— Osterreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring-Club
PSM
— Professional Surveyor Magazine
CRSC
— California Remote Sensing Council
S&A
— Sampling and Analysis
CIAF
— Centro de Investigaciones en Percepcion Remota
RSV
— Reservoir
INMG
— Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica
NCSD
— Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division
DACA
— Division des Archives Cartographiques et Audiovisuelles
GCMC
— Geospatial Center and Map Collection
TRACE
— Topographic Resources And Cost Evaluation
JAMP
— Joint Automated Mapping Project
MDTC
— Division de la Topographie et de la Cartographie
GZD
— Grid Zone Designation
MUIR
— Map Unit Interpretations Record (soil database)
CDMG
— California Division of Mines and Geology
GNU
— Geologic Names Unit
PV.M.
— Pulver Muhle
IMADS
— Interactive Map and Data Server
HAZUS
— Hazards U.S.
CEDD
— Committee on the Exchange of Digital Data
MPP
— Multi-spectral scanner preprocessor
LTC
— Light Transfer Characteristics
BVU
— Brightness Value Unit
ATMET
— Atmospheric, Meteorological and Environmental Technologies, LLC
DGF
— Department of Game and Fish
AFF
— American Fact Finder
IENC
— Inland Electronic Navigation Charts
CGRG
— Canadian Geomorphology Research Group
HERMIS
— Heritage Resource Management Information System
WME
— Window to My Environment
SCGP
— Societe Canadienne des Geologique Petroliers
IEOS
— Integrated Earth Observation System
ODE
— Open Development Environment
VARIS
— Virginia Resources Information System
INFORM
— Information Network for Operational Resources Management
PDU
— Professional Development Unit(s)
INTRISCA
— Integrated Resource Inventory for South-Central Alaska
HGS
— Halliburton Geophysical Services
EIWG
— Earth Imaging Working Group
MSRLS
— Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors
NAO
— North Atlantic Oscillation
ES&T
— Environmental Science & Technology
ISR
— Information Storage and Retrieval
ERRSAC
— Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Applications Center
MAPCO
— Map Corporation of America
RFPMG
— Radar Fixed Point Minigraphic
WCCS
— Washington Council of County Surveyors
STIBOKA
— Stichting voor Bodemkartering
NALS
— Nevada Association of Land Surveyors
MFGDP
— Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products
GSN
— Geological Survey of Namibia
CBEP
— Community-Based Environmental Protection
RAMS
— Regional Atmospheric Modelins System
CCNS4
— Computer Controlled Navigation System
OILT
— Oil Tank Farm
STEPS
— Spatial Templates for Emergency Preparedness
SOLE
— Spatial On-Line Editor
FACE
— Field Ancillary Computer Effort
RISKMAP
— Risk Mapping and Planning
DES
— Digital Editing Station
MSEDB
— Mapping Sciences Education Data Base
POAM
— Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement
GUGKK
— Glavno Upravlenie po Geodezia I Kartografia y Kadaster
SLC
— Scan Line Corrector
RGD
— Rijks Geologische Dienst
BUPNIS
— Beijing Underground-Network Information System
SPCS
— State Plane Coordinate System
SRMB
— Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch
IAMA
— International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association
BDET
— Bengston, DeBell, Elkin & Titus Limited
NGCS
— National Geodetic and Cartographic Service
GCRA
— Geographic and Cartographic Research and Applications Section
DRGP
— Digital Representation of Graphic Products
WDGER
— Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources
TNS
— TopoNet Server
RAPID
— Rapid Application Planning Implementation and Deployment
CICAEDAS
— Committee Investigating Cartographic Entity, Definitions, and Standards
ISTAT
— Istituto Centrale di Statistica
HDDT
— High-Density Digital Tape
MIO
— Map Information Office
BLT
— Bundesamt fur LandesTopographie
MRB
— Missouri River Basin
IKCS
— I.K. Curtis Services
IDEN
— Identification module
AHAP
— Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography
PPNL
— Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
GWSI
— Groundwater site inventory
EGII
— European Geographic Information Infrastructure
AFE
— Automated Feature Extraction
OADW
— Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften
HID
— Historical Imagery Declassification
ESMI
— European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure
NDSL
— Nevada Division of State Lands
FIRM
— Flood Rate Insurance Map
IGF
— Inset Graphics Format
MGIS
— Micro Geographic Information System
MURB
— Minister fur Umwelt, Raumordnung und Bauwesen
NUC CM
— National Union Catalog, Cartographic Material
SIGCAT
— Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications & Technology
OGWP
— Office of Ground Water Protection (EPA)
OVN
— Optical visible near-infrared
TR
— Trail Runners
GSPB
— Geodetic Satellite Policy Board
SPT
— Strathclyde Passenger Transport
ETF
— European Transfer Format
WRIP
— Water Resources Information Project
RODOBRAS
— Comissiao Especial construciao da Rodovia Belem-Brasilia
NABCI
— North American Bird Conservation Initiative (nab-see)
ERSUN
— Environmental Remote Sensing Unit
LLV
— Low Light Visibility
SALIS
— Surveying and Land Information Systems
CNA
— Comissiao Nacional do Ambiente
SSMS
— Spatial Statistical Modeling Service
BICI
— Book item contribution identifier
EBAMCO
— Electronic Book and Map Company
GPR
— Ground-Penetrating Radar
SADME
— South Australian Department of Mines and Energy
WRIR
— Water Resources Investigation Report
STCB
— Survey Technician Certification Board
LDSI
— LandDesign Surveying Incorporated
CNIDR
— Center for Networked Information Discovery Retrieval
RTV
— Raster To Vector
FDLS
— Fiji Department of Lands and Survey
IIPL
— Interactive Image Processing Laboratory
DDAC
— Deutscher Automobil-Club
SCR
— Service Cartographique du Rwanda
OMPS
— Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
DNPM
— Departamento Nacional de Produc~ao Mineral
TIF
— Tagged Image File
NRCAN
— Natural Resources Canada (Dept. of)
FDDI
— Fiber Digital Data Interface
BMW
— Barclay Mapworks, Inc.
CRA
— Common Resource Area
ESD
— Engineering Services Dept
IWPC
— Institute of Water Pollution Control
FL.BR.
