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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
• QLID — Queensland Land Information Directory
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• FTP — File Transfer Protocol
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• EPA — Environmental Protection Agency (US)
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• UNESCO — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• GUDS — Geologicky Ustav Dionyz Stur
• QC — Quality Control
• GUI — Graphical User Interface (goo-ey)
• C4G — Center for GeoInformatics
• A IN B — Auto in basement
• RELOS — Regional Locator System
• LAGIC — Louisiana Geographic Information Center
• R&D — Research & Development
• ISP — Internet Service Provider
• FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak)
• FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency
• K-L — Karhunen-Loeve
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• ASCII — American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• CBD — Cash Before Delivery
• K F — Kummerly Frey AG
• R&A OSS — Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services
• PDR — Preliminary Design Review
• GDDD — Geographical Data Description Directory
• G W-N — George Washington
• A-DCS — Advanced/Data Collection System
• JAGIS — Journalism and Gis Interest Group
• PIXEL — Picture Element
• SMTP — Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
• QINSY — Quality Integrated Navigation System
• TBD — To Be Determined
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• NADCON — North American Datum Conversion
• EU — European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC)
• U-TDOA — Uplink Time Difference of Arrival
• WALIS — Western Australian Land Information System
• PIDR — Polygon ID right
• C&MT — Communication & Measurement Technologies Limited
• ADSL — Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
• NAD 27 — North American Datum of 1927

• DOD — United States Department of Defense
• GPS — Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR)
• RASVY — Royal Australian Survey Corps
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• WAGDA — Washington State Geospatial Data Archive
• EOF — End Of File
• S-VGA — Super Video Graphics Array
• GBAMS — GBS Master Series
• WWW — World Wide Web
• BAOSC — Bay Area Open Space Council
• C.BR — cement brick
• ADP — Automated Data Processing
• E-N&N — Electronic News and Notes
• J&K — Jammu and Kashmir
• DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US)
• NAD 83 — North American Datum of 1983
• ASA — American Standards Association
• CADMAP — Computer-aided drafting, mapping, and photogrammetry
• UCDL — University of California Digital Library
• FOV — Field Of View (satellite)
• NABGG — National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists
• LAGEO — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• NAFSMA — National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
• R&TS — Research & Technical Standards
• DA&SM — Data Acquisitions & Systems Maintenance
• H.ST. — Halte Stelle
• R-VIS — Reality Visualization
• IACWD — Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data
• WAGAP — Washington Gap Analysis Program
• T/RS — Township/Range System
• OADCES — On-line Aerotriangulation Data Collection and Editing System
• RAM — random-access memory
• WAML IB — Western Association of Map Libraries Information Bulletin
• NSF — National Sanitation Foundation
• BANOBRAS — Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos
• I-SITE — Intelligent Screening of Imagery for Teleophthalmology
• ISDN — Integrated Services Digital Network
• S-SIG — Sureying Special Interest Group
• UCLGES — Unified Cartographic Line Graph Encoding System
• BAKOSUR-TANAL — Badan Koordinasi Survey dan Pemetaan Nasional
• WASCH — Waschhaus
• DEPT — Department
• OC-CLSA — Orange County Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association
• BBS — Bulletin Board System
• E.ST. — Eisenbahn Station
• IAKAR — Inertially aided kinematic ambiguity resolution
• MAGERT — Map and Geography Round Table
• IAEGS — Institute for Advanced Education in Geospatial Sciences
• MAIGIS — Multi-Agency Internet Geographic Information Service
• CSA — Canadian Space Agency

• WML — Wireless Markup Language
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• MAGIRT — Map and Geospatial Round Table
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• BLDG — Building
• EAS-E — Engineering and Survey-Exchange
• FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
• DAIS-1 — Digital Airborne Imagery System
• HAZUSMH — Hazards multihazard version
• EARTHSAT — Earth Satellite Corp
• LANDRU — Local Access to Networked Data Retrieval Utility
• ARCFM — Arc Facilities Manager
• WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms)
• CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• BAOR — British Army of the Rhine
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• ACM — Association for Computing Machinery
• HANDGPS — High Accuracy Nationwide Differential GPS
• MHZ — Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second)
• IAHWG — Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Working Group
• PNG — Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension)
• HAUPTM — Hauptmann
• NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• EEC — European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU)
• QA/QC — Quality Assurance/Quality Control
• SLIP — Serial Line Interface Protocol
• DAISIDS — Distributed Ad-hoc Intelligent Sensor-Intrusion Detection System
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• PST — Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours)
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• JATOP — Army Topographic Service
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• SIC — Standard Industrial Classification (Code)
• AOL — America on line
• DLL — Dynamic Link Library (computer file)
• UDP — User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related)
• DBMS — Database Management System
• BPS — bits per second
• MST — Mountain Standard Time
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• EDT — Eastern Daylight Time
• IBRD — International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank)
• UAV — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• HQ — Headquarters (HDQ Preferred)
• IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency
• EPIRB — Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
• IMO — International Maritime Organization
• EBCDIC — Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD)
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration

• ARCH — Architect
• SCSI — Small Computer System Interface
• ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• NCR — National Capital Region (Metro Manila)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• UN — United Narions
• MIN — Minute
• W3C — World Wide Web Consortium
• IM — Information Management
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• COSPAR — Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
• YD — Yard
• FORTRAN — FORmula TRANslation (a computer language)
• RISC — Reduced Instruction Set Computer
• RTF — Rich Text Format
• RAID — Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
• KW — Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement)
• IFOV — Instantaneous Field Of View
• CIA — Central Intelligence Agency
• DDL — Data Definition Language
• HUD — Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
• TN — Tennessee
• ROW — Right-Of-Way
• JPEG — Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format)
• SEATO — Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• GPO — Government Printing Office
• UT — Utah
• ENIAC — Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer
• WMO — World Meteorological Organization (ICSU)
• ASCE — l'American Society of Civil Engineers
• I/O — Input/Output
• KHZ — kilohertz (1000 cycles per second)
• SD — South Dakota
• JAXA — Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• 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.")
• CORBA — Common Object Request Broker Architecture
• RI — Rhode Island
• ESCAP — Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN)
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• VI — U.S. Virgin Islands
• LEO — Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
• Y2K — Year 2000
• AU — Astronomical Unit
• USAF — United States Air Force
• DIME — Dual Independent Map Encoding
• SEDUE — Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia
• WAP — Wireless Application Protocol

• AIA — American Institute of Architecture
• CEU — Continuing Education Unit
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• MIME — Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
• VDT — Video Display Terminal
• UV — Ultraviolet (Light)
• RMS — root mean square (preferred over "RMS")
• PPB — parts per billion (109)
• CALTRANS — California Department of Transportation
• NJ — New Jersey
• NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program
• AEC — Architecture, Engineering, Construction
• SNR — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• VT — Vermont
• COBOL — Common Business-Oriented Language
• OR — Oregon
• WV — West Virginia
• NAICS — North American Industry Classification System
• ASEE — American Society for Engineering Education Gulf
• GUID — Globally Unique Identifier
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• WAC — World Aeronautical Chart
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• WI — Wisconsin
• ABUT — Abutment
• ICMP — Internet Control Message Protocol
• NSA — National Security Agency
• CG — Coast Guard
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• KV — Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement)
• TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• CLK — Clerk
• BNSC — British National Space Centre
• MSE — Mean Square Error
• SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language
• KDMS — Kork Digital Mapping System
• NEB — Nebraska
• DOM — Document Object Model
• MDT — Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours)
• MATLAB — Matrix Laboratory
• SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
• JPL — Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
• DSF — Delivery Sequence File
• SDBMS — Spatial Database Management System
• DPI — Dots per inch.
• AB — Air Base
• TX — TEXAS
• ITRF — International Terrestrial Reference Frame
• AGU — American Geophysical Union
• FA — Fire Alarm

• RDS — Radio Data System
• WY — Wyoming
• HF — High Frequency
• FOUO — For Official Use Only
• FSA — Farm Service Agency
• USA — United States Army
• GLAB — Bayerisches Geologisches Landesamt
• AIREA — American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers
• FMC — Federal Maritime Commission's
• BIA — Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
• SMSA — Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
• AASP — American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
• SMS — Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
• RSVP — Resource Reservation Protocol (Internet)
• PMSA — Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area
• PRIM — Primary
• 3D — three-dimensional (geophysics)
• VA — Virginia
• JSC — Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
• AUV — Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
• KB — Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second
• DTED — Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted)
• WA — Washington Accord
• HDOP — Horizontal Dilution of Precision
• ISRO — Indian Space Research Organisation
• AG — Attorney General
• RAIM — Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
• CMSA — Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area
• REVPG — Revision and Product Generation System
• FOM — Field Operations Manual
• PROSYS — Production System--Unix
• DNC — Digital Nautical Chart
• DCMI — Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (Online Computer Library Center)
• VI — British Virgin Islands
• DILIGENT — Digital Library Infrastructure on Grid Enabled Technology
• FPU — Floating Point Unit
• UML — Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG)
• QDF — Queensland Department of Forestry
• BFE — Base Flood Elevation
• NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Services
• COE — Creek Corps of Engineers
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• UID — User IDentification
• EIM — Environmental Information Management
• STF — Summary Tape File
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
• MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit

• LEP — Linear Error Probable
• OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• AFS — Air Force Station
• AMSR — Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• ECDIS — Electronic Chart Display and Information System
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• IW — Information Warfare
• UC — University of California
• CCITT — Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) [now ITU-T]
• CCAFS — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• LUST — Leaking Underground Storage Tank
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• LARC — Langley Research Center (NASA)
• UNGEGN — United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
• GSFC — Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• PHILADA — Philadelphia
• TTY — Teletype Telex Machine
• DDN — U.S. Defense Data Network
• PND — Pond Air Express
• TVA — Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity)
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• ENTR — Entrance
• RGB — red-green-blue (signal)
• MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
• TLV — Threshold Limit Value
• LMIC — Land Management Information Center
• UNDP — United Nations Development Program
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• CAM — Computer-Aided Mapping
• ND — North Dakota
• BAS — British Antarctic Survey
• WB — World Bank
• KSC — John F. Kennedy Space Center
• NBFU — National Board of Fire Underwriters
• USNO — United States Naval Observatory
• OLAP — Online Analytical Processing
• KAM — Kansas Association of Mappers
• CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
• V — Volt (measurement)
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• DLT — Digital Linear Tape
• BPI — bits per inch
• EAC — Engineering Accreditation Commission
• AOI — Area Of Interest
• IPY — International Polar Year
• VGA — Video Graphics Array
• SCDOT — South Carolina Department of Transportation

• BPA — Bonneville Power Administration (US)
• MRSH — Marsh
• DEIS — Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US)
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• TDOA — Time Difference Of Arrival
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• ADEOS — ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
• MLLW — Mean Lower Low Water (nautical Charts)
• DAT — Digital Audio Tape
• IALA — International Association Of Lighthouse Authorities
• AWIPS — Advanced weather Interactive Processing System (NOAA)
• EEZ — Exclusive Economic Zone
• NM — New Mexico
• ENVISAT — European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
• ISAMS — Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
• INS — Inertial Navigation System
• GML — Geography Markup Language
• UID — Unique Identifier
• GOES — Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite
• IL — Illinois
• S/W — Software
• NWS — National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau)
• AWS — Air Weather Service
• TD — Total Depth
• USN — United States Navy
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• SV — Space Vehicle
• ASCS — Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
• EPS — Encapsulated Postscript
• RP — Reference Point
• DFAD — Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad)
• SVD — Singular Value Decomposition
• EMAIL — Electronic Mail
• AAPG — American Association of Petroleum Geologists
• NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• ASTER — Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
• TDD — Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
• ARAMCO — Arabian American Oil Company
• HLW — High Level Waste
• SCOPE — Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP)
• OPR — Office Of Planning And Research
• UTM — Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System)
• CCRS — Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
• TWP — Township
• NYSDOT — New York State Department of Transportation
• VBA — Visual BASIC for Applications
• GRD — Ground Resolved Distance
• CRADA — Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health)
• BLOB — Binary Large Object
• LFC — Large Format Camera

• IJC — International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.)
• IHB — International Hydrographic Bureau
• CSOC — Consolidated Space Operations Center
• TRMM — Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan)
• VCR — video cassette recorder/player
• IHO — International Hydrographic Organization
• EDMS — Electronic Document Management System
• NHTSA — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• FRA — Federal Railroad Administration
• IRDS — Information Resource Dictionary System
• NIEHS — National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health)
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• EA — Environmental Assessment, EIAP
• OPS — Optical Sensor
• TIFF — Tag Image File Format
• JR HS — Junior High School
• MLW — Mean Low Water (nautical Charts)
• CZCS — Coastal Zone Color Scanner
• ICT — Information and Communication Technologies
• DLA — Diffusion-Limited Aggregation
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• NII — National Information Infrastructure (USA)
• WYO — Wyoming
• AM/FM — Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society)
• AWWA — American Water Works Association (Denver)
• BOTUS — Best of the US
• NCAR — National Center for Atmospheric Research (US)
• NC — North Carolina
• ABS — Australian Bureau of Statistics's
• BMDO — (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do)
• VML — Vector Markup Language
• BDY — Boundary
• DSDP — Deep-Sea Drilling Project
• IUE — International Ultraviolet Explorer
• LAS — Land Analysis System
• TXDOT — Texas Department of Transportation
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• KBPS — KiloBytes per second
• NHC — United States National Hurricane Center
• MOA — Minute Of Angle
• GRS 80 — Geodetic Reference System of 1980
• FAS — Foreign Agricultural Service
• VDU — Video Display Unit
• INMARSAT — International Maritime Satellite
• IRRI — International Rice Research Institute
• REA — Rural Electrification Administration (US)
• EDIFACT — Electronic Data Interchange for Administration Commerce and Transport
• BEF — British Expeditionary Force
• IPX — Internet Packet Exchange
• ISCCP — International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project

