3D |
three-dimensional (geophysics) |
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3DEP |
3D Elevation Program |
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A IN B |
Auto in basement |
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A&E |
Architect and Engineering |
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A-DCS |
Advanced/Data Collection System |
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A-S |
Antispoofing |
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A/D |
Analog to Digital (conversion) |
|
A/E |
Architectural/engineering |
|
AACCCM |
Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials |
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AACR |
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules |
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AACR2 |
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2d. ed. |
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AAES |
American Association of Engineering Societies |
|
AAG |
Association of American Geographers |
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AAGS |
American Association for Geodetic Surveying |
|
AAPG |
American Association of Petroleum Geologists |
|
AARLS |
Arkansas Association of Registered Land Surveyors |
|
AARS |
Asian Association on Remote Sensing |
|
AARSE |
African Association for the Remote Sensing of the Environment |
|
AASG |
Association of American State Geologists |
|
AASP |
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists |
|
AB |
Air Base |
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ABAG |
Association of Bay Area Governments |
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ABET |
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. |
|
ABGPS |
Airborne GPS |
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ABI |
Alabama Bureau of Insurance |
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ABN |
American Bank Note Company |
|
abs |
Australian Bureau of Statistics's |
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ABSM |
Alberta Bureau of Surveying and Mapping |
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ABUT |
Abutment |
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Abzw |
Abzweigstelle |
|
AC&C |
Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography |
|
ACACC |
Association des Cartotheques et Archives Cartographiques du Canada |
|
ACAPS |
Automated Chart Production System |
|
ACCDTS |
Advisory Committee on Canadian Digital Toponymic Services |
|
Accu-DRAPE |
High-accuracy DEM Draped Images |
|
AccuDEM |
High-accuracy DEM |
|
ACD |
Aeronautical Charting Division (NOS) |
|
ACDDS |
Advanced Cartographic Data Digitizing System |
|
ACI |
Association Cartographique Internationale |
|
ACIU |
Allied Central Interpretation Unit |
|
ACLS |
Association of Canadian Lands Surveyors |
|
ACM |
Association for Computing Machinery |
|
ACM-SIGGRAPH |
Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Graphics |
|
ACMGIS |
Association for Computing Machinery Geographic Information Systems |
|
ACML |
Association of Canadian Map Libraries |
|
ACMS |
Automated Census Mapping System |
|
ACOE |
Army Corps of Engineers |
|
ACRES |
Australian Centre for Remote Sensing |
|
ACRS |
Asian Conference on Remote Sensing |
|
ACSAD |
Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands |
|
ACSC |
Automobile Club of Southern California |
|
ACSM |
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping |
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ACSTTO |
Association of Certified Survey Technicians and Technologists of Ontario |
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Ad.St. |
Aldolf Stieler |
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ADAC |
Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club |
|
ADAR |
Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration |
|
ADDA |
American Design Drafting Association |
|
ADE |
Autocad Data Extension |
|
ADEOS |
ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan) |
|
ADEPT |
Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype |
|
ADF |
Application Development Facility |
|
adfg |
Alaska Department of Fish and Game's |
|
ADI |
Areas of Dominent Influence |
|
ADK |
Arealdatakontoret |
|
ADL |
Alexandria Digital Library |
|
ADM1 |
First-order administrative division |
|
ADM2 |
Second-order administrative division |
|
ADNR |
Alaska Department of Natural Resources |
|
ADOT |
Arizona Department Of Transportation |
|
ADOTPF |
Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities |
|
ADP |
Automated Data Processing |
|
ADPDP |
Alaska Division of Policy Development and Planning |
|
ADR |
Aerial Data Reduction Associates Incorporated |
|
ADRG |
ARC Digitized Raster Graphic |
|
ADS |
Aerial Data Service |
|
ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line |
|
AdV |
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Lander der Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
|
ADW |
Agricultural Drainage Well |
|
ADWR |
Arizona Department of Water Resources |
|
AE2S |
Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. |
|
AEC |
Architecture, Engineering, Construction |
|
AED |
Analysis and Evaluation Division (EPA) |
|
AEG |
Association of Engineering Geologists |
|
AEI |
Aerial Exposure Index |
|
AEIDC |
Arctic Environmental Information Data Center |
|
AEM |
Atmospheric Explorer Mission |
|
AERS |
Advanced Earth Resources Satellite |
|
AES |
Analysis and Evaluation Staff |
|
AESE |
Association of Earth Science Editors |
|
Aest |
Aestuarium |
|
afcea |
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's |
|
AFE |
Automated Feature Extraction |
|
AFF |
American Fact Finder |
|
AFFRC |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center |
|
AFLAG |
Asean Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics |
|
AFREF |
African Geodetic Reference Frame |