— Fliegende Brucke
VRP
— Vector-to-raster processor
ISQ
— Institut de la statistique du Quebec
EMIP
— European Market for Infrastructural Projects
INMH
— Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia y Hidrologia
PSFM
— Professional Society for Forensic Mapping
INGEO-MINAS
— Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Geologico-Minera
NGSP
— National Geodetic Satellite Program
PCT
— Pacific Coast Trail
NHGIS
— National Historical Geographic Information System
GGRF
— Galileo Geodetic Reference Frame
LPGS
— Landsat Product Generation System
PALIS
— Ponds And Lakes Information System
BT
— Base Topo
TVP
— Topological Vector Profile
NFWS
— National Fish and Wildlife Service
BNF
— Bibliotheque national de France
SGE
— Servicio Geografico del Ejercito
FBN
— Federal Base Network
APS
— Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor
GOS-PI
— Geospatial One-Stop Portal Initiative
NOSS
— National Oceanographic Satellite System
GRDL
— Geodetic Research and Development Laboratory
NSD
— Nepal Survey Department
ADEPT
— Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype
SPC RE
— Survey Production Centre, Royal Engineers
MRBC
— Missouri River Basin Commission
MACA
— Ministerio de Asuntos Campesinos y Agropecuarios
CONRIM
— Committee on Natural Resource Information Management
GDA
— Geographic Data Analysis System
ODFW
— Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
USNCHC
— United States National Committee on Scientific Hydrology
LSDP
— Landsat Signature Development Program
WCB
— Workshop Certification Board
INDEC
— Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos
HAC
— Harbor and Approach Chart
SNCF
— Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer
PIDL
— Polygon ID left
CUSEC
— Central United States Earthquake Consortium
HUC
— Hydrologic Unit Code
CDR
— CorelDraw format
OCH
— Office of the Chief Hydrologist
USLS
— United States Lake Survey
MIEM
— Ministere de l'Industrie et de Mines
IPE
— Image processing engine
IMAGE
— Integrated Mapping and Geographic Encoding System
NASBOG
— National Association of State Boards of Geology
NED
— National Elevation Dataset
DRO
— Digital Revision Overlay
SDSFIE
— Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment
FII
— Fundacion Instituto de Ingeneiria
CGE
— Comision Geografico-Exploradora
RECTAS
— Regional Center for Training in Aerospace Surveys
FAHRB
— Fahrbahn
MPE
— Map Publishing Environment
RMIB
— Rudolf Muller International Booksellers
FUR
— Furlong
CEO
— European Centre for Earth Observation
DMSO
— Defense Mapping School Operations Office
NSSDA
— National Standard for Spatial Database Accuracy
GLAB-W
— Geologisches Landesamt Baden-Wurttemberg
ARRSTC
— Asian Regional Remote Sensing Training Centre
RAP
— Regional Applications Program
AWLS
— American West Land Surveying
SIME
— Space Imaging Middle East
CHEEC
— Center for the Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
TLP
— Telephone Line Patch
ALSIP
— Alberta Land Settlement Infra-structure Project
NAST
— NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed
U-2
— A high altitude remote sensing aircraft
CFUA
— Canadian Fire Underwriters Association
MOUG
— Map Online Users Group
GGU
— Gronlands Geologiske Undersogelse
WCCS
— Wisconsin County Coordinate System
ILIM
— Institute for Land Information Management
MFLOPS
— Million Floating Points Operations Per Second
COBRIG
— Council of British Geography
UDNR
— Utah Department of Natural Resources
QMSOFT
— Qualitative Marketing Software Incorporated
VISG
— Visual Information Services Group
ODGS
— Ohio Division of Geological Survey
SYCI
— System Corrected Images
PSCOG
— Puget Sound Council of Governments
IFSARE
— Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Elevation
USDMA
— United States Defense Mapping Agency
GEZ
— Gezeichnet
BCSS
— Battlefield Command Support System
ERSAL
— Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Laboratory
GSPNG
— Geological Survey Papua New Guinea
ADW
— Agricultural Drainage Well
DQDB
— Distributed-Queue Dual Buses
KDSP
— Kork Digital Stereo Plotter
PUMS
— Public Use Micro-Data Sample
NZSB
— New Zealand Soil Survey
UDIG
— User-Friendly Desktop Internet Gis
UUG
— Utstredni Ustav Geologicky
CBET
— Concrete block enclosed elevator
JOIDES
— Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling
URS
— Unrestricted Random Sample
ICCP
— Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals
JACIE
— Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation
WMO
— Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe
CSUF
— California State University, Fresno
TRI
— Toxic Release Inventory
MONT
— Montana
FWPCA
— Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
CRL
— Cartographic Research Laboratory
EUB
— Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
MOST
— Moving Objects Spatio-Temporal
FDPP
— Framework Demonstration Projects Program
JIGI
— Java Interface for Geospatial Information
CADRG
— Compressed ADRG
LGSOWOG
— Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group
EREP
— Earth Resources Experiment Package
USNOS
— United States National Ocean Service
BAAMA
— Bay Area Automated Mapping Association
TEX
— Texas Instruments, Incorporated
KCWA
— Kern County Water Agency
OCX
— Object Component eXtension
MLMIS
— Minnesota Land Management Information System
PAIGH
— Pan-American Institute of Geography and History
IRD
— Information Resources Division
PPMS
— Photogrammetry Production Monitoring System
GDE
— Graphic Developer's Engine
CGDB
— Central Geographic Data Base
SORSA
— Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Association
DCRM(C)
— Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
STDE
— Stunde
ANTGS
— Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System
UGMS
— Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
ERM
— Earth Resource Mapping
VEGCAMP
— Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program
DWM
— Digital Web Map
FDIS
— Formal Draft International Standard
OGW
— Office of Ground Water
MC&G
— Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy
B&L
— Boggs and Lewis
NTF
— National Transfer Format
CNROA
— Centro Nacional de Reconhecimento e Ordenamento Agrario
CEC
— Civil & Environmental Consultants
NZGS
— New Zealand Geological Survey
IDWO
— Intelligence Division War Office
LVAR-P
— Landesvermessungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz
IRSA
— Institute of Remote Sensing Applications
PSAN
— Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska
NOBS
— Northern Ohio Bibliographic Society
CGIS
— Center for GIS
NPOC
— Naval Polar Oceanographic Center
IAO
— Insurers Advisory Organization
IRDB
— Integrated regional database
CITYG
— City Graphic
AWMSAS
— ArcView Marine Spill Analysis System
RECOMP
— Recompilation
SNID
— Startnode Id
HDTR
— High density tape recorder
OSTZ
— Osterreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt
WVS
— World Vector Shoreline (geographic data)
EXIF
— Extensible Image File Format
CASIL
— California Spatial Information Library
SLAGMD
— Special Libraries Association Geography & Map Division
ICAO
— International Civil Aviation Organiztion
DMR
— Department of Mineral Resources
SEDAC
— Socioeconomic Data and Application Center
ER
— Economic Region
CAP
— Cooperative Agreements Program
SDV
— Soil Data Viewer
MILUS
— Multiple Input Land Use System
RLE
— Run-length encoded
EMC
— Eastern Mapping Center
GGBR
— Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve
C/A
— Coarse-Acquisition
NZMS
— New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey
NYSGS
— New York Geological State Geological Survey
LMCTF
— Land Managers Cooperative Task Force
TXDAPA
— Texas Digital Aerial Photo Archive
GVIS
— Geographic Visualization
MPRM
— Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
PASS
— Precision Aerial Survey System
LSI
— LiDAR Services International
IGIS
— Integrated Geographic Information System
GUNO
— Glavnoe Upravlenie Navigatsii i Okeanografii
CWHR
— Califoria Wildlife Habitat Relationships
MARS
— Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing
MEDS
— Minimum Essential Data Set
ISD
— Information Services Division
RGBF
— Rangierbahnhof
LI
— Landmaelingar Islands
TLUI
— Traditional Land Use Inventory
FRI
— Forest Resource Inventory Map
HTC
— Hydrographic Topographic Center
ITF
— INTERLIS Transfer Format
VCSH
— Virtual Center for Spatial Humanities
GDM
— Geospatial Data Management
MTT
— Mobile Training Teams
RSRP
— Remote Sensing Research Program
CWRA
— Canadian Water Resources Program
IHAC
— Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada Chile
VHP
— Volcano Hazards Program
HSB
— Humidity Sensor for Brazil
ATID
— Attribute ID
HSRC
— Hydrographic Science Research Center
GEODESY
— Geospatial Data and Exploration System
ATIS
— Arizona Transportation Information System
CIKM
— Conference on Information Knowledge Management
LOMR
— Letters of map revision
OCUL