• TRB — Technical Review Board (MRR)
• TI — Texas Instruments, Inc.
• PENNDOT — Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
• LONG — Longitude
• EOSAT — Earth Observation Satellite Co.
• FHWA — Federal Highway Administration
• NRCS — Natural Resources Conservation Service
• UART — Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
• AOML — Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL)
• GFDL — Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US)
• BIP — Band Interleaved by Pixel
• NCEP — National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center)
• CADD — computer-aided design and drafting
• NSKV — Norges Sjokartverk
• NIMA — National Imagery and Mapping Agency (became National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|NGA)
• SLP — Slope
• NCDOT — North Carolina Department of Transportation
• MLRA — Major Land Resource Area
• COV — Cover
• LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
• RPF — Raster Product Format
• BIM — Building Information Model
• NESS — National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
• BHF — Bahnhof
• CERCLIS — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US)
• RIT — Rochester Institute of Technology
• ACOE — Army Corps of Engineers
• TMS — Thematic Mapper Simulator
• DBH — Diameter at Breast Height
• TM — Thematic Mapper (Landsat)
• CSPG — Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
• USMC — United States Marine Corporation
• TELNET — Telecommunications Network Protocol
• LDG — Landing (aviation)
• LON — Longitude
• DAC — Digital-To-Analog Converter
• NYPL — New York Public Library (New York, NY)
• S/N — Signal-to-Noise ratio
• SF — San Francisco
• USEPA — United States Environmental Protection Agency
• INSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• SOCC — Satellite Operations Control Center
• AFWA — Air Force Weather Agency
• FLOPS — FLoating-Point Operations Per Second
• EGNOS — European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
• MERIS — Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
• NEL — National Exploitation Laboratory
• ITS — Intelligent Transportation System
• FWS — United States Fish and Wildlife Service
• UW — University of Washington

• BS.AS. — Buenos Aires
• IGBP — International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
• PARC — Palo Alto Research Center
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• APWA — American Public Works Association's
• GPSDR — Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver
• UCB — University of California, Berkeley
• MAGSAT — Magnetic Field Satellite
• VTRANS — Vermont Agency of Transportation
• ACD — Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS)
• CGU — Canadian Geophysical Union
• USGCRP — United States Global Change Research Program
• BNA — block numbering area
• TBM — Tunnel Boring Machine
• DTM — Digital Terrain Model
• MDOT — Michigan Department of Transportation
• ACSM — American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
• CIO — Central Imagery Office
• CSIRO — Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
• VILL — VILLAGE
• BRCK — Brucke
• GNSS — Global Navigation Satellite System
• WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System
• AMSU — Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
• ASTM — American Society for Testing Materials
• RICS — Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
• ERIM — Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
• NRO — U.S. National Reconnaissance Office
• ADOT — Arizona Department Of Transportation
• S/C — Spacecraft
• IIS — Internet Information Server
• UPRN — Unique Property Reference Number
• TWA — time-weighted averaged
• GOME — Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
• MESSR — Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
• SST — Sea surface temperature
• TIRS — Thermal Infrared Scanner
• ADM2 — Second-order administrative division
• ADF — Application Development Facility
• SIPES — Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States
• TS — Top Secret
• POLYID — Polygon identification number
• TDOT — Tennessee Department of Transportation's
• OFFN — Offnung
• FOSS — Free / Open-Source Software
• CDFG — California Department of Fish and Game's
• CDOT — Colorado Department Of Transportation
• UAS — Unmanned Aircraft System
• SPIE — The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
• BGN — United States Board on Geographic Names

• DOA — United States Department of Agriculture
• VRS — Virtual Reference Station
• RGS — Royal Geographic Society
• DSIR — Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
• OSU — Oregon State University
• USFS — United States Forest Service
• ARR — Arrondissement
• JTIDS — Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (djay-tidz)
• CASE — Computer-Aided Software Engineering
• JERS — Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
• FRS — Fellow of the Royal Society
• FACC — Feature and Attribute Coding Catalogue
• TBPLS — Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
• TWRA — Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
• IASI — Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
• CANSIS — Canadian Soil Information System
• HDTV — High-Definition Television
• GLI — Global Imager
• LORAN — Long Range Navigational System
• MARAD — Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet)
• EMAP — Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA)
• UCSB — University Of California Santa Barbara
• KDD — Knowledge Discovery in Databases
• EOSDIS — Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97)
• RCH — Reach
• OTH — Over the Horizont
• NAVD — North American Vertical Datum
• XMI — XML Metadata Interchange
• NFDRS — National Fire Danger Rating System
• B/W — Black and White
• TLM — Telemetry
• FNESA — Federation of New England Surveyors Associations
• DISTDAHS — Distributed Satellite Telemetry Data Handling System
• CDI — Compact Disk Interactive
• GCDIS — US Global Change Data and Information System
• VPF — Vector Product Format
• RE — Royal Engineers
• PIMMA — Pipeline Integrity Management Mapping Application
• OCL — Object Constraint Language
• SROM — Spectro-radiometer for Ocean Monitoring
• WSC — Water Survey of Canada
• UHF — Ultrahigh Frequency
• NMDOT — New Mexico Department of Transportation
• SMMR — Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
• BLVD — Boulevard
• XMP — Extensible Metadata Platform
• DRAPP — Denver Regional Aerial Photography Program
• TEC — US Army Topographic Engineering Center
• CRIS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• ONC — Operational Navigation Chart

• ILWIS — Integrated Land and Water Information System
• SBUV — Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment)
• MTF — Modulation transfer function.
• VAL — Valley
• OCE — Of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
• SIGGRAPH — Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery
• WCRP — World Climate Research Program
• IDOT — Illinois Department of Transportation
• NGA — National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency; US government)
• IUGG — International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
• NAMCOR — National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia
• GWEN — Ground Wave Emergency Network
• DNR — Department of Natural Resources
• HSV — Hue Saturation Value
• VABM — Vertical Angle Elevation Bench Mark
• ESDD — Earth Science Data Directory
• DWF — Drawing Web Format (files)
• COTS — Commercial-off-the-shelf
• TRF — Terrestrial Reference Frame
• RY — Railway
• AGSO — Australian Geological Survey Organisation
• TRIM — Terrain Resource Information Management
• UPC — Universal Product Code
• IS&T — Information Systems & Technology
• FGDC — Federal Geographic Data Committee's
• CEBAF — Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
• WEF — Water Environment Federation (formerly WPCF)
• IGY — International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958)
• ASPRS — American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• USDOT — United State Department of Transportation
• NITF — National Imagery Transmission Format
• NEXRAD — Next Generation Weather Radar
• TERCOM — Terrain Contour Matching
• INCITS — International Committee for Information Technology Standards
• VDOT — Virginia Department of Transportation
• IAG — International Association of Geodesy (IUGG)
• T — tonne
• EO — Earth Observation
• NDOT — Nevada Department of Transportation
• LBA — Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere experiment in Amazonia
• JICA — Japan International Cooperation Agency
• SLAC — The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California
• TAC — Technology Accreditation Commission
• PRS92 — Philippines Reference System of 92
• DLG — Digital Line Graphic
• AVL — An Automatic Vehicle Location
• NBII — National Biological Information Infrastructure
• TMDL — Total Maximum Daily Load
• ITC — International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences
• BOREAS — Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study

• CSIC — Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
• H/W — Hardware
• AVS — Application Visualization System
• APA — American Planning Association
• IBDF — Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal
• SRTM — Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
• SHORAN — short-range navigation
• LBS — Location-Based Services
• FMCSA — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• INTELSAT — International Telecommunications Satellite
• UCD — University of California, Davis
• CIESIN — Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
• LEC — Lockheed Electronics Company
• DIN — Deutsches Institut fur Normung
• POS LV 220 — Position and Orientation System for Land Vehicles 220
• NVDI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
• AWRA — American Water Resources Association's
• TAC — Terrain Analysis Center
• BOR — Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT)
• IBWC — International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico)
• NARS — National Archives and Records Service (GSA)
• LP — Line Printer
• ENG.DEPARTMENT — Engineering Dept
• WMF — Windows Metafile
• LIGO — Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
• PAT — Polygon Attribute Table
• NYC — New York City
• VTIR — visible and thermal infrared radiometer
• OTF — On-The-Fly (data acquisition method)
• APCA — Air Pollution Control Association (Pittsburgh)
• TARGA — Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter
• DARO — (U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
• WPCF — Water Pollution Control Federation
• NNW — North North-West
• PGML — Precision Graphics Markup Language
• AFCEA — Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's
• HGBF — Hauptgueterbahnhof
• NAD — North American Datum
• ESSHC — European Social Science History Conference
• PROSIX — Production System
• PBM — Portable Bitmap
• NCGIA — National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• TIR — Thermal Infrared
• IVHS — Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems
• UKMO — United Kingdom Meteorological Office
• DDPO — Defense Dissemination Program Office
• NPIC — National Photographic Interpretation Center
• CDOW — Colorado Division of Wildlife
• JISC — Joint Information Systems Committee
• FRGS — Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

• ZFB — Zucker Fabrik
• SDDOT — South Dakota Department of Transportation
• NGGI — National Greenhouse Gas Inventory
• SYMAP — Synagraphic Mapping System
• MODIS — Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
• USDI — United States Department of the Interior (also
• HBGN — Hawaii Board on Geographic Names
• FGCC — Federal Geodetic Control Committee
• TAZ — Traffic Analysis Zone
• GEOG — Geography
• PANGA — Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
• GWE — Global Weather Experiment
• WGS — World Geodetic System
• SSW — South Southwest
• IAH — International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS)
• EOTD — Enhanced Observed Time Difference
• GNIS — Geographic Names Information System (USGS)
• CDFS — Cloud Depiction and Forecast System
• DMAAC — Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center
• CONN — Connecticut
• IUGS — International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU)
• DLG-E — Digital Line Graph-Enhanced
• SOHO — SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory
• CSFS — Colorado State Forest Service
• GLDAS — Global Land Data Assimilation System
• IMU — Inertial Measurement Unit
• WIMS — Weather Information Management System
• CZM — Coastal Zone Management
• MCO — Mars Climate Orbiter
• GLONASS — Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System, Russia
• HRIR — high-resolution infrared radiometer
• ONERN — Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales (Spanish: Office of National Assessment of Natural Resources; Peru)
• GISS — Goddard Institude of Space Studies
• TEFIS — Transmission Electrical Facilities Information System
• CGMW — Commission for the Geological Map of the World
• HCMM — Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission
• IDIQ — indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity
• ASLO — American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• D/A — Digital-to-Analog
• NFLD — Newfoundland
• ETM — Enhanced Thematic Mapper
• USCE — United States Army Corporation of Engineers
• JFIF — JPEG File Interchange Format
• FLIR — Forward-Looking Infrared (Radar)
• ABZW — Abzweigstelle
• ISAPI — Internet Server Application Programming Interface
• DCDSTF — Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force
• SCAR — Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU)
• GLOBE — Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
• AUVSI — Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International

• AML — ARC Macro Language
• VHRR — Very High-Resolution Radiometer
• AVE — Avenue
• ICA — International Cartographic Association
• CD-R — Compact Disk-Recordable
• AMAP — Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
• ASF — Alaska SAR Facility
• HIRS — High-resolution Infrared Sounder
• CAG — Canadian Association of Geographers
• SMIRR — Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer
• GEOS — Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite
• BLPU — Basic Land and Property Unit
• DFO — Department of Fisheries and Oceans(Pronounced: DEE-fete)
• SDTS — Spatial Data Transfer Standard
• IAGS — Inter-American Geodetic Survey
• INQUA — International Union for Quaternary Research
• HRDI — high-resolution Doppler imager
• ISPRS — International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
• TTPI — Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• GLRS — Geoscience Laser Ranging System
• ESIP — Earth Science Information Partnership
• NNSS — Navy Navigational Satellite System
• IAHS — International Association of Hydrological Sciences
• GCHC — Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS)
• JMTK — Joint Mapping Tool Kit
• BIL — Band Interleaved by Line
• FGEF — Federal Geographic Exchange Format
• CGCRT — Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table
• IHD — International Hydrological Decade (UNESCO)
• JECA — John E. Chance and Associates
• HCMR — heat-capacity mapping radiometer
• L/C — land cover
• CES — Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES)
• WCS — World Coordinate System
• TEX — Texas
• USACE — Unites States Army Corps of Engineers
• DDS — Digital Data Storage
• NDCDB — National Digital Cartographic Data Base
• OSBEELS — Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying
• UPS — Universal Polar Stereographic
• ITE — Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC)
• UN-GGIM — United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
• MRIR — Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
• IWRA — International Water Resources Association (USA)
• NCIC — National Cartographic Information Center
• EFFIS — European Forest Fire Information System
• JOMAR — Joint Office for Mapping And Research
• DEA — David Evans and Associates, Inc
• USNC — United States National Committee
• CARL — Canadian Association of Research Libraries

• DFIRM — Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map
• MBPS — Million bits per second
• OUO — Official-Use Only
• BIOTROP — Regional Center for Tropical Biology
• MICH — Michigan
• GOMS — Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
• OWS — OGC Web Services
• BORPELS — Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
• HQSP — Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project
• PLOT — Plotting
• OPCS — Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
• NIS — Nationwide Inpatient Sample
• HI — Hawaiian Islands
• TRAFO — Transformator
• SSE — South-Southeast
• LUMS — Land Use Management System
• NSPE — National Society of Professional Engineers
• CMEDS — Comprehensive Mapping and Engineering Data System
• IGSN71 — International Gravity Standardization Net 1971
• TUNS — Technical University of Nova Scotia
• NSRS — National Spatial Reference System
• VTR — Video Tape Recording
• WRD — Water Resources Divistion
• BEICIP — Bureau d'Etudes Industrielles et de Cooperation de l'Institut Francais du Petrole
• PLSS — Public Land Survey System
• MCAS — Marine Corps Air Station
• SOFRATOP — Societe francais de travaux topographique et photogrammetriques
• KRG — Kurdistan Regional Government
• SIRS — Satellite Infrared Spectrometer
• NALMS — North American Lake Management Society
• ISU — international system of units
• SODEMI — Societe pour le Developpement Minier de la Cote d'Ivoire
• ORSER — Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources
• PDH — Professional Development Hours
• USDC — United States Department of Commerce
• TIR — Tabula Imperii Romani
• IDR — Interface drawing
• USD — University of South Dakota
• NGRS — National Geodetic Reference System
• VEN'D — Brick veneered building
• ECEY — Every City, Every Year
• PCA — principal components analysis
• ENE — east-northeast
• PAN — Polska Akademia Nauk
• ACDDS — Advanced Cartographic Data Digitizing System
• HCFCD — Harris County Flood Control District
• NAVD 88 — North American Vertical Datum 1988
• ACACC — Association des Cartotheques et Archives Cartographiques du Canada
• ERR — Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg
• DPMA — Data Processing Management Association

