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• LAN — Local Area Network
• URL — Universal Resource Locator
• REPCODE — Representation Code
• TBM — Temporary Bench Mark (in surveying)
• USA — United States of America
• US — United States of America
• XML — Extensible Markup Language
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• QLID — Queensland Land Information Directory
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• QC — Quality Control
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• R&D — Research & Development
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ISP — Internet Service Provider
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• LAGIC — Louisiana Geographic Information Center
• C4G — Center for GeoInformatics
• GUDS — Geologicky Ustav Dionyz Stur
• A IN B — Auto in basement
• RELOS — Regional Locator System
• K-L — Karhunen-Loeve
• CBD — Cash Before Delivery
• K F — Kummerly Frey AG
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• TBD — To Be Determined
• R&A OSS — Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• SMTP — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• PDR — Preliminary Design Review
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• WWW — World Wide Web
• ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• EOF — End Of File
• G W-N — George Washington
• GDDD — Geographical Data Description Directory
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• PIXEL — Picture Element
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• A-DCS — Advanced/Data Collection System
• JAGIS — Journalism and Gis Interest Group
• WALIS — Western Australian Land Information System

• QINSY — Quality Integrated Navigation System
• ADP — Automated Data Processing
• NADCON — North American Datum Conversion
• NAD 27 — North American Datum of 1927
• RAM — random-access memory
• U-TDOA — Uplink Time Difference of Arrival
• RASVY — Royal Australian Survey Corps
• WAGDA — Washington State Geospatial Data Archive
• PIDR — Polygon ID right
• C&MT — Communication & Measurement Technologies Limited
• DEPT — Department
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• S-VGA — Super Video Graphics Array
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• BAOSC — Bay Area Open Space Council
• ISDN — Integrated Services Digital Network
• E-N&N — Electronic News and Notes
• ASA — American Standards Association
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• NAD 83 — North American Datum of 1983
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• GBAMS — GBS Master Series
• C.BR — cement brick
• J&K — Jammu and Kashmir
• R&TS — Research & Technical Standards
• LAGEO — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• CADMAP — Computer-aided drafting, mapping, and photogrammetry
• R-VIS — Reality Visualization
• H.ST. — Halte Stelle
• WAGAP — Washington Gap Analysis Program
• WAML IB — Western Association of Map Libraries Information Bulletin
• T/RS — Township/Range System
• BANOBRAS — Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos
• NABGG — National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists
• UCDL — University of California Digital Library
• NAFSMA — National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
• IACWD — Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data
• BLDG — Building
• DA&SM — Data Acquisitions & Systems Maintenance
• I-SITE — Intelligent Screening of Imagery for Teleophthalmology
• OADCES — On-line Aerotriangulation Data Collection and Editing System
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• BAKOSUR-TANAL — Badan Koordinasi Survey dan Pemetaan Nasional
• WASCH — Waschhaus
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• S-SIG — Sureying Special Interest Group
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• WML — Wireless Markup Language
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency

• MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• UCLGES — Unified Cartographic Line Graph Encoding System
• E.ST. — Eisenbahn Station
• IAKAR — Inertially aided kinematic ambiguity resolution
• ACM — Association for Computing Machinery
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• OC-CLSA — Orange County Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association
• MAGERT — Map and Geography Round Table
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• IAEGS — Institute for Advanced Education in Geospatial Sciences
• SLIP — Serial Line Interface Protocol
• HAZUSMH — Hazards multihazard version
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• MAIGIS — Multi-Agency Internet Geographic Information Service
• MAGIRT — Map and Geospatial Round Table
• DLL — Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• EAS-E — Engineering and Survey-Exchange
• DAIS-1 — Digital Airborne Imagery System
• LANDRU — Local Access to Networked Data Retrieval Utility
• BAOR — British Army of the Rhine
• EARTHSAT — Earth Satellite Corp
• EEC — European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU)
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• HANDGPS — High Accuracy Nationwide Differential GPS
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• BPS — bits per second
• UDP — User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
• ARCFM — Arc Facilities Manager
• HAUPTM — Hauptmann
• MIN — Minute
• PST — Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours)
• SIC — Standard Industrial Classification (Code)
• HQ — Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
• DBMS — Database Management System
• IAHWG — Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Working Group
• UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• DAISIDS — Distributed Ad-hoc Intelligent Sensor-Intrusion Detection System
• AOL — America on line
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• IMO — International Maritime Organization
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• IBRD — International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
• JATOP — Army Topographic Service

• MST — Mountain Standard Time
• ARCH — Architect
• SCSI — Small Computer System Interface
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• UN — United Narions
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• YD — Yard
• EDT — Eastern Daylight Time
• EPIRB — Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
• W3C — World Wide Web Consortium
• I/O — Input/Output
• RISC — Reduced Instruction Set Computer
• ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• NCR — National Capital Region (Metro Manila)
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• IM — Information Management
• CIA — Central Intelligence Agency
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• RTF — Rich Text Format
• FORTRAN — FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
• ASCE — l'American Society of Civil Engineers
• RAID — Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
• GPO — Government Printing Office
• HUD — Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
• JPEG — Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format)
• DDL — Data Definition Language
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• ROW — Right-Of-Way
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• TN — Tennessee
• ENIAC — Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• CORBA — Common Object Request Broker Architecture
• SEATO — Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• LEO — Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
• Y2K — Year 2000
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• 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.")
• USAF — United States Air Force
• WAP — Wireless Application Protocol
• UT — Utah
• VDT — Video Display Terminal
• SD — South Dakota
• JAXA — Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• VI — U.S. Virgin Islands
• AU — Astronomical Unit

• AIA — American Institute of Architecture
• ESCAP — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
• MIME — Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
• AEC — Architecture, Engineering, Construction
• RI — Rhode Island
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• COBOL — Common Business-Oriented Language
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• GUID — Globally Unique Identifier
• CEU — Continuing Education Unit
• DIME — Dual Independent Map Encoding
• ASEE — American Society for Engineering Education Gulf
• SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language
• ICMP — Internet Control Message Protocol
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• NSA — National Security Agency
• BPI — bits per inch
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program
• SEDUE — Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia
• NAICS — North American Industry Classification System
• SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
• OR — Oregon
• NJ — New Jersey
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• WAC — World Aeronautical Chart
• VT — Vermont
• TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• WV — West Virginia
• CG — Coast Guard
• KV — Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement)
• DOM — Document Object Model
• WI — Wisconsin
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• DPI — Dots per inch.
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• HF — High Frequency
• CLK — Clerk
• ABUT — Abutment
• MSE — Mean Square Error
• FA — Fire Alarm
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• AB — Air Base
• DSF — Delivery Sequence File
• MDT — Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
• NEB — Nebraska
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• KDMS — Kork Digital Mapping System

• TX — TEXAS
• AIREA — American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
• MATLAB — Matrix Laboratory
• BIA — Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
• RDS — Radio Data System
• USA — United States Army
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• FOUO — For Official Use Only
• SDBMS — Spatial Database Management System
• AASP — American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• WY — Wyoming
• FSA — Farm Service Agency
• FMC — Federal Maritime Commission's
• 3D — three-dimensional (geophysics)
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• SMSA — Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• ITRF — International Terrestrial Reference Frame
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• GLAB — Bayerisches Geologisches Landesamt
• AUV — Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
• RSVP — Resource Reservation Protocol (Internet)
• SMS — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
• UML — Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG)
• PMSA — Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
• DNC — Digital Nautical Chart
• PRIM — Primary
• WA — Washington Accord
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution of Precision
• ISRO — Indian Space Research Organisation
• VA — Virginia
• CMSA — Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
• COE — Creek Corps of Engineers
• AG — Attorney General
• NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Services
• PROSYS — Production System--Unix
• FOM — Field Operations Manual
• QDF — Queensland Department of Forestry
• FPU — Floating Point Unit
• RAIM — Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
• MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• VI — British Virgin Islands
• REVPG — Revision and Product Generation System
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• DCMI — Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (Online Computer Library Center)
• TTY — Teletype Telex Machine
• UC — University of California
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)

• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• DILIGENT — Digital Library Infrastructure on Grid Enabled Technology
• UID — User IDentification
• AFS — Air Force Station
• BFE — Base Flood Elevation
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• CCAFS — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
• OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• STF — Summary Tape File
• LEP — Linear Error Probable
• DDN — U.S. Defense Data Network
• EIM — Environmental Information Management
• CCITT — Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) [now ITU-T]
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• V — Volt (measurement)
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• IW — Information Warfare
• ECDIS — Electronic Chart Display and Information System
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
• TLV — Threshold Limit Value
• ENTR — Entrance
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• TVA — Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
• UNDP — United Nations Development Program
• RGB — red-green-blue (signal)
• OLAP — Online Analytical Processing
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• S/W — Software
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• KSC — John F. Kennedy Space Center
• LUST — Leaking Underground Storage Tank
• VGA — Video Graphics Array
• PHILADA — Philadelphia
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• UNGEGN — United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• INS — Inertial Navigation System
• KAM — Kansas Association of Mappers
• DEIS — Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• USNO — United States Naval Observatory
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• LMIC — Land Management Information Center
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• USN — United States Navy
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• EAC — Engineering Accreditation Commission

• PND — Pond Air Express
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• WB — World Bank
• GML — Geography Markup Language
• NBFU — National Board of Fire Underwriters
• BPA — Bonneville Power Administration (US)
• AOI — Area Of Interest
• MRSH — Marsh
• ND — North Dakota
• AWS — Air Weather Service
• IPY — International Polar Year
• SCDOT — South Carolina Department of Transportation
• CAM — Computer-Aided Mapping
• AWIPS — Advanced weather Interactive Processing System (NOAA)
• MLLW — Mean Lower Low Water (nautical Charts)
• UTM — Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System)
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• EPS — Encapsulated Postscript
• EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• TDOA — Time Difference Of Arrival
• TD — Total Depth
• NM — New Mexico
• IALA — International Association Of Lighthouse Authorities
• UID — Unique Identifier
• SV — Space Vehicle
• VCR — video cassette recorder/player
• TIFF — Tag Image File Format
• IL — Illinois
• IJC — International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• VBA — Visual BASIC for Applications
• CSOC — Consolidated Space Operations Center
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• TDD — Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• LFC — Large Format Camera
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• IRDS — Information Resource Dictionary System
• ASCS — Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
• AAPG — American Association of Petroleum Geologists
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• TWP — Township
• EDMS — Electronic Document Management System

• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• AWWA — American Water Works Association (Denver)
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• BLOB — Binary Large Object
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• RP — Reference Point
• IHO — International Hydrographic Organization
• NYSDOT — New York State Department of Transportation
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• SVD — Singular Value Decomposition
• OPR — Office Of Planning And Research
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• IHB — International Hydrographic Bureau
• EA — Environmental Assessment, EIAP
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• ICT — Information and Communication Technologies
• ARAMCO — Arabian American Oil Company
• NHTSA — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• FRA — Federal Railroad Administration
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• NII — National Information Infrastructure (USA)
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• GRD — Ground Resolved Distance
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• LAS — Land Analysis System
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• VDU — Video Display Unit
• AM/FM — Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• HLW — High Level Waste
• TXDOT — Texas Department of Transportation
• LONG — Longitude
• VML — Vector Markup Language
• BEF — British Expeditionary Force
• BOTUS — Best of the US
• ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics's
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• JR HS — Junior High School
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• TI — Texas Instruments, Inc.
• BDY — Boundary
• TRB — Technical Review Board (MRR)
• MLW — Mean Low Water (nautical Charts)
• INMARSAT — International Maritime Satellite
• WYO — Wyoming
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• FHWA — Federal Highway Administration

• COV — Cover
• IPX — Internet Packet Exchange
• MOA — Minute Of Angle
• IRRI — International Rice Research Institute
• GRS 80 — Geodetic Reference System of 1980
• NC — North Carolina
• PENNDOT — Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• REA — Rural Electrification Administration (US)
• EDIFACT — Electronic Data Interchange for Administration Commerce and Transport
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• FAS — Foreign Agricultural Service
• NIMA — National Imagery and Mapping Agency (became National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|NGA)
• USMC — United States Marine Corporation
• S/N — Signal-to-Noise ratio
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• RIT — Rochester Institute of Technology
• CADD — computer-aided design and drafting
• BIM — Building Information Model
• NCDOT — North Carolina Department of Transportation
• LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• LON — Longitude
• DAC — Digital-To-Analog Converter
• BIP — Band Interleaved by Pixel
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• RPF — Raster Product Format
• AFWA — Air Force Weather Agency
• MLRA — Major Land Resource Area
• NYPL — New York Public Library (New York, NY)
• LDG — Landing (aviation)
• NESS — National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• CERCLIS — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US)
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• NEL — National Exploitation Laboratory
• FLOPS — FLoating-Point Operations Per Second
• SLP — Slope
• TMS — Thematic Mapper Simulator
• USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
• CSPG — Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• PARC — Palo Alto Research Center
• FWS — United States Fish and Wildlife Service
• DBH — Diameter at Breast Height
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• SOCC — Satellite Operations Control Center
• BHF — Bahnhof

• SF — San Francisco
• APWA — American Public Works Association's
• WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System
• GNSS — Global Navigation Satellite System
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• ITS — Intelligent Transportation System
• NSKV — Norges Sjokartverk
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• UW — University of Washington
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• TBM — Tunnel Boring Machine
• TELNET — Telecommunications Network Protocol
• CIO — Central Imagery Office
• EGNOS — European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
• VTRANS — Vermont Agency of Transportation
• DTM — Digital Terrain Model
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
• MDOT — Michigan Department of Transportation
• ERIM — Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• S/C — Spacecraft
• BNA — block numbering area
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• IIS — Internet Information Server
• FOSS — Free / Open-Source Software
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• ACSM — American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
• BS.AS. — Buenos Aires
• VILL — VILLAGE
• TDOT — Tennessee Department of Transportation's
• RICS — Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• OSU — Oregon State University
• ADOT — Arizona Department Of Transportation
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• TS — Top Secret
• HDTV — High-Definition Television
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• RGS — Royal Geographic Society
• JTIDS — Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (djay-tidz)
• NRO — U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
• ASTM — American Society for Testing Materials
• ADF — Application Development Facility
• BRCK — Brucke
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• CDOT — Colorado Department Of Transportation
• BGN — United States Board on Geographic Names
• USFS — United States Forest Service

• VRS — Virtual Reference Station
• UPRN — Unique Property Reference Number
• GLI — Global Imager
• FRS — Fellow of the Royal Society
• CASE — Computer-Aided Software Engineering
• UAS — Unmanned Aircraft System
• DSIR — Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
• SIPES — Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States
• ADM2 — Second-order administrative division
• ARR — Arrondissement
• FACC — Feature and Attribute Coding Catalogue
• DOA — United States Department of Agriculture
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• VPF — Vector Product Format
• KDD — Knowledge Discovery in Databases
• WSC — Water Survey of Canada
• NAVD — North American Vertical Datum
• OTH — Over the Horizont
• OCL — Object Constraint Language
• NMDOT — New Mexico Department of Transportation
• POLYID — Polygon identification number
• MARAD — Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet)
• EMAP — Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
• XMP — Extensible Metadata Platform
• IASI — Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• OFFN — Offnung
• XMI — XML Metadata Interchange
• ONC — Operational Navigation Chart
• TWRA — Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• UHF — Ultrahigh Frequency
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• JERS — Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• CDI — Compact Disk Interactive
• NFDRS — National Fire Danger Rating System
• DISTDAHS — Distributed Satellite Telemetry Data Handling System
• CANSIS — Canadian Soil Information System
• IGY — International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
• RCH — Reach
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• TEC — US Army Topographic Engineering Center
• AGSO — Australian Geological Survey Organisation
• TLM — Telemetry
• RE — Royal Engineers
• B/W — Black and White
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)

• IDOT — Illinois Department of Transportation
• GWEN — Ground Wave Emergency Network
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• SROM — Spectro-radiometer for Ocean Monitoring
• PIMMA — Pipeline Integrity Management Mapping Application
• UPC — Universal Product Code
• NGA — National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency; US government)
• RY — Railway
• HSV — Hue Saturation Value
• TBPLS — Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
• OCE — Of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
• NDOT — Nevada Department of Transportation
• DRAPP — Denver Regional Aerial Photography Program
• DLG — Digital Line Graphic
• USDOT — United State Department of Transportation
• T — tonne
• WEF — Water Environment Federation (formerly WPCF)
• LBS — Location-Based Services
• ILWIS — Integrated Land and Water Information System
• VAL — Valley
• TRIM — Terrain Resource Information Management
• SRTM — Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
• SIGGRAPH — Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery
• AVL — An Automatic Vehicle Location
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• IAG — International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
• VDOT — Virginia Department of Transportation
• BLVD — Boulevard
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
• COTS — Commercial-off-the-shelf
• TAC — Technology Accreditation Commission
• DWF — Drawing Web Format (files)
• VABM — Vertical Angle Elevation Bench Mark
• ASPRS — American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• INCITS — International Committee for Information Technology Standards
• NITF — National Imagery Transmission Format
• FNESA — Federation of New England Surveyors Associations
• AVS — Application Visualization System
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• H/W — Hardware
• NAMCOR — National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia
• ITC — International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• NEXRAD — Next Generation Weather Radar
• IS&T — Information Systems & Technology
• TERCOM — Terrain Contour Matching
• CIESIN — Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
• LBA — Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere experiment in Amazonia
• LEC — Lockheed Electronics Company

• FMCSA — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
• APA — American Planning Association
• EO — Earth Observation
• TRF — Terrestrial Reference Frame
• TAC — Terrain Analysis Center
• FGDC — Federal Geographic Data Committee's
• CDOW — Colorado Division of Wildlife
• TMDL — Total Maximum Daily Load
• LP — Line Printer
• POS LV 220 — Position and Orientation System for Land Vehicles 220
• PRS92 — Philippines Reference System of 92
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• NPIC — National Photographic Interpretation Center
• SHORAN — short-range navigation
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• AWRA — American Water Resources Association's
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• IVHS — Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems
• JISC — Joint Information Systems Committee
• IBWC — International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
• JICA — Japan International Cooperation Agency
• DARO — (U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
• BOR — Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
• NNW — North North-West
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• NVDI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• NYC — New York City
• VTIR — visible and thermal infrared radiometer
• PGML — Precision Graphics Markup Language
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• PBM — Portable Bitmap
• OTF — On-The-Fly (data acquisition method)
• APCA — Air Pollution Control Association (Pittsburgh)
• TARGA — Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter
• AFCEA — Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• INTELSAT — International Telecommunications Satellite
• NAD — North American Datum
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• NARS — National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
• SDDOT — South Dakota Department of Transportation
• WPCF — Water Pollution Control Federation
• IBDF — Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal
• ENG.DEPARTMENT — Engineering Dept
• NCGIA — National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• PROSIX — Production System
• USDI — United States Department of the Interior (also
• WGS — World Geodetic System
• UKMO — United Kingdom Meteorological Office