— Ontario Council of University Libraries
CUGIK
— Centralny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii
NZFS
— New Zealand Forest Service
GLOSS
— Global Observation Surveillance System
FRP
— Federal Radio-navigation Plan
PVT
— Position, Velocity and Time
GSM
— Graphic Standard Metafile
CERES
— California Environmental Resource Evaluation System
GANS
— Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia
SADIE
— System at Arizona for Digital Information Extraction
SLGSD
— Sri Lanka Geological Survey Dept
DIP
— Data Integration Program
DL
— Data logging
VIIRS
— Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
PASP
— Planning and Analysis Section
SOAP
— Simple Object Access Protocal
VPFPS
— Vector Product Format Production System
EGA
— Enhanced Graphics Adaptor
LAP
— Landsat Applications Program
W
— Wald
AUSDEC
— Australasian Data Exchange Centre
CRAG
— Columbia Region Association of Governments
INSIDE
— Interactive Numeric Spatial Information Data Engine
WGNHS
— Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
DSGZ
— Department of the Surveyor General
FNC
— Foreign Names Committee
NDLS
— Nauru Directorate of Lands and Survey
NMMC
— National Map Managers Conference
DGNR
— Domestic Geographic Names Report
WQM
— Water quality monitor
USC&GS
— United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
SMIMS
— Single MIM-Based Integrated Mapping System
DMMG
— Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia
SVF
— Simple Vector Format
JEC
— John E. Chance and Associates
CEONET
— Canadian Earth Observation Network
PAAD
— Program Acronyms Abbreviations and Definitions
NCS
— National Cartographic Standards
RSAL
— Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory
MSPE
— Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
UNCLA
— Unclassified
CHNM
— Marine channel
TDSA
— tribal designated statistical area
SMGE
— Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica
GITC
— Geomatics Information Trading Center
CGPS
— Continuous Global Positioning System
TM
— Timber management
FLI-IWG
— Future of Land Imaging Interagency Working Group
RTSI
— Routing Technology Software Incorporated
DGP
— Digital Graphic Product
IHDC
— Iowa Heritage Digital Collection
RESCU
— Remote Emergency Satellite Cellular Unit
CAVA
— Cartographic and Audio-Visual Archives Division
GLT
— Geospatial Light Table
MAV
— Micro Aerial Vehicle
RTTK
— Real Time Turbokinematic
ASGC
— Australian Statistical Geographical Classification
RSGS
— Royal Scottish Geographical Society
OIA
— Office of International Activities
USNC-ICA
— United States National Committee for the Ica
DMW
— Daft, McCune, Walker
PAS
— Pacific Aerial Surveys
KR
— Krug
DRAPE
— Digital Raster Acquisition Project for the East
ML
— Master Library
NAHSC
— National Automated Highway System Consortium
IMW
— International Map of the World
LBR
— Laser Beam Recorder
CYPLUS
— Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy
HDT
— High Density Tape
DOSLI
— Department Of Survey and Land Information
GKP
— Geodeticky a Kartograficky Podnik v Praze
SPIRE
— Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploration
PNDI
— Intermittent pond
UGID
— Universal Geographic Identity
JPG
— Joint Photographic Experts Group format
LRM
— Linear Referencing Method
LAND
— Landmark feature identification number
USB
— Unified S-Band
G&M
— Geography and Map Division
ARMS
— Agricultural Resource Management System
LSRC
— Louisiana Spatial Reference Center
UHMS
— Urban Hydrology Monitoring System
OGIC
— Oregon Geographic Information Council
BART
— Bay Area Rapid Transit District
OWDC
— Office of Water Data Coordination (USGS)
OCAP
— Ohio Capability Analysis Project
CCGM
— Center for Computing Graphics
HRFRS
— High-resolution Film Recorder Subsystem
RSAC
— Remote Sensing Application Center
OSDA
— Oregon State Department of Agriculture
DIFSAR
— Differential SAR
IBGE
— Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica
TFH
— Technische Fachhoschule
CINDI
— Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information
DIGCAT
— Digital Catalog
RPID
— Representation Module Id
MMQ
— Metric Map Questionnaire
BLG
— Binary Line Generalization
GPH
— Geological Publishing House
LEAF
— Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Feedback
HO
— Hochofen
UGB
— Urban Growth Boundary
AVRI
— Arizona Vegetation Resource Inventory
BSE
— Base flood elevation
WSGS
— Wyoming State Geological Survey
CMAS
— Circular Mean Accuracy Standard
SECFT
— Sociedad Espainola de Cartografia, Fotogrametria y Teledeteccion
CEE
— Comite Estatal de Estadisticas
RAC
— Related Accreditation Commission
NCRST-F
— National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation - Flows
IAEG
— International Association of Engineering Geologists
IFS
— Internet File System
LTTM
— Longterm Terrain Model
NCGS
— North Carolina Geological Survey
SP/S
— Source Preparation Segment
MASTER
— MODIS/ASTER Airborn Simulator
IMPAC
— Image Analysis Computer Package
HEIRS
— Historic Environmental Reporting System
NGU
— Norges Geologiske Undersokelse
OUCLS
— Ontario Universities Library Cooperative System
SPID
— Sistem Pengurusan Imej Dokumen
GLAS-H
— Geologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein
UDS
— Urban Data Solutions
CSVNS
— California Surveying Virtual Survey Network
SCHL
— Schloss
OLID
— Ontario Land Information Directory
CLICK
— Center for LiDAR Information Coordination
PFLP
— Point-Feature Label Placement
SND
— Street Network Database
PERS
— Personen
ISURL
— Indiana State University Remote Sensing Laboratory
SBCDP
— Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program
IPA
— Imagery Product Archive
GNS
— GEOnet Names Server
IWARDS
— Iowa Water Resources Data System
NLIS
— National Land Information Service
BETS
— Brunson Electronic Triangulation System
SNT
— Servicio Nacional de Turismo
IDAS
— Image Data Analysis Systems
CIRSS
— California Integrated Remote Sensing System
BWE
— Bandwidth Expansion
RMK
— R.M. Keddal & Associates
DBB
— Deutsche Bundesbahn
CEMAR
— Centro de Estudos do Mar
SLD29
— Sea Level Datum of 1929
NCGE
— National Council for Geographic Education
STIA
— Spatial Technologies Industry Association
ORBIMAGE
— Orbital Imaging Corp.
NVCA
— Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
TJSA
— Tribal Jurisdiction Statistical Area
SWEMP
— Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping Program
RIS
— Rapid Imaging Software
AMIE
— Airglow Measurements of Infrared Measurements Emissions
EAOS
— Environment Australia Online Service
GCCS
— Global Command, Control System
DIGIT
— Digitally Integrated Geographic Information Technologies
BARCIS
— Barcode Information System
WSLD
— Western Samoa Lands and Survey Department
TMAC
— Technical Mapping Advisory Council
TSARP
— Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project
BARP
— Bundesamt fur Raumplanung
FIRMS
— Flood Rate Insurance Maps
BNPD
— Bivariate Normal Probability Density
MEGDR
— Mission Experimental Gridded Data Record
RUS
— Rest of the US
IRLSA
— Illinois Registered Land Surveyors Association
DLGF
— Digital Line Graph-Framework
VMAP
— Vector Smart Map
GRAMPS
— Graphic Map Production System
SHEF
— Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format
SPO
— State Planning Office
CD-W
— Compact disk re-writable
IRICC
— Interagency Resource Information Coordination Council
LRD
— Low Resolution Data
SOWR
— Sensitivity Of Water Resources
SIAT
— Special Image Annotation Tape
MTJ
— Mendocino Triple Junction
GPST
— Global Positioning System Time
IPCS
— Image Production Control System
EPP
— Educational Partnership Program
DMMR
— Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources
LIMAP
— Landsat Imagery Analysis Package
MAT
— Medial-axis transformation
SWPA
— Southwest Pacific Area
ICHC
— International Conference on the History of Cartography
KNRIS
— Kentucky Natural Resources Information System
SGM
— Servicio Geografico Militar
GIST
— Geographic Information System for Transportation
OHA
— Officeof Hawaiian Affairs
DEMVFY
— Digital Elevation Model Verify
NGDA
— National Geospatial Digital Archive
ECE
— E Coyote Enterprises
ESIO
— Earth Science Information Office
CETENAL
— Comision de Estudios del Territorio Nacional
NGIC
— National Geodetic Information Center
OICC
— Ontario Institute of Chartered Cartographers
LUPIN
— Land Use Planning Information Network
SUDOCS
— Superintendent of Documents
SNIG
— Sistema Nacional de Informaciao Geografica
STAC
— State Technology Applications Centers
NBSM
— National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
DRCOG
— Denver Regional Council of Governments (Colorado)
NESACSM
— New England Section Acsm
ILS
— Intelligent Library System
SSCC
— SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston SC, USA
HPGL
— Hewlett Packard Graphics Language
SDGS
— South Dakota Geological Survey
NERL
— North East Research Libraries
IMCOS
— International Map Collectors' Society