• GLAI — Green Leaf Area Index
• OF — Open File
• OCTS — Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner
• DCA — Department of Community Affairs
• IMACS — Integrity Monitoring and Control Software
• JCP — Joint Committee on Printing
• V&V — Verification & Validation
• GSHAP — Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
• THNOC — The Historic New Orleans Collection
• NGVD29 — National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
• BL — Boulevard
• LRDC — Land Resources Development Centre
• FME — Feature Manipulation Engine
• WD — Working Draft
• TOF — Time of Flight
• NMAS — National Map Accuracy Standard
• RT OF W — Right-of-way
• CLA — Canadian Library Association
• PG/S — Product Generation Segment
• OSTA — Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (US NASA; now OAST)
• PAVE — Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental data
• ACM-SIGGRAPH — Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Graphics
• MTSAT — Multi-functional Transport Satellite
• NRSA — National Remote Sensing Agency
• A&E — Architect and Engineering
• GLO — General Land Office
• NCDSB — National Cartographic Data Standard Base
• CHS — Canadian Hydrographic Service
• RPMIS — Real Property Management Information System
• FZDS — Flood Zone Determination Services
• MGRS — Military Grid Reference System
• ANZLIC — Australia New Zealand Land Information Council
• APO — Apogee
• SMIPS — Small Interactive Image Processing System
• ISC — Information Systems Council
• ITRF00 — International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000
• FESWMS — Finite Element Surface Water Model System
• LULC — Land Use/Land Cover
• WRIDS — Wildland Resources Information Display System
• CAZRI — Central Arid Zone Research Institute
• NSTB — National Satellite Test Bed
• MSIRI — Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
• SBET — Smoothed bed estimate of trajectory
• DESI — Diversified Energy Services, Inc.
• OFR — Open File Report
• PAN-STARRS — Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System
• DADS — Digital Assisted Data Base System
• BSU — Base Spatial Unit
• NZOI — New Zealand Oceanographic Institute
• CBEPS — Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors

• WORM — Write Once, Read Many times
• AOLS — Association of Ontario Land Surveyors
• MWDI — Master Water Data Index
• ENGR.BN. — Engineer Battalion
• GOS — Geospatial One-Stop
• EP — End Point
• DAR — Data Acquisition Request
• AGRASID — Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database
• NATMAP — Division of National Mapping
• AOO — American Oceanographic Organization
• MDSHS — Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society
• NRVIS — Natural Resources and Values Information System
• ACIU — Allied Central Interpretation Unit
• GQL — Graphical Query Language
• BOM — Bureau Of Mines
• FTA — Federal Transit Administration
• DDF — Data descriptive file
• DDTI — Digital Data Technologies, Inc.
• HXGN — Hexagon Global Network
• CSR — Center for Space Research
• NCITS — National Committee for Information Technology Standards
• DPPDB — Digital Point Positioning Data Base
• QM — Quadratmeter
• NEAR — Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
• BOUL — Boulevard
• MHW — Mean High Water (nautical Charts)
• GCT — Greenwich Civil Time
• LINZ — Land Information New Zealand
• SANGIS — San Diego Geographic Information Source
• STDN — Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network
• CUR — Council on Undergraduate Research
• AHS — Automated Highway System
• MAPDS — Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca Direccion de Suelos
• ACSTTO — Association of Certified Survey Technicians and Technologists of Ontario
• LQ — Letter Quality
• MPLS — Minneapolis
• DNREP — Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
• GVF — Goodness of Variance Fit
• BDSO — Banque de donnees des statistiques officielles sur le Quebec
• SOI — Survey Of India
• GDF — Geographic Data File
• NLDAS — North American Land Data Assimilation System
• CMAP — Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
• PLAT — Plateau
• BPR — Bureau of Public Roads
• KAN — Kansas
• KAR — Kinematic Ambiguity Resolution
• WAGN — West Antarctic GPS Network
• PUMA — Public Use Microdata Area (US Census)
• PNRC — Pacific Northwest Regional Commission

• LADAR — Laser Detection and Ranging (Laser Radar)
• SEDESOL — Secretaria De Dessarrollo Social
• ACSC — Automobile Club of Southern California
• UP — Urban Planning
• PDOP — Position Dilution of Precision
• TDS — Tripod Data Systems
• DLG2DEM — Digital Line Graph to Digital Elevation Model
• ELC — End of Line Code
• ASCE SMD — American Society of Civil Engineers Surveying and Mapping Division
• LUMIS — Land Use Management Information System
• ALSA — Alberta Land Surveyors Association
• ANAE — Atlas of North American English
• PACON — Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology
• CON — Concrete
• AFLAG — Asean Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics
• CACS — Canadian Active Control System
• CCMEO — Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
• FLHO — Federal Lands Highway Office
• AWMC — Ancient World Mapping Center
• WW — Water Works
• R/S — Remote Sensing
• SIF — Standard Interchange Format
• ADDA — American Design Drafting Association
• CAMEO — Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations System
• BLVA — Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt
• LDNG — Landing
• BTS — Border and Transportation Security (DHS)
• TNP — Transportation Network Profile
• A/D — Analog to Digital (conversion)
• ADPDP — Alaska Division of Policy Development and Planning
• USGPO — United States Government Printing Office
• DC&A — Data Collection and Analysis
• TACC — Texas Advanced Computing Center
• APDR — Avec privilege du Roi
• ION — Institute Of Navigation
• USPLSS — Public Land Survey System
• HURRDAT — Hurricane Data Set
• SDUK — Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
• ESDI — Earth Science Data Interface
• AACCCM — Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials
• WLS — Weighted Least Squares
• MCE — Mapping and Charting Establishment
• OWRT — Office of Water Research and Technology (DOI)
• ABGPS — Airborne GPS
• NAIS — National Atlas Information Service
• HUND — Hundred
• ATON — Aids to Navigation
• CVO — Cascades Volcano Observatory
• MDM — Mount Diablo Meridian
• ACRES — Australian Centre for Remote Sensing

• NDL — National Digital Library
• STATSCAN — Statistics Canada
• FEDUC — Federal User Conference
• AGRI-STARS — Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys through Aerospace Remote Sensing
• RDG — Ridge
• AACR2 — Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2d. ed.
• TP — Township
• OGP — OpenGeoportal
• BANQ — Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec
• SIP — Scanner Interface Processor
• AESE — Association of Earth Science Editors
• DATPE — Direction de l'Amernagement du Territoire et de la Protection de l'Environnement (Haiti)
• BIMCC — Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle
• RUIN — Ruins
• DGN — Domestic Geographic Name
• PPWK — Panstwowe Przedsiebiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych
• DMCA — Digital Millenium Copyright Act
• ANVSA — Alaska native village statistical area
• MOP — Ministerio de Obras Publicas
• TH — Territory of Hawaii
• GGNRA — Golden Gate National Recreation Area
• NWFP — North-West Frontier Province
• NEDSS — National Electronic Disease Surveillance System
• CDTED — Compressed Digital Terrain Elevation Data
• DPW — Department of Public Works and Utilities
• 3DEP — 3D Elevation Program
• TGO — Trimble Geomatics Office
• CDRS — Collaborative Digital Reference Service
• ADE — Autocad Data Extension
• PHC — Probable Hydrologic Consequences
• ATKIS — Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches Informationssystem
• GEBCO — General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
• IMGW — Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej
• DMGIS — Data Map and Government Information Services
• BIOMAPS — Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
• RMSE — Root Mean Squared Error
• SEVIRI — Spinning Enhanced Visible & InfraRed Imager
• CELSOC — Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
• RSPA — Research and Special Programs Administration
• IDIMS — Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System
• IRIS R&A — Research and Analysis Branch, Interim Research and Intelligence Service
• POES — Polar-Orbiting Satellites
• NMBM&MR — New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
• GDN — Geography Discipline Network
• SBV ADM — Schulbucher-Verschleiss-Administration
• DLR — Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt
• TBV — To Be Verified
• ADAR — Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration
• IGEBU — Institut Geographique De Burundi
• CEDARE — Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe

• ISBD(ER) — International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources
• AMIS — Aviation Management Information System
• ASLA — American Society of Landscape Architects
• GIDW — General inverse-distance weighted interpolation model
• DMATC — Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center
• NACIS — North American Cartographic Information Society
• NHLSA — New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association
• ILL — Illinois
• AI/ANA — American Indian/Alaska Native Area
• SDH — Spatial Data Handling
• PSU — Primary Sampling Unit
• YK — Yukon
• WADGPS — Wide Area Differential Gps
• RBV — Return Beam Vidicon
• BDG — Bridge
• DPED — Department of Planning and Economic Development
• MENR — Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
• APIS — Aerial Photography Information System
• NGAC — National Geospatial Advisory Committee
• GIRAS — Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System
• AAES — American Association of Engineering Societies
• COP/BOP — City of Portland Bureau of Planning
• MN/DOT — Minnesota Department of Transportation
• CARES — Center for Agricultural, Resource, and Environmental Systems
• LSIT — Land Surveyor In Training
• PPDB — Point Positioning Data Base
• NEIC — National Earthquake Information Center
• EBRPD — East Bay Regional Park District
• DLNR — Department of Land and Natural Resources
• AARLS — Arkansas Association of Registered Land Surveyors
• DTOP — Digital Topographic Data
• RA — Rural Area
• BMG — Bureau of Mines and Geosciences
• ACSAD — Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands
• GQ — Geologic Quadrangle
• DWR — Department of Water Resources
• SPDK — Sistem Pengurusan Data Kadaster
• DED — Data Element Dictionary
• LIEUT — Lieutenant
• WR — Western Region
• ASHTD — American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• AC&C — Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography
• OACH — Office of the Assistant Chief Hydrologist
• NOPPA — National Ocean Pollution Protection Act
• NJSPLS — New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• BRFD — Bidirectional reflectance distribution function
• ABN — American Bank Note Company
• IDLS — Internet Data Library System
• COLD — Computer Output to Laser Disc
• PSPCI — Professional Surveyors Publishing Company, Inc.

• SESCPF — Service d'Etude Des Sols Et De La Carte Pedalogique De France
• BCC — Bibliographic Control Committee
• MAT-SU — Matanuska-Susitna Borough
• DS/S — Data Services Segment
• TSS2 — TurboSurvey Software 2
• AE2S — Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc.
• CECSVB — Comit pour l'Etablissement de la Carte des Sols et de la Vegetation de la Belgique
• SAM INC — Surveying and Mapping, Incorporated
• AODC — Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
• BSQ — Band Sequential
• QH — Quadruple Hydrant
• GIF — Graphics Interchange File
• ICEX — Ice and Climate Experiment
• SIGLIT — Special Interest Group on Library Information Technology
• MPC — Minnesota Population Center
• HOGG — History of Geology Group
• ISBD(CM) — International Standard Bibliographic Description for Cartographic Materials
• BMR — Bureau of Mineral Resources
• UNIVERSITY — University
• LTE — Less Than or Equal
• FMS/AC — Facility Mapping System for AutoCAD
• NJMAPP — New Jersey Mapping Assistance Partnership Program
• ORSTOM — Office De La Recherche Scientifique Et Technique Outre Mer
• COMDG — Commanding
• CANVEC — Canadian Vector Data
• WDOE — Washington Department Of Ecology
• GTE — Greater Than or Equal
• DXM — Data Exchange Manager
• AIH — American Institute of Hydrology
• ODF — Oregon Department of Forestry
• LVVWD — Las Vegas Valley Water District
• NAC — NASA Advisory Council
• CBN — Cooperative Base Network
• CLD — Center Line Data
• DCALS — District of Columbia Association of Land Surveyors
• CGPM — Conference General des Poids et Mesures
• WTUSM — Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping
• ACCUDEM — High-accuracy DEM
• GSJ — Geological Survey of Japan
• NBI — National Bridge Inventory
• JNC — Jet Navigation Chart
• NSIF — NATO Secondary Image Format
• ARK — Arkansas
• HON — Honorable
• INGEMMET — Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico
• NLQ — Near-letter quality
• CAMFER — Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources
• WRRI — Water Resources Research Institute
• APEGGA — Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
• FU — Field Unit