• GEOG — Geography
• GWE — Global Weather Experiment
• CSFS — Colorado State Forest Service
• D/A — Digital-to-Analog
• DDPO — Defense Dissemination Program Office
• HGBF — Hauptgueterbahnhof
• FRGS — Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
• GLONASS — Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System, Russia
• PAT — Polygon Attribute Table
• ZFB — Zucker Fabrik
• USCE — United States Army Corporation of Engineers
• DLG-E — Digital Line Graph-Enhanced
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• CONN — Connecticut
• NGGI — National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
• SSW — South Southwest
• HCMM — Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission
• IMU — Inertial Measurement Unit
• FGCC — Federal Geodetic Control Committee
• ETM — Enhanced Thematic Mapper
• SYMAP — Synagraphic Mapping System
• VHRR — Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• IDIQ — indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity
• PANGA — Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
• HRIR — high-resolution infrared radiometer
• CZM — Coastal Zone Management
• IUGS — International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
• IAH — International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
• CGMW — Commission for the Geological Map of the World
• GNIS — Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
• TAZ — Traffic Analysis Zone
• CDFS — Cloud Depiction and Forecast System
• WIMS — Weather Information Management System
• SOHO — SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory
• GLDAS — Global Land Data Assimilation System
• ASLO — American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• AMAP — Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
• DMAAC — Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center
• ASF — Alaska SAR Facility
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Sounder
• DCDSTF — Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
• HBGN — Hawaii Board on Geographic Names
• MCO — Mars Climate Orbiter
• AVE — Avenue
• L/C — land cover
• SCAR — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)
• ISPRS — International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• TEFIS — Transmission Electrical Facilities Information System
• GLOBE — Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
• JFIF — JPEG File Interchange Format

• DFO — Department of Fisheries and Oceans(Pronounced: DEE-fete)
• TTPI — Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• NFLD — Newfoundland
• FLIR — Forward-Looking Infrared (Radar)
• GEOS — Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite
• AML — ARC Macro Language
• ISAPI — Internet Server Application Programming Interface
• INQUA — International Union for Quaternary Research
• IAHS — International Association of Hydrological Sciences
• CD-R — Compact Disk-Recordable
• ICA — International Cartographic Association
• HRDI — high-resolution Doppler imager
• SDTS — Spatial Data Transfer Standard
• GLRS — Geoscience Laser Ranging System
• ABZW — Abzweigstelle
• CES — Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES)
• JMTK — Joint Mapping Tool Kit
• IAGS — Inter-American Geodetic Survey
• NNSS — Navy Navigational Satellite System
• ESIP — Earth Science Information Partnership
• CAG — Canadian Association of Geographers
• GCHC — Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
• AUVSI — Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
• FGEF — Federal Geographic Exchange Format
• ONERN — Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales (Spanish: Office of National Assessment of Natural Resources; Peru)
• SMIRR — Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer
• BL — Boulevard
• MBPS — Million bits per second
• HCMR — heat-capacity mapping radiometer
• NDCDB — National Digital Cartographic Data Base
• NCIC — National Cartographic Information Center
• IHD — International Hydrological Decade (UNESCO)
• GISS — Goddard Institude of Space Studies
• BIL — Band Interleaved by Line
• DDS — Digital Data Storage
• BLPU — Basic Land and Property Unit
• MRIR — Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• BIOTROP — Regional Center for Tropical Biology
• TEX — Texas
• HI — Hawaiian Islands
• NAVD 88 — North American Vertical Datum 1988
• ITE — Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC)
• JECA — John E. Chance and Associates
• OWS — OGC Web Services
• IWRA — International Water Resources Association (USA)
• WCS — World Coordinate System
• GOMS — Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
• CGCRT — Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table
• CARL — Canadian Association of Research Libraries
• USNC — United States National Committee

• ISU — international system of units
• MICH — Michigan
• VTR — Video Tape Recording
• DEA — David Evans and Associates, Inc
• SIRS — Satellite Infrared Spectrometer
• TIR — Tabula Imperii Romani
• USACE — Unites States Army Corps of Engineers
• UN-GGIM — United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
• EFFIS — European Forest Fire Information System
• WRD — Water Resources Divistion
• OSBEELS — Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying
• IDR — Interface drawing
• NALMS — North American Lake Management Society
• OUO — Official-Use Only
• LUMS — Land Use Management System
• OPCS — Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
• USDC — United States Department of Commerce
• TRAFO — Transformator
• MCAS — Marine Corps Air Station
• SSE — South-Southeast
• UPS — Universal Polar Stereographic
• BORPELS — Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
• TUNS — Technical University of Nova Scotia
• DFIRM — Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
• IGSN71 — International Gravity Standardization Net 1971
• PLSS — Public Land Survey System
• PLOT — Plotting
• JOMAR — Joint Office for Mapping And Research
• NIS — Nationwide Inpatient Sample
• HQSP — Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project
• BEICIP — Bureau d'Etudes Industrielles et de Cooperation de l'Institut Francais du Petrole
• CMEDS — Comprehensive Mapping and Engineering Data System
• NGRS — National Geodetic Reference System
• ENE — east-northeast
• ECEY — Every City, Every Year
• V&V — Verification & Validation
• NSRS — National Spatial Reference System
• PCA — principal components analysis
• GLAI — Green Leaf Area Index
• ORSER — Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources
• KRG — Kurdistan Regional Government
• USD — University of South Dakota
• VEN'D — Brick veneered building
• ACDDS — Advanced Cartographic Data Digitizing System
• NSPE — National Society of Professional Engineers
• OCTS — Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner
• SODEMI — Societe pour le Developpement Minier de la Cote d'Ivoire
• SOFRATOP — Societe francais de travaux topographique et photogrammetriques
• RT OF W — Right-of-way
• ERR — Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg

• GLO — General Land Office
• ACACC — Association des Cartotheques et Archives Cartographiques du Canada
• NRSA — National Remote Sensing Agency
• THNOC — The Historic New Orleans Collection
• A&E — Architect and Engineering
• DCA — Department of Community Affairs
• ACM-SIGGRAPH — Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Graphics
• IMACS — Integrity Monitoring and Control Software
• PAN — Polska Akademia Nauk
• PDH — Professional Development Hours
• WD — Working Draft
• PAVE — Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental data
• MTSAT — Multi-functional Transport Satellite
• EP — End Point
• OF — Open File
• CLA — Canadian Library Association
• JCP — Joint Committee on Printing
• HCFCD — Harris County Flood Control District
• FME — Feature Manipulation Engine
• DPMA — Data Processing Management Association
• NMAS — National Map Accuracy Standard
• NSTB — National Satellite Test Bed
• PG/S — Product Generation Segment
• PAN-STARRS — Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System
• TOF — Time of Flight
• NCDSB — National Cartographic Data Standard Base
• MSIRI — Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
• OSTA — Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (US NASA; now OAST)
• LRDC — Land Resources Development Centre
• ISC — Information Systems Council
• OFR — Open File Report
• GSHAP — Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
• RPMIS — Real Property Management Information System
• MWDI — Master Water Data Index
• SMIPS — Small Interactive Image Processing System
• LULC — Land Use/Land Cover
• CHS — Canadian Hydrographic Service
• APO — Apogee
• AGRASID — Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database
• FESWMS — Finite Element Surface Water Model System
• SBET — Smoothed bed estimate of trajectory
• ANZLIC — Australia New Zealand Land Information Council
• AHS — Automated Highway System
• NGVD29 — National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
• DESI — Diversified Energy Services, Inc.
• BSU — Base Spatial Unit
• NZOI — New Zealand Oceanographic Institute
• CAZRI — Central Arid Zone Research Institute
• CBEPS — Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors
• FZDS — Flood Zone Determination Services

• WRIDS — Wildland Resources Information Display System
• MGRS — Military Grid Reference System
• ENGR.BN. — Engineer Battalion
• KAN — Kansas
• ITRF00 — International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000
• ACSTTO — Association of Certified Survey Technicians and Technologists of Ontario
• DAR — Data Acquisition Request
• NCITS — National Committee for Information Technology Standards
• STDN — Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network
• GOS — Geospatial One-Stop
• ASCE SMD — American Society of Civil Engineers Surveying and Mapping Division
• AOLS — Association of Ontario Land Surveyors
• NLDAS — North American Land Data Assimilation System
• DLG2DEM — Digital Line Graph to Digital Elevation Model
• WORM — Write Once, Read Many times
• DPPDB — Digital Point Positioning Data Base
• DADS — Digital Assisted Data Base System
• AFLAG — Asean Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics
• NEAR — Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
• NRVIS — Natural Resources and Values Information System
• FTA — Federal Transit Administration
• PLAT — Plateau
• GCT — Greenwich Civil Time
• SANGIS — San Diego Geographic Information Source
• DDTI — Digital Data Technologies, Inc.
• ACSC — Automobile Club of Southern California
• WAGN — West Antarctic GPS Network
• QM — Quadratmeter
• DNREP — Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
• BOM — Bureau Of Mines
• HXGN — Hexagon Global Network
• CUR — Council on Undergraduate Research
• NATMAP — Division of National Mapping
• CSR — Center for Space Research
• PACON — Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology
• GDF — Geographic Data File
• ACIU — Allied Central Interpretation Unit
• LINZ — Land Information New Zealand
• GVF — Goodness of Variance Fit
• BOUL — Boulevard
• DDF — Data descriptive file
• MHW — Mean High Water (nautical Charts)
• MAPDS — Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca Direccion de Suelos
• GQL — Graphical Query Language
• CACS — Canadian Active Control System
• KAR — Kinematic Ambiguity Resolution
• PUMA — Public Use Microdata Area (US Census)
• MPLS — Minneapolis
• R/S — Remote Sensing
• AOO — American Oceanographic Organization

• LADAR — Laser Detection and Ranging (Laser Radar)
• ADPDP — Alaska Division of Policy Development and Planning
• TDS — Tripod Data Systems
• MDSHS — Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society
• LUMIS — Land Use Management Information System
• BPR — Bureau of Public Roads
• HUND — Hundred
• CON — Concrete
• CCMEO — Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
• SIF — Standard Interchange Format
• PDOP — Position Dilution of Precision
• CMAP — Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
• A/D — Analog to Digital (conversion)
• USPLSS — Public Land Survey System
• LQ — Letter Quality
• WW — Water Works
• SEDESOL — Secretaria De Dessarrollo Social
• BDSO — Banque de donnees des statistiques officielles sur le Quebec
• SOI — Survey Of India
• RUIN — Ruins
• UP — Urban Planning
• ION — Institute Of Navigation
• PNRC — Pacific Northwest Regional Commission
• TNP — Transportation Network Profile
• ANAE — Atlas of North American English
• NWFP — North-West Frontier Province
• OWRT — Office of Water Research and Technology (DOI)
• ATON — Aids to Navigation
• SBV ADM — Schulbucher-Verschleiss-Administration
• DC&A — Data Collection and Analysis
• ACRES — Australian Centre for Remote Sensing
• SIP — Scanner Interface Processor
• CAMEO — Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations System
• NMBM&MR — New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
• AWMC — Ancient World Mapping Center
• BLVA — Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt
• LDNG — Landing
• AACCCM — Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials
• ELC — End of Line Code
• TP — Township
• COP/BOP — City of Portland Bureau of Planning
• ADDA — American Design Drafting Association
• CVO — Cascades Volcano Observatory
• ALSA — Alberta Land Surveyors Association
• USGPO — United States Government Printing Office
• ESDI — Earth Science Data Interface
• RDG — Ridge
• NAIS — National Atlas Information Service
• HURRDAT — Hurricane Data Set
• YK — Yukon

• BTS — Border and Transportation Security (DHS)
• AESE — Association of Earth Science Editors
• BANQ — Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Satellites
• AGRI-STARS — Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys through Aerospace Remote Sensing
• TACC — Texas Advanced Computing Center
• FLHO — Federal Lands Highway Office
• APDR — Avec privilege du Roi
• NDL — National Digital Library
• MCE — Mapping and Charting Establishment
• NEDSS — National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
• 3DEP — 3D Elevation Program
• ABGPS — Airborne GPS
• ADAR — Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration
• TH — Territory of Hawaii
• DGN — Domestic Geographic Name
• IRIS R&A — Research and Analysis Branch, Interim Research and Intelligence Service
• WLS — Weighted Least Squares
• DMCA — Digital Millenium Copyright Act
• MN/DOT — Minnesota Department of Transportation
• CDTED — Compressed Digital Terrain Elevation Data
• ADE — Autocad Data Extension
• ASLA — American Society of Landscape Architects
• NGAC — National Geospatial Advisory Committee
• PPWK — Panstwowe Przedsiebiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych
• RSPA — Research and Special Programs Administration
• GEBCO — General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
• CDRS — Collaborative Digital Reference Service
• STATSCAN — Statistics Canada
• AC&C — Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography
• BIMCC — Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle
• AI/ANA — American Indian/Alaska Native Area
• MDM — Mount Diablo Meridian
• CELSOC — Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
• GIRAS — Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System
• FEDUC — Federal User Conference
• TBV — To Be Verified
• DMGIS — Data Map and Government Information Services
• BIOMAPS — Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
• RMSE — Root Mean Squared Error
• SDUK — Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
• AACR2 — Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2d. ed.
• MOP — Ministerio de Obras Publicas
• AMIS — Aviation Management Information System
• GGNRA — Golden Gate National Recreation Area
• ATKIS — Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches Informationssystem
• IDIMS — Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System
• IGEBU — Institut Geographique De Burundi
• ISBD(ER) — International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources
• DATPE — Direction de l'Amernagement du Territoire et de la Protection de l'Environnement (Haiti)

• DPW — Department of Public Works and Utilities
• GDN — Geography Discipline Network
• DS/S — Data Services Segment
• QH — Quadruple Hydrant
• NBI — National Bridge Inventory
• WADGPS — Wide Area Differential Gps
• OGP — OpenGeoportal
• ANVSA — Alaska native village statistical area
• NHLSA — New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association
• LSIT — Land Surveyor In Training
• LIEUT — Lieutenant
• ACSAD — Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands
• NEIC — National Earthquake Information Center
• CEDARE — Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe
• SEVIRI — Spinning Enhanced Visible & InfraRed Imager
• DLR — Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt
• DMATC — Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center
• NACIS — North American Cartographic Information Society
• IMGW — Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej
• ILL — Illinois
• BMG — Bureau of Mines and Geosciences
• PHC — Probable Hydrologic Consequences
• BCC — Bibliographic Control Committee
• CARES — Center for Agricultural, Resource, and Environmental Systems
• SAM INC — Surveying and Mapping, Incorporated
• DPED — Department of Planning and Economic Development
• LTE — Less Than or Equal
• DLNR — Department of Land and Natural Resources
• FU — Field Unit
• SESCPF — Service d'Etude Des Sols Et De La Carte Pedalogique De France
• TGO — Trimble Geomatics Office
• DAAS — Defense Automatic Addressing System
• A/E — Architectural/engineering
• DWR — Department of Water Resources
• SPDK — Sistem Pengurusan Data Kadaster
• DTOP — Digital Topographic Data
• ICEX — Ice and Climate Experiment
• SIGLIT — Special Interest Group on Library Information Technology
• RSC/TAMU — Remote Sensing Center/Texas A&M University
• BDG — Bridge
• WR — Western Region
• BMR — Bureau of Mineral Resources
• AAES — American Association of Engineering Societies
• AODC — Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
• PSU — Primary Sampling Unit
• RA — Rural Area
• UNIVERSITY — University
• PSPCI — Professional Surveyors Publishing Company, Inc.
• SDH — Spatial Data Handling
• AE2S — Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.

• PPDB — Point Positioning Data Base
• RBV — Return Beam Vidicon
• GIDW — General inverse-distance weighted interpolation model
• GIF — Graphics Interchange File
• APIS — Aerial Photography Information System
• CGPM — Conference General des Poids et Mesures
• MENR — Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
• GQ — Geologic Quadrangle
• NLQ — Near-letter quality
• AARLS — Arkansas Association of Registered Land Surveyors
• APEGGA — Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
• EBRPD — East Bay Regional Park District
• COLD — Computer Output to Laser Disc
• INSTITUTE — Institute
• ASHTD — American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• OACH — Office of the Assistant Chief Hydrologist
• NOPPA — National Ocean Pollution Protection Act
• GSJ — Geological Survey of Japan
• NJSPLS — New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• DED — Data Element Dictionary
• HON — Honorable
• ARK — Arkansas
• GTE — Greater Than or Equal
• DMA TC — Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center
• NADO — National Association of Development Organizations
• GEO-CAT — Geographic catalog of political and statistical areas
• MPC — Minnesota Population Center
• COMDG — Commanding
• GCRC — Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
• WDOE — Washington Department Of Ecology
• CLD — Center Line Data
• MAT-SU — Matanuska-Susitna Borough
• RCC — Regional Census Center
• WTUSM — Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping
• NJMAPP — New Jersey Mapping Assistance Partnership Program
• BSQ — Band Sequential
• NDSPLS — North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• ORSTOM — Office De La Recherche Scientifique Et Technique Outre Mer
• NBG — Nurnberg
• BRFD — Bidirectional reflectance distribution function
• ADFG — Alaska Department of Fish and Game's
• CAMFER — Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources
• ABN — American Bank Note Company
• HOGG — History of Geology Group
• DCALS — District of Columbia Association of Land Surveyors
• K&E — Keuffel & Esser
• TSS2 — TurboSurvey Software 2
• DXM — Data Exchange Manager
• AIH — American Institute of Hydrology
• CANVEC — Canadian Vector Data

• IDLS — Internet Data Library System
• ISERT — Institut Superieur pour les Etudes et Recherches Scientifique et Techniques
• ADK — Arealdatakontoret
• LUNR — Land Use and Natural Resource Information System
• ACCUDEM — High-accuracy DEM
• IAWPRC — International Association for Water Pollution Research and Control
• MJH — M.J. Harden Associates, Inc.
• GDAL — Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
• DCS/RSE — Data collection system receiving site equipment
• ISBD(CM) — International Standard Bibliographic Description for Cartographic Materials
• DE/S — Data Extraction Segment
• DKDGS — Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab
• ARSP — Applied Remote Sensing Program
• CECSVB — Comit pour l'Etablissement de la Carte des Sols et de la Vegetation de la Belgique
• NAC — NASA Advisory Council
• TRANS — Transmit
• KDI — Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence
• INGEMMET — Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico
• ASSOCIATION — Association
• ACML — Association of Canadian Map Libraries
• CASA — Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
• SL — Sine Loco
• ODF — Oregon Department of Forestry
• IBG — Institute of British Geographers
• LVVWD — Las Vegas Valley Water District
• OACES — Oregon Association of County Engineers and Surveyors
• WNRO — Week Number Roll Over
• SMASCH — Specimen Management System for California Herbaria
• AAG — Association of American Geographers
• DIVISION — Division
• CRIB — Computerized Resources Information Bank
• DGIS — Direct Graphics Interface Standard
• CIGF — Centre d'Information Geographique et Fonciere Ministre de l'Energie et des Ressources, Quebec)
• INETER — Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales
• ITRS — International Terrestrial Reference System
• NWSCA — National Water and Soil Conservation Authority
• NDAR — National Directory of Australian Resources
• CNRS — Centre National de Recherches Scientifique
• FMS/AC — Facility Mapping System for AutoCAD
• GODORT — Government Documents Round Table
• AHRS — Attitude and Heading Reference Systems
• ABSM — Alberta Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
• CNRST — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
• FOSS4G — Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
• CGSB — Canadian General Standards Board
• SCSPLS — South Carolina Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• CTCUQ — Commission de Transport de la Communaute Urbaine de Quebec
• ROP — Raster Operations Processor
• PBS — Primary Base Series
• KFZ — Kraftfahrzeug