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AfRL |
Akademie fur Raumforschung und Landesplanung |
|
AFS |
Air Force Station |
|
AFT |
Ambiguity Function Technique |
|
AFTH |
Allami Földmérési és Térképészeti Hivatal |
|
AFWA |
Air Force Weather Agency |
|
AG |
Attorney General |
|
AGCHO |
Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office |
|
AGCO |
Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Office |
|
AGDS |
Automated Graphics Digitizing System |
|
AGIO |
Arkansas Geographic Information Office |
|
AGIS |
Automated Geographic Information System |
|
AGRASID |
Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database |
|
AgRI-STARS |
Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys through Aerospace Remote Sensing |
|
AGSL |
American Geographical Society Library |
|
AGSO |
Australian Geological Survey Organisation |
|
AGSS |
American Geographical and Statistical Society |
|
AGU |
American Geophysical Union |
|
AHAP |
Alaska High-Altitude Aerial Photography |
|
AHCPR |
Agency for Health Care and Policy Research |
|
AHDAS |
Adaptable Hydrologic Data Acquisition System |
|
AHDS |
Arts and Humanities Data Service |
|
AHRS |
Attitude and Heading Reference Systems |
|
AHS |
Automated Highway System |
|
AI/ANA |
American Indian/Alaska Native Area |
|
AIA |
American Institute of Architecture |
|
AIC |
Australian Institute of Cartographers |
|
AICP |
American Institute of Certified Planners |
|
AIH |
American Institute of Hydrology |
|
AILESP |
American Indian Lands Environmental Support Project |
|
AIPG |
American Institute of Professional Geologists |
|
AIPP |
Ambroziak Infinite Perspective Projection |
|
AIR |
American Indian Reservation |
|
AIRB |
Alabama Inspection and Rating Bureau |
|
AIREA |
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers |
|
AISH |
Association Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques |
|
AJG |
African Journal of Geoinformation |
|
ALAE |
Atmospheric LymanAlpha Emissions |
|
ALARS |
Alaska Land and Resources System |
|
ALI |
Advanced Land Imager |
|
ALIS |
Automated Land Information System |
|
ALMRS |
Automated Land and Mineral Record System |
|
ALOHA |
Aerial Locations of hazardous Atmospheres |
|
ALP |
Automated Lands Project |
|
ALSA |
Alberta Land Surveyors Association |
|
ALSIP |
Alberta Land Settlement Infra-structure Project |
|
ALTMS |
Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping System |
|
AM |
Automated Mapping |
|
AM/FM |
Automated Mapping/Facilities Management (Society) |
|
AMA |
Associacion Mexicana Automovilistica |
|
AMAD |
Airborne Missions and Applications Division |
|
AMAP |
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
|
AME |
Aero-Metric Engineering Incorporated |
|
AMI |
Applied Mapping Incorporated |
|
AMIE |
Airglow Measurements of Infrared Measurements Emissions |
|
AMIS |
Aviation Management Information System |
|
AMISAR |
Active Microwave ImagerSynthetic Aperture Radar |
|
AML |
ARC Macro Language |
|
AMPR |
American Map Price Record |
|
AMPS |
Automatic Mapping and Planning System |
|
AMSD |
Adjusted Mapping Support Data |
|
AMSR |
Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer |
|
AMSU |
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit |
|
ANAE |
Atlas of North American English |
|
ANARE |
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition |
|
ANGEL |
Airborne Natural Gas Emission Lidar |
|
ANMS |
Automated Notice to Mariners System |
|
ANOVA |
Analyses of variance |
|
ANRC |
Alaska Native Regional Corporation |
|
ANSI |
American National Standards Institute, Inc. |
|
ANTGS |
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System |
|
ANVSA |
Alaska native village statistical area |
|
ANZLIC |
Australia New Zealand Land Information Council |
|
ANZMapS |
Australian and New Zealand Map Society |
|
AODC |
Australian Oceanographic Data Centre |
|
AOI |
Area Of Interest |
|
AOIPS |
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Image Processing System |
|
AOL |
America on line |
|
AOLS |
Association of Ontario Land Surveyors |
|
AOML |
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami, Florida) (ERL) |
|
AOO |
American Oceanographic Organization |
|
AOSS |
Ashtech Office Suite for Survey |
|
AP |
analytical plotter |
|
APA |
American Planning Association |
|
APBEL |
Atlantic Provinces Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors |
|
APCA |
Air Pollution Control Association (Pittsburgh) |
|
APCM |
Aerial Photography Contract Management System |
|
APD |
Automated Plat Design |
|
APDR |
Avec privilege du Roi |
|
APE |
Allen Precision Equipment |
|
APEGGA |
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta |
|
APFO |
Aerial Photography Field Office |
|
APIS |
Aerial Photography Information System |
|
APMI |
Aerial Photography Micrographic Index System |
|
APO |
Apogee |
|
APPSR |
Aerial Photography Progress Summary Report |
|
APQF |
Aerial Photography Quad File |
|
APR |
Airborne Profile Recorder |
|
APS |
Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor |
|
APSR |
Aerial Photography Summary Record |
|
APSRS |
Aerial Photography Summary Record System |
|
APTS |
Aerial Profiling of Terrain System |
|
apwa |
American Public Works Association's |
|
APWWA |
American Public Water Works Association |
|
ARAMCO |
Arabian American Oil Company |
|
Arb |
Arbeiter |
|
Arc-SDE |
Arc Spatial Data Engine |
|
ARCC |
American Rivers Conservation Council |
|
ArcFM |
Arc Facilities Manager |
|
Arch |
Architect |
|
ARD |
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development |
|
ARIA |
Arizona Regional Image Archive |
|
ARK |
Arkansas |
|
ARMIS |
Arkansas Resource Management Information System |
|
ARMS |
Agricultural Resource Management System |
|
Arr |
Arrondissement |
|
ARRSTC |
Asian Regional Remote Sensing Training Centre |
|
ARS |
United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service |
|