• DMA TC — Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center
• AHRS — Attitude and Heading Reference Systems
• GDAL — Geospatial Data Abstraction Library
• ACML — Association of Canadian Map Libraries
• NDSPLS — North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• DKDGS — Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab
• ADFG — Alaska Department of Fish and Game's
• ATR1 — Automatic Target Recognition module
• WNRO — Week Number Roll Over
• ABSM — Alberta Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
• GEOZAVOD — Zavod za Geoloska i Geofizicksa Istrazivanja
• AAG — Association of American Geographers
• CGSB — Canadian General Standards Board
• INSTITUTE — Institute
• PBS — Primary Base Series
• DCS/RSE — Data collection system receiving site equipment
• HALS — Hawaii Association of Land Surveyors
• SL — Sine Loco
• LSAW — Land Surveyors Association of Washington
• HRMSI — High Resolution Multispectral Stereo Imager
• TAVO — Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients
• OACES — Oregon Association of County Engineers and Surveyors
• ADK — Arealdatakontoret
• GEO-CAT — Geographic catalog of political and statistical areas
• LUNR — Land Use and Natural Resource Information System
• RCC — Regional Census Center
• DGIS — Direct Graphics Interface Standard
• HRB — Highway Research Board
• NADO — National Association of Development Organizations
• K&E — Keuffel & Esser
• ZGL — Ziegelei
• ISERT — Institut Superieur pour les Etudes et Recherches Scientifique et Techniques
• CRTR — Crater
• WSLS — Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
• CIGF — Centre d'Information Geographique et Fonciere Ministre de l'Energie et des Ressources, Quebec)
• IAWPRC — International Association for Water Pollution Research and Control
• GFOSS — Geospatial Free and Open Source Software
• HC — Hard Copy
• IFSAR — Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
• COI — Coordinator Of Information
• KDI — Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence
• CTCUQ — Commission de Transport de la Communaute Urbaine de Quebec
• DAAS — Defense Automatic Addressing System
• ADM1 — First-order administrative division
• ITRS — International Terrestrial Reference System
• SUGK — Slovak Office of Geodesy and Cartography
• INETER — Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales
• ASSOCIATION — Association
• DMRS — Data Management & Retrieval System
• GSWA — Geological Survey of Western Australia

• UNR — University of Nevada, Reno
• GODORT — Government Documents Round Table
• WASH — Washington
• TRANS — Transmit
• ASDI — Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure
• SZBPK — Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz
• AGCHO — Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office
• NSPS — National Society of Professional Surveyors
• CCLS — Canadian Council of Land Surveyors
• HOLC — Home Owner's Loan Corporation
• NBG — Nurnberg
• DVP — Digital Video Plotter
• ORE — Oregon
• ADOTPF — Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
• SMASCH — Specimen Management System for California Herbaria
• GIFTS — Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer
• ZLI — Zia Landform Images
• MILSTRIP — MILSTAMP and Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
• MJH — M.J. Harden Associates, Inc.
• ROP — Raster Operations Processor
• A/E — Architectural/engineering
• MHAPO — Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online
• GMD — Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst van Suriname
• BSNH — Headwater basin
• LACIE — Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment
• NWSCA — National Water and Soil Conservation Authority
• SFBWW — Senator fur Bau- und Wonungswesen
• RDTS — Research and Development Tracking System
• JDSF — Jackson Demonstration State Forest
• IMLS — Institute of Museum and Library Services
• RSC/TAMU — Remote Sensing Center/Texas A&M University
• MSLS — Maine Society of Land Surveyors
• HRGA — High Rate Geographical Areas
• GCRC — Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
• AISH — Association Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques
• NSB — North Slope Borough
• CNRST — Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique
• CECW — Consulting Engineers Council of Washington
• SEDIC — Sudan Engineering & Digital Information Centre
• KWOC — Key Word Out of Context
• NDAR — National Directory of Australian Resources
• KFZ — Kraftfahrzeug
• DEM-P — Digital Elevation Model-Planar
• AEST — Aestuarium
• IBG — Institute of British Geographers
• ACMGIS — Association for Computing Machinery Geographic Information Systems
• SIRGAS — Sistema de Referencia Geocentrico para las Americas
• ZGI — Zentrales Geologisches Institute
• NYSAPLS — New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors
• EBX — Electronic Book Exchange

• TI — Technical Investigation
• NIUA — National Institute of Urban Affairs
• RS — Ranger Station
• DIPS — Digital Image Processing System
• SSSA — Soil Science Society of America, Inc.
• NATMO — Indian National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization
• CEAO — County Engineers Association of Ohio
• ICGI — Interagency Committee on Government Information
• LRITF — Land Resources Inventory Task Force
• CGSB-COG — Canadian General Standards Board Committee on Geomatics
• ACI — Association Cartographique Internationale
• FTH — Fathom
• NRWS — Narrows
• ANOVA — Analyses of variance
• INEGI — Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas, Geografia e Informatica
• OSNI — Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
• IMAGE 100 — Interactive Multispectral Image Analysis System
• DMAIAGS — Defense Mapping Agency Inter-American Geodetic Survey
• AARS — Asian Association on Remote Sensing
• BA — Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland
• ICITV — Institut de la Carte International du Tapis Vegetale
• CIAS — CD-ROM Index Architecture Specification Working Group
• BEGR — Begrabnissplatz
• CRIB — Computerized Resources Information Bank
• DAVE-G — Dialogue Assisted Virtual Environment for Geoinformation
• FOSS4G — Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
• BWC — Bandwidth Compression
• SORCE — Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment
• SCSPLS — South Carolina Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• FMLIS — Federal Mineral Lands Information System
• DTAD — Digital Terrain Analysis Data
• INSPIRE — Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
• RCMRD — Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development
• MEMPR — Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources
• NEIS — National Earthquake Information Service
• PSLS — Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors
• AGDS — Automated Graphics Digitizing System
• IDCCC — Interior Digital Cartographic Coordination Committee
• FRBR — Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
• UDC — Universal Decimal Classification
• QWIFS — Queen's Web Interface for Spss
• SRES OP — Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process
• DINAGECA — Direccao Nacional de Geografia e Cadastro
• APSRS — Aerial Photography Summary Record System
• CAFF — Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
• FLIMAP — Fast Laser Imaging Mapping and Profiling
• IJAGR — International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research
• TSPS — Texas Society of Professional Surveyors
• HJW — Hammon, Jensen, Wallen and Associates
• IADO — Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia

• CIU — Central Interpretation Unit
• AES — Analysis and Evaluation Staff
• PASSIA — Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs
• IB — Isobar
• SESWG — Solid Earth Science Working Group
• ERLAS — Earth Resources Laboratory Application Software
• IFREMER — Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
• ARSP — Applied Remote Sensing Program
• NAPL — National Air Photo Library
• CNRS — Centre National de Recherches Scientifique
• IPGP — Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
• BUPMIS — Beihai Urban Planning Management Information System
• SLSI — Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa
• CAPDU — Canadian Association of Public Data Users
• SGU — Savezna Geodetska Uprava
• IAS — Image Assessment System
• BNDT — Base nationale de donnees topographiques
• BMAC — Bactria Margiana Archaeology Complex
• FACM — Florida Association of Cadastral Mappers
• COFPAES — Committee on the Federal Procurement of Architect and Engineer Services
• MGUG — Manitoba GIS Users Group
• IDFG — Idaho Department of Fish and Game
• DMSI — Data Management Segment Interface Control Document
• BUIS — Beihai Urban Information Center
• CLSA — California Land Surveyors Association
• DIES — Digital Image Enhancement System
• DSNP — Dassault-Sercel NP
• HLL — Hillside, Western Australia, Australia
• CATS — Consequences Assessment Tool Set
• ACRS — Asian Conference on Remote Sensing
• AOSS — Ashtech Office Suite for Survey
• DDES — Digital Data Editing System
• GUGK — Glavnoe Upravlenie Geodezii i Kartografii
• DE/S — Data Extraction Segment
• CASA — Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
• GBHGIS — Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System
• FRAP — Fire and Resource Assessment Program
• KWIC — Key-Word In Context
• ITD — Interim Terrain Database
• FYROM — Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• PKS — Peaks
• APPSR — Aerial Photography Progress Summary Report
• ACCDTS — Advisory Committee on Canadian Digital Toponymic Services
• OMG — Open Management Group
• EVI — Enhanced Vegetation Index
• PASDA — Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system
• ALTMS — Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping System
• AARSE — African Association for the Remote Sensing of the Environment
• GEDS — General Environmental Data Base System
• SCERP — Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy

• ASDD — Australian Spatial Data Directory
• CCGE — Canadian Council on Geographic Education
• ADRG — ARC Digitized Raster Graphic
• MAF — Master Address File
• MCMC — Mid-Continent Mapping Center
• CZMIL — Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar
• ISCEM — International Society of Curators of Early Maps
• CLUMP — Canada Land Use Monitoring Program
• GISCIENCE — Geographic information science
• ZCTA — ZipCode Tabulation Area
• RO — Range Only
• DGIWG — Digital Geographic Information Working Group
• MFS — Maine Forest Service
• PM/S — Production Management Segment
• IGLD 85 — International Great Lakes Datum of 1985
• GN — Grid North
• EPI — Electronic Position Indicator
• NOD — New Orleans District
• NSAPI — Netscape Server Application Programming Interface
• GISMO — Geographic Information Systems and Mapping Operations
• ODBC — Operational Database Connectivity
• IGL — Interactive Graphics Library
• MVP — Moving Vessel Profiler
• ANARE — Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
• GUGIK — Glowny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii
• ACAPS — Automated Chart Production System
• OU — Open Under
• COVIS — Commonwealth of Virginia Information Systems
• DIRS — Digital Image Rectification System
• WC2N — Western Canadian Cryospheric Network
• NARC — National Association of Regional Councils
• LRR — Laser Retro-Reflector
• SAT — Small Area Triangulation
• ISEA — Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area
• NJGIN — New Jersey Geographic Information Network
• DIDS — Digital Information Display System
• VGI — Volunteered Geographic Information
• DIVISION — Division
• APQF — Aerial Photography Quad File
• ACCU-DRAPE — High-accuracy DEM Draped Images
• HDT-A — High density tape
• DDR — Data Descriptive Record
• IDE — imbedded drive electronics
• AGIS — Automated Geographic Information System
• IGAC — Instituto Geografico "Agustin Codazzi"
• WIS — Wisconsin
• CGW — Computer Graphics World
• EGSMA — Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority
• DMRT — Department of Mineral Resources of Thailand
• APCM — Aerial Photography Contract Management System

• UWM — University of Wisconsin - Madison
• DEW — Distant Early Warning Line
• CEGET — Centre d'Etudes de Geographie Tropical
• CCIG — Centre canadien d'information sur la geoscience
• MEGRIN — Multipurpose European Ground-Related Information Network
• ASFPM — Association of State Floodplain Managers
• HRVIR — High Resolution Visible Infrared
• CDN — Coordinates Definitions and Notations
• INRAT — Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie
• HIRAN — High Range Navigation
• WMATA — Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• PC-DOS — Personal Computer-Disc Operating System
• DARDC — Device for Automatic Remote Data Collection
• A-S — Antispoofing
• OPL — Oilfield Publications Limited
• KIL — Kilometer
• ILRIS-3D — Intelligent Laser Range Imaging Scanner
• GBFP — Georgia Basin Futures Project
• CEDAC — Comprehensive Economic Data Atlas of China
• ABAG — Association of Bay Area Governments
• DSSSL — Document Style Semantic and Specification Language
• CUL — Culvert
• NASS — National Agricultural Statistics Service
• NFIRA — National Flood Insurance Reform Act
• HSDL — High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
• CRLMSS — Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounding Suite
• IGGSP — Instituto Geografico e Geologico de Sao Paulo
• XDS — External Data Source
• MOPU — Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Urbanismo
• LBS-G — Littoral Battlespace Sensing - Glider
• SECS — Sections
• GISS-SG — Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group
• GLR-P — Geologisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
• CANRI — Community Access to Natural Resources Information
• NARL — Naval Arctic Research Laboratory
• NJSPS — New Jersey Society of Professional Surveyors
• CAFM — Computer-aided facility management
• ADL — Alexandria Digital Library
• ASRL — Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory
• SDPS — Spatial Data Production System
• CREPUQ — Conference des recteurs et des principaux des universites du Quebec
• GITA — Geospatial Information and Technology Association
• OPIS — Ocean Planning Information System
• DYSIS — Dynamic Software and Integrated Solutions
• OSPE — Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
• UCLS — Utah Council of Land Surveyors
• SDMS — Spatial Data Management System
• SCAN — Surface Condition Analyzer
• AERS — Advanced Earth Resources Satellite
• MS-DOS — Microsoft Disc Operating System

• WO — Welsh Office
• DOQQ — Digital Orthophoto Quarter-Quadrangle
• BFGR — Bundesanstalt Fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe
• TAG — Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse
• CNSTAT — Committee on National Statistics
• ZIMAS — Zoning Information and Map Access System
• AFREF — African Geodetic Reference Frame
• NICMOS — Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
• WGS 84 — World Geodetic System of 1984
• SAFOD — San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth
• LSM — Land Surface Models
• IRWA — International Right of Way Association
• DNRC — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's
• AACR — Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
• NBMG — Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
• CHIA — Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment
• GEOWEB — Geospatial Web
• BEG — Bureau of Economic Geology
• GLAN-W — Geologisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
• ALP — Automated Lands Project
• OPEDS — Outside Plant Engineering Design System
• NJDOT — New Jersey Department of Transportation
• HHG — Household Goods (personally owned)
• CCCELS — California Council of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors
• UA — Urban Area
• DDCMP — Digital Data Communication Message Protocol
• IGPT — Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team
• SIAMS — Ship Information and Management System
• LOGIC — Loveland Geographic Information/Cartographic System
• ICGC — Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia
• NCDCDS — National Committee for Digital Cartographic Standards
• SHDSL — Symmetric High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line
• RMCA — Road Map Collectors of America
• GEGMR — General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources
• VSLS — Vermont Society of Land Surveyors
• TT — TT Maps & Publications Private Limited
• IGA — Istituto Geografico de Agostini
• GSNI — Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
• RIJP — Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerPolders
• DGGM — Direccion General de Geologia y Minas
• IMAP — Input Management Analysis and Presentation
• SBM — Surveys and Mapping Branch
• ES&T — Environmental Science & Technology
• AGSS — American Geographical and Statistical Society
• DMP — Digital Map Products
• BUTE — Butte
• GSDI — Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
• DIELOG — DAASC Integrated E-Mail Logistics System
• ISLS — Islands
• DLCW — Department of Land and Water Conservation