DISHIDROS
— Dinas Hidro Oceanografi
ICR
— Intelligent Character Reader
TMI
— Topographic Mapping Initiatives
IRAT
— Institut de Recherches en Agronomie Tropicale
ESIN
— Earth Science Information Network
SCT
— Sculpsit
OFAT
— Ontario Flow Assessment Techniques
GIMS
— Geographic Information Management Systems Committee
TRSC
— Thailand Remote Sensing Center
HMCK
— Hummock
SRI
— Spatial Reference Information
ORH
— Office of the Regional Hydrologist
NDS
— National Decision Systems
TMLS
— Terrestrial mobile LIDAR scanning
OESA
— Office of Earth Science Applications
SAMSOG
— Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia
ERDL
— Engineer Research & Development Laboratories
NES
— New England Section
DACH
— Deputy Assistant Chief Hydrologist
EDIPS
— EROS Digital Image Processing System
LSRP
— Laser Printer
AVNIR
— Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer
DE-DEM
— Drainage-Enforced DEM
ORMAP
— Oregon Map
THON GR
— Clay pit
LRIDP
— Land Resources Inventory Demonstration Project
SCEP
— Servico Cartografico do Exercito
NDNRC
— Nevada Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
GMR
— Government Micro Resources Incorporated
WASP
— Wildfire Airborne Sensor Program
I2S
— International Imaging Systems Incorporated
NHAP
— National High Altitude Photography
MTU
— Magnetic Tape Unit
KK
— Kaiserlich-koenigliche
LARIS
— Louisiana Areal Resource Information System
DCHUM
— Digital Chart Update Manual
WRIS
— Wildland Resources Information System
OLE
— Object Linking/Embedding
SMCDG
— Small Map Collection Discussion Group
ECEF
— EarthCentered EarthFixed
PRSN
— Puget Reference Station Network
WS
— work-station
TSOP
— The Society for Organic Petrology
VPF/PS
— Vector Product Format/Production System
FSRAMIS
— Forest Service Range Management Information System
USNBS
— United States National Biological Survey
UGS
— Utah Geological Survey
IPAM
— Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia
OAC
— Osterreichischer Automobil Club
HPGN
— High-Precision Geodetic Network
TASMAP
— Tasmania Department of Lands
NZMG
— New Zealand Map Grid
NADEC
— National Atlas Development Centre
JOG
— Joint Operations Graphic
DDE
— DOE Data Explorer
CD-CINC
— CD-ROM Consistent Interface Committee
INPE
— Instituto das Pesquisas Espaciais
RSTN
— Railroad Station
BCGS
— Board of Coast and Geodetic Survey
NDCS
— National Digital Cartographic Standards
IWIS
— International Water Information System
V/H
— Vertical over height ratio
PLSC
— Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado
MRMS
— Maritime Resources Management Service
CNRA
— Commission on National and Regional Atlases
OMTC
— Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications
JH
— Jagerhaus
AME
— Aero-Metric Engineering Incorporated
CMCC
— California Mapping Coordinating Committee
BLS
— Bahamas Lands and Surveys Dept
ICA-USNC
— International Cartographic Association National Committee
WLA
— William Lettis and Associates
IGG
— Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica
IGUG
— Intergraph Graph Users Group
HIU
— Hydrologic Information Unit
WSPS
— Western Society of Professional Surveyors
USB
— Underwriters Survey Bureau
ORID
— Ortho Rectified Image Data
BE
— Brick enclosed elevator
NHD
— National Hydrography Dataset
MHTD
— Missouri Highway and Transportation Department
L&O
— Limnology & Oceanography
WSUCSC
— Washington State University Computing Service Center
SDES
— Spatial Data Exchange Standard
GBAUG
— Greater Boston Autodesk User Group
BP
— Boundary marker
MERES
— Mineral and Energy Resources Exploration Satellite
RMMC
— Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
ELMO
— Electronic Map Ordering
MAPIS
— Map Products Information System
CGNHS
— Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey
SDT
— Spatial Data Technologies
GSRC
— Geological Survey Research Committee
MCGA
— Monochrome/Color Graphics Adapter
UPADI
— Union Panamerica de Asociaciones de Ingenieros
NSRFC
— Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corporation
MP
— Measuring Point
JIRP
— Juneau Icefield Research Program
SFSU
— Senator Fur Stadtentwicklung Und Umweltschutz
ALAE
— Atmospheric LymanAlpha Emissions
CFF
— Cartographic Feature File
COMAP
— Continuous area pattern mapping
CTL
— Cartographic Technology Lab.
GRSU
— Geography Remote Sensing Unit
GECCO
— Geospatially Enabling Community Collaboration
CGSICO
— Civil GPS Service Interface Committee
WMD
— Water management district
MCIDAS
— Map-Computer Interactive Data Access System
VNIR
— Visual and near-infrared
ISGS
— Illinois State Geological Survey
EWP
— Executive Wilderness Programmes
PNRS
— Preliminary Natural Resources Survey
GEOLOB
— Geospatial Line of Business
KALC
— Khmer Archaeology Lidar Consortium
MFC
— Map Feature Coding
BAUMSCH
— Baumschule
NLL
— Northern Limit Line
SNARIL
— Social Natural and Agricultural Resources Information Laboratory
CGIC
— Canadian Geoscience Information Centre
CAPCO
— Capital Area Planning Council
ZS
— Zambia Survey Department
RSRT
— Resort
MDGLS
— Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey
FGT
— Federal Geographic Technology
KANDIDATS
— University of Kansas Landsat Software System
REU
— Resources Evaluation Unit
SNB
— Service New Brunswick
WELU
— Western Energy Land Use Team
AFTH
— Allami Földmérési és Térképészeti Hivatal
UPRR
— Union Pacific Railroad
LVAS-H
— Landesvermessungsamt Schleswig-Holstein
STAAC
— Space and Terrestrial Applications Advisory Committee
SGTK
— Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission
WAIS
— Wide-area Information Server
COSML
— Committee On Southern Map Libraries
SHIPS
— Seizmic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound
IPLSA
— Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association
IGFCOT
— Institutul de Geodezie, Fotogrammetrie, Cartografie si Organizarea Teritoriului
MUAC
— Map Users Advisory Committee
USACERL
— Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories
IMCC
— Interstate Mining Compact Commission
MR
— Monoscopic revision
UWCL
— University of Wisconsin Cartography Laboratory
ECS
— Electronic Charting Systems
KRIS
— Kentucky Resources Information System
MSDO
— Mapping Support District Office
N-D
— N-dimensional
GSDS
— Global Spatial Data System
CGC
— Commission Geologique du Canada
RSTF
— Remote Sensing Task Force
SPIN-2
— Space Information-2 Meter Data
CGNS
— Canadian Geographical Names Service
TIB
— Tabula Imperii Byzantini
CMO
— Canada Map Office
GOV.GEN.
— Governor General
CBWE
— Corn Blight Watch Experiment
DBPPWG
— Data Base Population Planning Working Group
TFC
— Forestry Commission Tasmania
CSP
— Conformal Space projection
NAUS
— National Atlas of the United States
CBF
— Cartographic boundary file
ILLIAC
— Illinois Institute for Advanced Computation
WCS
— Web Coverage Service
WPU
— Wilayah Pembangunan Utama
CISD
— Cook Islands Department of Survey
SMIB
— Surveying and Mapping Institute of Beijing
IPOSTEL
— Instituto Postal Telegrafico
GLTN
— Global Land Tool Network
NJGS
— New Jersey Geological Survey
CHEST
— Combined Higher Education Software Team
RMMS
— Rocky Mountain Map Society
NIPR
— National Institute for Polar Research
LVAB-W
— Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Wurttemberg
MAGIS
— Maps, Aerials and GIS
NMF
— Network Mapping Facilities
LDMG
— Lesotho Department of Mines and Geology
IHGC
— International Health Geographics Conference
S3
— Satellite Security Systems
REAP
— Regional Environmental Applications Program
BATCO
— Boulder Area Trails Coalition
QGIS
— Quantum GIS
MLTA
— Maine Land Title Association
CAMA
— Computer-aided mass appraisal system
CMSM
— Committee on Marine Surveying and Mapping
ARZ
— AutoRestricted Zone
CRSA
— Canadian Regional Science Association
AT
— Aero-Triangulation
TSD
— Treatment, Storage and Disposal Sites
WET
— Wetland Evaluation Technique
GBI
— Green Biomass Index
ALARS
— Alaska Land and Resources System
NSI
— Natural Scale Indicator
NAGT
— National Association of Geoscience Teachers
NLUIS
— Northern Land Use Information Series
GEHC
— Grup d'Estudia d'Historia de la Cartografia
MRSID
— Multiresolution Seamless Image Database
IATO
— Italian atlas assembled to order
SSGN
— Service Geographique National
MIRAGE
— Map Image Rendering Database for Geoscience
EL.W.
— Elektrizitatswerk
MDLPP
— Mason-Dixon Line Preservation Partnership
SDG
— Survey Department Ghana
LE
— Little Endian
CK-PL
— Check plotter
FGCS
— Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee
NGES
— Northrup Grumman Electronic Systems
IGBF
— Institut Geographique de Burkina Faso
PK
— Peak (Valve)
MOMS
— Modular Optoelectric Multispectral Scanner
EODMS
— Earth Observations Data Management Systems
MGSSSR
— Ministerstvo Geologii SSSR
VCGI
— Vermont Center for Geographic Information
VLBI
— Very Long Baseline Interferometric
DSS
— Digital Sensor System
NGBN
— National Gravity Base Net
ASI
— Analytical Surveys, Inc.