• DMRS — Data Management & Retrieval System
• UNR — University of Nevada, Reno
• HALS — Hawaii Association of Land Surveyors
• QWIFS — Queen's Web Interface for Spss
• GSWA — Geological Survey of Western Australia
• LSAW — Land Surveyors Association of Washington
• IFSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• CBN — Cooperative Base Network
• WRRI — Water Resources Research Institute
• MILSTRIP — MILSTAMP and Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
• NSB — North Slope Borough
• PM/S — Production Management Segment
• IMAGE 100 — Interactive Multispectral Image Analysis System
• JNC — Jet Navigation Chart
• NEIS — National Earthquake Information Service
• NSIF — NATO Secondary Image Format
• BUPMIS — Beihai Urban Planning Management Information System
• IMLS — Institute of Museum and Library Services
• ATR1 — Automatic Target Recognition module
• HRB — Highway Research Board
• FLIMAP — Fast Laser Imaging Mapping and Profiling
• WASH — Washington
• SORCE — Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment
• DIPS — Digital Image Processing System
• ADM1 — First-order administrative division
• DIDS — Digital Information Display System
• CRTR — Crater
• RCMRD — Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development
• IB — Isobar
• HOLC — Home Owner's Loan Corporation
• IJAGR — International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research
• MSLS — Maine Society of Land Surveyors
• AISH — Association Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques
• GMD — Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst van Suriname
• BA — Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland
• ZLI — Zia Landform Images
• SUGK — Slovak Office of Geodesy and Cartography
• NCDCDS — National Committee for Digital Cartographic Standards
• APPSR — Aerial Photography Progress Summary Report
• ASDI — Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure
• FYROM — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• CEAO — County Engineers Association of Ohio
• CECW — Consulting Engineers Council of Washington
• DMSI — Data Management Segment Interface Control Document
• FTH — Fathom
• FRBR — Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
• PSLS — Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors
• WSLS — Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
• AEST — Aestuarium
• GEOZAVOD — Zavod za Geoloska i Geofizicksa Istrazivanja

• SZBPK — Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz
• ACMGIS — Association for Computing Machinery Geographic Information Systems
• HRMSI — High Resolution Multispectral Stereo Imager
• MHAPO — Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online
• ICGI — Interagency Committee on Government Information
• ZGL — Ziegelei
• ZGI — Zentrales Geologisches Institute
• COI — Coordinator Of Information
• RS — Ranger Station
• AGCHO — Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office
• CGSB-COG — Canadian General Standards Board Committee on Geomatics
• DTAD — Digital Terrain Analysis Data
• KWOC — Key Word Out of Context
• GISMO — Geographic Information Systems and Mapping Operations
• NSPS — National Society of Professional Surveyors
• IGL — Interactive Graphics Library
• MEMPR — Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources
• JDSF — Jackson Demonstration State Forest
• HC — Hard Copy
• FRAP — Fire and Resource Assessment Program
• CAFF — Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
• DIRS — Digital Image Rectification System
• SEDIC — Sudan Engineering & Digital Information Centre
• ADOTPF — Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• IDFG — Idaho Department of Fish and Game
• VGI — Volunteered Geographic Information
• BSNH — Headwater basin
• INEGI — Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas, Geografia e Informatica
• HLL — Hillside, Western Australia, Australia
• AARSE — African Association for the Remote Sensing of the Environment
• SIRGAS — Sistema de Referencia Geocentrico para las Americas
• LACIE — Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment
• MAF — Master Address File
• GFOSS — Geospatial Free and Open Source Software
• RDTS — Research and Development Tracking System
• CZMIL — Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar
• GBHGIS — Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System
• ITD — Interim Terrain Database
• CAPDU — Canadian Association of Public Data Users
• GIFTS — Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer
• ORE — Oregon
• ICITV — Institut de la Carte International du Tapis Vegetale
• EVI — Enhanced Vegetation Index
• ACCDTS — Advisory Committee on Canadian Digital Toponymic Services
• TSPS — Texas Society of Professional Surveyors
• DSNP — Dassault-Sercel NP
• SCERP — Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy
• WGS 84 — World Geodetic System of 1984
• INSPIRE — Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
• DIES — Digital Image Enhancement System

• AES — Analysis and Evaluation Staff
• IDCCC — Interior Digital Cartographic Coordination Committee
• MCMC — Mid-Continent Mapping Center
• DVP — Digital Video Plotter
• NIUA — National Institute of Urban Affairs
• TAVO — Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients
• NYSAPLS — New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors
• IGGSP — Instituto Geografico e Geologico de Sao Paulo
• IAS — Image Assessment System
• FACM — Florida Association of Cadastral Mappers
• SSSA — Soil Science Society of America, Inc.
• ALTMS — Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping System
• GN — Grid North
• PASSIA — Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs
• ACI — Association Cartographique Internationale
• NOD — New Orleans District
• AERS — Advanced Earth Resources Satellite
• CIU — Central Interpretation Unit
• CATS — Consequences Assessment Tool Set
• NFIRA — National Flood Insurance Reform Act
• IPGP — Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
• CCLS — Canadian Council of Land Surveyors
• UDC — Universal Decimal Classification
• AGDS — Automated Graphics Digitizing System
• WIS — Wisconsin
• CLUMP — Canada Land Use Monitoring Program
• APSRS — Aerial Photography Summary Record System
• AARS — Asian Association on Remote Sensing
• IGLD 85 — International Great Lakes Datum of 1985
• EBX — Electronic Book Exchange
• PKS — Peaks
• DAVE-G — Dialogue Assisted Virtual Environment for Geoinformation
• BEGR — Begrabnissplatz
• NUC CM — National Union Catalog, Cartographic Material
• BMAC — Bactria Margiana Archaeology Complex
• CDN — Coordinates Definitions and Notations
• BWC — Bandwidth Compression
• CIAS — CD-ROM Index Architecture Specification Working Group
• SFBWW — Senator fur Bau- und Wonungswesen
• OSPE — Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
• ACCU-DRAPE — High-accuracy DEM Draped Images
• IADO — Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia
• GEDS — General Environmental Data Base System
• EPI — Electronic Position Indicator
• FMLIS — Federal Mineral Lands Information System
• HJW — Hammon, Jensen, Wallen and Associates
• LRITF — Land Resources Inventory Task Force
• SRES OP — Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process
• DEM-P — Digital Elevation Model-Planar
• HRGA — High Rate Geographical Areas

• ANARE — Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
• ANOVA — Analyses of variance
• DDES — Digital Data Editing System
• DMAIAGS — Defense Mapping Agency Inter-American Geodetic Survey
• NASS — National Agricultural Statistics Service
• BUTE — Butte
• OU — Open Under
• NARC — National Association of Regional Councils
• NATMO — Indian National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization
• COFPAES — Committee on the Federal Procurement of Architect and Engineer Services
• HIRAN — High Range Navigation
• MFS — Maine Forest Service
• PASDA — Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system
• WMATA — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• NARL — Naval Arctic Research Laboratory
• PC-DOS — Personal Computer-Disc Operating System
• NRWS — Narrows
• ADRG — ARC Digitized Raster Graphic
• AGIS — Automated Geographic Information System
• GISCIENCE — Geographic information science
• EGSMA — Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority
• ACRS — Asian Conference on Remote Sensing
• WDB II — World Data Base II
• GISS-SG — Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group
• OSNI — Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
• TI — Technical Investigation
• ISCEM — International Society of Curators of Early Maps
• SGU — Savezna Geodetska Uprava
• NSAPI — Netscape Server Application Programming Interface
• ARC-SDE — Arc Spatial Data Engine
• BNDT — Base nationale de donnees topographiques
• ISEA — Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area
• GUGIK — Glowny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii
• ODBC — Operational Database Connectivity
• A-S — Antispoofing
• IDE — imbedded drive electronics
• IGAC — Instituto Geografico "Agustin Codazzi"
• ERLAS — Earth Resources Laboratory Application Software
• AOSS — Ashtech Office Suite for Survey
• NAPL — National Air Photo Library
• SDPS — Spatial Data Production System
• MGUG — Manitoba GIS Users Group
• AACR — Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
• DINAGECA — Direccao Nacional de Geografia e Cadastro
• SLSI — Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa
• KWIC — Key-Word In Context
• COVIS — Commonwealth of Virginia Information Systems
• XDS — External Data Source
• ALP — Automated Lands Project
• IOCM — Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping

• CCIG — Centre canadien d'information sur la geoscience
• MAG — Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia
• NJGIN — New Jersey Geographic Information Network
• OMG — Open Management Group
• UGKK SR — Urad geodezie, kartografie e katastra Slovenskej republiky
• PSPE — Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers
• APQF — Aerial Photography Quad File
• CLSA — California Land Surveyors Association
• TACA — Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos
• KIL — Kilometer
• ASDD — Australian Spatial Data Directory
• WISCLAND — Wisconsin Initiative for Statewide Cooperation on Landscape Analysis and Data
• SESWG — Solid Earth Science Working Group
• SAFOD — San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth
• RIJP — Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerPolders
• APCM — Aerial Photography Contract Management System
• DMRT — Department of Mineral Resources of Thailand
• ACAPS — Automated Chart Production System
• ISLS — Islands
• HSDL — High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
• OPEDS — Outside Plant Engineering Design System
• HSRP — Hydrographic Services Review Panel
• HDT-A — High density tape
• ASFPM — Association of State Floodplain Managers
• INRAT — Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie
• ZIMAS — Zoning Information and Map Access System
• BUIS — Beihai Urban Information Center
• SDMS — Spatial Data Management System
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Image Processing System
• WC2N — Western Canadian Cryospheric Network
• IFREMER — Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
• LW — lichte Weite
• MVP — Moving Vessel Profiler
• ABAG — Association of Bay Area Governments
• NICMOS — Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
• CUL — Culvert
• CGW — Computer Graphics World
• ESSIC — Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
• GITA — Geospatial Information and Technology Association
• SECS — Sections
• ZCTA — ZipCode Tabulation Area
• CRLMSS — Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounding Suite
• LRR — Laser Retro-Reflector
• PAPS — Pooled Analytical Plotter System
• ISO — Imaging Spectrometer Observatory
• NGTOC — National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
• DMAODS — Defense Mapping Agency Office of Distribution Services
• NSDI CAP — National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program
• LOGIC — Loveland Geographic Information/Cartographic System

• TVK & CO — Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Company
• ATMS — Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
• GDHS — Ground Data Handling System
• SOFT AT — Softcopy Aerotriangulation
• ICGC — Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia
• GEOWEB — Geospatial Web
• RESTEC — Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
• DGG — Direccion General de Geografia
• GBFP — Georgia Basin Futures Project
• GLAN-W — Geologisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
• CCGE — Canadian Council on Geographic Education
• CNSTAT — Committee on National Statistics
• GUGK — Glavnoe Upravlenie Geodezii i Kartografii
• CEDAC — Comprehensive Economic Data Atlas of China
• CREPUQ — Conference des recteurs et des principaux des universites du Quebec
• OOPEC — Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
• ES&T — Environmental Science & Technology
• DYSIS — Dynamic Software and Integrated Solutions
• AGSS — American Geographical and Statistical Society
• DGIWG — Digital Geographic Information Working Group
• HGML — Hyper Graphic Markup Language
• RO — Range Only
• MEGRIN — Multipurpose European Ground-Related Information Network
• DLCW — Department of Land and Water Conservation
• UCLS — Utah Council of Land Surveyors
• CAFM — Computer-aided facility management
• DDCMP — Digital Data Communication Message Protocol
• SAT — Small Area Triangulation
• NCEES — National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
• CALIFORNIA — California
• FEP — Feature Extraction Processor
• IGPT — Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team
• WO — Welsh Office
• DDR — Data Descriptive Record
• ILRIS-3D — Intelligent Laser Range Imaging Scanner
• CALMIT — Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies
• RMCA — Road Map Collectors of America
• BFGR — Bundesanstalt Fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
• GEGMR — General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources
• APTS — Aerial Profiling of Terrain System
• AFREF — African Geodetic Reference Frame
• VSLS — Vermont Society of Land Surveyors
• DANE — Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica
• OPL — Oilfield Publications Limited
• IGA — Istituto Geografico de Agostini
• DGGM — Direccion General de Geologia y Minas
• LBS-G — Littoral Battlespace Sensing - Glider
• CSRS — Canadian Spatial Reference System
• USAP — United States Antarctic Program
• CEGET — Centre d'Etudes de Geographie Tropical

• MOPU — Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Urbanismo
• HEPS — High Energy Particle Sensor
• SCAN — Surface Condition Analyzer
• GICC — Geographic Information Coordinating Committee
• HHG — Household Goods (personally owned)
• UA — Urban Area
• TT — TT Maps & Publications Private Limited
• CYP — Cape York Peninsula
• CNIG — Centro Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica
• SIAMS — Ship Information and Management System
• LGN — Lagoon
• JTU — Jabatan Tanah Dan Ukur
• MS-DOS — Microsoft Disc Operating System
• DARDC — Device for Automatic Remote Data Collection
• LARSYS — Laboratory of Applications of Remote Sensing Image Data Processing System
• USCS — United States Customary System
• DOGAMI — Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
• DSSSL — Document Style Semantic and Specification Language
• WDB I — World Data Bank I
• CAAD — Cartographic and Architectural Archives Division
• FNMOC — Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center's
• MIAS — Multispectral Image Analysis System
• AED — Analysis and Evaluation Division (EPA)
• UWM — University of Wisconsin - Madison
• LUCCAS — Land Use and Cover Change Analysis System
• BOP — Bureau Of Printing
• IRWA — International Right of Way Association
• GLR-P — Geologisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
• DEW — Distant Early Warning Line
• DGSE — Department of Geological Survey and Exploration
• VTA — Valley Transportation Authority
• RES — Reservation
• AFRL — Akademie fur Raumforschung und Landesplanung
• DRC — Democratic Republic of Congo's
• GVI — Green Vegetation Index
• OSOA — Optimal Statistical Objective Analysis
• BRICMICS — British and Irish Committee for Map Information and Catalogue Systems
• RADAR — Radio Detecting and Ranging
• AMAD — Airborne Missions and Applications Division
• ARSC — Australian Remote Sensing Conference
• OSLS — Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors
• UDF — Universal Data Format
• MLMIS — Minnesota Land Management Information System
• PLN — Plain
• LISCOM — Land Information Systems Committee
• FAPAR — Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• BONAP — Biota of North America Program
• DTG — Digital Tape Generation
• ADR — Aerial Data Reduction Associates Incorporated
• ASRL — Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory

• ADL — Alexandria Digital Library
• NBMG — Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
• HE/S — Hardcopy Exploitation Segment
• UTA — University of Texas at Arlington's
• DMAHTC — Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center
• NJIT — New Jersey Institute of Technology
• AMSD — Adjusted Mapping Support Data
• DRBC — Delaware River Basin Commission
• WVALS — West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors
• SPARRSO — Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation
• IHSI — Institut Haitien de Statistique de d'Informatique
• DNRC — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's
• BEG — Bureau of Economic Geology
• INSTAAR — Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
• OPIS — Ocean Planning Information System
• NCARB — National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
• DMP — Digital Map Products
• LAMPS — Laser-scan Automated Map Production System
• ICGRS — Internet-Enabled Continuous Geodetic Reference Station
• SERNA-GEOMIN — Servicio Nacional Geologia y Mineria
• AEIDC — Arctic Environmental Information Data Center
• XWD — X-Window Screen Dump
• SEWUG — Southeastern Water Use Group
• KSNM — Thousands of square nautical miles
• CCCELS — California Council of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors
• ASCP — America Society of Consulting Planners
• CANRI — Community Access to Natural Resources Information
• LARS — Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing
• CSIN — Computer Systems Information Network
• SLNSW — State Library of New South Wales
• DGDF — Digital Geospatial Data Files
• USARP — United States Antarctic Research Program
• DOQQ — Digital Orthophoto Quarter-Quadrangle
• GISDEX — Federal Geographic Information and Spatial Data Exposition and Conference
• MINN — Minnesota
• APFO — Aerial Photography Field Office
• AVI — audio visual interleave
• ASCLA — Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
• WDG — Washington Department of Game
• DAASC — Defense Automated Addressing System Center
• SWG — Standards Working Group
• BNPC — Bathymetric Navigation Planning Chart
• OSEDA — Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis
• VIMSARS — Video Image Map Storage and Retrieval System
• CFCC — Census Feature Class Code
• AHCPR — Agency for Health Care and Policy Research
• CHIA — Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment
• RGD — Rijks Geologische Dienst
• CSDGM — Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
• CRLS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder

• EUROSDR — European Spatial Data Research
• LDAS — Land Data Assimilation System
• ICMSSR — Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
• MSTD — Marine Science and Technology Division
• RBMS — Relational Database Management System
• CERCG — Centre d'Etudes et de Realisations Cartographiques Geographiques
• CIDAMM — Centro de Informacion y Documentacion del Area Metropolitana de Madrid
• LSM — Land Surface Models
• ODNR — Ohio Department of Natural Resources
• SHDSL — Symmetric High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
• IMDA — International Map Dealers Association
• BFLR — Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumentwicklung
• DGEC — Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos
• OHW — Office of Hazardous Wastes Hydrology
• CCBCCM — Canadian Committee for the Bibliographic Control of Cartographic Materials
• SSDAN — Social Science Data Analysis Network
• RISKMAP — Risk Mapping and Planning
• LICGF — Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility
• RCIC — Regional Coastal Information Center
• UAM — Urban Airshed Model
• UNECA — United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• TG — Toll Gate
• SEAMS — Soil Environmental and Agricultural Management System
• TNRIS — Texas Natural Resources Information System
• HRM.BGHS. — Hermann Berghaus
• TELEX — Teletypewriter Exchange
• ARIA — Arizona Regional Image Archive
• BIG — Brunei Institution of Geomatics
• COMPAS — Coastal Ocean Management, Planning and AssessmentSystem
• ALIS — Automated Land Information System
• SAGA — Short Arc Geodetic Adjustment
• IPANE — Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
• OSEC — Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation
• HSGT — Hitachi Software Global Technology Ltd.
• FICCDC — Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography
• VTRAK — Vector-to-raster conversion software
• HRVIR — High Resolution Visible Infrared
• MRIB — Marine Realms Information Bank (US DOI)
• BCDC — Bay Conservation and Development Commission
• DIELOG — DAASC Integrated E-Mail Logistics System
• DCST — Data Collection System Tape
• CNEXO — Centre National Pour l'Exploitation des Oceans
• RESVR — Reservoir
• ADWR — Arizona Department of Water Resources
• DELT — Delineator
• EDITOR — ERTS Data Interpretation and Tenex Operations Recorder
• AMISAR — Active Microwave ImagerSynthetic Aperture Radar
• DFW — Department of Fish and Wildlife
• ASGS — Australian Statistical Geography Standard
• NJSPS — New Jersey Society of Professional Surveyors