• GICC — Geographic Information Coordinating Committee
• EDITOR — ERTS Data Interpretation and Tenex Operations Recorder
• WDB II — World Data Base II
• MSTD — Marine Science and Technology Division
• SEWUG — Southeastern Water Use Group
• CCA — Canadian Cartographic Association
• AOIPS — Atmospheric and Oceanographic Image Processing System
• NUC CM — National Union Catalog, Cartographic Material
• USARP — United States Antarctic Research Program
• ICGRS — Internet-Enabled Continuous Geodetic Reference Station
• DANE — Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica
• APFO — Aerial Photography Field Office
• UGKK SR — Urad geodezie, kartografie e katastra Slovenskej republiky
• NCEES — National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
• DMAHTC — Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center
• COMPAS — Coastal Ocean Management, Planning and AssessmentSystem
• BOP — Bureau Of Printing
• WDG — Washington Department of Game
• FAAT — Fully Analytical Aerotriangulation
• NFFL — National Forest Fire Laboratory
• SOFT AT — Softcopy Aerotriangulation
• MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
• IPANE — Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
• LARSYS — Laboratory of Applications of Remote Sensing Image Data Processing System
• AFRL — Akademie fur Raumforschung und Landesplanung
• CNEXO — Centre National Pour l'Exploitation des Oceans
• AHCPR — Agency for Health Care and Policy Research
• OSOA — Optimal Statistical Objective Analysis
• DRC — Democratic Republic of Congo's
• HRM.BGHS. — Hermann Berghaus
• ARC-SDE — Arc Spatial Data Engine
• ASCP — America Society of Consulting Planners
• AMAD — Airborne Missions and Applications Division
• OSLS — Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors
• UDF — Universal Data Format
• NCARB — National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
• PSPE — Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers
• UST — Underground Storage Tank
• CSIN — Computer Systems Information Network
• SLNSW — State Library of New South Wales
• IMDA — International Map Dealers Association
• SOP — Secretaria de Obras Publicas
• RNRF — Renewable Natural Resources Foundation
• GDHS — Ground Data Handling System
• PLN — Plain
• HCC — Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
• DTG — Digital Tape Generation
• RADAR — Radio Detecting and Ranging
• NSDI CAP — National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program
• LW — lichte Weite

• TVK & CO — Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Company
• AMSD — Adjusted Mapping Support Data
• VTA — Valley Transportation Authority
• CECO — Consulting Engineers Council of Ohio
• BIG — Brunei Institution of Geomatics
• IHSI — Institut Haitien de Statistique de d'Informatique
• ESSIC — Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
• USAP — United States Antarctic Program
• WVALS — West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors
• BOLS — BADGER On-line Service
• AED — Analysis and Evaluation Division (EPA)
• SDTP — Spatial Data Transfer Processor
• HGML — Hyper Graphic Markup Language
• AHDS — Arts and Humanities Data Service
• IOCM — Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping
• PAPS — Pooled Analytical Plotter System
• BRICMICS — British and Irish Committee for Map Information and Catalogue Systems
• NGTOC — National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
• MAG — Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia
• DMAODS — Defense Mapping Agency Office of Distribution Services
• DGDF — Digital Geospatial Data Files
• CIBESA — Cartografica Iberica S.A.
• ARSC — Australian Remote Sensing Conference
• TACA — Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos
• LGN — Lagoon
• SERNA-GEOMIN — Servicio Nacional Geologia y Mineria
• MINN — Minnesota
• ATMS — Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
• CALMIT — Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies
• BONAP — Biota of North America Program
• UAM — Urban Airshed Model
• RESTEC — Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
• ICMSSR — Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
• KSNM — Thousands of square nautical miles
• DOGAMI — Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
• DRF — Digital Raster File
• CAAD — Cartographic and Architectural Archives Division
• TNRIS — Texas Natural Resources Information System
• TELEX — Teletypewriter Exchange
• DGSE — Department of Geological Survey and Exploration
• GSZ — Geological Survey of Zambia
• ALIS — Automated Land Information System
• LUCCAS — Land Use and Cover Change Analysis System
• EAFS — Effective Aerial Film Speed
• ADNR — Alaska Department of Natural Resources
• DCRM — Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
• SAGA — Short Arc Geodetic Adjustment
• OOPEC — Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
• ISPLS — Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• CEP — Celestial Ephemeris Pole

• OTHT — Over the horizon targeting
• DELT — Delineator
• WFPS — Western Federation of Professional Surveyors
• GVI — Green Vegetation Index
• UCS — Uniform Color Space
• PLS — Professional Land Surveyor
• HSRP — Hydrographic Services Review Panel
• CNIG — Centro Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica
• CONC — ConcreteUSreinforced concrete construction
• SGCB — State Geodesy and Cartography Board
• LAMPS — Laser-scan Automated Map Production System
• VTRAK — Vector-to-raster conversion software
• CMIB — Controlled Multispectral Image Base
• DBDB — Digital Bathymetry Data Base
• GRF-N — Geographic Reference File-Names
• LWD — Littoral Warfare Data
• VITEC — Visual Information Technologies Incorporated
• PE&RS — Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing
• HCDN — Hydroclimate Data Network
• JTU — Jabatan Tanah Dan Ukur
• NTPS — National Transportation Planning System
• WRSIC — Water Resources Scientific Information Center
• TSX — TerraSAR-X
• CSRN — Colorado Spatial Reference Network
• CPSCRAM — Cum Privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Regiaeque Apostolicae Majestatis
• SSDAN — Social Science Data Analysis Network
• LICGF — Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility
• WISCLAND — Wisconsin Initiative for Statewide Cooperation on Landscape Analysis and Data
• JRI — Jordregisterinstituttet
• UHGP — Upland Habitat Goals Project
• NJIT — New Jersey Institute of Technology
• DRBC — Delaware River Basin Commission
• FNMOC — Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center's
• TG — Toll Gate
• UTA — University of Texas at Arlington's
• DAASC — Defense Automated Addressing System Center
• SWG — Standards Working Group
• OSEDA — Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis
• GEOTMS — Geographic Town Management System
• NFIS — National Forest Information System
• CERR — Centre d'Ecologie des Ressources Renouvelables
• FLIP — Flight Information Publication
• RT-GPS — Real-time Differential GPS
• CFCC — Census Feature Class Code
• IGMI — Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano
• NJDEP — New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
• ISO — Imaging Spectrometer Observatory
• OW — Oil Well
• KAPS — Kentucky Association of Land Surveyors
• ADV — Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Lander der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

• WDB I — World Data Bank I
• IGIF — International Geographic Information Foundation
• TERSS — Tasmanian Earth Resource Satellite Station
• HEPS — High Energy Particle Sensor
• DEMR — Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
• FIG — Federation Internationale des Geometres
• CERCG — Centre d'Etudes et de Realisations Cartographiques Geographiques
• INTA — Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria
• CYP — Cape York Peninsula
• SPARRSO — Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation
• FLL — Waterfall
• AMISAR — Active Microwave ImagerSynthetic Aperture Radar
• DRGM — Direction des Recherches Gologiques et Minires
• FEP — Feature Extraction Processor
• CMONOC — Crustal Movement Observation Network of China
• COEB — Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography Branch
• DDIS — Depository Distribution Information System
• ASGS — Australian Statistical Geography Standard
• CIDAMM — Centro de Informacion y Documentacion del Area Metropolitana de Madrid
• CALIFORNIA — California
• ODNR — Ohio Department of Natural Resources
• MPRD — Modified Proportional Radial Displacement
• LISCOM — Land Information Systems Committee
• HE/S — Hardcopy Exploitation Segment
• INEAC — Institut National pour l'Etude Agronomique du Congo
• DGEC — Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos
• USCS — United States Customary System
• HMGS — Hellenic Military Geographical Service
• AVI — audio visual interleave
• MLMIC — Minnesota Land Management Information Center
• ADR — Aerial Data Reduction Associates Incorporated
• GDTA — Groupement pour le Developpement de la Teledetection Aerospatiale
• NAPA — National Academy of Public Administration
• GNDB — Geographic Names Data Base
• FICCDC — Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography
• ESEM — Earth Systems Engineering and Management
• GISDEX — Federal Geographic Information and Spatial Data Exposition and Conference
• OSEC — Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation
• HSGT — Hitachi Software Global Technology Ltd.
• AZMAP — Arizona Mapping Advisory Council
• OSTF — Ordnance Survey Transfer Format
• VIMSARS — Video Image Map Storage and Retrieval System
• DCST — Data Collection System Tape
• ONSWG — Open Navigation Surface Working Group
• H-GAC — Houston-Galveston Area Countil
• INSTAAR — Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
• RCID — Record Identification
• HKGA — Hong Kong Geographical Association
• FILS — Federal Government Information Locator System
• STRT — Strait

• FOF — Filtering optical fiber
• ODOP — Ohio Digital Orthophotography Project
• UNECA — United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
• CSDGM — Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
• LOMA — Letters of map amendment
• GIAL — Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory
• DGPA — Direccion General de la Produccion Agraria
• GPPU — Graphic Polygon Processing Utilities
• BFLR — Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumentwicklung
• TRGF — Tragfahigkeit
• FPAR — Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• FAPAR — Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
• COFRS — Chinese Operational Earth Resources Satellite
• CISM — Canadian Institute of Surveying and Mapping
• APTS — Aerial Profiling of Terrain System
• DGG — Direccion General de Geografia
• SKW — Shafer, Kline, & Warren
• CCBCCM — Canadian Committee for the Bibliographic Control of Cartographic Materials
• EUROSDR — European Spatial Data Research
• OHW — Office of Hazardous Wastes Hydrology
• SEASAT — sea satellite (an oceanographic research satellite) (NASA)
• SEAMS — Soil Environmental and Agricultural Management System
• CIST — Centre d'information sur les sciences de la Terre
• APR — Airborne Profile Recorder
• LIBER-GDC — Ligue des Bibliotheques Europeennes de Recherche, Groupe des cartothecaires
• AFT — Ambiguity Function Technique
• TLSD — Tuvalu Lands and Survey Division
• BNPC — Bathymetric Navigation Planning Chart
• ADI — Areas of Dominent Influence
• SEOP — Secretaria de Estado de Obras Publicas
• FAC — Feature Analysis Code
• ASCLA — Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
• BCDC — Bay Conservation and Development Commission
• RGD — Rijks Geologische Dienst
• HFN — Hafen
• MRIB — Marine Realms Information Bank (US DOI)
• LUT — Land Utilization Type
• CPFS — Colorado Plateau Field Station
• ICAITI — Instituto Centro Americano de Investigacion y Tecnica Industrial
• DVNP — Death Valley National Park
• AEIDC — Arctic Environmental Information Data Center
• LL — Line-by-line
• CRLS — Cross-track Infrared Sounder
• ADWR — Arizona Department of Water Resources
• NAVOCEANO — Naval Oceanographic Office
• NSLVA — Niedersachsisches Landesverwaltungsamt
• DFW — Department of Fish and Wildlife
• CNFL — Confluence
• CO-COPS — Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services
• NSTL — National Space Technology Laboratory (was MTF)

• XWD — X-Window Screen Dump
• SDE — Spatial Database Engine
• SIGACE — Special Interest Group for the Application of CD-ROM in Education
• OCLC — Ohio College Library Center
• TEXPLOT — Tektronix Plotting
• ZPS — Zeh Plotting Software
• OPP — Operational Positional Procedure
• IGNTG — Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia
• NGWIC — National Ground Water Information Center
• RCIC — Regional Coastal Information Center
• OSIP — Operational Satellite Improvement Program
• GISIC — Geographical Information Systems International Group
• ENID — Endnote ID
• NSDNR — Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
• DRGS — Direct Readout Ground Station
• DGFK — Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Kartographie
• GTUB — Geographic Tabulation Unit Base
• HLFB — Hessisches Landesamt Fur Bodenforschung
• COMIS — Cartographic Operations Management Information System
• ICONA — Instituto Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza
• LVAN-W — Landesvermessungsamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
• SFQL — Structured Full-Text Query Language
• QDM — Queensland Department of Mines
• ASO — Australian Survey Office
• BRGM — Bureau de recherches geologique et minieres
• GNIAG — Geomatics Niagara Information Advisory Group
• FEWS — Feature Extraction Workstation
• DCDB — Digital Cartographic Data Base
• LASS — Land Applications Satellite System
• TDC — Tennessee Department of Conservation
• CMSDU — Commission on Map Use and Spatial Data Use
• AGCO — Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Office
• GIPS — Generalized Image Processing Sytstem
• ARMIS — Arkansas Resource Management Information System
• GOMMAPP — Gulf of Maine Mapping Portal
• CHGIS — China Historical Geographic Information System
• MODM — Multiple objectives decision-making
• IRWD — Irvine Ranch Water District
• DOQ — Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle
• AEM — Atmospheric Explorer Mission
• DAM — Detection And Mapping
• ESIM — Earth Science Information Manager
• IKU — Institutt for KontinentalsokkelUndersokelse
• LGISC — Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council
• NYSDT — New York State Department of Transportation
• CDWR — California Department of Water Resources
• MAPA — Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion
• AEG — Association of Engineering Geologists
• IDLH — Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health
• DSPW — Digital Photogrammetric Workstation