RTPC
— Real-Time Point Cloud
SMC
— Special Mapping Center
KN
— Kartographische Nachrichten
RK
— Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (Toronto Venture Exchange [TSXV])
CAST
— Center for Advanced and Spatial Technologies
WDNR
— Washington Department of Natural Resources
SICOM
— South Australian Spatial Information Committee
CMT
— Corvallis Microtechnology Incorporated
NRSC
— National Remote Sensing Centre
ERSAR
— Earth Resources Synthetic Aperture Radar
VMS
— Voyage Management Sytem
MAGI
— Maryland Automated Geographic Information System
ARB
— Arbeiter
UCGIS
— University Consortium for GIS
IPF
— Image Processing Facility
HABS
— Historic American Buildings Survey
TNA
— The National Archives
JOG-R
— Joint Operations Graphic-Radar
SUDSS
— Spatial Understanding and Decision Support System
AIRB
— Alabama Inspection and Rating Bureau
INE
— Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
TE
— Topographical Engineer
VOBF
— Vorbahnhof
HBMN
— Hydrologic Bench Mark Network
CENTAUR
— Civil Engineering Technologies for Automatic Roadmaking
MRWS
— Monoscopic Revision Workstation
MLHD
— Maximum likelihood
AMPR
— American Map Price Record
VVK
— Verwaltung Vermessungs Und Kartenwesen
WESTFED
— Western Federation of Professional Surveyors
L/S
— Landsat
SDNR
— State Department of Natural Resources
CLDB
— Common Land Data Base
NURE
— National Uranium Resources Evaluation
PNDS
— Ponds
SISMD
— Solomon Islands Survey and Mapping Division
UURI
— University of Utah Research Institute
CCK
— Centrale Catalogus Kartografie
SSM/I
— Special Sensor Microwave Imager
GDP
— GeoConnections Discovery Portal
MNFS
— Minor Frame Synchronization
GISCI
— GIS Certification Institute
DCF
— Digital Cartographic File
PCLI
— Independent political entity
FEAT
— Alternate Feature Identification Code
TRS
— Trimble Reference Station
MWRTK
— Midwest Real Time Kinematic
SSMC
— Silver Spring Metro Center
CCPS
— Central Colorado Professional Surveyors
DLG-O
— Digital Line Graph-Optional
CSIG
— Cyberinfrastrucure Summer Institute for Geoscientists
TIGRIS
— Topologically Integrated Geographic Resource and Information System
SCULP
— Sculpsit
HDLD
— Headland
ANZMAPS
— Australian and New Zealand Map Society
MNR
— Ministry of Natural Resources
SPOEM
— Special Projects Office for Exploitation Modernization
APE
— Allen Precision Equipment
MDG
— Direction de la Geologie
HIF
— Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility
LOCUS
— Leveling Online Computations User Service
URPI
— Unit for Retail Planning Information Limited
PCS
— POS Computer System
PRISM
— Parameter-Elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model
LUM
— Limited update, monoscopic
ADS
— Aerial Data Service
BDC
— Base de donnees sur les collectivities
LOS
— Land Observation Satellite
MNS
— Multi-Navigator System
DNPCT
— Direction National de Production Cartographique et Topographique
WH
— William Harrison
KINDS
— Knowledge Interfaces to National Data Sets
MAPKBS
— Map Projection Knowledge-based System
VIAF
— Virtual International Authority File
IICT
— Instituto de Investigaciao Cientifica Tropical
CID
— Community Information Database
KLBF
— Kleinbahnhof
DLG-3
— Digital Line Graph-level 3
MOLA
— Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter
DLMS
— Digital Landmass System
WMC
— Western Mapping Center
WYSDOT
— Washington State Department of Transportation
RST
— Representation Style Table
LSN
— Linear Scaling Number
MAPSAT
— Mapping Satellite
GME
— Geohydrologic Map Editor
GPW2
— Gridded Population of the World
JGW
— JPEG with World File
IMC
— Image Motion Compensator
WLIA
— Wisconsin Land Information Society
PQ
— Province Quebec
LPM
— Load Point Marker
OWRR
— Office of Water Resources and Research
VICMAP
— Victoria Department of Crown Lands and Survey
RTA
— Regional Transport Authority
LGIS
— Land Geographic Information System
GAMS
— GIS azimuth measuring system
KF
— Kahn Fahre
GCN1
— Canadian Geographical Names, Level 1
SS1
— SpaceShipOne
SVC
— Scalable Vector Graphics
SNM
— Square nautical miles
NGMA
— National Geoscience Mapping Agency
VTM
— Vegetation Type Map
MCG
— Map Curators Group
SBAS
— School Boundary Analysis System
TEC
— The Engineering Center
W
— Wood
WVSPLUS
— World Vector Shoreline Plus
PAI
— Pacific Air Industries
HISS
— Heritage Information Statistical System
ODAIPR
— Open Data Access and Intellectual Property Rights
LDPC
— Local Datum Plane Coordinate
PH
— Power house
CMYK
— Cyan-magenta-yellow-black
AJG
— African Journal of Geoinformation
OEEPE
— Organisation europeene d'etudes en photogrammetrie experimentale
DCASS
— Digital Cartographic Software System
ASCF
— Ames Satellite Communications Facility
ORRH
— Office of the Regional Research Hydrologist
ODGMI
— Oregon State Department of Minerals and Mineral Industries
VVT
— Value Valid Table
IEP
— Independent Electric Plant
ZRC
— Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center
MDC
— Division de la Cartographie
WMP
— World Mapping Project
SCOOP
— Schedule Control of Orthophoto Products
GSDM
— Global Spatial Data Model
ITSA
— INDEPENDENT TRAVEL STORES ASSOCIATION
CLI
— Canada Land Inventory
DAG
— Directorate of Geographic Affairs
MTP
— MSS Telemetry Processor
P&O
— Plans & Operations
DHN
— Directoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao
GSK
— Geological Survey of Kenya
DINO
— Data in Ontario
TUG
— Triuniversity Group
NTDL
— Northern Territory Department of Lands
HOM
— Hotine Oblique Mercator
GEOBAL
— Servicio Geologico de Bolivia
OFSS
— Open-file Services Section
GSL
— Geographic Sciences Laboratory
TMS
— Topographic Mapping Service
MODN
— Module name
T
— Township
NARSA
— National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Program
NMB
— National Mapping Bureau
WDMS
— Watershed Data Management System
MASC
— Map Activity Support Contract
BASINS
— Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Systems
TOPS
— Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System
NP
— Norsk Polarinstitutt
ESIG
— Exemplary Systems in Government award
OPAL
— Obscurant penetrating autosynchronous Lidar
NPOESS
— National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites
BLIS
— Brownfields Location Information System
SIAC
— Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium
MVI
— Mapping for the Visually Impaired
TDR
— Time Domain Reflectrometry
CSD
— Census subdivision
UMAC
— Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium
USGS-MP
— United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park
SDSB
— Satellite Data Services Branch
HBM
— Hydrologic Bench Mark
UGC
— Utility Graphics Consultants
RBI
— River Basin Investigation
EMPS
— Elevation Matrix Processing System
UR
— Universal Rectifier
ILH
— Internationales Landkartenhaus
CLS
— Canada Lands Surveyor
CICLOPS
— Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for OPerationS
TIMS
— Therms Infrared Multispectral Scanner
GMDC
— Geospatial Map and Data Centre
PGD
— Personal Geodatabase
IGNB
— Institut Geographique National
ASPG
— American Society for Professional Geographers
SP
— Survey of Pakistan
TESC
— Tile enclosed elevator with self-closing traps
IG
— Instytut Geologiczny
GKS
— Graphics Kernal System
TO
— Teer Ofen
NILS
— National Integrated Land System
VOC
— Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
MRAC
— Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale
OIS
— Obstruction Identification Surfaces
NSN
— National Satellite Network
ROMP
— Regional Observation Monitoring Program
PDEP
— Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Projection
VPASS
— Video Processor and Sync Separator
SPEK
— Sistem Pengeshan Kualiti
SAM
— Spatial Access Methods
OGDE
— Ontario Geographic Data Exchange
NEMO
— North East Map Organization
SMN
— Servicio Meteorologico Nacional
IBIS
— Image-Based Information System
MITES
— Miniature Interferometer Terminals for Earth Survey
LRDA
— Land Resources Data Analysis
NET
— New Electronic Titles
RPIE
— Replacement Photographic Image Equipment
VISC
— Visualization In Scientific Computing
ISPI
— Intermediate-scale Product Inventory
OIG
— Office of International Geology
WRAP
— Western Regional Applications Program
SDDP
— Spatial Data Discovery Portal
NMCC
— National Map Collection of Canada
GNULEX
— Geologic Names Unit Lexicon
SWOOP
— South Western Ontario Orthophotography Project
AIC