• SDE — Spatial Database Engine
• GNDB — Geographic Names Data Base
• UHGP — Upland Habitat Goals Project
• ESEM — Earth Systems Engineering and Management
• DGPA — Direccion General de la Produccion Agraria
• DRGS — Direct Readout Ground Station
• BGC — Business Geographics Conference
• MLMIC — Minnesota Land Management Information Center
• GSNI — Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
• INSEE — Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
• SBM — Surveys and Mapping Branch
• GSZ — Geological Survey of Zambia
• BOLS — BADGER On-line Service
• MC&G — Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy
• FLL — Waterfall
• FAAT — Fully Analytical Aerotriangulation
• CECO — Consulting Engineers Council of Ohio
• AFT — Ambiguity Function Technique
• NFFL — National Forest Fire Laboratory
• STRT — Strait
• DRIS — Digital Research and Instructional Services
• AHDS — Arts and Humanities Data Service
• DOQ — Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle
• TNM UC — The National Map Users Conference
• NJDOT — New Jersey Department of Transportation
• FIG — Federation Internationale des Geometres
• LL — Line-by-line
• CDWR — California Department of Water Resources
• PPSS — Precise Positioning Service Security Module
• MAPA — Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion
• CCA — Canadian Cartographic Association
• UST — Underground Storage Tank
• HCDN — Hydroclimate Data Network
• CMONOC — Crustal Movement Observation Network of China
• GDTA — Groupement pour le Developpement de la Teledetection Aerospatiale
• COEB — Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography Branch
• SOP — Secretaria de Obras Publicas
• RNRF — Renewable Natural Resources Foundation
• GEOTMS — Geographic Town Management System
• DDIS — Depository Distribution Information System
• GISIC — Geographical Information Systems International Group
• ANMS — Automated Notice to Mariners System
• HCC — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
• CISM — Canadian Institute of Surveying and Mapping
• WT — Water Tank
• IMACUAC — Information Management and Computer Utilization Advisory Committee
• OTHT — Over the horizon targeting
• UNAM — Universidad Nacional De Mexico
• JRI — Jordregisterinstituttet
• JMPC — Joint Mapping and Photography Committee

• SCEC — Southern California Earthquake Center's
• ISPLS — Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• EAFS — Effective Aerial Film Speed
• IMAP — Input Management Analysis and Presentation
• ADNR — Alaska Department of Natural Resources
• CEP — Celestial Ephemeris Pole
• FAC — Feature Analysis Code
• NJDEP — New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• VITEC — Visual Information Technologies Incorporated
• FLIP — Flight Information Publication
• FOF — Filtering optical fiber
• CERR — Centre d'Ecologie des Ressources Renouvelables
• SLF — Standard Linear Format
• WFPS — Western Federation of Professional Surveyors
• SDTP — Spatial Data Transfer Processor
• USR — Universal Space Rectangular
• CPFS — Colorado Plateau Field Station
• IGIF — International Geographic Information Foundation
• UCS — Uniform Color Space
• DGCM — Direct Geodetic Constraint Method
• TSX — TerraSAR-X
• CHGIS — China Historical Geographic Information System
• CONC — ConcreteUSreinforced concrete construction
• INTA — Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria
• ESIM — Earth Science Information Manager
• INEAC — Institut National pour l'Etude Agronomique du Congo
• SMCRA — Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)
• DEMR — Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
• CRSC — California Remote Sensing Council
• AEG — Association of Engineering Geologists
• CMIB — Controlled Multispectral Image Base
• TRGF — Tragfahigkeit
• DRGM — Direction des Recherches Gologiques et Minires
• LVAN-W — Landesvermessungsamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
• LWD — Littoral Warfare Data
• DGIAI — Direccion General de Integracion y Analisis de la Informacion
• NTPS — National Transportation Planning System
• AICP — American Institute of Certified Planners
• SKW — Shafer, Kline, & Warren
• WRSIC — Water Resources Scientific Information Center
• CSRN — Colorado Spatial Reference Network
• DIGEST — Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard
• ALMRS — Automated Land and Mineral Record System
• CIMIS — California Irrigation Management Information System
• GNIAG — Geomatics Niagara Information Advisory Group
• HRG — High-resolution geometry
• CIST — Centre d'information sur les sciences de la Terre
• TAG — Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse
• SEASAT — sea satellite (an oceanographic research satellite) (NASA)
• RT-GPS — Real-time Differential GPS

• NDGS — North Dakota Geological Survey
• COGNA — Council of Geographic Names Authorities
• WDLG — Widerlager
• ADV — Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Lander der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
• LASS — Land Applications Satellite System
• HKGA — Hong Kong Geographical Association
• CMSDU — Commission on Map Use and Spatial Data Use
• GSDI — Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
• OW — Oil Well
• CLOMA — Confidential letters of map amendment
• PLS — Professional Land Surveyor
• GMAT — Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time
• LUT — Land Utilization Type
• GIPS — Generalized Image Processing Sytstem
• ARMIS — Arkansas Resource Management Information System
• VDMR — Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
• CIBESA — Cartografica Iberica S.A.
• GIAL — Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory
• LGISC — Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council
• NYSDT — New York State Department of Transportation
• HBCA — Hudson Bay Company Archives (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
• VEGCAMP — Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program
• LIBER-GDC — Ligue des Bibliotheques Europeennes de Recherche, Groupe des cartothecaires
• CNFL — Confluence
• DMAUSE — DMA Utility Software Environment
• GINIE — Geographic Information Network in Europe
• NGWIC — National Ground Water Information Center
• DCRM(C) — Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
• OPP — Operational Positional Procedure
• WSU — Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
• CPSCRAM — Cum Privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Regiaeque Apostolicae Majestatis
• IAOO — International Association of Assessing Officers
• NCMOC — Naval Central Meteorology and Oceanography Center
• MPRD — Modified Proportional Radial Displacement
• RSIP — Remote Sensing and Image Processing
• HMGS — Hellenic Military Geographical Service
• H-GAC — Houston-Galveston Area Countil
• QTM — Quaternary Triangular Mesh
• NSDNR — Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
• NESTA — National Earth Science Teachers Association
• LOMA — Letters of map amendment
• COMIS — Cartographic Operations Management Information System
• EUROGI — European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
• UNIMACE — Universal Automated Mapping Compilation Equipment
• DGFK — Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Kartographie
• GOMMAPP — Gulf of Maine Mapping Portal
• RBDS — Radio Broadcast Data System
• AZMAP — Arizona Mapping Advisory Council
• FEWS — Feature Extraction Workstation
• CGSIC — Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

• DCRM — Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
• GRF-N — Geographic Reference File-Names
• ET — Frame enclosed elevator with self-closing traps
• SOLSE — Shuttle Ozone Limb Scanning Experiment
• HFN — Hafen
• SIGACE — Special Interest Group for the Application of CD-ROM in Education
• OIR-GIS — Office for Information Resources-GIS Services Division
• RPDS — Rapids
• ODOP — Ohio Digital Orthophotography Project
• SNRIM — Subcommittee on Natural Resources
• CDED — Canadian Digital Elevation Data
• RATP — Regie autonome des transports parisiens
• KSGR — Kiesgrube
• NAIP — NATIONAL AGRICULTURE IMAGERY PROGRAM
• CRREL — Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratories
• CET — Commission on Education and Training
• MPWUPH — Ministry of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing
• NAVOCEANO — Naval Oceanographic Office
• GSMD — Geological Survey and Mines Dept
• MAR — Mean Annual Runoff
• DSPW — Digital Photogrammetric Workstation
• DFLIP — Digital Flight Information Publication
• WGS — World Geodetic Survey
• CRESP — Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation
• ASGA — Association des Services Geologiques Africains
• AEM — Atmospheric Explorer Mission
• CO-COPS — Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
• NAP — Northern Affairs Program
• IDLH — Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
• TEX — Texas Instruments, Incorporated
• WFPLS — Western Federation of Professional Land Surveyors
• SALIS — Surveying and Land Information Systems
• DGK 5 — Deutsche Grundkarte 1:5 000
• COFRS — Chinese Operational Earth Resources Satellite
• BPPT — Badan Pembinaan dan Penerapan Teknologi
• SUNI — Stockholms Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen
• DRF — Digital Raster File
• WRS — World Reference System
• UCPTE — Union for the Coordination of the Production and Transport of Electric Power
• BRGM — Bureau de recherches geologique et minieres
• CTOG — Contour to Grid
• NFIS — National Forest Information System
• IGMI — Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano
• TEXPLOT — Tektronix Plotting
• CDH — Communications and Data Handling
• KAPS — Kentucky Association of Land Surveyors
• IASSIST — International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology
• AGCO — Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Office
• ZGS — Zambia Geological Survey Department
• FPAR — Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation

• TDC — Tennessee Department of Conservation
• AHDAS — Adaptable Hydrologic Data Acquisition System
• DAM — Detection And Mapping
• NGMBD — National Geologic Map Database
• S&A — Sampling and Analysis
• KIER — Korean Institute of Energy and Resources
• SGCB — State Geodesy and Cartography Board
• MSIA — Mapping Sciences Institute Australia
• GSGS — Geographical Section General Staff
• DMTI — Desktop Mapping Technologies Incorporated
• OCLC — Ohio College Library Center
• LSACTS — Land Surveyors Advisory Council on Technical Standards
• NSTL — National Space Technology Laboratory (was MTF)
• ICONA — Instituto Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza
• AMPS — Automatic Mapping and Planning System
• REGIS — Regional Geographic Information System
• ARTIL — Artillery
• DGMG — Direccion General de Minas y Geologia
• CEGIS — Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science
• DAV — Deutscher Alpenverein
• TAR — Tape Address Register
• MEIS — Multispectral Electrooptical Imaging Sensor
• CEDD — Committee on the Exchange of Digital Data
• CERD — Catalog of Environmental Resource Data
• RIRT — Russian Institute of Radionavigation and Time
• RTN — Real-Time Networks
• PICG — Programme International de Correlation Geologique
• EIGS — Ethiopian Institute of Geological Survey
• ACMS — Automated Census Mapping System
• CPLC — Court of Private Land Claims
• OSIP — Operational Satellite Improvement Program
• UDOGM — Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
• GSF — Generic Sensor Format
• FREAC — Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center
• NCSME — Service des Mines et de l'Energie
• SLDI — Sustainable Land Development International
• OGIS — Office of Geographic Information Systems
• DGU — Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse
• QDM — Queensland Department of Mines
• GNMP — Gettysburg National Military Park
• MMSD — Metric Mapping Support Data
• APR — Airborne Profile Recorder
• SUDENE — Superintendencia De Desenvolvimento Do Nordeste
• TLSD — Tuvalu Lands and Survey Division
• LTO — Land Title Office
• LDLS — Lesotho Department of Lands, Surveys and Physical Planning
• ASO — Australian Survey Office
• FSPLS — Florida Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• KLEINB — Kleinbahn
• ONSWG — Open Navigation Surface Working Group

• DCDB — Digital Cartographic Data Base
• SICO — Schonstedt Intstrument Company
• FILS — Federal Government Information Locator System
• DN — Digital Number
• OSTF — Ordnance Survey Transfer Format
• DVNP — Death Valley National Park
• REICHSB — Reichsbahn
• RMSI — Risk Management Solutions Incorporated
• KLS — Kloster
• AGIO — Arkansas Geographic Information Office
• CPSO — Cataloging Policy and Support Office's
• CDS — Catalogue of Data Sources
• GP.MCD — Geoprocessing Map Call Deamon program
• DBDB — Digital Bathymetry Data Base
• FSMS — Florida Surveying and Mapping Society
• IGT — Integrated GPS Technologies Incorporated
• ACLS — Association of Canadian Lands Surveyors
• IGNTG — Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia
• IEOS — Integrated Earth Observation System
• AM — Automated Mapping
• ENID — Endnote ID
• DEM-G — Digital Elevation Model-Graphic
• PACOG — Pueblo Area Council of Governments
• ZPS — Zeh Plotting Software
• VACP — Virtual Active Control Point
• INGEO-MINAS — Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Geologico-Minera
• U-2 — A high altitude remote sensing aircraft
• VFR — Vector Relational Format
• MTLT — Minimum Total Length Triangulation
• RCID — Record Identification
• ATM — Adaptive Triangular Mesh
• TERSS — Tasmanian Earth Resource Satellite Station
• NAPA — National Academy of Public Administration
• HLFB — Hessisches Landesamt Fur Bodenforschung
• OILT — Oil Tank Farm
• APBEL — Atlantic Provinces Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
• TPC — Tactical Pilotage Chart
• ASCIE — American Standard Code for Information Exchange
• RALS — Random Access Logical Subfiles
• LLC — Line Length Code
• ABI — Alabama Bureau of Insurance
• SEOP — Secretaria de Estado de Obras Publicas
• GITCO — Government Information Technology Committee
• REMS — Regional Earth Modeling System
• PE&RS — Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing
• UCAID — University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development
• EDIES — EROS Digital Image Enhancement Systems
• ADI — Areas of Dominent Influence
• GST — Galileo System Time
• IRWD — Irvine Ranch Water District

• SDRW — Societe de Developpement Regional pour la Wallonie
• IEMVT — Institut d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux
• CENTA — Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria
• PFAS — Pennsylvania Facility Analysis System
• HERMIS — Heritage Resource Management Information System
• IKU — Institutt for KontinentalsokkelUndersokelse
• SARM — Spatial Auto-Regressive Model
• GISCO — Geographic Information System of the European Commission
• UDSL — Utah Division of State Lands
• G&M — Geography and Map Division
• RIAI — Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland
• GAF — Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Fernerkundung
• ENTW — Entworfen
• CEM — Cemetery
• DAMES — Defense Automated Message Exchange Service
• LSR — Local Space Rectangular
• LVAR-P — Landesvermessungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz
• IFF — Interchange Format File
• GPPU — Graphic Polygon Processing Utilities
• SAGEEP — Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems
• IGWMC — International Ground Water Modeling Center
• SIGIT — Swedish Institute for Geographic Information Technology
• CEAL — Centro Editor de America Latina
• OKAGE — Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education
• CRAIGES — Cartographic Reproduction and Interactive Graphic Editing System
• POAM — Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement
• URISA — Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
• DATIS — Digital Airborne Topographic Imaging System
• GTUB — Geographic Tabulation Unit Base
• ICAITI — Instituto Centro Americano de Investigacion y Tecnica Industrial
• MODM — Multiple objectives decision-making
• SADL — South Australia Department of Lands
• IMAG — Information Management Advisory Group
• PHODIS — Photogrammetric Image Processing System
• IDWR — Idaho Department of Water Resources
• SEPM — Society for Sedimentary Geology
• CONAE — Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (National Commission on Space Activities - Argentina)
• PAGES — Program for the Adjustment of GPS Ephemeris
• WOM — Web Object Management
• ASFE — Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers
• APD — Automated Plat Design
• SPC RE — Survey Production Centre, Royal Engineers
• HTDP — Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning
• CORSE — Conference On Remote Sensing Education
• GCRS — Gulf Centre for Remote Sensing
• ADAC — Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club
• BADGER — Bay Area Digital GeoResource
• CNRG — Centre National de Recherches Geomorphologiques
• CDMG — California Division of Mines and Geology
• LSPS — Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors

• APMI — Aerial Photography Micrographic Index System
• VEDIS — Vallejo [California] Economic Development Information System
• AHAP — Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography
• RETSAM — Review, Editing and Tagging Software for Automated Mapping
• GRACE — Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
• ESIS — Earth Science Information System
• HM.BGS. — Hermann Berghaus
• HLAB — Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung
• PPPG — Pusat Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Geologi
• ICACET — International Cartographic Association Committee on Training
• FAHRB — Fahrbahn
• ANGEL — Airborne Natural Gas Emission Lidar
• NPMS — National Pipeline Mapping System
• ECAI — Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
• BGW — Bergwerk
• GEST — Gestechen
• SGL — Service Geologique de Luxembourg
• TENN — Tennessee
• EAP — Environmental Affairs Program
• QSL — Quarter Scan Line
• SHEF — Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format
• MORAP — Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership
• AFFRC — Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center
• NSLVA — Niedersachsisches Landesverwaltungsamt
• TARA — The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives
• AGSL — American Geographical Society Library
• MSRN — Michigan Spatial Reference Network
• DPWS — Digital Photogrammetric Work Station
• C/A — Coarse-Acquisition
• PIOS — Polygon Information Overlay System
• JWPCF — Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation
• COSMIC — clients is the Computer Software Management and Information Center
• ANRC — Alaska Native Regional Corporation
• SNI — Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG
• BMA — Botswana Ministry of Agriculture
• NMASM — New Mexico Association of Surveyors and Mappers
• LRS — Linear Referencing System
• UDIG — User-Friendly Desktop Internet Gis
• ISHM — International Society for the History of the Map
• IAMA — International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association
• UTC — Utilities and Transportation CommissionWashington
• SNGM — Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria
• OMNR — Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Canada)
• WMO — Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe
• CUGIK — Centralny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii
• FDSYS — Federal Digital System
• OMO — Other Mapping Organization
• EDMI — Electronic Distance Measuring Instrument
• FNIB — Foreign Names Information Bulletin
• WBVTR — Wide-band video tape recorder

• CSAV — Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
• DMASPOEM — Defense Mapping Agency Special Program Office for Exploitation Modernization
• DCSE — Diba Consulting Software Engineers
• MARIS — Mississippi Automated Resource Information System
• EDMAS — Environmental Dose Modeling and Analysis System
• SRBC — Susquehanna River Basin Commission
• U — Unclassified
• IBSP — Idaho Bureau of State Planning
• IGF — Inset Graphics Format
• PLF — Point Location File
• APWWA — American Public Water Works Association
• CDV — Cartographic Data Visualizer
• INFORM — Information Network for Operational Resources Management
• CRSS — Canadian Remote Sensing Society
• NCRST-F — National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation - Flows
• AILESP — American Indian Lands Environmental Support Project
• GUGKK — Glavno Upravlenie po Geodezia I Kartografia y Kadaster
• CADRG — Compressed ADRG
• LIMAP — Landsat Imagery Analysis Package
• FAST — Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
• MDAS — Multispectral Data Analysis System
• FES — Feature Extraction Segment
• IRG — Inter-Record Gap
• NCDS — National Cartographic Data Standard
• SYCI — System Corrected Images
• WVA — West Virginia
• TLID — Tiger/Line Record Identification Number
• PRO — Public Record Office
• DTSS-P — Digital Topographic Support System Prototype
• OSTZ — Osterreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt
• HGCSD — Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District
• PIO — Public Inquiries Office
• SEDAC — Socioeconomic Data and Application Center
• DDPS — Desktop Digital Photogrammetry System
• CINDI — Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information
• SUDOCS — Superintendent of Documents
• GTCM — Geospatial Technology Competency Model
• DGO — Direccion General de Oceanografia
• NAST — NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed
• GCDB — Geographic Coordinate Data Base
• LRUD — Left, right, up, down
• PUMS — Public Use Micro-Data Sample
• VDSL — Very-high speed Digital Subscriber Line
• RGBF — Rangierbahnhof
• KREMU — Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit
• CEE — Comite Estatal de Estadisticas
• NAUS — National Atlas of the United States
• LUPIN — Land Use Planning Information Network
• LGSOWOG — Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group
• NETR — Nationwide Environmental Title Research