• WDLG — Widerlager
• ET — Frame enclosed elevator with self-closing traps
• MLMIS — Minnesota Land Management Information System
• HBCA — Hudson Bay Company Archives (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
• IASSIST — International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology
• SNRIM — Subcommittee on Natural Resources
• GINIE — Geographic Information Network in Europe
• KSGR — Kiesgrube
• CEGIS — Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science
• ANMS — Automated Notice to Mariners System
• CEAL — Centro Editor de America Latina
• ATM — Adaptive Triangular Mesh
• BPPT — Badan Pembinaan dan Penerapan Teknologi
• MTLT — Minimum Total Length Triangulation
• QTM — Quaternary Triangular Mesh
• GP.MCD — Geoprocessing Map Call Deamon program
• UDOGM — Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
• GSF — Generic Sensor Format
• PICG — Programme International de Correlation Geologique
• IMACUAC — Information Management and Computer Utilization Advisory Committee
• UNAM — Universidad Nacional De Mexico
• BGC — Business Geographics Conference
• IAOO — International Association of Assessing Officers
• OGIS — Office of Geographic Information Systems
• FSMS — Florida Surveying and Mapping Society
• CSRS — Canadian Spatial Reference System
• IGT — Integrated GPS Technologies Incorporated
• ARIA — Arizona Regional Image Archive
• LSACTS — Land Surveyors Advisory Council on Technical Standards
• EUROGI — European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
• FSPLS — Florida Society of Professional Land Surveyors
• MIAS — Multispectral Image Analysis System
• UCPTE — Union for the Coordination of the Production and Transport of Electric Power
• SUDENE — Superintendencia De Desenvolvimento Do Nordeste
• TPC — Tactical Pilotage Chart
• RES — Reservation
• GTCM — Geospatial Technology Competency Model
• PIOS — Polygon Information Overlay System
• CDH — Communications and Data Handling
• SICO — Schonstedt Intstrument Company
• NAIP — NATIONAL AGRICULTURE IMAGERY PROGRAM
• CET — Commission on Education and Training
• ASFE — Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers
• KLEINB — Kleinbahn
• NMASM — New Mexico Association of Surveyors and Mappers
• CNRG — Centre National de Recherches Geomorphologiques
• CUAC — Cartographic Users Advisory Council
• SLF — Standard Linear Format
• CDED — Canadian Digital Elevation Data
• DRIS — Digital Research and Instructional Services

• ADAC — Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club
• KIER — Korean Institute of Energy and Resources
• APMI — Aerial Photography Micrographic Index System
• FNIB — Foreign Names Information Bulletin
• JMGL — Journal of Map & Geography Libraries
• LTO — Land Title Office
• CRESP — Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation
• RBMS — Relational Database Management System
• SMCRA — Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977)
• EDMI — Electronic Distance Measuring Instrument
• NGMBD — National Geologic Map Database
• PPSS — Precise Positioning Service Security Module
• LDAS — Land Data Assimilation System
• EDMAS — Environmental Dose Modeling and Analysis System
• CPSO — Cataloging Policy and Support Office's
• MEIS — Multispectral Electrooptical Imaging Sensor
• CRSS — Canadian Remote Sensing Society
• RIRT — Russian Institute of Radionavigation and Time
• U — Unclassified
• CIMIS — California Irrigation Management Information System
• CEDD — Committee on the Exchange of Digital Data
• CPLC — Court of Private Land Claims
• DEM-G — Digital Elevation Model-Graphic
• PACOG — Pueblo Area Council of Governments
• RSIP — Remote Sensing and Image Processing
• IEOS — Integrated Earth Observation System
• SUNI — Stockholms Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen
• NESTA — National Earth Science Teachers Association
• VEDIS — Vallejo [California] Economic Development Information System
• PCGN — Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
• WT — Water Tank
• DGU — Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse
• URISA — Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
• LLC — Line Length Code
• JMPC — Joint Mapping and Photography Committee
• INSEE — Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques
• CTOG — Contour to Grid
• CGSIC — Civil GPS Service Interface Committee
• HGCSD — Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District
• SEPM — Society for Sedimentary Geology
• HM.BGS. — Hermann Berghaus
• ABI — Alabama Bureau of Insurance
• JWPCF — Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation
• RISKMAP — Risk Mapping and Planning
• UCAID — University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development
• SOLSE — Shuttle Ozone Limb Scanning Experiment
• MSRN — Michigan Spatial Reference Network
• USR — Universal Space Rectangular
• GMAT — Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time
• LRS — Linear Referencing System

• CDMG — California Division of Mines and Geology
• MPWUPH — Ministry of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing
• LSPS — Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors
• DGMP — Direccion de Geologia Minas y Petrolio
• MSIA — Mapping Sciences Institute Australia
• GSGS — Geographical Section General Staff
• DFLIP — Digital Flight Information Publication
• DCSE — Diba Consulting Software Engineers
• UDSL — Utah Division of State Lands
• RIAI — Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland
• FDEP — Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• JALBTCX — Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise
• WSU — Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
• DGIAI — Direccion General de Integracion y Analisis de la Informacion
• LSR — Local Space Rectangular
• AM — Automated Mapping
• OIR-GIS — Office for Information Resources-GIS Services Division
• CEM — Cemetery
• IEMVT — Institut d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux
• DIGEST — Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard
• DAV — Deutscher Alpenverein
• ISHM — International Society for the History of the Map
• ACMS — Automated Census Mapping System
• IPRG — Institute for Petroleum Resources and Geophysics
• ARTIL — Artillery
• DMAUSE — DMA Utility Software Environment
• FREAC — Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center
• IGWMC — International Ground Water Modeling Center
• ERSAC — Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Centre
• EAP — Environmental Affairs Program
• SHEF — Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format
• RBDS — Radio Broadcast Data System
• ECRF — Earth Centered Reference Frame
• HARN — High-Accuracy Reference Network
• LARS — Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing
• SIMAG — Spatial Information Management Advisory Group
• NDGS — North Dakota Geological Survey
• PAGES — Program for the Adjustment of GPS Ephemeris
• APD — Automated Plat Design
• SCEC — Southern California Earthquake Center's
• DN — Digital Number
• CORSE — Conference On Remote Sensing Education
• SAGEEP — Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems
• AHDAS — Adaptable Hydrologic Data Acquisition System
• GST — Galileo System Time
• AEI — Aerial Exposure Index
• CDS — Catalogue of Data Sources
• ASGA — Association des Services Geologiques Africains
• PFAS — Pennsylvania Facility Analysis System
• GCDB — Geographic Coordinate Data Base

• WGS — World Geodetic Survey
• SDRW — Societe de Developpement Regional pour la Wallonie
• AGIO — Arkansas Geographic Information Office
• DMTI — Desktop Mapping Technologies Incorporated
• SEDMS — Spatially Enabled Document Management System
• GITCO — Government Information Technology Committee
• TAR — Tape Address Register
• DAMES — Defense Automated Message Exchange Service
• GISCO — Geographic Information System of the European Commission
• RMSI — Risk Management Solutions Incorporated
• AICP — American Institute of Certified Planners
• TNM UC — The National Map Users Conference
• NCDS — National Cartographic Data Standard
• SGK — Schweizerische Geologische Kommission
• AILESP — American Indian Lands Environmental Support Project
• HERMIS — Heritage Resource Management Information System
• FAST — Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
• VFR — Vector Relational Format
• IMAG — Information Management Advisory Group
• ICGWM — International Clearinghouse for Ground Water Models
• WVA — West Virginia
• DATIS — Digital Airborne Topographic Imaging System
• PPPG — Pusat Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Geologi
• SADL — South Australia Department of Lands
• GNMP — Gettysburg National Military Park
• ENTW — Entworfen
• SLDI — Sustainable Land Development International
• APBEL — Atlantic Provinces Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors
• VFC — Vector Function Chainer
• CONAE — Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (National Commission on Space Activities - Argentina)
• CLOMA — Confidential letters of map amendment
• GIU — Geographic Information Unit
• LDLS — Lesotho Department of Lands, Surveys and Physical Planning
• ANRC — Alaska Native Regional Corporation
• AGSL — American Geographical Society Library
• ICACET — International Cartographic Association Committee on Training
• CRREL — Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratories
• GCRS — Gulf Centre for Remote Sensing
• DBPWG — Data Base Population Working Group
• DGCM — Direct Geodetic Constraint Method
• KREMU — Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit
• NCSME — Service des Mines et de l'Energie
• SNGM — Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria
• PUMS — Public Use Micro-Data Sample
• KPM — Kriegs Pulver Magazin
• OMNR — Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Canada)
• KLS — Kloster
• VITD — VPF Interim Terrain Data
• SRBC — Susquehanna River Basin Commission
• MARIS — Mississippi Automated Resource Information System

• CDV — Cartographic Data Visualizer
• FMGIS — Flight Management Geographic Information System
• REGIS — Regional Geographic Information System
• DGMG — Direccion General de Minas y Geologia
• ESIS — Earth Science Information System
• OADW — Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften
• VDSL — Very-high speed Digital Subscriber Line
• REICHSB — Reichsbahn
• ALMRS — Automated Land and Mineral Record System
• BGW — Bergwerk
• DGK 5 — Deutsche Grundkarte 1:5 000
• CADRG — Compressed ADRG
• ECAI — Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative
• OKAGE — Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education
• RTN — Real-Time Networks
• NCMOC — Naval Central Meteorology and Oceanography Center
• ANGEL — Airborne Natural Gas Emission Lidar
• FAHRB — Fahrbahn
• SCGP — Societe Canadienne des Geologique Petroliers
• MMSD — Metric Mapping Support Data
• JCLS — John Chance Land Surveys, Inc.
• TENN — Tennessee
• VEGCAMP — Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program
• RETSAM — Review, Editing and Tagging Software for Automated Mapping
• OILT — Oil Tank Farm
• UNIMACE — Universal Automated Mapping Compilation Equipment
• AFFRC — Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center
• GEST — Gestechen
• CHEEC — Center for the Health Effects of Environmental Contamination
• DDPS — Desktop Digital Photogrammetry System
• TLID — Tiger/Line Record Identification Number
• SSEW — Soil Survey of England and Wales
• HRG — High-resolution geometry
• COGNA — Council of Geographic Names Authorities
• OSSIM — Open Source Software Image Map
• IFF — Interchange Format File
• ISABU — Institut Des Sciences Agronomiques Au Burundi
• COSMIC — clients is the Computer Software Management and Information Center
• EOCAP — Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program
• UTC — Utilities and Transportation CommissionWashington
• RESVR — Reservoir
• CASIL — California Spatial Information Library
• NETR — Nationwide Environmental Title Research
• GCSS — Global Combat Support System
• ECPD — Engineering Council for Professional Development
• CENTA — Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria
• RATP — Regie autonome des transports parisiens
• NAP — Northern Affairs Program
• GSMD — Geological Survey and Mines Dept
• SEPA — State Environmental Protection Agency

• TEKPLOT — Tektronix Plotting
• FEE — Feature Extraction Environment
• LIMA — Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
• S&A — Sampling and Analysis
• PTC — Positive Train Control
• CIGNET — Cooperative International GPS Network
• IBSP — Idaho Bureau of State Planning
• AAGS — American Association for Geodetic Surveying
• GCMC — Geospatial Center and Map Collection
• TRACE — Topographic Resources And Cost Evaluation
• PV.M. — Pulver Muhle
• IEGDR — Initial Experimental Gridded Data Record
• AMPS — Automatic Mapping and Planning System
• OGWP — Office of Ground Water Protection (EPA)
• CERD — Catalog of Environmental Resource Data
• IGF — Inset Graphics Format
• SANAIS — South African Natural Areas Information System
• LRUD — Left, right, up, down
• ZGS — Zambia Geological Survey Department
• FES — Feature Extraction Segment
• RALS — Random Access Logical Subfiles
• WOM — Web Object Management
• PHIGS — Programmer Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
• MC&G — Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy
• SMGE — Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica
• DDAC — Deutscher Automobil-Club
• DPWS — Digital Photogrammetric Work Station
• STCB — Survey Technician Certification Board
• INGEO-MINAS — Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Geologico-Minera
• U-2 — A high altitude remote sensing aircraft
• SOLE — Spatial On-Line Editor
• SNI — Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG
• MSEDB — Mapping Sciences Education Data Base
• CPH — Cartographic Publishing House
• DNT — Direccion Nacional de Topografia
• GCLI — GIS in Canadian Libraries Initiative
• MUIR — Map Unit Interpretations Record (soil database)
• NGCS — National Geodetic and Cartographic Service
• KLEINBF — Kleinbahnhof
• OMO — Other Mapping Organization
• CLIRSEN — Remote Sensing Center
• VDMR — Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
• CCPR — California Center for Population Research
• APSR — Aerial Photography Summary Record
• VISION — Visual Information System Integrating Our Neighborhoods
• OGRIP — Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program
• USSCS — United States Soil Conservation Service
• G&M — Geography and Map Division
• PLF — Point Location File
• TEX — Texas Instruments, Incorporated

• UAS — Urban Area Studies
• APWWA — American Public Water Works Association
• DCRM(C) — Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials
• EVO — Ernst Volker
• SCAMP — Southern California Aerial Mapping Project
• INFORM — Information Network for Operational Resources Management
• HLAB — Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung
• ACLS — Association of Canadian Lands Surveyors
• VHB — Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc
• SIGIT — Swedish Institute for Geographic Information Technology
• NPMS — National Pipeline Mapping System
• SIGSA — Sistemas de Informacion Geografica S.A.
• GEP — Google Earth Pro
• FUR — Furlong
• SGL — Service Geologique de Luxembourg
• B&L — Boggs and Lewis
• NGPRP — Northern Great Plains Resource Program
• CCISA — Congress of Cartographic Information Specialist Associations
• EIWG — Earth Imaging Working Group
• IALS — Idaho Association of Land Surveyors
• CLID — Class identifier
• PADCO — Planning and Development Cooperative International
• ENSG — Ecole Nationale des Sciences Geographiques
• CLDS — Canada Land Data System
• PIO — Public Inquiries Office
• GIV — Geologic Information Visualization
• ASCIE — American Standard Code for Information Exchange
• WRS — World Reference System
• VNP — Voyageurs National Park
• SVP — Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
• PHODIS — Photogrammetric Image Processing System
• TSGS — Topographic Section General Staff
• HIA — Hydrologic Investigations Atlas
• HTDP — Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning
• NAST — NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed
• NCRST-F — National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation - Flows
• CBEP — Community-Based Environmental Protection
• VGA — Video Graphics Adaptor
• REMS — Regional Earth Modeling System
• BMA — Botswana Ministry of Agriculture
• EDINA — Edinburgh Data and Information Access
• WDDES — World Digital Database for Environmental Science
• NCHRP — National Cooperative Highway Research Program
• BADGER — Bay Area Digital GeoResource
• PECG — Professional Engineers in California Government
• NRSL — Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory
• DDA — Data Descriptive Area
• ASGC — Australian Statistical Geographical Classification
• CICAEDAS — Committee Investigating Cartographic Entity, Definitions, and Standards
• ISTAT — Istituto Centrale di Statistica