ARSC |
Australian Remote Sensing Conference |
|
ARSP |
Applied Remote Sensing Program |
|
Artil |
Artillery |
|
ARZ |
AutoRestricted Zone |
|
ASA |
American Standards Association |
|
ASB.CL. |
Asbestos-covered frame building |
|
ASC |
American Society of Cartographers |
|
asce |
l'American Society of Civil Engineers |
|
ASCE SMD |
American Society of Civil Engineers Surveying and Mapping Division |
|
ASCF |
Ames Satellite Communications Facility |
|
ASCIE |
American Standard Code for Information Exchange |
|
ASCII |
American National Standard Code for Information Interchange |
|
ASCLA |
Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies |
|
ASCP |
America Society of Consulting Planners |
|
ASCS |
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service |
|
ASDD |
Australian Spatial Data Directory |
|
ASDI |
Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure |
|
ASEE |
American Society for Engineering Education Gulf |
|
ASF |
Alaska SAR Facility |
|
ASFE |
Association of Soil and Foundation Engineers |
|
ASFPM |
Association of State Floodplain Managers |
|
ASGA |
Association des Services Geologiques Africains |
|
ASGC |
Australian Statistical Geographical Classification |
|
asgs |
Australian Statistical Geography Standard |
|
ASHTD |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
|
ASI |
Analytical Surveys, Inc. |
|
ASLA |
American Society of Landscape Architects |
|
ASLO |
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography |
|
ASMC |
Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference |
|
ASO |
Australian Survey Office |
|
ASPG |
American Society for Professional Geographers |
|
ASPRS |
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
|
ASPS |
Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors |
|
ASRL |
Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory |
|
Association |
Association |
|
ASTER |
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS) |
|
ASTM |
American Society for Testing Materials |
|
AT |
Aero-Triangulation |
|
ATID |
Attribute ID |
|
ATIS |
Arizona Transportation Information System |
|
ATKIS |
Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches Informationssystem |
|
ATM |
Adaptive Triangular Mesh |
|
ATMET |
Atmospheric, Meteorological and Environmental Technologies, LLC |
|
ATMS |
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder |
|
ATON |
Aids to Navigation |
|
ATR1 |
Automatic Target Recognition module |
|
AU |
Astronomical Unit |
|
AUSDEC |
Australasian Data Exchange Centre |
|
AUSLIG |
Australian Surveying and Land Information Group |
|
AUV |
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle |
|
AUVSI |
Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International |
|
AVCA |
Audio-visual and Cartographic Archives |
|
AVE |
Avenue |
|
AVHRR |
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  |
|
AVI |
audio visual interleave |
|
AVIRIS |
Advanced Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer |
|
AVL |
An Automatic Vehicle Location |
|
AVNIR |
Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer |
|
AVRI |
Arizona Vegetation Resource Inventory |
|
AVS |
Application Visualization System |
|
AWAR |
Area weighted average resolution |
|
AWG |
Association for Women Geoscientists |
|
AWIPS |
Advanced weather Interactive Processing System (NOAA) |
|
AWLS |
American West Land Surveying |
|
AWMC |
Ancient World Mapping Center |
|
AWMSAS |
ArcView Marine Spill Analysis System |
|
awra |
American Water Resources Association's |
|
AWS |
Air Weather Service |
|
AWWA |
American Water Works Association (Denver) |
|
AzMAP |
Arizona Mapping Advisory Council |
|
b&l |
Boggs and Lewis |
|
B/W |
Black and White |
|
BA |
Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland |
|
BAAMA |
Bay Area Automated Mapping Association |
|
BADGER |
Bay Area Digital GeoResource |
|
BAKOSUR-TANAL |
Badan Koordinasi Survey dan Pemetaan Nasional |
|
Banobras |
Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos |
|
BANQ |
Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec |
|
BAOR |
British Army of the Rhine |
|
BAOSC |
Bay Area Open Space Council |
|
BARCIS |
Barcode Information System |
|
BARD |
San Francisco Bay Area Regional Database |
|
BARP |
Bundesamt fur Raumplanung |
|
BART |
Bay Area Rapid Transit District |
|
BAS |
British Antarctic Survey |
|
BASINS |
Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Systems |
|
BATCO |
Boulder Area Trails Coalition |
|
Baumsch |
Baumschule |
|
BBS |
Bulletin Board System |
|
BCC |
Bibliographic Control Committee |
|
BCDC |
Bay Conservation and Development Commission |
|
BCGS |
Board of Coast and Geodetic Survey |
|
BCSS |
Battlefield Command Support System |
|
BDC |
Base de donnees sur les collectivities |
|
BDET |
Bengston, DeBell, Elkin & Titus Limited |
|
BDG |
Bridge |
|
BDSO |
Banque de donnees des statistiques officielles sur le Quebec |
|
BDY |
Boundary |
|
BE |
Brick enclosed elevator |
|
BEF |
British Expeditionary Force |
|
BEG |
Bureau of Economic Geology |
|
Begr |
Begrabnissplatz |
|
BEICIP |
Bureau d'Etudes Industrielles et de Cooperation de l'Institut Francais du Petrole |
|
Betrbf |
Betriebsbahnhof |
|
BETS |
Brunson Electronic Triangulation System |
|
BEV |
Bundesamt fur Eich- und Vermessungswesen |
|
BFE |
Base Flood Elevation |
|
BFGR |
Bundesanstalt Fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe |
|
BfLR |
Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumentwicklung |
|
BGC |
Business Geographics Conference |
|
BGHT |
Bight |
|
BGN |
United States Board on Geographic Names |
|
Bgw |
Bergwerk |
|
Bhf |
Bahnhof |
|
BHIC |
Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum |
|
BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.) |
|
BIC |
Borderlands Information Center |
|
BICI |
Book item contribution identifier |
|
BIG |
Brunei Institution of Geomatics |
|
BIL |
Band Interleaved by Line |