• DNT — Direccion Nacional de Topografia
• GCLI — GIS in Canadian Libraries Initiative
• NGCS — National Geodetic and Cartographic Service
• DDA — Data Descriptive Area
• ESSC — Earth System Science Center
• THSOA — The Hydrographic Society of America
• CCPR — California Center for Population Research
• DGMP — Direccion de Geologia Minas y Petrolio
• NRSL — Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory
• AAGS — American Association for Geodetic Surveying
• USSCS — United States Soil Conservation Service
• CSDMS — Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions
• HARN — High-Accuracy Reference Network
• JALBTCX — Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise
• BARP — Bundesamt fur Raumplanung
• BETRBF — Betriebsbahnhof
• CIGNET — Cooperative International GPS Network
• PIN — Parcel Identification Number
• OADW — Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften
• ESMI — European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure
• OSSIM — Open Source Software Image Map
• BOC — Bureau of the Census
• TIGRIS — Topologically Integrated Geographic Resource and Information System
• ERSAC — Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Centre
• IPRG — Institute for Petroleum Resources and Geophysics
• PCGN — Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
• ECRF — Earth Centered Reference Frame
• TIN — Triangulated Irregular Network
• CHEEC — Center for the Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
• JCLS — John Chance Land Surveys, Inc.
• CMOTS — Cartographic Material Order and Tracking System
• NED — National Elevation Dataset
• NABCI — North American Bird Conservation Initiative (nab-see)
• PADCO — Planning and Development Cooperative International
• ICGWM — International Clearinghouse for Ground Water Models
• PHIGS — Programmer Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
• JMGL — Journal of Map & Geography Libraries
• NAO — North Atlantic Oscillation
• GIU — Geographic Information Unit
• SMGE — Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica
• SVP — Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
• SADME — South Australian Department of Mines and Energy
• GPM — Gestalt Photo Mapper
• OOSI — Osterreichisches Ost- Und Sudosteuropa-Institut
• CLID — Class identifier
• NTD — National Topographic Database
• CBEP — Community-Based Environmental Protection
• PV.M. — Pulver Muhle
• CUAC — Cartographic Users Advisory Council
• RAPID — Rapid Application Planning Implementation and Deployment

• GVIS — Geographic Visualization
• MUIR — Map Unit Interpretations Record (soil database)
• TEKPLOT — Tektronix Plotting
• IFR — Instrument Flight Regulation
• CLIRSEN — Remote Sensing Center
• MSEDB — Mapping Sciences Education Data Base
• FEAC — Far Eastern Advisory Commission
• MURB — Minister fur Umwelt, Raumordnung und Bauwesen
• RCSSMRS — Regional Centre for Services in Surveying and Mapping and Remote Sensing
• DFG — Department of Fish and Game
• DIM — Digital Image Matching
• L&O — Limnology & Oceanography
• AEI — Aerial Exposure Index
• SIGCAT — Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications & Technology
• CUET — Cuesta
• DADSO — Data Access and Dissemination System Office
• CPH — Cartographic Publishing House
• RKSW — Rocks in Water
• NDIIPP — National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
• SEDMS — Spatially Enabled Document Management System
• PIDL — Polygon ID left
• GCMC — Geospatial Center and Map Collection
• ESIN — Earth Science Information Network
• JAMP — Joint Automated Mapping Project
• MAGE — Map Authoring and Generalisation Expert
• IF — Frame identification
• HMCK — Hummock
• APSR — Aerial Photography Summary Record
• CIRSS — California Integrated Remote Sensing System
• NETS — National Establishment Time-Series
• MRBC — Missouri River Basin Commission
• SHN — Servicio de Hidrografia Naval
• CONRIM — Committee on Natural Resource Information Management
• JMC — Japan Map Center
• MCIDAS — Map-Computer Interactive Data Access System
• VP — Vector Program
• VARIS — Virginia Resources Information System
• ANTGS — Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System
• AASG — Association of American State Geologists
• ODFW — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• B&L — Boggs and Lewis
• SGK — Schweizerische Geologische Kommission
• KCWA — Kern County Water Agency
• IDNA — Integrated Dataset for North America
• VGA — Video Graphics Adaptor
• HUC — Hydrologic Unit Code
• ATMET — Atmospheric, Meteorological and Environmental Technologies, LLC
• MAPKBS — Map Projection Knowledge-based System
• SCAMP — Southern California Aerial Mapping Project
• FUR — Furlong

• ASB.CL. — Asbestos-covered frame building
• NGPRP — Northern Great Plains Resource Program
• EOT — End of Text
• DAESA — Dual Axis Fourier Shape Analysis
• IMAGE — Integrated Mapping and Geographic Encoding System
• SONATRACH — Societe Nationale de Recherches de l'Explorations Minieres
• SFQL — Structured Full-Text Query Language
• LLV — Low Light Visibility
• VNP — Voyageurs National Park
• CLDS — Canada Land Data System
• VFC — Vector Function Chainer
• KPM — Kriegs Pulver Magazin
• EIWG — Earth Imaging Working Group
• SSEW — Soil Survey of England and Wales
• SIMAG — Spatial Information Management Advisory Group
• BICI — Book item contribution identifier
• GEODESY — Geospatial Data and Exploration System
• TIF — Tagged Image File
• FDEP — Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• IEGDR — Initial Experimental Gridded Data Record
• NSSDA — National Standard for Spatial Database Accuracy
• KLEINBF — Kleinbahnhof
• SANAIS — South African Natural Areas Information System
• DBPWG — Data Base Population Working Group
• NHGIS — National Historical Geographic Information System
• USNCHC — United States National Committee on Scientific Hydrology
• USNC-ICA — United States National Committee for the Ica
• ERS — Earth Remote Sensing
• AVIRIS — Advanced Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer
• WDGER — Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources
• NIPR — National Institute for Polar Research
• ILH — Internationales Landkartenhaus
• PTC — Positive Train Control
• PAIGH — Pan-American Institute of Geography and History
• FEE — Feature Extraction Environment
• SDMG — Direction des Mines et de la Geologie
• GEOLOB — Geospatial Line of Business
• ADEPT — Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype
• WSLD — Western Samoa Lands and Survey Department
• TRACE — Topographic Resources And Cost Evaluation
• VITD — VPF Interim Terrain Data
• OGWP — Office of Ground Water Protection (EPA)
• RASC — Royal Australian Survey Corps
• SGPK — Schweizerische Geophysikalische Kommission
• ISM — Interpretive Structural Modeling
• SMIMS — Single MIM-Based Integrated Mapping System
• STDE — Stunde
• FMGIS — Flight Management Geographic Information System
• NAWQUA — National Water Quality Assessment
• SSMS — Spatial Statistical Modeling Service

• ERSC — Egyptian Remote Sensing Center
• SLAGMD — Special Libraries Association Geography & Map Division
• ESSI — Earth Search Sciences Incorporated
• JIGI — Java Interface for Geospatial Information
• NTF — National Transfer Format
• SOLE — Spatial On-Line Editor
• VHB — Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc
• GEP — Google Earth Pro
• ISR — Information Storage and Retrieval
• WPU — Wilayah Pembangunan Utama
• AFF — American Fact Finder
• JNGC — Jordan National Geographic Centre
• NRCAN — Natural Resources Canada (Dept. of)
• CCDM — Core Cadastral Domain Model
• ALSIP — Alberta Land Settlement Infra-structure Project
• ENSG — Ecole Nationale des Sciences Geographiques
• PM — Prime Meridian
• CSISS — Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences
• LOMC — Letters of map correction
• BUPNIS — Beijing Underground-Network Information System
• ISABU — Institut Des Sciences Agronomiques Au Burundi
• IKCS — I.K. Curtis Services
• NCSS — North Carolina Society of Surveyors
• BLG — Binary Line Generalization
• STCB — Survey Technician Certification Board
• CNIDR — Center for Networked Information Discovery Retrieval
• NZMS — New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey
• DDAC — Deutscher Automobil-Club
• MPRM — Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
• GCSS — Global Combat Support System
• SNF — Superior National Forest
• DAL — Data Analysis Laboratory
• CFUA — Canadian Fire Underwriters Association
• ASGC — Australian Statistical Geographical Classification
• TRSC — Thailand Remote Sensing Center
• ASPS — Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors
• GP.MC — Geoprocessing Map Call
• NTDME — Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy
• ERSUN — Environmental Remote Sensing Unit
• LIMA — Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
• CICAEDAS — Committee Investigating Cartographic Entity, Definitions, and Standards
• IMCOS — International Map Collectors' Society
• LPGS — Landsat Product Generation System
• NCSD — Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division
• VISION — Visual Information System Integrating Our Neighborhoods
• SMCDG — Small Map Collection Discussion Group
• MRB — Missouri River Basin
• RADEF — Road Administration Data Exchange Format
• NATM — New Austrian Tunnelling Method
• ADW — Agricultural Drainage Well

• OGRIP — Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program
• EGII — European Geographic Information Infrastructure
• PAS — Pacific Aerial Surveys
• BART — Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• EVO — Ernst Volker
• CEMAR — Centro de Estudos do Mar
• EDD — Environmental Data Directory
• NDSL — Nevada Division of State Lands
• MAPCO — Map Corporation of America
• CIKM — Conference on Information Knowledge Management
• P&O — Plans & Operations
• GANS — Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia
• ITFE — Inductive Terrain Feature Extraction
• UGSMD — Uganda Geological Survey and Mines Department
• ECI — Election Commission of India
• NRCT — National Resources Council of Thailand
• DGF — Department of Game and Fish
• MWT — Minimum Weight Triangulation
• SDL — Survey Department of Libya
• MER — Ministere de l'Energie et des Ressources
• WELU — Western Energy Land Use Team
• PSM — Professional Surveyor Magazine
• VPFPS — Vector Product Format Production System
• OCH — Office of the Chief Hydrologist
• ALI — Advanced Land Imager
• STEPS — Spatial Templates for Emergency Preparedness
• SCGP — Societe Canadienne des Geologique Petroliers
• FPT — Full Production Training
• CEONET — Canadian Earth Observation Network
• CGA — Color Graphics Adaptor
• AIPG — American Institute of Professional Geologists
• FARC — Federal Archives and Record Center
• DMMR — Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources
• FDIS — Formal Draft International Standard
• DGNR — Domestic Geographic Names Report
• IALS — Idaho Association of Land Surveyors
• RSV — Reservoir
• GSN — Geological Survey of Namibia
• WRIR — Water Resources Investigation Report
• LOMR — Letters of map revision
• TSGS — Topographic Section General Staff
• CLICK — Center for LiDAR Information Coordination
• UNGIWG — United Nations Geographical Information Working Group
• NERL — North East Research Libraries
• NDF — Nevada Division of Forestry
• MFGDP — Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products
• UPADI — Union Panamerica de Asociaciones de Ingenieros
• LRDB — Low Resolution Data Base
• DQDB — Distributed-Queue Dual Buses
• DES — Digital Editing Station

• CGC — Commission Geologique du Canada
• NCHRP — National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• GKP — Geodeticky a Kartograficky Podnik v Praze
• CBS — Community Base Station
• CCAHA — Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
• SRMB — Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch
• EDINA — Edinburgh Data and Information Access
• NFWS — National Fish and Wildlife Service
• SIGSA — Sistemas de Informacion Geografica S.A.
• IHDC — Iowa Heritage Digital Collection
• SEPA — State Environmental Protection Agency
• ELMO — Electronic Map Ordering
• DRGP — Digital Representation of Graphic Products
• HAZUS — Hazards U.S.
• URUID — Unrectified image data
• IPOSTEL — Instituto Postal Telegrafico
• PMA — Production and Marketing Administration
• EBAMCO — Electronic Book and Map Company
• SPVEA — Superintendencia do Plano de Valorizac o Economica da Amazonia
• ORMAP — Oregon Map
• DAFIF — Digital Aeronautical Flight Information Files
• BHIC — Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum
• NCGE — National Council for Geographic Education
• SAST — Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team
• QLIS — Queensland Land Information Strategy
• IRSA — Institute of Remote Sensing Applications
• ATID — Attribute ID
• LDSI — LandDesign Surveying Incorporated
• MONT — Montana
• MGSD — Michigan Geological Survey Division
• LSDP — Landsat Signature Development Program
• EOCAP — Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program
• USAETL — United States Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
• DOSLI — Department Of Survey and Land Information
• PSFM — Professional Society for Forensic Mapping
• CGRG — Canadian Geomorphology Research Group
• SADIE — System at Arizona for Digital Information Extraction
• LASN — Local Area Spatial Network
• HUA — Hydrologic Unit Area
• EL.W. — Elektrizitatswerk
• STINASU — Stichting Natuurbescherming Suriname
• PDU — Professional Development Unit(s)
• DMMG — Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia
• QMSOFT — Qualitative Marketing Software Incorporated
• PPMS — Photogrammetry Production Monitoring System
• FDDI — Fiber Digital Data Interface
• ECPD — Engineering Council for Professional Development
• SNID — Startnode Id
• ITRM — Information Technology Resouces Management
• USBC — United States Bureau of the Census

• IGDC — Interagency Geographic Data Committee
• HDDT — High-Density Digital Tape
• CMSM — Committee on Marine Surveying and Mapping
• PPNM — Pengarah Pemetaan Negara Malaysia
• DCW — Digital Chart of the World
• NTM — Notice To Mariners
• NZGS — New Zealand Geological Survey
• SCHL — Schloss
• CAPCO — Capital Area Planning Council
• ODC — Open Data Consortium
• FDLS — Fiji Department of Lands and Survey
• LMCTF — Land Managers Cooperative Task Force
• SCR — Service Cartographique du Rwanda
• JPG — Joint Photographic Experts Group format
• EREP — Earth Resources Experiment Package
• INDEC — Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos
• AVCA — Audio-visual and Cartographic Archives
• CASIL — California Spatial Information Library
• FDPP — Framework Demonstration Projects Program
• SP/S — Source Preparation Segment
• WDNR — Washington Department of Natural Resources
• EMIP — European Market for Infrastructural Projects
• GCCS — Global Command, Control System
• SVC — Scalable Vector Graphics
• MILUS — Multiple Input Land Use System
• U/R — Urban/rural
• ISTAT — Istituto Centrale di Statistica
• THON GR — Clay pit
• DRAPE — Digital Raster Acquisition Project for the East
• ORBIMAGE — Orbital Imaging Corp.
• MCIS — Maps and Chart Information System
• BNF — Bibliotheque national de France
• CCELC — Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification
• ONPR — Office of National Petroleum Reserve
• NOSS — National Oceanographic Satellite System
• SDSFIE — Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment
• LIMO — Land Information Management Office
• TR — Trail Runners
• BCSS — Battlefield Command Support System
• NVCA — Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
• GECCO — Geospatially Enabling Community Collaboration
• JACIE — Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation
• BOA — Building Omission Area
• IGCI — Institut Geographique de la Cote d'Ivoire
• MACA — Ministerio de Asuntos Campesinos y Agropecuarios
• NASBOG — National Association of State Boards of Geology
• GLAB-W — Geologisches Landesamt Baden-Wurttemberg
• DBB — Deutsche Bundesbahn
• BEV — Bundesamt fur Eich- und Vermessungswesen
• CYPLUS — Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy

• WRCB — Water Resources Control Board
• ROMP — Regional Observation Monitoring Program
• SDES — Spatial Data Exchange Standard
• BARCIS — Barcode Information System
• WQM — Water quality monitor
• BVU — Brightness Value Unit
• OGDI — Open Geospatial Datastore Interface
• FCM — Feature Change Map
• TMAC — Technical Mapping Advisory Council
• USNOS — United States National Ocean Service
• DCR — Design Concept Review
• RPID — Representation Module Id
• OWRD — Oregon Water Resources Department
• ITCA — International Topographic Composition Association
• OGIC — Oregon Geographic Information Council
• CCISA — Congress of Cartographic Information Specialist Associations
• ODE — Open Development Environment
• TSIS — Total Solar Irradiance Sensor
• AFTH — Allami Földmérési és Térképészeti Hivatal
• GRASS — Geographic Resource Analysis Support System
• V/H — Vertical over height ratio
• PECG — Professional Engineers in California Government
• NBSM — National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
• EPP — Educational Partnership Program
• GIV — Geologic Information Visualization
• ULCC — Utility Location and Coordination Council
• GPST — Global Positioning System Time
• RECTAS — Regional Center for Training in Aerospace Surveys
• DRCOG — Denver Regional Council of Governments (Colorado)
• HIA — Hydrologic Investigations Atlas
• HPGL — Hewlett Packard Graphics Language
• GOV.GEN. — Governor General
• IDEN — Identification module
• CIACER — Centro de Investigacion y Aplicacion de Sensores Remotos
• WDDES — World Digital Database for Environmental Science
• NZSB — New Zealand Soil Survey
• SHOM — Service Hydrographique et Ocenographique de la Marine
• SWEMP — Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping Program
• SSCC — SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston SC, USA
• MAPIS — Map Products Information System
• ERSAL — Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Laboratory
• SNCF — Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer
• NGBN — National Gravity Base Net
• KK — Kaiserlich-koenigliche
• FBN — Federal Base Network
• SFSU — Senator Fur Stadtentwicklung Und Umweltschutz
• COS — Central Office of Statistics
• ORID — Ortho Rectified Image Data
• PASP — Planning and Analysis Section
• NDS — National Decision Systems