— Australian Institute of Cartographers
EF
— Eisenbahnfaehre
WSRN
— Washington State Reference Network
VRML
— Virtual Reality Mock-up Language
SHOL
— Shoal
CMIS
— Conical-scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder
AMA
— Associacion Mexicana Automovilistica
RPP
— RBV Preprocessor
MTAE
— Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitutu
GUNI
— Goteborgs Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen
ISTD
— Inter-Services Topographical Dept
HPFS
— High Pressure Fire Service
OSP
— Office of State Planning
DMT
— Digital Mapping Techniques
MTC
— Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones
MADM
— Multiple attributes decision-making
SUC
— Society of University Cartographers
UAS
— Unmanned Aerial Systems
CCAP
— Competative Cooperative Agreements Program
ENC
— Electronic Navigational Charts
CSAC
— Census Statistical Area Committee
GGMC
— Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
DLO
— Document-like object
SAZU
— Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti
TTD
— Tactical Terrain Data
DDG
— La direction des documents gouvernementaux
NIMSA
— National Interest Mapping Service Agreement
MOSS
— Map Overlay and Statistical System
QW
— Quality of water
SRF
— Systematic Reconnaissance Flights
LCMMP
— California Land Cover Mapping & Monitoring Program
WAM
— Western Air Maps
ERCE
— Groupe d'Etudes de Recherches Critiques d'Espace
CRV
— Cloth, rolled, varnished
TRE
— Topaz Ranch Estates
OC
— Oil and Gas Investigation Chart
OSCAR
— Online Satellite Catalog and Request System
TI
— Topographic instruction
CEMA
— Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
LUNHA
— Land Use History of North America
PIG
— Panstwowy Instytut Geologiczny
MAFI
— Magyar Allami Foldtani Intezet
HRD
— High-resolution data
IIGS
— Initial Image Generating System
GRB
— Government Records Branch
LIT
— Land Information Toronto
SKV
— Statens Kartverk
ULSD
— Uganda Department of Lands and Surveys
RCS
— Research Camera System
USGIF
— United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
RKW
— Rock in Water
OSDL
— Oregon Spatial Data Library
INTERPARES
— International Research on Permanent Authentic Records Electronic Systems
MPLIS
— Multipurpose land information system
MSTS
— Map Separates Tracking System
GPG
— Graphic Product Generation
ILMF
— International LiDAR Mapping Forum
HTS
— Human terrain systems
NLRB
— National Level Bibliographic Record
MAS
— Millimeterwave Atmospheric Sounder
RCWD
— Rancho California Water District
NCEE
— National Council of Engineering Examiners
DGK 5
— Deutsche Grundkarte 1:5 000
BND
— Stream bend
NIWAR
— National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Ltd
UDB
— Universal Data Base
LES
— Lincoln Electric System
BGHT
— Bight
TES
— Terrain Edit System
TWRI
— Techniques of Water Resources Investigations
GPSOS
— Global Positioning System Occultation Sensor
SAL
— Stanford Auxiliary Library
ASMC
— Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference
WCWMC
— William C. Wonders Map Collection
WT&H
— Woodward, Tiernan and Hale
SMB
— Surveys and Mapping Branch
SNWS
— Southern Nevada Water System
GBO
— Grabador
QLPS
— Quick-Look Processing System
RNRC
— Renewable Natural Resources Center
SEOS
— Stationary Earth Orbit Satellite
LFI
— Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar
TXMAP
— Texas Mapping Project
JMT
— Johnson, Mirmiran, & Thompson
STMM
— Stream mouth
MADAR
— Maps and Data at Ryerson
HPRASA
— High Plains Regional Aquifer System
LFVZ
— Leichtensteinische Fremdenverkehrszentrale
POD
— Print-on-demand
WDMC
— War Department Map Collection
SN
— Sine Nomine
T
— Tief
RIN
— Realty Information Network
TESEMPS
— Terrain Edit Station/Elevation Matrix Processing System
ONPR
— Office of National Petroleum Reserve
SIAN
— Service d'information de l'atlas nationale
CTI-S
— Centre for Topographic Information - Sherbrooke
NRIS
— National Resource Information System
OBRP
— Object representation
WNW
— West NorthWest
GSSA
— Geological Survey South Africa
GSTC
— Geospatial Service and Technology Center
SAA
— Southern Appalachian Assessment
DGRM
— Direccion General de Recursos Minerales
NPR-A
— National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
WP
— Word Processor
RKSW
— Rocks in Water
MRLA
— Major Land Resource Area
NWWS
— North West Wetlands Survey
W
— Westen
DBR
— Dienst Bodemkartering
MEDEA
— Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis
SICC
— Surveying Instrumentation and Coordinate Computation
WEIN B
— Weinberg
NCRST
— National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation
TLP
— Telephone Lifeline Program
PICA
— Project Integrated Catalogue Automation
SSK
— Stereo Softcopy Kit
IIAF
— Idaho Image Analysis Facility
TCI
— Touring Club Italiano
DW
— Data Warehousing
MGG
— Marine Geology and Geophysics Report
LVAS
— Landesvermessungsamt des Saarlandes
IMTA
— International Map Trade Association
SIRU
— Soils and Irrigation Research Unit
OSECO
— Ogden Surveying Equipment Company
RMT
— Remotely Measured Target
GBS
— Geograpic Base System
AP
— analytical plotter
ASC
— American Society of Cartographers
WADM
— Department of Mines Western Australia
SALT
— Salina
GEOSEC
— Geographic Security
GIAA
— Geometrics Industry Association of America
AWG
— Association for Women Geoscientists
SCGS
— South Carolina Geological Survey
ALOHA
— Aerial Locations of hazardous Atmospheres
MC
— Mapping Center
ICP
— Interactive closest points
GGS
— Georgia Geologic Survey
IGNC
— Institut Geographique National Congolaise
OFIPLAN
— Oficina de Planificacion Nacional
FSR
— Flight Summary Report
BOFRS
— Books and Open-File Report Section
SHOALS
— Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar System
CMM
— Coalbed Methane Map
VGS
— Vermont Geological Survey
LASN
— Local Area Spatial Network
WACMA
— Western Australia Central Map Agency
CUA
— Canadian Underwriters' Association
OALS
— Office of Arid Lands Studies
GUIDE
— Geomatics Utilization Inventory and Design Environment
NTDB
— National Topographic Data Base
IDS
— Information Decision Systems
TPS
— Topcon Positioning Systems
SIGS
— Solomon Islands Geological Survey
SLM
— Structure Line Model
NHPN
— National Highway Planning Network
CASS
— Coding and Accuracy Support System
DFC
— Digital Futures Coalition
NVCN
— National Vertical Control Network
GEOCORR
— Geographic Correspondence Engine
SLUPD
— Swaziland Land Use Planning Department
PDWS
— Precision digitizing workstation
ILEX
— Interactive Landsat Executive
JOG-G
— Joint Operations Graphic-Ground
JGS
— John Gaspar Scheuchzer
L/U
— Land use
SSURGO
— Soil Survey Geographical
PLQ
— Public land quadrangles
CPLAR
— Community Perspectives on Land and Agrarian Reform
SMMT
— Submilimeter Telescope
SLATS
— Statewide Landcover and Trees Study
BARD
— San Francisco Bay Area Regional Database
CDOWG
— CD-ROM Data Origination Working Group
MITE
— Megapixel Imaging Technology
ARD
— Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
SCWRC
— South Carolina Water Resources Commission
WSDOT
— Washington State Department of Transportation
TAPS
— Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors
SADR
— Spatial Address
NEHRP
— National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
EDUC
— Education User Conference
FSLUPC
— Federal/State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska
BN
— Bibliotheque Nationale
KGPS
— Kinematic Gps
WRI
— Water Resources Investigations
MVE
— Multi-View Editor
HLS
— Hue, lightness and saturation
REICHSBF
— Reichsbahnhof
NACS
— National Association of County Surveyors
GEOLAN
— Geological local area network
U/R
— Urban/rural
WSW
— West Southwest
CLSR
— Canada Lands Surveys Records
UQAM
— Universite du Quebec a Montreal
SERIES
— Satellite Emission Range Inferred Earth Surveying
RRH
— Regional Research Hydrologist
GEM
— Graphical Environment Manager
HLRS
— Highway Location Reference Standard
WAML
— Western Association of Map Libraries
ESC
— European Seismological Commission
SHMP
— Seizmis Hazard Mapping Program
REC
— Recompile
SA/S
— Source Aquisition Segment
CUSMAP
— Conterminous United States Minerals Assessment Plan
SDSS
— Spatial decision support systems
EBR
— Electron Beam Recorder
CCS
— Census Consolidated Subdivision
ENTWORF
— Entworfen
SPC
— State Plane Coordinate
TP&W
— Texas Parks & Wildlife
VLS
— Virtual Learning Systems, Inc.