|
BIM |
Building Information Model |
|
BIMCC |
Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle |
|
BIOMAPS |
Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources |
|
BIOTROP |
Regional Center for Tropical Biology |
|
BIP |
Band Interleaved by Pixel |
|
Bl |
Boulevard |
|
BLDG |
Building |
|
BLG |
Binary Line Generalization |
|
BLIS |
Brownfields Location Information System |
|
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior |
|
BLOB |
Binary Large Object |
|
BLPU |
Basic Land and Property Unit |
|
BLS |
Bahamas Lands and Surveys Dept |
|
BLT |
Bundesamt fur LandesTopographie |
|
BLVA |
Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt |
|
BLVD |
Boulevard |
|
bma |
Botswana Ministry of Agriculture |
|
BMAC |
Bactria Margiana Archaeology Complex |
|
BMDO |
(U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do) |
|
BMG |
Bureau of Mines and Geosciences |
|
BMP |
Bitmapped image format |
|
BMR |
Bureau of Mineral Resources |
|
BMW |
Barclay Mapworks, Inc. |
|
BN |
Bibliotheque Nationale |
|
BNA |
block numbering area |
|
BND |
Stream bend |
|
BNDT |
Base nationale de donnees topographiques |
|
BnF |
Bibliotheque national de France |
|
BNPC |
Bathymetric Navigation Planning Chart |
|
BNPD |
Bivariate Normal Probability Density |
|
BNSC |
British National Space Centre |
|
BOA |
Building Omission Area |
|
BOC |
Bureau of the Census |
|
BOFRS |
Books and Open-File Report Section |
|
BOLS |
BADGER On-line Service |
|
BOM |
Bureau Of Mines |
|
BONAP |
Biota of North America Program |
|
bop |
Bureau Of Printing |
|
BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation (Billings, MT) |
|
BOREAS |
Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study |
|
BORPELS |
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors |
|
BOTUS |
Best of the US |
|
BOUL |
Boulevard |
|
BP |
Boundary marker |
|
BPA |
Bonneville Power Administration (US) |
|
bpi |
bits per inch |
|
BPPT |
Badan Pembinaan dan Penerapan Teknologi |
|
BPR |
Bureau of Public Roads |
|
bps |
bits per second |
|
Brck |
Brucke |
|
BRFD |
Bidirectional reflectance distribution function |
|
BRGM |
Bureau de recherches geologique et minieres |
|
brh |
Bush, Roed & Hitchings |
|
BRICMICS |
British and Irish Committee for Map Information and Catalogue Systems |
|
Bs.As. |
Buenos Aires |
|
BSC |
Boston Survey Consultants |
|
BSE |
Base flood elevation |
|
BSNH |
Headwater basin |
|
BSQ |
Band Sequential |
|
BSR |
Bibliographic Standard Record |
|
BSU |
Base Spatial Unit |
|
BT |
Base Topo |
|
BTA |
Basic Trading Areas |
|
BTS |
Border and Transportation Security (DHS) |
|
BUIS |
Beihai Urban Information Center |
|
BUPMIS |
Beihai Urban Planning Management Information System |
|
BUPNIS |
Beijing Underground-Network Information System |
|
Bute |
Butte |
|
BVG |
Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft |
|
BVU |
Brightness Value Unit |
|
BWC |
Bandwidth Compression |
|
BWE |
Bandwidth Expansion |
|
C&MT |
Communication & Measurement Technologies Limited |
|
C.BR |
cement brick |
|
C/A |
Coarse-Acquisition |
|
C4G |
Center for GeoInformatics |
|
CAAD |
Cartographic and Architectural Archives Division |
|
CACS |
Canadian Active Control System |
|
CADD |
computer-aided design and drafting |
|
CADMAP |
Computer-aided drafting, mapping, and photogrammetry |
|
CADRG |
Compressed ADRG |
|
CAFF |
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna |
|
CAFM |
Computer-aided facility management |
|
CAG |
Canadian Association of Geographers |
|
California |
California |
|
CALMIT |
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies |
|
CALTRANS |
California Department of Transportation |
|
CAM |
Computer-Aided Mapping |
|
CAMA |
Computer-aided mass appraisal system |
|
CAMEO |
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations System |
|
CAMFER |
Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Forest and Environmental Resources |
|
CAN |
Controlled Area Network |
|
CANRI |
Community Access to Natural Resources Information |
|
CANSIS |
Canadian Soil Information System |
|
CANSPACE |
Canadian Space Geodesy Forum |
|
CanVec |
Canadian Vector Data |
|
CAP |
Cooperative Agreements Program |
|
CAPCO |
Capital Area Planning Council |
|
CAPDU |
Canadian Association of Public Data Users |
|
CARES |
Center for Agricultural, Resource, and Environmental Systems |
|
CARL |
Canadian Association of Research Libraries |
|
CASA |
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis |
|
CASE |
Computer-Aided Software Engineering |
|
CaSIL |
California Spatial Information Library |
|
CASS |
Coding and Accuracy Support System |
|
CAST |
Center for Advanced and Spatial Technologies |
|
CAT |
Computer Assisted Thermography |
|
CATS |
Consequences Assessment Tool Set |
|
CAVA |
Cartographic and Audio-Visual Archives Division |
|
CAZRI |
Central Arid Zone Research Institute |
|
CBD |
Cash Before Delivery |
|
CBEP |
Community-Based Environmental Protection |
|
CBEPS |
Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors |
|
CBET |
Concrete block enclosed elevator |
|
CBF |
Cartographic boundary file |
|
CBI |
China Burma India Theatre of Operations |
|
cbm |
Kubikmeter |
|
CBN |
Cooperative Base Network |
|
CBP |
Chesapeake Bay Project |
|
CBs |
Community Base Station |
|
CBWE |
Corn Blight Watch Experiment |
|
CCA |
Canadian Cartographic Association |
|
CCAFS |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from. |
|
CCAHA |
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts |
|
CCAP |
Competative Cooperative Agreements Program |
|
CCBCCM |
Canadian Committee for the Bibliographic Control of Cartographic Materials |
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CCCELS |
California Council of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors |
|
CCDM |
Core Cadastral Domain Model |
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CCELC |
Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification |
|
CCGE |
Canadian Council on Geographic Education |
|
CCGM |
Center for Computing Graphics |
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CCID |
Chain component ID |
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CCIG |
Centre canadien d'information sur la geoscience |
|
CCISA |
Congress of Cartographic Information Specialist Associations |
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CCITT |
Comite Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) [now ITU-T] |
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CCK |
Centrale Catalogus Kartografie |
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CCLS |
Canadian Council of Land Surveyors |
|
CCMEO |
Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation |
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CCNS4 |
Computer Controlled Navigation System |
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CCPR |
California Center for Population Research |
|
CCPS |
Central Colorado Professional Surveyors |
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CCRS |
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing |
|
CCS |
Census Consolidated Subdivision |
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CD-CINC |
CD-ROM Consistent Interface Committee |
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CD-R |
Compact Disk-Recordable |
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CD-ROM |
Compact Disk-Read Only Memory |
|
CD-W |
Compact disk re-writable |
|
CDA |
Colorado Department of Agriculture |
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CDED |
Canadian Digital Elevation Data |
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cdfg |
California Department of Fish and Game's |
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CDFS |
Cloud Depiction and Forecast System |
|
CDH |
Communications and Data Handling |
|
CDI |
Compact Disk Interactive |
|
CDIS |
Coordinated Design and Information System |
|
CDL |
Cropland data layers |
|
CDMG |
California Division of Mines and Geology |
|
CDN |
Coordinates Definitions and Notations |
|
CDOT |
Colorado Department Of Transportation |
|
CDOW |
Colorado Division of Wildlife |
|
CDOWG |
CD-ROM Data Origination Working Group |
|
CDR |
CorelDraw format |
|
CDRS |
Collaborative Digital Reference Service |
|
CDS |
Catalogue of Data Sources |
|
CDTED |
Compressed Digital Terrain Elevation Data |
|
CDV |
Cartographic Data Visualizer |
|
CDWR |
California Department of Water Resources |
|
CEAL |
Centro Editor de America Latina |
|
CEAO |
County Engineers Association of Ohio |
|
CEBAF |
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility |
|
CEC |
Civil & Environmental Consultants |
|
CECO |
Consulting Engineers Council of Ohio |
|
CECSVB |
Comit pour l'Etablissement de la Carte des Sols et de la Vegetation de la Belgique |
|
CECW |
Consulting Engineers Council of Washington |
|
CEDAC |
Comprehensive Economic Data Atlas of China |
|
CEDARE |
Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe |
|
CEDD |
Committee on the Exchange of Digital Data |
|
Cee |
Comite Estatal de Estadisticas |
|
CEGET |
Centre d'Etudes de Geographie Tropical |
|
CEGIS |
Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science |
|
CELSOC |
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California |
|
CEM |
Cemetery |
|
CEMA |
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association |
|
CEMAR |
Centro de Estudos do Mar |
|
CEN |
Comite europeen de normalization electronique |
|
CENREN |
Centro de Recursos Naturales |
|
CENTA |
Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria |
|
CENTAUR |
Civil Engineering Technologies for Automatic Roadmaking |
|
CEO |
European Centre for Earth Observation |
|
CEONet |
Canadian Earth Observation Network |
|
CEP |
Celestial Ephemeris Pole |
|
CERCG |
Centre d'Etudes et de Realisations Cartographiques Geographiques |
|
CERCLIS |
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US) |
|
CERCO |
Comite Europeen de Responsibles de la Cartographie Officielle |
|
CERD |
Catalog of Environmental Resource Data |
|
CERES |
California Environmental Resource Evaluation System |
|
CERR |
Centre d'Ecologie des Ressources Renouvelables |
|
CES |
Committee on Earth Sciences (now CEES) |
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CET |
Commission on Education and Training |
|
CETENAL |
Comision de Estudios del Territorio Nacional |
|
CEU |
Continuing Education Unit |
|
cfc |
Comite francais de cartographie |
|
CFCC |
Census Feature Class Code |
|
CFF |
Cartographic Feature File |
|
CFUA |
Canadian Fire Underwriters Association |
|
CG |
Coast Guard |
|
CGA |
Color Graphics Adaptor |
|
cgc |
Commission Geologique du Canada |
|
CGCRT |
Canadian Geomatics Community Round Table |
|
CGDB |
Central Geographic Data Base |
|
CGE |
Comision Geografico-Exploradora |
|
CGIC |
Canadian Geoscience Information Centre |
|
CGIS |
Center for GIS |
|
CGM |
Computer Graphics Metafile |
|
CGMW |
Commission for the Geological Map of the World |
|
CGNHS |
Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey |
|
CGNS |
Canadian Geographical Names Service |
|
CGPM |
Conference General des Poids et Mesures |
|
CGPS |
Continuous Global Positioning System |
|
CGRG |
Canadian Geomorphology Research Group |
|
CGSB |
Canadian General Standards Board |
|
CGSB-COG |
Canadian General Standards Board Committee on Geomatics |
|
CGSIC |
Civil GPS Service Interface Committee |
|
CGSICO |
Civil GPS Service Interface Committee |
|
CGTP |
Cartographic and Geospatial Technology Programs |
|
CGU |
Canadian Geophysical Union |
|
CGW |
Computer Graphics World |
|
CHA |
Canadian Hydrographic Association |
|
CHEEC |
Center for the Health Effects of Environmental Contamination |
|
CHEST |
Combined Higher Education Software Team |
|
CHGIS |