• JCCDS — Joint Committee on Cartographic Data Standardization
• WMD — Water management district
• AWAR — Area weighted average resolution
• UAS — Urban Area Studies
• VTM — Vegetation Type Map
• PCX — Paintbrush Export Format
• IMW — International Map of the World
• CENREN — Centro de Recursos Naturales
• UNCLA — Unclassified
• IPCS — Image Production Control System
• WCB — Workshop Certification Board
• SWPA — Southwest Pacific Area
• MGIS — Micro Geographic Information System
• EDUC — Education User Conference
• DMSO — Defense Mapping School Operations Office
• GAT — Geography Association of Thailand
• SOAP — Simple Object Access Protocal
• SSGN — Service Geographique National
• WT&H — Woodward, Tiernan and Hale
• ETF — European Transfer Format
• NGU — Norges Geologiske Undersokelse
• AWMSAS — ArcView Marine Spill Analysis System
• JEC — John E. Chance and Associates
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave Imager
• USLS — United States Lake Survey
• OAMTC — Osterreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring-Club
• GZD — Grid Zone Designation
• LTTM — Longterm Terrain Model
• ICA-USNC — International Cartographic Association National Committee
• AD.ST. — Aldolf Stieler
• IFLA — International Association of Library Asociations and Institutions
• WSRN — Washington State Reference Network
• LSO — Land Surveyors Online
• USC&GS — United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
• FII — Fundacion Instituto de Ingeneiria
• TSOP — The Society for Organic Petrology
• AUSLIG — Australian Surveying and Land Information Group
• SMOW — Standard Mead Ocean Water
• CIAF — Centro de Investigaciones en Percepcion Remota
• IFSARE — Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Elevation
• CSPA — Council of State Planning Agencies
• IIPL — Interactive Image Processing Laboratory
• KINDS — Knowledge Interfaces to National Data Sets
• GWSI — Groundwater site inventory
• EDIPS — EROS Digital Image Processing System
• OBS — Office of Biological Services
• GPIP — General Purpose Image Processor
• GSS — Geographic Support System
• OAB — Operational Advisory Broadcasts
• IENC — Inland Electronic Navigation Charts

• QGIS — Quantum GIS
• LAND — Landmark feature identification number
• NSRFC — Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corporation
• CWHR — Califoria Wildlife Habitat Relationships
• INTRISCA — Integrated Resource Inventory for South-Central Alaska
• AVNIR — Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer
• KRIS — Kentucky Resources Information System
• ALAE — Atmospheric LymanAlpha Emissions
• OVN — Optical visible near-infrared
• MEM — Ministry of Energy and Minerals
• ITF — INTERLIS Transfer Format
• SNT — Servicio Nacional de Turismo
• ARB — Arbeiter
• FSRAMIS — Forest Service Range Management Information System
• UUG — Utstredni Ustav Geologicky
• VIIRS — Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
• ANZMAPS — Australian and New Zealand Map Society
• DNPM — Departamento Nacional de Produc~ao Mineral
• LSRC — Louisiana Spatial Reference Center
• WRIP — Water Resources Information Project
• CITYG — City Graphic
• INSIDE — Interactive Numeric Spatial Information Data Engine
• FCT — Forestry Commission Tasmania
• GLAS-H — Geologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein
• CCNS4 — Computer Controlled Navigation System
• WME — Window to My Environment
• LDMG — Lesotho Department of Mines and Geology
• GSPB — Geodetic Satellite Policy Board
• N-D — N-dimensional
• DWM — Digital Web Map
• NCGMP — National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
• SGG — Service Geologique du Gabon
• LARIS — Louisiana Areal Resource Information System
• CD-CINC — CD-ROM Consistent Interface Committee
• PERS — Personen
• OSDA — Oregon State Department of Agriculture
• MDTC — Division de la Topographie et de la Cartographie
• RSTN — Railroad Station
• GCRA — Geographic and Cartographic Research and Applications Section
• IDWO — Intelligence Division War Office
• CSVNS — California Surveying Virtual Survey Network
• SAMSOG — Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia
• RPIE — Replacement Photographic Image Equipment
• RTV — Raster To Vector
• MTP — MSS Telemetry Processor
• NALS — Nevada Association of Land Surveyors
• RMK — R.M. Keddal & Associates
• CRN — Canadian Road Network
• UPRR — Union Pacific Railroad
• LEAF — Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Feedback

• IWPC — Institute of Water Pollution Control
• NGSP — National Geodetic Satellite Program
• SLGSD — Sri Lanka Geological Survey Dept
• SEOS — Stationary Earth Orbit Satellite
• MOUG — Map Online Users Group
• NCGS — North Carolina Geological Survey
• SPCS — State Plane Coordinate System
• WCCS — Wisconsin County Coordinate System
• SS1 — SpaceShipOne
• NDCS — National Digital Cartographic Standards
• PFLP — Point-Feature Label Placement
• L/S — Landsat
• GLOSS — Global Observation Surveillance System
• RTSI — Routing Technology Software Incorporated
• AIRB — Alabama Inspection and Rating Bureau
• FIRM — Flood Rate Insurance Map
• LIA — Land Information and Analysis office
• DACA — Division des Archives Cartographiques et Audiovisuelles
• GSPNG — Geological Survey Papua New Guinea
• MIO — Map Information Office
• ASPG — American Society for Professional Geographers
• GUNO — Glavnoe Upravlenie Navigatsii i Okeanografii
• CAVA — Cartographic and Audio-Visual Archives Division
• OCX — Object Component eXtension
• HLVA — Hessisches Landesvermessungsamt
• STD.PAR. — Standard parallel
• RSAC — Remote Sensing Application Center
• GPR — Ground-Penetrating Radar
• CEN — Comite europeen de normalization electronique
• DLGF — Digital Line Graph-Framework
• SOS — Survey Office System
• FWPCA — Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
• SDSB — Satellite Data Services Branch
• GDM — Geospatial Data Management
• OCUL — Ontario Council of University Libraries
• DSU — Digital Standard Update
• GISOM — Generating Information and Scanning Ohio Maps
• KNRIS — Kentucky Natural Resources Information System
• CBET — Concrete block enclosed elevator
• SIRU — Soils and Irrigation Research Unit
• HSRC — Hydrographic Science Research Center
• FMP — Field Pack Mobile Professional
• VPF/PS — Vector Product Format/Production System
• ISPI — Intermediate-scale Product Inventory
• ATIS — Arizona Transportation Information System
• DMW — Daft, McCune, Walker
• ONIG — Office Nationale de la Geologie
• BAAMA — Bay Area Automated Mapping Association
• CANSPACE — Canadian Space Geodesy Forum
• TSD — Treatment, Storage and Disposal Sites

• FL.BR. — Fliegende Brucke
• CNROA — Centro Nacional de Reconhecimento e Ordenamento Agrario
• BGHT — Bight
• ISGS — Illinois State Geological Survey
• COMAP — Continuous area pattern mapping
• MGSSSR — Ministerstvo Geologii SSSR
• NDNRC — Nevada Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
• USACERL — Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories
• LCDB — Land Cover Database
• NMF — Network Mapping Facilities
• OGW — Office of Ground Water
• SHOL — Shoal
• SIAT — Special Image Annotation Tape
• COBRIG — Council of British Geography
• MSRLS — Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors
• GOS-PI — Geospatial One-Stop Portal Initiative
• TLM — Topographic Line Map
• IPP — Integrated Plotting Package
• MRLU — Map Reproduction and Liaison Unit
• KR — Krug
• ARRSTC — Asian Regional Remote Sensing Training Centre
• SVF — Simple Vector Format
• HSB — Humidity Sensor for Brazil
• SMC — Special Mapping Center
• NCS — National Cartographic Standards
• KN — Kartographische Nachrichten
• WSGS — Wyoming State Geological Survey
• PPNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• RSAL — Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory
• EUB — Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
• VIAF — Virtual International Authority File
• OIH — Office of International Hydrology
• IWARDS — Iowa Water Resources Data System
• ILIM — Institute for Land Information Management
• ISD — Information Services Division
• BVG — Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft
• IGBF — Institut Geographique de Burkina Faso
• PLSC — Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado
• IMADS — Interactive Map and Data Server
• SDGS — South Dakota Geological Survey
• IMCC — Interstate Mining Compact Commission
• USDMA — United States Defense Mapping Agency
• DL — Data logging
• GRDL — Geodetic Research and Development Laboratory
• PHZM — Plant Hardiness Zone Map
• USB — Underwriters Survey Bureau
• UWCL — University of Wisconsin Cartography Laboratory
• VVT — Value Valid Table
• LOCUS — Leveling Online Computations User Service
• NGMA — National Geoscience Mapping Agency

• RSRP — Remote Sensing Research Program
• IHAC — Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada Chile
• VHP — Volcano Hazards Program
• GRAMPS — Graphic Map Production System
• OWDC — Office of Water Data Coordination (USGS)
• CNA — Comissiao Nacional do Ambiente
• CD-W — Compact disk re-writable
• LBR — Laser Beam Recorder
• HDT — High Density Tape
• ICCP — Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals
• HVC — Hue-Value-Chroma
• SCULP — Sculpsit
• EXIF — Extensible Image File Format
• JIRP — Juneau Icefield Research Program
• ALOHA — Aerial Locations of hazardous Atmospheres
• VRP — Vector-to-raster processor
• ISQ — Institut de la statistique du Quebec
• DIP — Data Integration Program
• IMIA — International Map Industry Association
• VMAP — Vector Smart Map
• SDDP — Spatial Data Discovery Portal
• WGNHS — Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
• LAP — Landsat Applications Program
• NHAP — National High Altitude Photography
• CBI — China Burma India Theatre of Operations
• IMTA — International Map Trade Association
• TASC — Transportation Administration Service Center
• FNC — Foreign Names Committee
• SDNR — State Department of Natural Resources
• GCG — Geocartographics Subdivison
• TASMAP — Tasmania Department of Lands
• GGRF — Galileo Geodetic Reference Frame
• NADEC — National Atlas Development Centre
• HGS — Halliburton Geophysical Services
• PRSN — Puget Reference Station Network
• ER — Economic Region
• CAP — Cooperative Agreements Program
• MASTER — MODIS/ASTER Airborn Simulator
• WMP — World Mapping Project
• DCHUM — Digital Chart Update Manual
• MPE — Map Publishing Environment
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling
• ERCE — Groupe d'Etudes de Recherches Critiques d'Espace
• NYSGS — New York Geological State Geological Survey
• PSAN — Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska
• GPH — Geological Publishing House
• RAP — Regional Applications Program
• NPOC — Naval Polar Oceanographic Center
• USNBS — United States National Biological Survey
• VLBI — Very Long Baseline Interferometric

• PVT — Position, Velocity and Time
• TDSA — tribal designated statistical area
• WVGES — West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
• SICOM — South Australian Spatial Information Committee
• MSPE — Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
• GRS — Geodetic Reference System
• IAEG — International Association of Engineering Geologists
• CNRA — Commission on National and Regional Atlases
• SPID — Sistem Pengurusan Imej Dokumen
• VCGI — Vermont Center for Geographic Information
• TVP — Topological Vector Profile
• NAHSC — National Automated Highway System Consortium
• GKS — Graphics Kernal System
• JOG-R — Joint Operations Graphic-Radar
• WDMS — Watershed Data Management System
• IRD — Information Resources Division
• TRI — Toxic Release Inventory
• SIGS — Solomon Islands Geological Survey
• NURE — National Uranium Resources Evaluation
• RESCU — Remote Emergency Satellite Cellular Unit
• PALIS — Ponds And Lakes Information System
• OLE — Object Linking/Embedding
• BLT — Bundesamt fur LandesTopographie
• IBGE — Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica
• CUSEC — Central United States Earthquake Consortium
• RSGS — Royal Scottish Geographical Society
• GNS — GEOnet Names Server
• NHD — National Hydrography Dataset
• CMYK — Cyan-magenta-yellow-black
• FIRMS — Flood Rate Insurance Maps
• MHTD — Missouri Highway and Transportation Department
• CERCO — Comite Europeen de Responsibles de la Cartographie Officielle
• AFE — Automated Feature Extraction
• VVK — Verwaltung Vermessungs Und Kartenwesen
• AIR — American Indian Reservation
• OMPS — Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
• IPE — Image processing engine
• MGG — Marine Geology and Geophysics Report
• CSUF — California State University, Fresno
• HID — Historical Imagery Declassification
• GNU — Geologic Names Unit
• NZFS — New Zealand Forest Service
• ODGMI — Oregon State Department of Minerals and Mineral Industries
• STIA — Spatial Technologies Industry Association
• SWDC — Southwestern Colorado Data Center
• MFLOPS — Million Floating Points Operations Per Second
• SALT — Salina
• IPAM — Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia
• RMIB — Rudolf Muller International Booksellers
• CEC — Civil & Environmental Consultants

• DIGIT — Digitally Integrated Geographic Information Technologies
• CHEST — Combined Higher Education Software Team
• CEO — European Centre for Earth Observation
• UURI — University of Utah Research Institute
• IHGC — International Health Geographics Conference
• IPLSA — Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association
• SHOALS — Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar System
• SCSMAC — South Carolina State Mapping Advisory Committee
• FLI-IWG — Future of Land Imaging Interagency Working Group
• CGDB — Central Geographic Data Base
• SISMD — Solomon Islands Survey and Mapping Division
• WVS — World Vector Shoreline (geographic data)
• DMR — Department of Mineral Resources
• OICC — Ontario Institute of Chartered Cartographers
• BDET — Bengston, DeBell, Elkin & Titus Limited
• IMPAC — Image Analysis Computer Package
• SCOOP — Schedule Control of Orthophoto Products
• MFC — Map Feature Coding
• DIFSAR — Differential SAR
• CGIC — Canadian Geoscience Information Centre
• UGB — Urban Growth Boundary
• WLIA — Wisconsin Land Information Society
• MMQ — Metric Map Questionnaire
• USGS-MP — United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park
• WCCS — Washington Council of County Surveyors
• TXDAPA — Texas Digital Aerial Photo Archive
• AWLS — American West Land Surveying
• IAO — Insurers Advisory Organization
• ERRSAC — Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Applications Center
• ICHC — International Conference on the History of Cartography
• GCN1 — Canadian Geographical Names, Level 1
• BSE — Base flood elevation
• WEIN B — Weinberg
• NZMG — New Zealand Map Grid
• STAAC — Space and Terrestrial Applications Advisory Committee
• MOST — Moving Objects Spatio-Temporal
• SPIRE — Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploration
• GMDC — Geospatial Map and Data Centre
• MCGA — Monochrome/Color Graphics Adapter
• UGID — Universal Geographic Identity
• UDNR — Utah Department of Natural Resources
• BMW — Barclay Mapworks, Inc.
• SAF — Society of American Foresters
• VISG — Visual Information Services Group
• WESTFED — Western Federation of Professional Surveyors
• KHF — Kirchhof
• OLID — Ontario Land Information Directory
• CDA — Colorado Department of Agriculture
• SPT — Strathclyde Passenger Transport
• VOC — Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie

• BASINS — Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Systems
• MRLA — Major Land Resource Area
• TIC — The Technical Information Center
• MRWS — Monoscopic Revision Workstation
• IGIS — Integrated Geographic Information System
• TESC — Tile enclosed elevator with self-closing traps
• RTA — Regional Transport Authority
• GLT — Geospatial Light Table
• PCLI — Independent political entity
• FEAT — Alternate Feature Identification Code
• NRSC — National Remote Sensing Centre
• TLUI — Traditional Land Use Inventory
• NSD — Nepal Survey Department
• HRFRS — High-resolution Film Recorder Subsystem
• RKW — Rock in Water
• PASS — Precision Aerial Survey System
• NLRB — National Level Bibliographic Record
• BWE — Bandwidth Expansion
• SA/S — Source Aquisition Segment
• DSGZ — Department of the Surveyor General
• ERDL — Engineer Research & Development Laboratories
• MCG — Map Curators Group
• RFPMG — Radar Fixed Point Minigraphic
• MNFS — Minor Frame Synchronization
• UGMS — Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
• LRM — Linear Referencing Method
• HPGN — High-Precision Geodetic Network
• WCS — Web Coverage Service
• CRL — Cartographic Research Laboratory
• BOFRS — Books and Open-File Report Section
• EODMS — Earth Observations Data Management Systems
• SNIG — Sistema Nacional de Informaciao Geografica
• SORSA — Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Association
• NILS — National Integrated Land System
• RAMS — Regional Atmospheric Modelins System
• TUG — Triuniversity Group
• AUSDEC — Australasian Data Exchange Centre
• HDTR — High density tape recorder
• KLBF — Kleinbahnhof
• ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organiztion
• INMG — Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica
• LGIS — Land Geographic Information System
• T — Township
• MOLA — Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter
• INPE — Instituto das Pesquisas Espaciais
• TOPS — Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System
• NESACSM — New England Section Acsm
• ALARS — Alaska Land and Resources System
• HABS — Historic American Buildings Survey
• L/U — Land use

• VCSH — Virtual Center for Spatial Humanities
• TMLS — Terrestrial mobile LIDAR scanning
• OIG — Office of International Geology
• NOBS — Northern Ohio Bibliographic Society
• LCMMP — California Land Cover Mapping & Monitoring Program
• AME — Aero-Metric Engineering Incorporated
• SIME — Space Imaging Middle East
• GEZ — Gezeichnet
• MEDEA — Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis
• CMAS — Circular Mean Accuracy Standard
• RAC — Related Accreditation Commission
• SPIN-2 — Space Information-2 Meter Data
• SLC — Scan Line Corrector
• PAAD — Program Acronyms Abbreviations and Definitions
• RUS — Rest of the US
• IWIS — International Water Information System
• BT — Base Topo
• MIEM — Ministere de l'Industrie et de Mines
• INTERPARES — International Research on Permanent Authentic Records Electronic Systems
• MRMS — Maritime Resources Management Service
• NHPN — National Highway Planning Network
• MAGIS — Maps, Aerials and GIS
• MUAC — Map Users Advisory Committee
• RAS — Remote Analysis Systems
• GDE — Graphic Developer's Engine
• I2S — International Imaging Systems Incorporated
• BCGS — Board of Coast and Geodetic Survey
• ESC — European Seismological Commission
• SGE — Servicio Geografico del Ejercito
• HIU — Hydrologic Information Unit
• LDPC — Local Datum Plane Coordinate
• AMPR — American Map Price Record
• PNRS — Preliminary Natural Resources Survey
• ERSAR — Earth Resources Synthetic Aperture Radar
• RMMC — Rocky Mountain Mapping Center
• CWRA — Canadian Water Resources Program
• OESA — Office of Earth Science Applications
• SUDSS — Spatial Understanding and Decision Support System
• CGNHS — Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey
• STIBOKA — Stichting voor Bodemkartering
• DACH — Deputy Assistant Chief Hydrologist
• SDT — Spatial Data Technologies
• QLPS — Quick-Look Processing System
• EAOS — Environment Australia Online Service
• LVAS-H — Landesvermessungsamt Schleswig-Holstein
• CLU — Common land units
• TXMAP — Texas Mapping Project
• CLDB — Common Land Data Base
• TLP — Telephone Line Patch
• OUCLS — Ontario Universities Library Cooperative System