P&DC
— Printing & Distribution Center
DUMC
— Dutch Union Map Catalogue
RTSD
— Royal Thai Survey Dept
PSSC
— Public Service Satellite Corporation
NPP
— NOOESS Preparatory Project
TIC
— The Technical Information Center
WSM
— Widener Surveying and Mapping
MDR
— Minimum Data Recorder
SDB
— Spatial Data Base
OO
— Object-Orientation
LTU
— Line Transfer Unit
CFC
— Comite francais de cartographie
CDIS
— Coordinated Design and Information System
ILC
— Interim Library Catalog
HPP
— High Precision Photogrammetry
IMP
— Integrated Micro Products Incorporated
PUG
— Petroleum Users Group
NI
— Natturfraedistofnun Islands
INSMAP
— International Symposium on Marine Positioning
LIO
— Land Information Ontario
PF
— Pfeiler
USNG
— US National Grid
DDI
— Design Data Incorporated
SCCAMA
— Southern California Computer Aided Mapping Association
WPG
— WordPerfect Graphic format
RPU
— Remote Positioning Unit
IR.CH.S.A.
— Iron chimney with spark arrestor
LCTY
— Locality
IUSM
— International Union for Surveying and Mapping
GEOINT
— Geographical intelligence
WR
— Water Resources
PPL
— Populated Place
GIL
— Geographic Information Librarianship
ARCC
— American Rivers Conservation Council
VAS
— Virginia Association of Surveyors
HRDB
— High-resolution Data Base
WBVT
— Wide-band video tape
MERRA
— Michigan Energy and Resources Research Association
NDSA
— National Digital Stewardship Alliance
CISIG
— Conservational International GIS
SMAC
— State Mapping Advisory Committee
EPB
— Earth Physics Branch
PURL
— Persistent URL software
USC
— Unified Soil Classification
JWS
— James W. Sewall Company, Inc.
ICED
— Intraprofessional Council on Environmental Design
SCGIS
— Sedgwick County GIS Department
NSGIC
— National States Geographic Information Council
MAPCAT
— Map catalog
CRBT
— Centre de Recherches Biologiques Tropicales
CGTP
— Cartographic and Geospatial Technology Programs
BTA
— Basic Trading Areas
CUBE
— Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator
MMOI
— Mathematical Mode of Inquiry
UVMAP
— Urban VMap
MRO
— Mars Reconnnaissance Orbiter
LUS
— Limited Update Stereo
CTA
— Crafton, Tull and Associates
NC&GS
— National Charting & Geodetic Survey
INC
— Institut National de Cartographie
MESH
— Mapping Edinburgh's Social History project
PES
— Post Enumeration Survey
SCO
— State Cartographer's Office
GPT
— GIS Portal Toolkit
SACC
— Spatial Analysis Coordinating Committee
JEZ
— jezioro
WCMC
— World Conservation Monitoring Center
WISE
— Women Investigating Sciences and Environment
ICM
— Instituto Cartografico Militar
CLL
— Corrected Line Length
VSEGEI
— Vsesoiuznnoi Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Geologicheskii Institut
TXRTK
— Texas RTK Network
EMF
— Enhanced Meta Files
HCRS
— Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
PPM
— Portable Pixelmap
JOG-A
— Joint Operations Graphic-Air
CRPD
— City Real Property Database
LH
— lichte Hohe
SES
— Standalone Edit Stations
SNLCS
— Servico Nacional de Levantamento e Conservaciao de Solos
PFM
— Pure File Magic
SPOTS
— Standard Programming Of Telemetry Systems
EHS
— Extremely hazardous materials
VRA
— Visual Resources Association's
ISTH
— Isthmus
RE COMP
— Recompile
EAF
— East African Force
NLAPS
— National Landsat Archive Production Sytem
MSV
— Model and Scenario Visualization
LCA
— Land Cover Analysis
TSC1
— Trimble System Controller
MCB
— Marke Carl Bauer
IO
— Interior orientation
DCPS
— Digital Cartographic Production Segment
CWS
— Cartographic workstation
NMC
— National Map Collection
GPF
— Geospatial Prototype Facility
PPA
— Provincial Archives of Alberta
LU
— Land units
SWAB
— Southwest Alluvial Basins
SLSD
— Sri Lanka Survey Department
CSIP
— Continental Scale International Project
IES
— Institute for Environmental Sciences
WCS
— World Construction Set
SUS
— Standard Update Stereoscopic
JP2
— JPEG2000
DIAP
— Digital Image Analytical Plotter
IA
— Infrastructure Analyst
RSSC
— Remote Sensing Science Council
CNI
— Coalition for Networked Information
CAN
— Controlled Area Network
PLGR
— Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver
MRDB
— Mapping Requirements Data Base System
NZGD
— New Zealand Geophysics Division
JSD
— Jamaica Survey Dept
STD.PAR.
— Standard parallel
MDP
— Master Data Processor
LMV
— Statens Lantmateriverket
OSSI
— Optronic Sensor for Stereo Imagery
MYCOE
— My Country, Our Earth
GPOS
— Government Printing Office Style Manual
CLU
— Common land units
PAD
— Position Aware Device
SCHEIT-ELST
— Scheitelstarke
CMI
— Corvallis Microtechnology Incorporated
FAB
— Fabrik
GXL-A
— GeoImaging Accelerator Aerial
MEI
— Maps Etc Incorporated
ZSE
— Zaenkert Surveying Essentials
SOC
— Society of Cartographers
PAL
— Prime agricultural lands
RDI
— Resource Data International Incorporated
GICS
— Geographic Identification Code Scheme
OHN
— Ontario Hydro Network
OQ
— Orthophoto quadrangle
IR.CH.
— Iron chimney
SCTRAP
— South Carolina Toxic Risk Atlas Project
HIT
— Horizons Technolgy Incorporated
OSFD
— Oregon State Forestry Department
RL
— Rannsoknastofnun Landbunadarins
TDT
— Terrestrial Dynamic Time
HLLS
— Hills
CRG
— Centre de Recherche en Geomatique
KHF
— Kirchhof
HFA
— Hydrologic Field Assistant
MAW
— Metropolitan Area Window
SUP.HDQRS.
— Supervisor's headquarters
NCE
— North Coast Engineering
PROWLER
— Pond, River, Ocean, Waterway and Lake Echosounder Remote
TASC
— The Analytic Sciences Corporation
SWDC
— Southwestern Colorado Data Center
PBF
— Personenbahnhof
NAVSOL
— Navigation Solutions LLC
NRS
— National Reference System
RV
— Reise- und Verkehrsverlag
NLCD
— National Land Cover Dataset
LIMS
— Location Management System
SDOI
— Spatial Data Organization Information
TIGER
— Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
INUPAL
— Informaciones Unidas para America Latina
PDS
— Photogrammetric Data Services
ERSP
— Epipolar Rectified Stereo Pair
CCID
— Chain component ID
SWA
— Super-wide angle
SB
— Survey of Bangladesh
TLG
— Telegraph
MTA
— Major Trading Areas
SPB
— Space Planning Bureau
NFAP
— National Forest Applications Program
FTM
— Foiben Taosarintanin i Madagasikara
PPGIS
— Public Participation GIS
VP
— Vertical Pipeline
NWA
— National Water Alliance
CRKT
— Tidal creek
IHA
— Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada
LKI
— Intermittent lake
ESSA
— Environmental Science Service Administration
ICIS
— Integrated Cadastral Information Society
CDL
— Cropland data layers
OASIS
— oceanic and atmospheric scientific information system
ZTS
— Zoom Transfer Scope
HGIS
— Historical GIS
SLD
— Slope-Line Detection
SUR
— Surveyor
AMI
— Applied Mapping Incorporated
T
— Tiefe
EVC
— East View Cartographic
SUM
— Standard Update Monoscopic
DGC
— Direct Geodetic Constraint
NSDC
— National Spatial Data Council
CBM
— Kubikmeter
ORRI
— Orthorectified radar imagery
LM
— Loh Mulhe
T
— Teich
MHTEHI
— Magyar Honvessdeg Terkepeszeti Hivatal
ESV
— EarthSystemsVisualizer
SSEOP
— Space Shuttle Observation Project
QBS
— Quality-based selection
ST.BR.