China Historical Geographic Information System |
|
CHIA |
Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment |
|
CHNM |
Marine channel |
|
CHS |
Canadian Hydrographic Service |
|
CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
|
CIACER |
Centro de Investigacion y Aplicacion de Sensores Remotos |
|
CIAF |
Centro de Investigaciones en Percepcion Remota |
|
CIAS |
CD-ROM Index Architecture Specification Working Group |
|
CIBESA |
Cartografica Iberica S.A. |
|
CICAEDAS |
Committee Investigating Cartographic Entity, Definitions, and Standards |
|
CICLOPS |
Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for OPerationS |
|
CID |
Community Information Database |
|
CIDAMM |
Centro de Informacion y Documentacion del Area Metropolitana de Madrid |
|
CIESIN |
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network |
|
CIGF |
Centre d'Information Geographique et Fonciere Ministre de l'Energie et des Ressources, Quebec) |
|
CIGNET |
Cooperative International GPS Network |
|
CIKM |
Conference on Information Knowledge Management |
|
CIMIS |
California Irrigation Management Information System |
|
CINDI |
Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information |
|
CIO |
Central Imagery Office |
|
CIRSS |
California Integrated Remote Sensing System |
|
CISD |
Cook Islands Department of Survey |
|
CISIG |
Conservational International GIS |
|
CISM |
Canadian Institute of Surveying and Mapping |
|
CIST |
Centre d'information sur les sciences de la Terre |
|
CITYG |
City Graphic |
|
CIU |
Central Interpretation Unit |
|
CK-PL |
Check plotter |
|
CLA |
Canadian Library Association |
|
CLD |
Center Line Data |
|
CLDB |
Common Land Data Base |
|
CLDS |
Canada Land Data System |
|
CLI |
Canada Land Inventory |
|
CLICK |
Center for LiDAR Information Coordination |
|
CLID |
Class identifier |
|
CLIRSEN |
Remote Sensing Center |
|
CLK |
Clerk |
|
CLL |
Corrected Line Length |
|
CLOMA |
Confidential letters of map amendment |
|
CLS |
Canada Lands Surveyor |
|
CLSA |
California Land Surveyors Association |
|
CLSR |
Canada Lands Surveys Records |
|
CLU |
Common land units |
|
CLUMP |
Canada Land Use Monitoring Program |
|
CMAP |
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning |
|
CMAS |
Circular Mean Accuracy Standard |
|
CMCC |
California Mapping Coordinating Committee |
|
CMEDS |
Comprehensive Mapping and Engineering Data System |
|
CMI |
Corvallis Microtechnology Incorporated |
|
CMIB |
Controlled Multispectral Image Base |
|
CMIS |
Conical-scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder |
|
CMM |
Coalbed Methane Map |
|
CMO |
Canada Map Office |
|
CMONOC |
Crustal Movement Observation Network of China |
|
CMOTS |
Cartographic Material Order and Tracking System |
|
CMSA |
Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area |
|
CMSDU |
Commission on Map Use and Spatial Data Use |
|
CMSM |
Committee on Marine Surveying and Mapping |
|
CMT |
Corvallis Microtechnology Incorporated |
|
CMYK |
Cyan-magenta-yellow-black |
|
CNA |
Comissiao Nacional do Ambiente |
|
CNEXO |
Centre National Pour l'Exploitation des Oceans |
|
CNFL |
Confluence |
|
CNI |
Coalition for Networked Information |
|
CNIDR |
Center for Networked Information Discovery Retrieval |
|
CNIG |
Centro Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica |
|
CNRA |
Commission on National and Regional Atlases |
|
CNRG |
Centre National de Recherches Geomorphologiques |
|
CNROA |
Centro Nacional de Reconhecimento e Ordenamento Agrario |
|
CNRS |
Centre National de Recherches Scientifique |
|
CNRST |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique |
|
CNSTAT |
Committee on National Statistics |
|
CO-COPS |
Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services |
|
COBOL |
Common Business-Oriented Language |
|
COBRIG |
Council of British Geography |
|
COE |
Creek Corps of Engineers |
|
COEB |
Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography Branch |
|
COFPAES |
Committee on the Federal Procurement of Architect and Engineer Services |
|
COFRS |
Chinese Operational Earth Resources Satellite |
|
COGNA |
Council of Geographic Names Authorities |
|
COI |
Coordinator Of Information |
|
COLD |
Computer Output to Laser Disc |
|
COMAP |
Continuous area pattern mapping |
|
COMDG |
Commanding |
|
COMIS |
Cartographic Operations Management Information System |
|
COMPAS |
Coastal Ocean Management, Planning and AssessmentSystem |
|
COMSAT |
Communications Satellite Corporation |
|
CON |
Concrete |
|
CONAE |
Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (National Commission on Space Activities - Argentina) |
|
CONC |
ConcreteUSreinforced concrete construction |
|
CONN |
Connecticut |
|
CONRIM |
Committee on Natural Resource Information Management |
|
CONUS |
Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC) |
|
COP/BOP |
City of Portland Bureau of Planning |
|
CORBA |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture |
|
CORSE |
Conference On Remote Sensing Education |
|
COS |
Central Office of Statistics |
|
COSMIC |
clients is the Computer Software Management and Information Center |
|
COSML |
Committee On Southern Map Libraries |
|
COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research (ICSU) |
|
COTS |
Commercial-off-the-shelf |
|
COV |
Cover |
|
COVIS |
Commonwealth of Virginia Information Systems |
|
CPFS |
Colorado Plateau Field Station |
|
CPH |
Cartographic Publishing House |
|
CPLAR |
Community Perspectives on Land and Agrarian Reform |
|
CPLC |
Court of Private Land Claims |
|
CPSCRAM |
Cum Privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Regiaeque Apostolicae Majestatis |
|
cpso |
Cataloging Policy and Support Office's |
|
CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
|
CRA |
Common Resource Area |
|
CRADA |
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (with National Institutes of Health) |
|
CRAG |
Columbia Region Association of Governments |