• IIAF — Idaho Image Analysis Facility
• ORRH — Office of the Regional Research Hydrologist
• DEMVFY — Digital Elevation Model Verify
• HPRASA — High Plains Regional Aquifer System
• CETENAL — Comision de Estudios del Territorio Nacional
• PCT — Pacific Coast Trail
• DRO — Digital Revision Overlay
• SOWR — Sensitivity Of Water Resources
• NDLS — Nauru Directorate of Lands and Survey
• MLTA — Maine Land Title Association
• KF — Kahn Fahre
• NIIGA — Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Institut Geologii Artiki
• CK-PL — Check plotter
• NPOESS — National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites
• VICMAP — Victoria Department of Crown Lands and Survey
• IGG — Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica
• NLL — Northern Limit Line
• IRICC — Interagency Resource Information Coordination Council
• CGIS — Center for GIS
• MIRAGE — Map Image Rendering Database for Geoscience
• RTTK — Real Time Turbokinematic
• SAZU — Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti
• GGU — Gronlands Geologiske Undersogelse
• OBRP — Object representation
• NGIC — National Geodetic Information Center
• GITC — Geomatics Information Trading Center
• JGS — John Gaspar Scheuchzer
• INMH — Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia y Hidrologia
• SRI — Spatial Reference Information
• FGCS — Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee
• FRI — Forest Resource Inventory Map
• GSL — Geographic Sciences Laboratory
• ODAIPR — Open Data Access and Intellectual Property Rights
• ILLIAC — Illinois Institute for Advanced Computation
• MEGDR — Mission Experimental Gridded Data Record
• GDA — Geographic Data Analysis System
• SCEP — Servico Cartografico do Exercito
• LVAB-W — Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Wurttemberg
• MITE — Megapixel Imaging Technology
• WDMC — War Department Map Collection
• OEEPE — Organisation europeene d'etudes en photogrammetrie experimentale
• CGNS — Canadian Geographical Names Service
• SKV — Statens Kartverk
• OFAT — Ontario Flow Assessment Techniques
• HERST — Herstellung
• KDSP — Kork Digital Stereo Plotter
• MLHD — Maximum likelihood
• MVI — Mapping for the Visually Impaired
• SBCDP — Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program
• CDR — CorelDraw format

• MEDS — Minimum Essential Data Set
• IPA — Imagery Product Archive
• NLIS — National Land Information Service
• TCI — Touring Club Italiano
• MERES — Mineral and Energy Resources Exploration Satellite
• KANDIDATS — University of Kansas Landsat Software System
• S3 — Satellite Security Systems
• SLATS — Statewide Landcover and Trees Study
• ML — Master Library
• SPO — State Planning Office
• NAGT — National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• SBAS — School Boundary Analysis System
• VNIR — Visual and near-infrared
• SAM — Spatial Access Methods
• WS — work-station
• TFH — Technische Fachhoschule
• IIGS — Initial Image Generating System
• GPOS — Government Printing Office Style Manual
• MP — Measuring Point
• USB — Unified S-Band
• HDLD — Headland
• LRIDP — Land Resources Inventory Demonstration Project
• MRSID — Multiresolution Seamless Image Database
• IRDB — Integrated regional database
• RECOMP — Recompilation
• CRAG — Columbia Region Association of Governments
• HO — Hochofen
• GEOCORR — Geographic Correspondence Engine
• OCAP — Ohio Capability Analysis Project
• WLA — William Lettis and Associates
• CCGM — Center for Computing Graphics
• NMMC — National Map Managers Conference
• CGE — Comision Geografico-Exploradora
• WRIS — Wildland Resources Information System
• GAMS — GIS azimuth measuring system
• PRISM — Parameter-Elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model
• MAGI — Maryland Automated Geographic Information System
• JH — Jagerhaus
• GIMS — Geographic Information Management Systems Committee
• TFC — Forestry Commission Tasmania
• IFS — Internet File System
• PNDI — Intermittent pond
• AVRI — Arizona Vegetation Resource Inventory
• WSUCSC — Washington State University Computing Service Center
• NTDL — Northern Territory Department of Lands
• NPR-A — National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
• WP — Word Processor
• EMC — Eastern Mapping Center
• RODOBRAS — Comissiao Especial construciao da Rodovia Belem-Brasilia
• FRP — Federal Radio-navigation Plan

• GISCI — GIS Certification Institute
• OIA — Office of International Activities
• NSGIC — National States Geographic Information Council
• DE-DEM — Drainage-Enforced DEM
• CGSICO — Civil GPS Service Interface Committee
• MNR — Ministry of Natural Resources
• URS — Unrestricted Random Sample
• GEHC — Grup d'Estudia d'Historia de la Cartografia
• DLG-O — Digital Line Graph-Optional
• ESIO — Earth Science Information Office
• PIG — Panstwowy Instytut Geologiczny
• AMIE — Airglow Measurements of Infrared Measurements Emissions
• NWWS — North West Wetlands Survey
• SHMP — Seizmis Hazard Mapping Program
• TSARP — Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project
• CENTAUR — Civil Engineering Technologies for Automatic Roadmaking
• MMOI — Mathematical Mode of Inquiry
• SECFT — Sociedad Espainola de Cartografia, Fotogrametria y Teledeteccion
• SMIB — Surveying and Mapping Institute of Beijing
• JGW — JPEG with World File
• BNPD — Bivariate Normal Probability Density
• TM — Timber management
• MTU — Magnetic Tape Unit
• UGS — Utah Geological Survey
• RLE — Run-length encoded
• NGDA — National Geospatial Digital Archive
• IRLSA — Illinois Registered Land Surveyors Association
• ERM — Earth Resource Mapping
• DLG-3 — Digital Line Graph-level 3
• OPAL — Obscurant penetrating autosynchronous Lidar
• CRSA — Canadian Regional Science Association
• JOG — Joint Operations Graphic
• OWRR — Office of Water Resources and Research
• MTJ — Mendocino Triple Junction
• SHIPS — Seizmic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound
• HEIRS — Historic Environmental Reporting System
• ISURL — Indiana State University Remote Sensing Laboratory
• GSDM — Global Spatial Data Model
• ITSA — INDEPENDENT TRAVEL STORES ASSOCIATION
• GGBR — Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve
• ORH — Office of the Regional Hydrologist
• SGM — Servicio Geografico Militar
• ESIG — Exemplary Systems in Government award
• DISHIDROS — Dinas Hidro Oceanografi
• HTC — Hydrographic Topographic Center
• CRA — Common Resource Area
• JOG-G — Joint Operations Graphic-Ground
• ECE — E Coyote Enterprises
• MOMS — Modular Optoelectric Multispectral Scanner
• ODGS — Ohio Division of Geological Survey

• DGP — Digital Graphic Product
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adaptor
• INE — Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
• DLMS — Digital Landmass System
• SND — Street Network Database
• ICR — Intelligent Character Reader
• LSRP — Laser Printer
• KALC — Khmer Archaeology Lidar Consortium
• SP — Survey of Pakistan
• ZRC — Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center
• VPASS — Video Processor and Sync Separator
• SWAB — Southwest Alluvial Basins
• SSEOP — Space Shuttle Observation Project
• BETS — Brunson Electronic Triangulation System
• TJSA — Tribal Jurisdiction Statistical Area
• IDAS — Image Data Analysis Systems
• URPI — Unit for Retail Planning Information Limited
• CMO — Canada Map Office
• CLSR — Canada Lands Surveys Records
• LIO — Land Information Ontario
• GBAUG — Greater Boston Autodesk User Group
• TBC — Trimble Business Center
• RPU — Remote Positioning Unit
• NLCD — National Land Cover Dataset
• LTC — Light Transfer Characteristics
• HBMN — Hydrologic Bench Mark Network
• CUBE — Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator
• P&DC — Printing & Distribution Center
• NJGS — New Jersey Geological Survey
• CISD — Cook Islands Department of Survey
• GSM — Graphic Standard Metafile
• GEOBAL — Servicio Geologico de Bolivia
• AJG — African Journal of Geoinformation
• MTAE — Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitutu
• GPG — Graphic Product Generation
• BDC — Base de donnees sur les collectivities
• IGFCOT — Institutul de Geodezie, Fotogrammetrie, Cartografie si Organizarea Teritoriului
• GRSU — Geography Remote Sensing Unit
• GPW2 — Gridded Population of the World
• GGMC — Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
• IRAT — Institut de Recherches en Agronomie Tropicale
• MARS — Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing
• NGES — Northrup Grumman Electronic Systems
• RTPC — Real-Time Point Cloud
• SLD29 — Sea Level Datum of 1929
• T — Tief
• CTI-S — Centre for Topographic Information - Sherbrooke
• NRIS — National Resource Information System
• FACE — Field Ancillary Computer Effort
• IR.CH.S.A. — Iron chimney with spark arrestor

• LI — Landmaelingar Islands
• OQ — Orthophoto quadrangle
• WNW — West NorthWest
• SDV — Soil Data Viewer
• HCRS — Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service
• PSCOG — Puget Sound Council of Governments
• BARD — San Francisco Bay Area Regional Database
• GMR — Government Micro Resources Incorporated
• NES — New England Section
• MPP — Multi-spectral scanner preprocessor
• VMR — Vertical Mapping Resources, Inc.
• ARMS — Agricultural Resource Management System
• NIWAR — National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Ltd
• IG — Instytut Geologiczny
• IGUG — Intergraph Graph Users Group
• MSDO — Mapping Support District Office
• MAV — Micro Aerial Vehicle
• PH — Power house
• MWRTK — Midwest Real Time Kinematic
• RSTF — Remote Sensing Task Force
• MDC — Division de la Cartographie
• GSDS — Global Spatial Data System
• CICLOPS — Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for OPerationS
• LVAS — Landesvermessungsamt des Saarlandes
• REAP — Regional Environmental Applications Program
• CBWE — Corn Blight Watch Experiment
• BATCO — Boulder Area Trails Coalition
• IGZA — Institut Geographique du Zaire
• RIS — Rapid Imaging Software
• ARZ — AutoRestricted Zone
• GSRC — Geological Survey Research Committee
• ECEF — EarthCentered EarthFixed
• WSDOT — Washington State Department of Transportation
• HISS — Heritage Information Statistical System
• SICC — Surveying Instrumentation and Coordinate Computation
• USGIF — United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
• RMMS — Rocky Mountain Map Society
• SMB — Surveys and Mapping Branch
• WYSDOT — Washington State Department of Transportation
• USC — Unified Soil Classification
• DIAP — Digital Image Analytical Plotter
• CISIG — Conservational International GIS
• SLSD — Sri Lanka Survey Department
• PDEP — Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Projection
• CHNM — Marine channel
• LE — Little Endian
• TMI — Topographic Mapping Initiatives
• MODN — Module name
• CUSMAP — Conterminous United States Minerals Assessment Plan
• GGS — Georgia Geologic Survey

• TNS — TopoNet Server
• NLUIS — Northern Land Use Information Series
• QW — Quality of water
• GIST — Geographic Information System for Transportation
• OMTC — Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications
• FGT — Federal Geographic Technology
• REU — Resources Evaluation Unit
• SNARIL — Social Natural and Agricultural Resources Information Laboratory
• LM — Loh Mulhe
• EHS — Extremely hazardous materials
• CAST — Center for Advanced and Spatial Technologies
• PSSC — Public Service Satellite Corporation
• HOM — Hotine Oblique Mercator
• DNPCT — Direction National de Production Cartographique et Topographique
• CGPS — Continuous Global Positioning System
• OSDL — Oregon Spatial Data Library
• ILS — Intelligent Library System
• DBPPWG — Data Base Population Planning Working Group
• HPFS — High Pressure Fire Service
• CDOWG — CD-ROM Data Origination Working Group
• IMC — Image Motion Compensator
• CEMA — Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association
• PNDS — Ponds
• SUP.HDQRS. — Supervisor's headquarters
• BLIS — Brownfields Location Information System
• APS — Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor
• SCGIS — Sedgwick County GIS Department
• ASI — Analytical Surveys, Inc.
• SIAC — Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium
• CCK — Centrale Catalogus Kartografie
• UQAM — Universite du Quebec a Montreal
• ZS — Zambia Survey Department
• OFSS — Open-file Services Section
• CSIG — Cyberinfrastrucure Summer Institute for Geoscientists
• CSP — Conformal Space projection
• NEHRP — National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
• GIAA — Geometrics Industry Association of America
• MAT — Medial-axis transformation
• OGDE — Ontario Geographic Data Exchange
• OALS — Office of Arid Lands Studies
• IICT — Instituto de Investigaciao Cientifica Tropical
• DIGCAT — Digital Catalog
• WAIS — Wide-area Information Server
• IATO — Italian atlas assembled to order
• MRAC — Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale
• WASP — Wildfire Airborne Sensor Program
• UHMS — Urban Hydrology Monitoring System
• DCF — Digital Cartographic File
• EWP — Executive Wilderness Programmes
• TMS — Topographic Mapping Service

• HGIS — Historical GIS
• CMIS — Conical-scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder
• CCPS — Central Colorado Professional Surveyors
• JOM — Journal of Maps
• SNB — Service New Brunswick
• SPOEM — Special Projects Office for Exploitation Modernization
• SNM — Square nautical miles
• ZSE — Zaenkert Surveying Essentials
• WRAP — Western Regional Applications Program
• PQ — Province Quebec
• UCGIS — University Consortium for GIS
• SNWS — Southern Nevada Water System
• RK — Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (Toronto Venture Exchange [TSXV])
• HAC — Harbor and Approach Chart
• ILEX — Interactive Landsat Executive
• COSML — Committee On Southern Map Libraries
• LOS — Land Observation Satellite
• HTS — Human terrain systems
• CRV — Cloth, rolled, varnished
• TPS — Topcon Positioning Systems
• STAC — State Technology Applications Centers
• WSM — Widener Surveying and Mapping
• SLM — Structure Line Model
• KGPS — Kinematic Gps
• DSS — Digital Sensor System
• WR — Water Resources
• NCRST — National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation
• WSPS — Western Society of Professional Surveyors
• BE — Brick enclosed elevator
• OFIPLAN — Oficina de Planificacion Nacional
• WCWMC — William C. Wonders Map Collection
• DW — Data Warehousing
• WSW — West Southwest
• IBIS — Image-Based Information System
• WAM — Western Air Maps
• MRO — Mars Reconnnaissance Orbiter
• DGRM — Direccion General de Recursos Minerales
• NSDC — National Spatial Data Council
• RSRT — Resort
• MYCOE — My Country, Our Earth
• SPEK — Sistem Pengeshan Kualiti
• NMC — National Map Collection
• GNULEX — Geologic Names Unit Lexicon
• CERES — California Environmental Resource Evaluation System
• DCASS — Digital Cartographic Software System
• ASCF — Ames Satellite Communications Facility
• NARSA — National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Program
• MAPSAT — Mapping Satellite
• MERRA — Michigan Energy and Resources Research Association
• GBO — Grabador

• GBS — Geograpic Base System
• LRD — Low Resolution Data
• NEMO — North East Map Organization
• TRS — Trimble Reference Station
• SCT — Sculpsit
• WAML — Western Association of Map Libraries
• STMM — Stream mouth
• RPP — RBV Preprocessor
• LRDA — Land Resources Data Analysis
• DMT — Digital Mapping Techniques
• SN — Sine Nomine
• MOSS — Map Overlay and Statistical System
• DAG — Directorate of Geographic Affairs
• DINO — Data in Ontario
• RNRC — Renewable Natural Resources Center
• UDA — User Data Area
• DLO — Document-like object
• CID — Community Information Database
• WACMA — Western Australia Central Map Agency
• LUNHA — Land Use History of North America
• SDG — Survey Department Ghana
• UDWR — Utah Division of Water Resources
• W — Wood
• SADR — Spatial Address
• RCS — Research Camera System
• NAVSOL — Navigation Solutions LLC
• CSAC — Census Statistical Area Committee
• INUPAL — Informaciones Unidas para America Latina
• SWOOP — South Western Ontario Orthophotography Project
• AT — Aero-Triangulation
• SMART — Spatial Mapping Academic Research Tools
• WET — Wetland Evaluation Technique
• LUM — Limited update, monoscopic
• CTL — Cartographic Technology Lab.
• ADS — Aerial Data Service
• NCEE — National Council of Engineering Examiners
• SERIES — Satellite Emission Range Inferred Earth Surveying
• RRH — Regional Research Hydrologist
• DDE — DOE Data Explorer
• MGB — Mississippi Bureau of Geology
• OSSI — Optronic Sensor for Stereo Imagery
• MITES — Miniature Interferometer Terminals for Earth Survey
• NIMSA — National Interest Mapping Service Agreement
• APE — Allen Precision Equipment
• CFC — Comite francais de cartographie
• VISC — Visualization In Scientific Computing
• HIF — Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility
• RE COMP — Recompile
• MDGLS — Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey
• INC — Institut National de Cartographie

• DHN — Directoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao
• PDWS — Precision digitizing workstation
• VRA — Visual Resources Association's
• DUMC — Dutch Union Map Catalogue
• RTSD — Royal Thai Survey Dept
• SCWRC — South Carolina Water Resources Commission
• CMT — Corvallis Microtechnology Incorporated
• HRD — High-resolution data
• WVSPLUS — World Vector Shoreline Plus
• CMCC — California Mapping Coordinating Committee
• SMMT — Submilimeter Telescope
• RST — Representation Style Table
• MPLIS — Multipurpose land information system
• IES — Institute for Environmental Sciences
• HLS — Hue, lightness and saturation
• OSCAR — Online Satellite Catalog and Request System
• HRDB — High-resolution Data Base
• W — Wald
• UMAC — Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium
• LSI — LiDAR Services International
• GICS — Geographic Identification Code Scheme
• SUC — Society of University Cartographers
• FSLUPC — Federal/State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska
• NC&GS — National Charting & Geodetic Survey
• MESH — Mapping Edinburgh's Social History project
• VMS — Voyage Management Sytem
• TFEL — Thin-film electrolumiscent
• NLAPS — National Landsat Archive Production Sytem
• MAS — Millimeterwave Atmospheric Sounder
• MSV — Model and Scenario Visualization
• TRE — Topaz Ranch Estates
• NSI — Natural Scale Indicator
• TWRI — Techniques of Water Resources Investigations
• EMPS — Elevation Matrix Processing System
• GPSOS — Global Positioning System Occultation Sensor
• SGTK — Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission
• MDLPP — Mason-Dixon Line Preservation Partnership
• POD — Print-on-demand
• PCS — POS Computer System
• FAB — Fabrik
• MSTS — Map Separates Tracking System
• OHN — Ontario Hydro Network
• SMN — Servicio Meteorologico Nacional
• PUG — Petroleum Users Group
• CAMA — Computer-aided mass appraisal system
• SSMC — Silver Spring Metro Center
• MTC — Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones
• VRML — Virtual Reality Mock-up Language
• HLRS — Highway Location Reference Standard
• ENC — Electronic Navigational Charts