— Steinbruch
HTI
— HORIZONS TECHNOLOGY INC
UMS
— Universal Map Sharing
NCMP
— National Coastal Mapping Program
CSML
— Committee on Southern Map Libraries
TOPOCOM
— Army Topographic Command
CBP
— Chesapeake Bay Project
QS
— Quadratic splines
LAU
— Landesamt fur Umweltschutz
WIC
— Westindische Compagnie
IGZA
— Institut Geographique du Zaire
EDGE
— Energy Data Geographical Explorer
DSD
— Digital Sailing Directions
WTCD
— Deltaic watercourse
IFN
— Service de l'Inventaire Forestier National
LAMP
— Low Altitude Mapping Photogrammetry
UPPS
— Universal Projection Plotting System
LOD
— Levels of detail
FTL
— Future Temporal Logic
NNE
— North northeast
RECON
— Retrospective conversion
MGB
— Mississippi Bureau of Geology
INGM
— Instituto Nacional de Geologia
LTAP
— Long-Term Acquisition Plan
RAS
— Remote Analysis Systems
SLAT
— Spacecraft Location/Attitude Tape
LCD
— Liquid-crystal displays
LCS
— Liberian Cartographic Service
WT
— Washington Territory
MBR
— Minimum Bounding Rectangle
HDS
— High-Definition Surveying
ILI
— Institute for Land Information
NOMS
— Northern Ohio Map Society
NDG
— Northern Development Group Incorporated
SMI
— Surveyors Module International
MWF
— Map Window File
TOSCA
— The Oxford Seminars in Cartography
GDC
— Geographic Data Council
BSR
— Bibliographic Standard Record
TGS
— Technicolor Graphic Services, Inc.
TFEL
— Thin-film electrolumiscent
JFA
— John Frank and Associates
RTP
— Real Time Positioning
NERDD
— Networked Electronic Report & Document Distribution
KKH
— Karakoram Highway
MEHR-GESCH
— Mehrgeschossig
PICS
— Pacific Institute of Cartographers Society
ORN
— Ontario Road Network
DCT
— Direction Topographique et du Cadastre
LSS
— Life-saving station
MEWS
— Mono-Extraction Workstation
FGI
— Free Government Information
RDGE
— Ridge
TRES
— Trestle
NSLAB
— Niedersachsisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung
TAG
— Tabular And Graphic
SAGES
— Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society
NIIGA
— Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Institut Geologii Artiki
MOLDS
— Institute for Modernization of Land Data Systems
AIPP
— Ambroziak Infinite Perspective Projection
VAP
— Valley Air Photos
UDA
— User Data Area
RIG
— Retsam/Intergraph/Giant
MECM
— Missiao de Estudos Cartograficos de Macao
OII
— European Commission's Open Information Interchange
WLU
— World Land-use Survey
UAM
— United Aerial Mapping
RUIS
— San Diego Regional Urban Information System
RQA
— River Quality Assessment
MLA
— Multi-linear array
TIGA
— Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
LDP
— Low distortion projection
RBE
— Rule-Base Engine
EISB.BRCK.
— Eisenbahnbrucke
IHP
— International Hydrologic Program
LKC
— Crater lake
SWMD
— Selected World Mineral Deposits
JOM
— Journal of Maps
RPC
— Rational Polynomial Coefficient
WAG
— Wireless Assisted GPS
CAT
— Computer Assisted Thermography
SECO
— Surveying Equipment Company
PIER
— Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
LIC
— Land Information Centre
EGIS
— European GIS
VLC
— Volcano
CHA
— Canadian Hydrographic Association
STMD
— Distributary
ERA
— Electric Records Archives
EMMMA
— Environmental Mercury Mapping Modeling and Analysis
TD
— Topographische dienst
INCA
— Indian National Cartographic Society
RPE
— Regional Political Ecology
NRI
— National Resources Inventory
HW
— Hochwasser
GID
— Geodaetisk Institut
ESR
— Engineering Surveys Reproduction Ltd.
MLC
— Minimal Level Cataloging
STATSGO
— State Geographic Database
RG
— Record Group
TSA
— Texas Surveyors Association
LDD
— Land Development Desktop 2i
NLD
— National Levee Database
MRSA
— Major River Systems Analysis
SMART
— Spatial Mapping Academic Research Tools
EX.DOC.
— Executive document
SIB
— Solar Indices Bulletin
BRH
— Bush, Roed & Hitchings
GL
— Gleis
DTW
— Desk-top Workstation
KP
— King-post
LAMS
— Large Area Mosaicing Software
MDSD
— Mono-Digitizer Stereo-Digitizer
WAIS
— Western Antarctic Ice Sheet
KAS
— Keystone Aerial Surveys
TQ
— Topographic Quadrangle
KML
— Keyhold Markup Language
QP
— Queen-post
SAE
— Survey Agro Ekonomi
WGMG
— Working Group on Map Generalization
STMI
— Intermittent stream
LLA
— Adjusted line length
UDWR
— Utah Division of Water Resources
VMR
— Vertical Mapping Resources, Inc.
NDI
— Nautical Data International Incorporated
GO
— Geometric Operations
VICAR
— Video Information Communication and Retrieval
MRS
— Multispectral Resource Sampler
CSDS
— California Surveying and Drafting Supply
IRC
— Intergraph Registered Consultant
TPM
— Theodolitprufmachine
LKB
— Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett Incorporated
TCH
— Thomas Campanius Holm
TD
— Thematic data
TAC
— Topcon America Corporation
NOSC
— National Oceans Systems Center
TDM
— Tasmania Department of Mines
PLI
— Precision Laser & Instrument
NCAP
— National Collection of Aerial Photographs
LKSC
— Crater lakes
SRMC
— Southern Resources Mapping Corporation
RM
— Replacement mapping
LO
— Located object
EINGESCH
— eingeschossig
SILS
— Science Information and Libary Services
MEOW
— Mono-Extraction Orthophoto Workstation
USGK
— Utstredni Sprava Geodezie a Kartografie
IMA
— Intermap Analytic
WH
— Wirtshaus
BSC
— Boston Survey Consultants
PSA
— Paciulli, Simmons & Associates Limited
SCB
— Statistika Centralbyran
HD
— Hydrographic Dept
BIC
— Borderlands Information Center
IMG
— ADRG image format
ITA
— Intelligent Traverse Adjustment
NBF
— Nebenbahnhof
SCSD
— Street Centerline Spatial Dataset
NPF
— Norsk Petroleums-forening
SH
— School house
ISDP
— Indiana Spatial Data Portal
SHAPE
— Systematic Horizontol Adjustment of Positional Errors
MSR
— Minimal Spatial Representation
SVG
— Scaled Vector Graphics
BMP
— Bitmapped image format
NIP
— National Imagery Project
GIG
— Geologic Inquiries Group
TDN
— Topografische Dienst Nederland
VBF
— Verschriebebahnhof
ILSC
— Innovative Lidar Solutions Conference
TCT
— Trans-continental Traverse
NRT
— Navigation Response Team
GISP
— GIS professional
GRE
— Geologic Resources Evaluaion
POTS
— Pan-only Triangulation System
SHS
— Surveyors Historical Society
SMA
— Schweizerische Meteorologische Anstalt
UE
— Useful Elevation
PCD
— Practical Cartography Day
LMP
— Land Management Planning
EVG
— East View Geospatial
WSG
— Wine Specialty Group
J
— jezioro
NG
— Nicholas Guerard
JW
— John Webber
HFI
— Hall & Foreman
WSP
— Water-supply Paper
SGR
— Sandgrube
TLI
— Terrain Line Interpolation
SSI
— Surface Systems Incorporated
LR
— Laser Retroflector
ISMS
— International Society for Mine Surveying
WN
— Wiesen
SGS
— Stanford Geological Survey
VTD
— Voting District
ISLP
— Land-tied island
ULS
— Unmanned Lidar systems
TPS
— Thin-plate splines
KAP
— Kapelle
TNP
— Terrain Navigator Pro
VA
— Visual accumulation
RMD
— Hans Rudolf Manual Deutsch
VW
— Vorwerk
LGR
— Lehmgrube
GTI
— GIS Technology Incorporated
KO
— Kalkofen
TSI
— Teqnical Services Incorporated
STMA
— Anabranch
MF
— Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
SCA
— Samuel Chapman Armstrong
T
— Tramontana
WAT
— Weighted-average toxicity
NRN
— National Road Network
OAF
— Optimal aerial forecasting
TLP
— Telephone Logger Patch
ZMA
— Zone Map Automation
TH
— Triple hydrant
STB
— Steinbruch
WS
— Wiener spectra
TDA
— Teledeteccion Aplicada
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