|
CRAIGES |
Cartographic Reproduction and Interactive Graphic Editing System |
|
CRBT |
Centre de Recherches Biologiques Tropicales |
|
CREPUQ |
Conference des recteurs et des principaux des universites du Quebec |
|
CRESP |
Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation |
|
crg |
Centre de Recherche en Geomatique |
|
CRIB |
Computerized Resources Information Bank |
|
CRIS |
Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
|
CRKT |
Tidal creek |
|
CRL |
Cartographic Research Laboratory |
|
CrlMSS |
Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounding Suite |
|
CrlS |
Cross-track Infrared Sounder |
|
CRN |
Canadian Road Network |
|
CRPD |
City Real Property Database |
|
CRREL |
Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratories |
|
CRSA |
Canadian Regional Science Association |
|
CRSC |
California Remote Sensing Council |
|
CRSS |
Canadian Remote Sensing Society |
|
CRT |
Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV) |
|
CRTR |
Crater |
|
CRV |
Cloth, rolled, varnished |
|
CSA |
Canadian Space Agency |
|
CSAC |
Census Statistical Area Committee |
|
CSAV |
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences |
|
CSD |
Census subdivision |
|
CSDGM |
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata |
|
CSDMS |
Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions |
|
CSDS |
California Surveying and Drafting Supply |
|
CSFS |
Colorado State Forest Service |
|
CSIC |
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas |
|
CSIG |
Cyberinfrastrucure Summer Institute for Geoscientists |
|
CSIN |
Computer Systems Information Network |
|
CSIP |
Continental Scale International Project |
|
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
|
CSISS |
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences |
|
CSML |
Committee on Southern Map Libraries |
|
CSOC |
Consolidated Space Operations Center |
|
CSP |
Conformal Space projection |
|
CSPA |
Council of State Planning Agencies |
|
CSPG |
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists |
|
CSR |
Center for Space Research |
|
csrn |
Colorado Spatial Reference Network |
|
CSRS |
Canadian Spatial Reference System |
|
CSUF |
California State University, Fresno |
|
CSVNS |
California Surveying Virtual Survey Network |
|
CTA |
Crafton, Tull and Associates |
|
CTCUQ |
Commission de Transport de la Communaute Urbaine de Quebec |
|
CTI-S |
Centre for Topographic Information - Sherbrooke |
|
CTL |
Cartographic Technology Lab. |
|
CTOG |
Contour to Grid |
|
CUA |
Canadian Underwriters' Association |
|
CUAC |
Cartographic Users Advisory Council |
|
cube |
Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator |
|
CUET |
Cuesta |
|
CUGiK |
Centralny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii |
|
Cul |
Culvert |
|
CUR |
Council on Undergraduate Research |
|
CUSEC |
Central United States Earthquake Consortium |
|
CUSMAP |
Conterminous United States Minerals Assessment Plan |
|
CVO |
Cascades Volcano Observatory |
|
CWHR |
Califoria Wildlife Habitat Relationships |
|
CWRA |
Canadian Water Resources Program |
|
CWS |
Cartographic workstation |
|
CYP |
Cape York Peninsula |
|
CYPLUS |
Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy |
|
CZCS |
Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
|
CZM |
Coastal Zone Management |
|
CZMIL |
Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar |
|
D/A |
Digital-to-Analog |
|
DA&SM |
Data Acquisitions & Systems Maintenance |
|
DAAS |
Defense Automatic Addressing System |
|
DAASC |
Defense Automated Addressing System Center |
|
DAC |
Digital-To-Analog Converter |
|
DACA |
Division des Archives Cartographiques et Audiovisuelles |
|
DACH |
Deputy Assistant Chief Hydrologist |
|
DADS |
Digital Assisted Data Base System |
|
DADSO |
Data Access and Dissemination System Office |
|
DAESA |
Dual Axis Fourier Shape Analysis |
|
DAFIF |
Digital Aeronautical Flight Information Files |
|
DAG |
Directorate of Geographic Affairs |
|
DAIS-1 |
Digital Airborne Imagery System |
|
DAISIDS |
Distributed Ad-hoc Intelligent Sensor-Intrusion Detection System |
|
DAL |
Data Analysis Laboratory |
|
DAM |
Detection And Mapping |
|
DAMES |
Defense Automated Message Exchange Service |
|
DANE |
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica |
|
DAR |
Data Acquisition Request |
|
DARDC |
Device for Automatic Remote Data Collection |
|
DARO |
(U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office |
|
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US) |
|
DAT |
Digital Audio Tape |
|
DATIS |
Digital Airborne Topographic Imaging System |
|
DATPE |
Direction de l'Amernagement du Territoire et de la Protection de l'Environnement (Haiti) |
|
DAV |
Deutscher Alpenverein |
|
DAVE-G |
Dialogue Assisted Virtual Environment for Geoinformation |
|
DBB |
Deutsche Bundesbahn |
|
DBDB |
Digital Bathymetry Data Base |
|
DBH |
Diameter at Breast Height |
|
DBMS |
Database Management System |
|
DBPPWG |
Data Base Population Planning Working Group |
|
DBPWG |
Data Base Population Working Group |
|
DBR |
Dienst Bodemkartering |
|
DC&A |
Data Collection and Analysis |
|
DCA |
Department of Community Affairs |
|
DCALS |
District of Columbia Association of Land Surveyors |
|
DCASS |
Digital Cartographic Software System |
|
DCDB |
Digital Cartographic Data Base |
|
DCDSTF |
Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force |
|
DCF |
Digital Cartographic File |
|
DCHUM |
Digital Chart Update Manual |
|
DCMI |
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (Online Computer Library Center) |
|
DCPS |
Digital Cartographic Production Segment |
|
DCR |
Design Concept Review |
|
DCRM |
Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials |
|
DCRM(C) |
Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials |
|
DCS/RSE |
Data collection system receiving site equipment |
|
DCSE |