• NET — New Electronic Titles
• NP — Norsk Polarinstitutt
• TP&W — Texas Parks & Wildlife
• MTT — Mobile Training Teams
• SSURGO — Soil Survey Geographical
• GSK — Geological Survey of Kenya
• PLQ — Public land quadrangles
• BLS — Bahamas Lands and Surveys Dept
• NTDB — National Topographic Data Base
• ESD — Engineering Services Dept
• SPB — Space Planning Bureau
• ORRI — Orthorectified radar imagery
• CUA — Canadian Underwriters' Association
• MBR — Minimum Bounding Rectangle
• VOBF — Vorbahnhof
• RIG — Retsam/Intergraph/Giant
• OIS — Obstruction Identification Surfaces
• GUNI — Goteborgs Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen
• GME — Geohydrologic Map Editor
• TO — Teer Ofen
• WLU — World Land-use Survey
• NVCN — National Vertical Control Network
• HPP — High Precision Photogrammetry
• EMMMA — Environmental Mercury Mapping Modeling and Analysis
• WADM — Department of Mines Western Australia
• ZTS — Zoom Transfer Scope
• BN — Bibliotheque Nationale
• GSTC — Geospatial Service and Technology Center
• TNA — The National Archives
• TEC — The Engineering Center
• MDG — Direction de la Geologie
• JEZ — jezioro
• TIMS — Therms Infrared Multispectral Scanner
• MNS — Multi-Navigator System
• CBF — Cartographic boundary file
• BAUMSCH — Baumschule
• GLTN — Global Land Tool Network
• CFF — Cartographic Feature File
• SAGES — Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society
• LTAP — Long-Term Acquisition Plan
• VLS — Virtual Learning Systems, Inc.
• OHA — Officeof Hawaiian Affairs
• TRES — Trestle
• NSN — National Satellite Network
• TESEMPS — Terrain Edit Station/Elevation Matrix Processing System
• CRBT — Centre de Recherches Biologiques Tropicales
• SIAN — Service d'information de l'atlas nationale
• GBI — Green Biomass Index
• CDL — Cropland data layers
• LH — lichte Hohe

• PAL — Prime agricultural lands
• MR — Monoscopic revision
• GEOINT — Geographical intelligence
• NFAP — National Forest Applications Program
• SCCAMA — Southern California Computer Aided Mapping Association
• STATSGO — State Geographic Database
• IGNB — Institut Geographique National
• PROWLER — Pond, River, Ocean, Waterway and Lake Echosounder Remote
• CLL — Corrected Line Length
• LSN — Linear Scaling Number
• UDS — Urban Data Solutions
• CRPD — City Real Property Database
• MEI — Maps Etc Incorporated
• TE — Topographical Engineer
• ILMF — International LiDAR Mapping Forum
• IO — Interior orientation
• ULSD — Uganda Department of Lands and Surveys
• RIN — Realty Information Network
• TIB — Tabula Imperii Byzantini
• BP — Boundary marker
• UVMAP — Urban VMap
• EX.DOC. — Executive document
• TIGER — Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing
• SCHEIT-ELST — Scheitelstarke
• LCA — Land Cover Analysis
• GDP — GeoConnections Discovery Portal
• SB — Survey of Bangladesh
• TLG — Telegraph
• AWG — Association for Women Geoscientists
• GPF — Geospatial Prototype Facility
• GRB — Government Records Branch
• TLP — Telephone Lifeline Program
• ESSA — Environmental Science Service Administration
• WCS — World Construction Set
• MADAR — Maps and Data at Ryerson
• RCWD — Rancho California Water District
• ISTD — Inter-Services Topographical Dept
• EMF — Enhanced Meta Files
• EPB — Earth Physics Branch
• NNE — North northeast
• IMP — Integrated Micro Products Incorporated
• WCMC — World Conservation Monitoring Center
• IEP — Independent Electric Plant
• MOLDS — Institute for Modernization of Land Data Systems
• UDB — Universal Data Base
• MADM — Multiple attributes decision-making
• AMA — Associacion Mexicana Automovilistica
• CSML — Committee on Southern Map Libraries
• SDOI — Spatial Data Organization Information
• IGNC — Institut Geographique National Congolaise

• SOC — Society of Cartographers
• EBR — Electron Beam Recorder
• ORN — Ontario Road Network
• PPA — Provincial Archives of Alberta
• JMT — Johnson, Mirmiran, & Thompson
• PGD — Personal Geodatabase
• IUSM — International Union for Surveying and Mapping
• NMB — National Mapping Bureau
• CLS — Canada Lands Surveyor
• ESR — Engineering Surveys Reproduction Ltd.
• ARD — Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
• SPOTS — Standard Programming Of Telemetry Systems
• CDIS — Coordinated Design and Information System
• EINGESCH — eingeschossig
• LPM — Load Point Marker
• BSR — Bibliographic Standard Record
• PLGR — Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver
• USNG — US National Grid
• UGC — Utility Graphics Consultants
• NOMS — Northern Ohio Map Society
• SDSS — Spatial decision support systems
• RBI — River Basin Investigation
• GSSA — Geological Survey South Africa
• MAFI — Magyar Allami Foldtani Intezet
• NMCC — National Map Collection of Canada
• WTCD — Deltaic watercourse
• GXL-A — GeoImaging Accelerator Aerial
• SUS — Standard Update Stereoscopic
• NACS — National Association of County Surveyors
• VSEGEI — Vsesoiuznnoi Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Geologicheskii Institut
• PPGIS — Public Participation GIS
• SNLCS — Servico Nacional de Levantamento e Conservaciao de Solos
• LES — Lincoln Electric System
• ECS — Electronic Charting Systems
• SCGS — South Carolina Geological Survey
• OII — European Commission's Open Information Interchange
• PDS — Photogrammetric Data Services
• KML — Keyhold Markup Language
• TES — Terrain Edit System
• VGS — Vermont Geological Survey
• MHTEHI — Magyar Honvessdeg Terkepeszeti Hivatal
• DDG — La direction des documents gouvernementaux
• CMM — Coalbed Methane Map
• WMC — Western Mapping Center
• RPC — Rational Polynomial Coefficient
• TASC — The Analytic Sciences Corporation
• NDSA — National Digital Stewardship Alliance
• WRI — Water Resources Investigations
• MASC — Map Activity Support Contract
• LU — Land units

• OSECO — Ogden Surveying Equipment Company
• SHAPE — Systematic Horizontol Adjustment of Positional Errors
• CCAP — Competative Cooperative Agreements Program
• TTD — Tactical Terrain Data
• SLUPD — Swaziland Land Use Planning Department
• ENTWORF — Entworfen
• UR — Universal Rectifier
• MWF — Map Window File
• PURL — Persistent URL software
• CAN — Controlled Area Network
• SUM — Standard Update Monoscopic
• PBF — Personenbahnhof
• BND — Stream bend
• GEOSEC — Geographic Security
• TOSCA — The Oxford Seminars in Cartography
• TAPS — Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors
• MC — Mapping Center
• LIT — Land Information Toronto
• ARCC — American Rivers Conservation Council
• IDS — Information Decision Systems
• NSLAB — Niedersachsisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung
• NZGD — New Zealand Geophysics Division
• GEM — Graphical Environment Manager
• NPP — NOOESS Preparatory Project
• JSD — Jamaica Survey Dept
• QP — Queen-post
• ASC — American Society of Cartographers
• KKH — Karakoram Highway
• RECON — Retrospective conversion
• UAS — Unmanned Aerial Systems
• ICED — Intraprofessional Council on Environmental Design
• CRKT — Tidal creek
• NDG — Northern Development Group Incorporated
• LTU — Line Transfer Unit
• CASS — Coding and Accuracy Support System
• SCTRAP — South Carolina Toxic Risk Atlas Project
• DFC — Digital Futures Coalition
• ILI — Institute for Land Information
• RUIS — San Diego Regional Urban Information System
• OAC — Osterreichischer Automobil Club
• AIC — Australian Institute of Cartographers
• WPG — WordPerfect Graphic format
• PAI — Pacific Air Industries
• ISTH — Isthmus
• HLLS — Hills
• SACC — Spatial Analysis Coordinating Committee
• W — Westen
• T — Tiefe
• WBVT — Wide-band video tape
• MVE — Multi-View Editor

• OSP — Office of State Planning
• ST.BR. — Steinbruch
• PPL — Populated Place
• RV — Reise- und Verkehrsverlag
• TIGA — Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture
• ESV — EarthSystemsVisualizer
• ILC — Interim Library Catalog
• CNI — Coalition for Networked Information
• HBM — Hydrologic Bench Mark
• JFA — John Frank and Associates
• CPLAR — Community Perspectives on Land and Agrarian Reform
• IPF — Image Processing Facility
• CGTP — Cartographic and Geospatial Technology Programs
• WH — William Harrison
• PICA — Project Integrated Catalogue Automation
• RSSC — Remote Sensing Science Council
• SECO — Surveying Equipment Company
• LFVZ — Leichtensteinische Fremdenverkehrszentrale
• AP — analytical plotter
• GUIDE — Geomatics Utilization Inventory and Design Environment
• LCD — Liquid-crystal displays
• NCMP — National Coastal Mapping Program
• CLI — Canada Land Inventory
• TQ — Topographic Quadrangle
• JOG-A — Joint Operations Graphic-Air
• IR.CH. — Iron chimney
• FTL — Future Temporal Logic
• NI — Natturfraedistofnun Islands
• PF — Pfeiler
• JP2 — JPEG2000
• CBM — Kubikmeter
• OC — Oil and Gas Investigation Chart
• SDB — Spatial Data Base
• LMV — Statens Lantmateriverket
• NERDD — Networked Electronic Report & Document Distribution
• MRDB — Mapping Requirements Data Base System
• LCS — Liberian Cartographic Service
• TDR — Time Domain Reflectrometry
• SWA — Super-wide angle
• EAF — East African Force
• SAA — Southern Appalachian Assessment
• UMS — Universal Map Sharing
• ULS — Unmanned Lidar systems
• JWS — James W. Sewall Company, Inc.
• SCO — State Cartographer's Office
• PAD — Position Aware Device
• TDT — Terrestrial Dynamic Time
• SLAT — Spacecraft Location/Attitude Tape
• RQA — River Quality Assessment
• OO — Object-Orientation

• MDSD — Mono-Digitizer Stereo-Digitizer
• MEWS — Mono-Extraction Workstation
• EF — Eisenbahnfaehre
• CBP — Chesapeake Bay Project
• MDP — Master Data Processor
• NRS — National Reference System
• STMD — Distributary
• LUS — Limited Update Stereo
• CTA — Crafton, Tull and Associates
• SPC — State Plane Coordinate
• WN — Wiesen
• CSD — Census subdivision
• PES — Post Enumeration Survey
• LAMP — Low Altitude Mapping Photogrammetry
• HW — Hochwasser
• SMAC — State Mapping Advisory Committee
• PK — Peak (Valve)
• QBS — Quality-based selection
• TSC1 — Trimble System Controller
• DDI — Design Data Incorporated
• MCB — Marke Carl Bauer
• REICHSBF — Reichsbahnhof
• RL — Rannsoknastofnun Landbunadarins
• LDD — Land Development Desktop 2i
• TDM — Tasmania Department of Mines
• TI — Topographic instruction
• NCE — North Coast Engineering
• PFM — Pure File Magic
• CSDS — California Surveying and Drafting Supply
• TGS — Technicolor Graphic Services, Inc.
• REC — Recompile
• MEHR-GESCH — Mehrgeschossig
• IFN — Service de l'Inventaire Forestier National
• LFI — Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar
• JW — John Webber
• EDGE — Energy Data Geographical Explorer
• RDGE — Ridge
• RMT — Remotely Measured Target
• MRSA — Major River Systems Analysis
• USGK — Utstredni Sprava Geodezie a Kartografie
• EGIS — European GIS
• INSMAP — International Symposium on Marine Positioning
• CCID — Chain component ID
• HIT — Horizons Technolgy Incorporated
• SAL — Stanford Auxiliary Library
• ASMC — Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference
• FSR — Flight Summary Report
• NDI — Nautical Data International Incorporated
• TD — Topographische dienst
• LCTY — Locality

• SUR — Surveyor
• ICM — Instituto Cartografico Militar
• MDR — Minimum Data Recorder
• RG — Record Group
• TOPOCOM — Army Topographic Command
• IA — Infrastructure Analyst
• DGC — Direct Geodetic Constraint
• EISB.BRCK. — Eisenbahnbrucke
• SMI — Surveyors Module International
• MLC — Minimal Level Cataloging
• LSS — Life-saving station
• LAU — Landesamt fur Umweltschutz
• LIMS — Location Management System
• FTM — Foiben Taosarintanin i Madagasikara
• WIC — Westindische Compagnie
• VAS — Virginia Association of Surveyors
• INGM — Instituto Nacional de Geologia
• SSK — Stereo Softcopy Kit
• MAW — Metropolitan Area Window
• CSIP — Continental Scale International Project
• ERSP — Epipolar Rectified Stereo Pair
• AMI — Applied Mapping Incorporated
• ILSC — Innovative Lidar Solutions Conference
• CRG — Centre de Recherche en Geomatique
• EVC — East View Cartographic
• ICP — Interactive closest points
• OSFD — Oregon State Forestry Department
• BTA — Basic Trading Areas
• DCPS — Digital Cartographic Production Segment
• DBR — Dienst Bodemkartering
• GL — Gleis
• SLD — Slope-Line Detection
• VAP — Valley Air Photos
• NWA — National Water Alliance
• RDI — Resource Data International Incorporated
• OASIS — oceanic and atmospheric scientific information system
• MECM — Missiao de Estudos Cartograficos de Macao
• FGI — Free Government Information
• NRT — Navigation Response Team
• SILS — Science Information and Libary Services
• TCT — Trans-continental Traverse
• MLA — Multi-linear array
• SRF — Systematic Reconnaissance Flights
• RBE — Rule-Base Engine
• WGMG — Working Group on Map Generalization
• UAM — United Aerial Mapping
• GDC — Geographic Data Council
• KAS — Keystone Aerial Surveys
• IHP — International Hydrologic Program
• DCT — Direction Topographique et du Cadastre

• CMI — Corvallis Microtechnology Incorporated
• HTI — HORIZONS TECHNOLOGY INC
• TXRTK — Texas RTK Network
• LKI — Intermittent lake
• DTW — Desk-top Workstation
• NBF — Nebenbahnhof
• CCS — Census Consolidated Subdivision
• UPPS — Universal Projection Plotting System
• INCA — Indian National Cartographic Society
• GEOLAN — Geological local area network
• GID — Geodaetisk Institut
• IHA — Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada
• BMP — Bitmapped image format
• PICS — Pacific Institute of Cartographers Society
• LKB — Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett Incorporated
• NG — Nicholas Guerard
• GPT — GIS Portal Toolkit
• HFA — Hydrologic Field Assistant
• PIER — Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
• LKSC — Crater lakes
• SWMD — Selected World Mineral Deposits
• BSC — Boston Survey Consultants
• PPM — Portable Pixelmap
• VLC — Volcano
• T — Teich
• WT — Washington Territory
• LMP — Land Management Planning
• GIL — Geographic Information Librarianship
• TAG — Tabular And Graphic
• LIC — Land Information Centre
• MEOW — Mono-Extraction Orthophoto Workstation
• CHA — Canadian Hydrographic Association
• MAPCAT — Map catalog
• LDP — Low distortion projection
• J — jezioro
• CWS — Cartographic workstation
• IMA — Intermap Analytic
• BRH — Bush, Roed & Hitchings
• WISE — Women Investigating Sciences and Environment
• BIC — Borderlands Information Center
• SH — School house
• VP — Vertical Pipeline
• NLD — National Levee Database
• RTP — Real Time Positioning
• ICIS — Integrated Cadastral Information Society
• SES — Standalone Edit Stations
• DSD — Digital Sailing Directions
• LAMS — Large Area Mosaicing Software
• ISLP — Land-tied island
• VICAR — Video Information Communication and Retrieval

• PSA — Paciulli, Simmons & Associates Limited
• QS — Quadratic splines
• MTA — Major Trading Areas
• LKC — Crater lake
• TSA — Texas Surveyors Association
• KP — King-post
• WAIS — Western Antarctic Ice Sheet
• ISDP — Indiana Spatial Data Portal
• LLA — Adjusted line length
• SIB — Solar Indices Bulletin
• AIPP — Ambroziak Infinite Perspective Projection
• WSG — Wine Specialty Group
• SRMC — Southern Resources Mapping Corporation
• TPS — Thin-plate splines
• PLI — Precision Laser & Instrument
• NCAP — National Collection of Aerial Photographs
• SCSD — Street Centerline Spatial Dataset
• GRE — Geologic Resources Evaluaion
• NRI — National Resources Inventory
• WAG — Wireless Assisted GPS
• SVG — Scaled Vector Graphics
• EVG — East View Geospatial
• GO — Geometric Operations
• ITA — Intelligent Traverse Adjustment
• STMI — Intermittent stream
• TAC — Topcon America Corporation
• NOSC — National Oceans Systems Center
• SHS — Surveyors Historical Society
• CAT — Computer Assisted Thermography
• ISMS — International Society for Mine Surveying
• GTI — GIS Technology Incorporated
• UE — Useful Elevation
• MSR — Minimal Spatial Representation
• LOD — Levels of detail
• HDS — High-Definition Surveying
• LGR — Lehmgrube
• TD — Thematic data
• IRC — Intergraph Registered Consultant
• SCB — Statistika Centralbyran
• ERA — Electric Records Archives
• TCH — Thomas Campanius Holm
• STB — Steinbruch
• RPE — Regional Political Ecology
• IMG — ADRG image format
• TLP — Telephone Logger Patch
• HD — Hydrographic Dept
• LR — Laser Retroflector
• TLI — Terrain Line Interpolation
• TPM — Theodolitprufmachine
• SGR — Sandgrube

• LO — Located object
• GIG — Geologic Inquiries Group
• PCD — Practical Cartography Day
• MF — Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
• NIP — National Imagery Project
• ZMA — Zone Map Automation
• WH — Wirtshaus
• VBF — Verschriebebahnhof
• SSI — Surface Systems Incorporated
• VW — Vorwerk
• SAE — Survey Agro Ekonomi
• KAP — Kapelle
• NPF — Norsk Petroleums-forening
• TNP — Terrain Navigator Pro
• POTS — Pan-only Triangulation System
• WAT — Weighted-average toxicity
• VTD — Voting District
• RM — Replacement mapping
• SMA — Schweizerische Meteorologische Anstalt
• KO — Kalkofen
• VA — Visual accumulation
• TDN — Topografische Dienst Nederland
• MRS — Multispectral Resource Sampler
• GISP — GIS professional
• RMD — Hans Rudolf Manual Deutsch
• HFI — Hall & Foreman
• STMA — Anabranch
• T — Tramontana
• TH — Triple hydrant
• WSP — Water-supply Paper
• OAF — Optimal aerial forecasting
• NRN — National Road Network
• SCA — Samuel Chapman Armstrong
• WS — Wiener spectra
• SGS — Stanford Geological Survey
• TSI — Teqnical Services Incorporated
• TDA — Teledeteccion Aplicada

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