• THSOA — The Hydrographic Society of America
• IDWR — Idaho Department of Water Resources
• WMO — Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe
• EGII — European Geographic Information Infrastructure
• ADEPT — Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype
• CCELC — Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification
• MGSD — Michigan Geological Survey Division
• CSDMS — Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions
• IGCI — Institut Geographique de la Cote d'Ivoire
• PIDL — Polygon ID left
• DMASPOEM — Defense Mapping Agency Special Program Office for Exploitation Modernization
• SHN — Servicio de Hidrografia Naval
• VP — Vector Program
• GP.MC — Geoprocessing Map Call
• EIGS — Ethiopian Institute of Geological Survey
• NRCT — National Resources Council of Thailand
• MWT — Minimum Weight Triangulation
• VARIS — Virginia Resources Information System
• VACP — Virtual Active Control Point
• ERSC — Egyptian Remote Sensing Center
• SALIS — Surveying and Land Information Systems
• DAFIF — Digital Aeronautical Flight Information Files
• DCR — Design Concept Review
• USAETL — United States Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
• OGDI — Open Geospatial Datastore Interface
• CRAIGES — Cartographic Reproduction and Interactive Graphic Editing System
• CMOTS — Cartographic Material Order and Tracking System
• DAESA — Dual Axis Fourier Shape Analysis
• LIMAP — Landsat Imagery Analysis Package
• SGPK — Schweizerische Geophysikalische Kommission
• TIN — Triangulated Irregular Network
• SARM — Spatial Auto-Regressive Model
• TSIS — Total Solar Irradiance Sensor
• SPVEA — Superintendencia do Plano de Valorizac o Economica da Amazonia
• IF — Frame identification
• SDSFIE — Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment
• IGDC — Interagency Geographic Data Committee
• NAWQUA — National Water Quality Assessment
• TARA — The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives
• AIPG — American Institute of Professional Geologists
• MAPCO — Map Corporation of America
• DCW — Digital Chart of the World
• SUDOCS — Superintendent of Documents
• NZGS — New Zealand Geological Survey
• CSISS — Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences
• ODC — Open Data Consortium
• AD.ST. — Aldolf Stieler
• DGO — Direccion General de Oceanografia
• STINASU — Stichting Natuurbescherming Suriname
• POAM — Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement

• GUGKK — Glavno Upravlenie po Geodezia I Kartografia y Kadaster
• IDNA — Integrated Dataset for North America
• ASPS — Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors
• HPGL — Hewlett Packard Graphics Language
• SNF — Superior National Forest
• MPRM — Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
• FEAC — Far Eastern Advisory Commission
• SRMB — Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch
• RPDS — Rapids
• RCSSMRS — Regional Centre for Services in Surveying and Mapping and Remote Sensing
• NTDME — Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy
• CUET — Cuesta
• CIACER — Centro de Investigacion y Aplicacion de Sensores Remotos
• DADSO — Data Access and Dissemination System Office
• MAR — Mean Annual Runoff
• LOMC — Letters of map correction
• USBC — United States Bureau of the Census
• FARC — Federal Archives and Record Center
• LIMO — Land Information Management Office
• HAZUS — Hazards U.S.
• GAF — Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Fernerkundung
• JAMP — Joint Automated Mapping Project
• MRB — Missouri River Basin
• CWHR — Califoria Wildlife Habitat Relationships
• AVIRIS — Advanced Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer
• WFPLS — Western Federation of Professional Land Surveyors
• AHAP — Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography
• MRBC — Missouri River Basin Commission
• ESMI — European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure
• MURB — Minister fur Umwelt, Raumordnung und Bauwesen
• STDE — Stunde
• SDL — Survey Department of Libya
• BEV — Bundesamt fur Eich- und Vermessungswesen
• MGIS — Micro Geographic Information System
• AASG — Association of American State Geologists
• ITFE — Inductive Terrain Feature Extraction
• ESSI — Earth Search Sciences Incorporated
• IRG — Inter-Record Gap
• OWRD — Oregon Water Resources Department
• FDSYS — Federal Digital System
• CGRG — Canadian Geomorphology Research Group
• ITCA — International Topographic Composition Association
• DMSO — Defense Mapping School Operations Office
• JNGC — Jordan National Geographic Centre
• CCDM — Core Cadastral Domain Model
• WBVTR — Wide-band video tape recorder
• EOT — End of Text
• RADEF — Road Administration Data Exchange Format
• ALI — Advanced Land Imager
• ULCC — Utility Location and Coordination Council

• NRCAN — Natural Resources Canada (Dept. of)
• OSTZ — Osterreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt
• CEONET — Canadian Earth Observation Network
• WELU — Western Energy Land Use Team
• ASB.CL. — Asbestos-covered frame building
• DGNR — Domestic Geographic Names Report
• OOSI — Osterreichisches Ost- Und Sudosteuropa-Institut
• NCSS — North Carolina Society of Surveyors
• GGRF — Galileo Geodetic Reference Frame
• SEDAC — Socioeconomic Data and Application Center
• MAPKBS — Map Projection Knowledge-based System
• TIF — Tagged Image File
• NZMS — New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey
• LMCTF — Land Managers Cooperative Task Force
• GVIS — Geographic Visualization
• DIM — Digital Image Matching
• NERL — North East Research Libraries
• ERS — Earth Remote Sensing
• RSV — Reservoir
• NBSM — National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping
• SYCI — System Corrected Images
• SONATRACH — Societe Nationale de Recherches de l'Explorations Minieres
• UDIG — User-Friendly Desktop Internet Gis
• CRSC — California Remote Sensing Council
• GSS — Geographic Support System
• USNC-ICA — United States National Committee for the Ica
• DFG — Department of Fish and Game
• IHDC — Iowa Heritage Digital Collection
• ESSC — Earth System Science Center
• DRGP — Digital Representation of Graphic Products
• DACA — Division des Archives Cartographiques et Audiovisuelles
• ESIN — Earth Science Information Network
• OAB — Operational Advisory Broadcasts
• MAGE — Map Authoring and Generalisation Expert
• CUGIK — Centralny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii
• ISM — Interpretive Structural Modeling
• GEODESY — Geospatial Data and Exploration System
• SPC RE — Survey Production Centre, Royal Engineers
• EDIES — EROS Digital Image Enhancement Systems
• NATM — New Austrian Tunnelling Method
• BETRBF — Betriebsbahnhof
• CEN — Comite europeen de normalization electronique
• SNCF — Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer
• IENC — Inland Electronic Navigation Charts
• QLIS — Queensland Land Information Strategy
• SIGCAT — Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications & Technology
• BHIC — Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum
• JMC — Japan Map Center
• BVU — Brightness Value Unit
• AWAR — Area weighted average resolution

• UGSMD — Uganda Geological Survey and Mines Department
• MCIS — Maps and Chart Information System
• SDMG — Direction des Mines et de la Geologie
• LLV — Low Light Visibility
• VPFPS — Vector Product Format Production System
• TIGRIS — Topologically Integrated Geographic Resource and Information System
• FCT — Forestry Commission Tasmania
• QSL — Quarter Scan Line
• EBAMCO — Electronic Book and Map Company
• GRASS — Geographic Resource Analysis Support System
• NTD — National Topographic Database
• SMOW — Standard Mead Ocean Water
• MORAP — Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership
• CGA — Color Graphics Adaptor
• LSO — Land Surveyors Online
• PPNM — Pengarah Pemetaan Negara Malaysia
• NAO — North Atlantic Oscillation
• LVAR-P — Landesvermessungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz
• UNGIWG — United Nations Geographical Information Working Group
• NALS — Nevada Association of Land Surveyors
• NSSDA — National Standard for Spatial Database Accuracy
• CNIDR — Center for Networked Information Discovery Retrieval
• RTV — Raster To Vector
• WCCS — Washington Council of County Surveyors
• IFLA — International Association of Library Asociations and Institutions
• IIPL — Interactive Image Processing Laboratory
• NTM — Notice To Mariners
• CSPA — Council of State Planning Agencies
• ECI — Election Commission of India
• EMIP — European Market for Infrastructural Projects
• DAL — Data Analysis Laboratory
• LRDB — Low Resolution Data Base
• MOUG — Map Online Users Group
• CIAF — Centro de Investigaciones en Percepcion Remota
• CBS — Community Base Station
• OIH — Office of International Hydrology
• IAMA — International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association
• IMIA — International Map Industry Association
• SCSMAC — South Carolina State Mapping Advisory Committee
• CCAHA — Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
• NZSB — New Zealand Soil Survey
• GWSI — Groundwater site inventory
• DQDB — Distributed-Queue Dual Buses
• CDA — Colorado Department of Agriculture
• GPIP — General Purpose Image Processor
• IKCS — I.K. Curtis Services
• OBS — Office of Biological Services
• INMG — Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica
• HDDT — High-Density Digital Tape
• WDGER — Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources

• NOSS — National Oceanographic Satellite System
• GRDL — Geodetic Research and Development Laboratory
• ADW — Agricultural Drainage Well
• ORBIMAGE — Orbital Imaging Corp.
• BNF — Bibliotheque national de France
• CSAV — Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
• GRACE — Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment
• NDIIPP — National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
• WRCB — Water Resources Control Board
• UUG — Utstredni Ustav Geologicky
• CIRSS — California Integrated Remote Sensing System
• JCCDS — Joint Committee on Cartographic Data Standardization
• CONRIM — Committee on Natural Resource Information Management
• NDSL — Nevada Division of State Lands
• LGSOWOG — Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group
• MONT — Montana
• USNCHC — United States National Committee on Scientific Hydrology
• ATMET — Atmospheric, Meteorological and Environmental Technologies, LLC
• HUA — Hydrologic Unit Area
• SSMS — Spatial Statistical Modeling Service
• MDAS — Multispectral Data Analysis System
• NASBOG — National Association of State Boards of Geology
• ERSUN — Environmental Remote Sensing Unit
• BAAMA — Bay Area Automated Mapping Association
• KCWA — Kern County Water Agency
• PAIGH — Pan-American Institute of Geography and History
• TASC — Transportation Administration Service Center
• USLS — United States Lake Survey
• CNROA — Centro Nacional de Reconhecimento e Ordenamento Agrario
• ISR — Information Storage and Retrieval
• GSPB — Geodetic Satellite Policy Board
• MER — Ministere de l'Energie et des Ressources
• WQM — Water quality monitor
• GEOLOB — Geospatial Line of Business
• URUID — Unrectified image data
• SMCDG — Small Map Collection Discussion Group
• INTRISCA — Integrated Resource Inventory for South-Central Alaska
• IMAGE — Integrated Mapping and Geographic Encoding System
• DTSS-P — Digital Topographic Support System Prototype
• AFTH — Allami Földmérési és Térképészeti Hivatal
• AUSLIG — Australian Surveying and Land Information Group
• CCNS4 — Computer Controlled Navigation System
• RECTAS — Regional Center for Training in Aerospace Surveys
• SNID — Startnode Id
• BICI — Book item contribution identifier
• ITRM — Information Technology Resouces Management
• CINDI — Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information
• PM — Prime Meridian
• NCGMP — National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program
• EPP — Educational Partnership Program

• AWLS — American West Land Surveying
• SCR — Service Cartographique du Rwanda
• ERRSAC — Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Applications Center
• COBRIG — Council of British Geography
• GCG — Geocartographics Subdivison
• WRIR — Water Resources Investigation Report
• EL.W. — Elektrizitatswerk
• SLAGMD — Special Libraries Association Geography & Map Division
• PSFM — Professional Society for Forensic Mapping
• TLM — Topographic Line Map
• ONIG — Office Nationale de la Geologie
• GSN — Geological Survey of Namibia
• LASN — Local Area Spatial Network
• FL.BR. — Fliegende Brucke
• CFUA — Canadian Fire Underwriters Association
• IWPC — Institute of Water Pollution Control
• DES — Digital Editing Station
• WCCS — Wisconsin County Coordinate System
• IFSARE — Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Elevation
• SHOM — Service Hydrographique et Ocenographique de la Marine
• RAPID — Rapid Application Planning Implementation and Deployment
• BVG — Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft
• LUPIN — Land Use Planning Information Network
• NHGIS — National Historical Geographic Information System
• QMSOFT — Qualitative Marketing Software Incorporated
• WVGES — West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
• GOS-PI — Geospatial One-Stop Portal Initiative
• MDTC — Division de la Topographie et de la Cartographie
• COS — Central Office of Statistics
• FIRM — Flood Rate Insurance Map
• MEM — Ministry of Energy and Minerals
• BCSS — Battlefield Command Support System
• NCSD — Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division
• GLOSS — Global Observation Surveillance System
• RMK — R.M. Keddal & Associates
• LOMR — Letters of map revision
• HMCK — Hummock
• ATID — Attribute ID
• CIKM — Conference on Information Knowledge Management
• OVN — Optical visible near-infrared
• PIN — Parcel Identification Number
• CUSEC — Central United States Earthquake Consortium
• ODFW — Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• OCUL — Ontario Council of University Libraries
• EUB — Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
• FMP — Field Pack Mobile Professional
• GANS — Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia
• ANTGS — Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System
• CENREN — Centro de Recursos Naturales
• BART — Bay Area Rapid Transit District

• SADIE — System at Arizona for Digital Information Extraction
• HUC — Hydrologic Unit Code
• NABCI — North American Bird Conservation Initiative (nab-see)
• SWPA — Southwest Pacific Area
• BOC — Bureau of the Census
• CANSPACE — Canadian Space Geodesy Forum
• NED — National Elevation Dataset
• HLVA — Hessisches Landesvermessungsamt
• MSRLS — Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors
• STEPS — Spatial Templates for Emergency Preparedness
• ALSIP — Alberta Land Settlement Infra-structure Project
• HGS — Halliburton Geophysical Services
• AWMSAS — ArcView Marine Spill Analysis System
• LDSI — LandDesign Surveying Incorporated
• STIBOKA — Stichting voor Bodemkartering
• OMPS — Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
• NETS — National Establishment Time-Series
• DMMR — Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources
• IAO — Insurers Advisory Organization
• BDET — Bengston, DeBell, Elkin & Titus Limited
• MFGDP — Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products
• RSTN — Railroad Station
• BUPNIS — Beijing Underground-Network Information System
• MRLU — Map Reproduction and Liaison Unit
• ISQ — Institut de la statistique du Quebec
• NDF — Nevada Division of Forestry
• MFLOPS — Million Floating Points Operations Per Second
• CEE — Comite Estatal de Estadisticas
• CLICK — Center for LiDAR Information Coordination
• NGSP — National Geodetic Satellite Program
• IWARDS — Iowa Water Resources Data System
• WDNR — Washington Department of Natural Resources
• RGBF — Rangierbahnhof
• L&O — Limnology & Oceanography
• IDEN — Identification module
• AVCA — Audio-visual and Cartographic Archives
• USDMA — United States Defense Mapping Agency
• NFWS — National Fish and Wildlife Service
• GZD — Grid Zone Designation
• ICA-USNC — International Cartographic Association National Committee
• OLID — Ontario Land Information Directory
• IMADS — Interactive Map and Data Server
• RKSW — Rocks in Water
• SWEMP — Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping Program
• SGE — Servicio Geografico del Ejercito
• FBN — Federal Base Network
• DRAPE — Digital Raster Acquisition Project for the East
• JOIDES — Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling
• SAMSOG — Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia
• PAS — Pacific Aerial Surveys

• BOA — Building Omission Area
• HID — Historical Imagery Declassification
• EDD — Environmental Data Directory
• JPG — Joint Photographic Experts Group format
• EREP — Earth Resources Experiment Package
• INDEC — Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos
• FWPCA — Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
• JACIE — Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation
• FDPP — Framework Demonstration Projects Program
• DGF — Department of Game and Fish
• AFF — American Fact Finder
• LSDP — Landsat Signature Development Program
• UGMS — Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
• JIGI — Java Interface for Geospatial Information
• WCB — Workshop Certification Board
• FCM — Feature Change Map
• WMD — Water management district
• U/R — Urban/rural
• BARCIS — Barcode Information System
• THON GR — Clay pit
• SPT — Strathclyde Passenger Transport
• CGDB — Central Geographic Data Base
• FPT — Full Production Training
• RMIB — Rudolf Muller International Booksellers
• GAT — Geography Association of Thailand
• RPID — Representation Module Id
• OCH — Office of the Chief Hydrologist
• WRIP — Water Resources Information Project
• PPMS — Photogrammetry Production Monitoring System
• LAP — Landsat Applications Program
• CBI — China Burma India Theatre of Operations
• NTF — National Transfer Format
• WME — Window to My Environment
• PHZM — Plant Hardiness Zone Map
• GPR — Ground-Penetrating Radar
• PDU — Professional Development Unit(s)
• PRO — Public Record Office
• INSIDE — Interactive Numeric Spatial Information Data Engine
• OSDA — Oregon State Department of Agriculture
• DNPM — Departamento Nacional de Produc~ao Mineral
• SGG — Service Geologique du Gabon
• OGW — Office of Ground Water
• RAMS — Regional Atmospheric Modelins System
• LCDB — Land Cover Database
• TSOP — The Society for Organic Petrology
• P&O — Plans & Operations
• SMIMS — Single MIM-Based Integrated Mapping System
• PCX — Paintbrush Export Format
• IRSA — Institute of Remote Sensing Applications
• USC&GS — United States Coast and Geodetic Survey

• RFPMG — Radar Fixed Point Minigraphic
• CD-CINC — CD-ROM Consistent Interface Committee
• CRN — Canadian Road Network
• IDWO — Intelligence Division War Office
• PSAN — Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska
• FDLS — Fiji Department of Lands and Survey
• VRP — Vector-to-raster processor
• EXIF — Extensible Image File Format
• INMH — Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia y Hidrologia
• IFR — Instrument Flight Regulation
• RSAL — Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory
• STAAC — Space and Terrestrial Applications Advisory Committee
• C/A — Coarse-Acquisition
• GRS — Geodetic Reference System
• UDNR — Utah Department of Natural Resources
• PSM — Professional Surveyor Magazine
• TDSA — tribal designated statistical area
• SPCS — State Plane Coordinate System
• V/H — Vertical over height ratio
• SP/S — Source Preparation Segment
• IGBF — Institut Geographique de Burkina Faso
• PLSC — Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado
• PPNL — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• IMCOS — International Map Collectors' Society
• RASC — Royal Australian Survey Corps
• CERCO — Comite Europeen de Responsibles de la Cartographie Officielle
• MPP — Multi-spectral scanner preprocessor
• ERSAL — Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Laboratory
• MIO — Map Information Office
• GUNO — Glavnoe Upravlenie Navigatsii i Okeanografii
• PMA — Production and Marketing Administration
• KRIS — Kentucky Resources Information System
• GLT — Geospatial Light Table
• GOV.GEN. — Governor General
• AFE — Automated Feature Extraction
• ERCE — Groupe d'Etudes de Recherches Critiques d'Espace
• RSGS — Royal Scottish Geographical Society
• GNS — GEOnet Names Server
• KR — Krug
• OCX — Object Component eXtension
• BARP — Bundesamt fur Raumplanung
• ORMAP — Oregon Map
• ITF — INTERLIS Transfer Format
• NDS — National Decision Systems
• PASP — Planning and Analysis Section
• TR — Trail Runners
• GISOM — Generating Information and Scanning Ohio Maps
• IHAC — Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada Chile
• LAND — Landmark feature identification number
• CEMAR — Centro de Estudos do Mar

• STIA — Spatial Technologies Industry Association
• LBR — Laser Beam Recorder
• CYPLUS — Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy
• HDT — High Density Tape
• NVCA — Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
• UPADI — Union Panamerica de Asociaciones de Ingenieros
• GKP — Geodeticky a Kartograficky Podnik v Praze
• NCGE — National Council for Geographic Education
• SAST — Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team
• NZFS — New Zealand Forest Service
• OWDC — Office of Water Data Coordination (USGS)
• WPU — Wilayah Pembangunan Utama
• MCIDAS — Map-Computer Interactive Data Access System
• USNOS — United States National Ocean Service
• ROMP — Regional Observation Monitoring Program
• DSGZ — Department of the Surveyor General
• LIA — Land Information and Analysis office
• MIEM — Ministere de l'Industrie et de Mines
• VIIRS — Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
• TMAC — Technical Mapping Advisory Council
• NDNRC — Nevada Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
• HRFRS — High-resolution Film Recorder Subsystem
• FNC — Foreign Names Committee
• SORSA — Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Association
• ODE — Open Development Environment
• WGNHS — Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
• NHAP — National High Altitude Photography
• FII — Fundacion Instituto de Ingeneiria
• FDDI — Fiber Digital Data Interface
• DIFSAR — Differential SAR
• DMMG — Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia
• FDIS — Formal Draft International Standard
• LARIS — Louisiana Areal Resource Information System
• SADME — South Australian Department of Mines and Energy
• GLAB-W — Geologisches Landesamt Baden-Wurttemberg
• PCT — Pacific Coast Trail
• RPIE — Replacement Photographic Image Equipment
• KLBF — Kleinbahnhof
• LTTM — Longterm Terrain Model
• ARRSTC — Asian Regional Remote Sensing Training Centre
• ER — Economic Region
• CAP — Cooperative Agreements Program
• WSRN — Washington State Reference Network
• UPRR — Union Pacific Railroad
• HVC — Hue-Value-Chroma
• IPP — Integrated Plotting Package
• IPAM — Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia
• MSPE — Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
• NYSGS — New York Geological State Geological Survey
• SLC — Scan Line Corrector

• NCS — National Cartographic Standards
• GEZ — Gezeichnet
• GCRA — Geographic and Cartographic Research and Applications Section
• WSGS — Wyoming State Geological Survey
• OAMTC — Osterreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring-Club
• GITC — Geomatics Information Trading Center
• LPGS — Landsat Product Generation System
• PALIS — Ponds And Lakes Information System
• TVP — Topological Vector Profile
• TRSC — Thailand Remote Sensing Center
• CGC — Commission Geologique du Canada
• SDGS — South Dakota Geological Survey
• RESCU — Remote Emergency Satellite Cellular Unit
• IMCC — Interstate Mining Compact Commission
• PFLP — Point-Feature Label Placement
• IGG — Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica
• MAPIS — Map Products Information System
• GSPNG — Geological Survey Papua New Guinea
• ELMO — Electronic Map Ordering
• ONPR — Office of National Petroleum Reserve
• KDSP — Kork Digital Stereo Plotter
• NHD — National Hydrography Dataset
• AIR — American Indian Reservation
• GDM — Geospatial Data Management
• DL — Data logging
• DSU — Digital Standard Update
• WSLD — Western Samoa Lands and Survey Department
• MACA — Ministerio de Asuntos Campesinos y Agropecuarios
• ARB — Arbeiter
• SFSU — Senator Fur Stadtentwicklung Und Umweltschutz
• CSUF — California State University, Fresno
• IMW — International Map of the World
• CNA — Comissiao Nacional do Ambiente
• LTC — Light Transfer Characteristics
• DLGF — Digital Line Graph-Framework
• SOS — Survey Office System
• GECCO — Geospatially Enabling Community Collaboration
• GKS — Graphics Kernal System
• LDMG — Lesotho Department of Mines and Geology
• IRLSA — Illinois Registered Land Surveyors Association
• ANZMAPS — Australian and New Zealand Map Society
• LRIDP — Land Resources Inventory Demonstration Project
• SOAP — Simple Object Access Protocal
• LSRC — Louisiana Spatial Reference Center
• IBGE — Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica
• QGIS — Quantum GIS
• OGIC — Oregon Geographic Information Council
• HERST — Herstellung
• DWM — Digital Web Map
• IRDB — Integrated regional database

• MTJ — Mendocino Triple Junction
• GPM — Gestalt Photo Mapper
• MPE — Map Publishing Environment
• KNRIS — Kentucky Natural Resources Information System
• PRSN — Puget Reference Station Network
• SHOL — Shoal
• SIME — Space Imaging Middle East
• USNBS — United States National Biological Survey
• LEAF — Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Feedback
• IMPAC — Image Analysis Computer Package
• HEIRS — Historic Environmental Reporting System
• ICAO — International Civil Aviation Organiztion
• CHNM — Marine channel
• NADEC — National Atlas Development Centre
• NOBS — Northern Ohio Bibliographic Society
• UNCLA — Unclassified
• TXDAPA — Texas Digital Aerial Photo Archive
• PAAD — Program Acronyms Abbreviations and Definitions
• GGU — Gronlands Geologiske Undersogelse
• KINDS — Knowledge Interfaces to National Data Sets
• CSVNS — California Surveying Virtual Survey Network
• SCHL — Schloss
• ILIM — Institute for Land Information Management
• NGU — Norges Geologiske Undersokelse
• SNIG — Sistema Nacional de Informaciao Geografica
• OUCLS — Ontario Universities Library Cooperative System
• GLAS-H — Geologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein
• SS1 — SpaceShipOne
• ISD — Information Services Division
• MILUS — Multiple Input Land Use System
• ODGS — Ohio Division of Geological Survey
• AIRB — Alabama Inspection and Rating Bureau
• NSD — Nepal Survey Department
• BLT — Bundesamt fur LandesTopographie
• IGIS — Integrated Geographic Information System
• ILH — Internationales Landkartenhaus
• NRSC — National Remote Sensing Centre
• NLIS — National Land Information Service
• VCSH — Virtual Center for Spatial Humanities
• HSRC — Hydrographic Science Research Center
• ATIS — Arizona Transportation Information System
• SDES — Spatial Data Exchange Standard
• SDSB — Satellite Data Services Branch
• VVK — Verwaltung Vermessungs Und Kartenwesen
• RSRP — Remote Sensing Research Program
• IPOSTEL — Instituto Postal Telegrafico
• CBET — Concrete block enclosed elevator
• VTM — Vegetation Type Map
• NSRFC — Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corporation
• GNU — Geologic Names Unit

• AVNIR — Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer
• EDIPS — EROS Digital Image Processing System
• GCCS — Global Command, Control System
• UGID — Universal Geographic Identity
• CGNHS — Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey
• MOST — Moving Objects Spatio-Temporal
• ML — Master Library
• DIGIT — Digitally Integrated Geographic Information Technologies
• DIP — Data Integration Program
• TBC — Trimble Business Center
• NURE — National Uranium Resources Evaluation
• I2S — International Imaging Systems Incorporated
• CHEST — Combined Higher Education Software Team
• NIPR — National Institute for Polar Research
• IRD — Information Resources Division
• AUSDEC — Australasian Data Exchange Centre
• HDLD — Headland
• SDNR — State Department of Natural Resources
• ETF — European Transfer Format
• TSD — Treatment, Storage and Disposal Sites
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave Imager
• RSAC — Remote Sensing Application Center
• PNRS — Preliminary Natural Resources Survey
• ISGS — Illinois State Geological Survey
• DEMVFY — Digital Elevation Model Verify
• HDTR — High density tape recorder
• NGDA — National Geospatial Digital Archive
• SOWR — Sensitivity Of Water Resources
• NDLS — Nauru Directorate of Lands and Survey
• SDDP — Spatial Data Discovery Portal
• SIAT — Special Image Annotation Tape
• GPH — Geological Publishing House
• RAP — Regional Applications Program
• MASTER — MODIS/ASTER Airborn Simulator
• SHIPS — Seizmic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound
• MOLA — Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter
• MMQ — Metric Map Questionnaire
• TASMAP — Tasmania Department of Lands
• CAPCO — Capital Area Planning Council