Diba Consulting Software Engineers |
|
DCST |
Data Collection System Tape |
|
DCT |
Direction Topographique et du Cadastre |
|
DCW |
Digital Chart of the World |
|
DDA |
Data Descriptive Area |
|
DDAC |
Deutscher Automobil-Club |
|
ddcmp |
Digital Data Communication Message Protocol |
|
DDE |
DOE Data Explorer |
|
DDES |
Digital Data Editing System |
|
DDF |
Data descriptive file |
|
DDG |
La direction des documents gouvernementaux |
|
DDI |
Design Data Incorporated |
|
DDIS |
Depository Distribution Information System |
|
DDL |
Data Definition Language |
|
DDN |
U.S. Defense Data Network |
|
DDPO |
Defense Dissemination Program Office |
|
DDPS |
Desktop Digital Photogrammetry System |
|
DDR |
Data Descriptive Record |
|
DDS |
Digital Data Storage |
|
DDTI |
Digital Data Technologies, Inc. |
|
DE-DEM |
Drainage-Enforced DEM |
|
DE/S |
Data Extraction Segment |
|
DEA |
David Evans and Associates, Inc |
|
DED |
Data Element Dictionary |
|
DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement (US) |
|
delt |
Delineator |
|
DEM-G |
Digital Elevation Model-Graphic |
|
DEM-P |
Digital Elevation Model-Planar |
|
DEMR |
Department of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada |
|
DEMVFY |
Digital Elevation Model Verify |
|
Dept |
Department |
|
DES |
Digital Editing Station |
|
DESI |
Diversified Energy Services, Inc. |
|
DEW |
Distant Early Warning Line |
|
DFAD |
Digital Feature Analysis Data (dee-fad) |
|
DFC |
Digital Futures Coalition |
|
DFG |
Department of Fish and Game |
|
DFIRM |
Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map |
|
DFLIP |
Digital Flight Information Publication |
|
DFO |
Department of Fisheries and Oceans(Pronounced: DEE-fete) |
|
DFW |
Department of Fish and Wildlife |
|
DGC |
Direct Geodetic Constraint |
|
DGCM |
Direct Geodetic Constraint Method |
|
DGDF |
Digital Geospatial Data Files |
|
DGEC |
Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos |
|
DGF |
Department of Game and Fish |
|
DGFK |
Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Kartographie |
|
DGG |
Direccion General de Geografia |
|
DGGM |
Direccion General de Geologia y Minas |
|
DGIAI |
Direccion General de Integracion y Analisis de la Informacion |
|
DGIS |
Direct Graphics Interface Standard |
|
DGIWG |
Digital Geographic Information Working Group |
|
DGK 5 |
Deutsche Grundkarte 1:5 000 |
|
DGMG |
Direccion General de Minas y Geologia |
|
DGMP |
Direccion de Geologia Minas y Petrolio |
|
DGN |
Domestic Geographic Name |
|
DGNR |
Domestic Geographic Names Report |
|
DGO |
Direccion General de Oceanografia |
|
DGP |
Digital Graphic Product |
|
DGPA |
Direccion General de la Produccion Agraria |
|
DGRM |
Direccion General de Recursos Minerales |
|
DGSE |
Department of Geological Survey and Exploration |
|
DGU |
Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse |
|
DHN |
Directoria de Hidrografia e Navegacao |
|
DiAP |
Digital Image Analytical Plotter |
|
DIDS |
Digital Information Display System |
|
DIELOG |
DAASC Integrated E-Mail Logistics System |
|
DIES |
Digital Image Enhancement System |
|
difSAR |
Differential SAR |
|
DIGCAT |
Digital Catalog |
|
DIGEST |
Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard |
|
DIGIT |
Digitally Integrated Geographic Information Technologies |
|
DILIGENT |
Digital Library Infrastructure on Grid Enabled Technology |
|
DIM |
Digital Image Matching |
|
DIME |
Dual Independent Map Encoding |
|
DIN |
Deutsches Institut fur Normung |
|
Dinageca |
Direccao Nacional de Geografia e Cadastro |
|
DINO |
Data in Ontario |
|
DIP |
Data Integration Program |
|
DIPS |
Digital Image Processing System |
|
DIRS |
Digital Image Rectification System |
|
DISHIDROS |
Dinas Hidro Oceanografi |
|
DISTDAHS |
Distributed Satellite Telemetry Data Handling System |
|
Division |
Division |
|
DKDGS |
Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab |
|
DL |
Data logging |
|
DLA |
Diffusion-Limited Aggregation |
|
DLCW |
Department of Land and Water Conservation |
|
dlg |
Digital Line Graphic |
|
DLG-3 |
Digital Line Graph-level 3 |
|
DLG-E |
Digital Line Graph-Enhanced |
|
DLG-O |
Digital Line Graph-Optional |
|
DLG2DEM |
Digital Line Graph to Digital Elevation Model |
|
DLGF |
Digital Line Graph-Framework |
|
DLL |
Dynamic Link Library (computer file) |
|
DLMS |
Digital Landmass System |
|
DLNR |
Department of Land and Natural Resources |
|
DLO |
Document-like object |
|
DLR |
Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt |
|
DLT |
Digital Linear Tape |
|
Dma Tc |
Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center |
|
DMAAC |
Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center |
|
DMAHTC |
Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center |
|
DMAIAGS |
Defense Mapping Agency Inter-American Geodetic Survey |
|
DMAODS |
Defense Mapping Agency Office of Distribution Services |
|
DMASPOEM |
Defense Mapping Agency Special Program Office for Exploitation Modernization |
|
DMATC |
Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center |
|
DMAUSE |
DMA Utility Software Environment |
|
DMCA |
Digital Millenium Copyright Act |
|
DMGIS |
Data Map and Government Information Services |
|
DMMG |
Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia |
|
DMMR |
Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources |
|
DMP |
Digital Map Products |
|
DMR |
Department of Mineral Resources |
|
DMRS |
Data Management & Retrieval System |
|
DMRT |
Department of Mineral Resources of Thailand |
|
DMSI |
Data Management Segment Interface Control Document |
|
DMSO |
Defense Mapping School Operations Office |
|
DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.) |
|
DMT |
Digital Mapping Techniques |
|
DMTI |
Desktop Mapping Technologies Incorporated |
|
DMW |
Daft, McCune, Walker |
|
DN |
Digital Number |
|
DNC |
Digital Nautical Chart |
|
DNPCT |
Direction National de Production Cartographique et Topographique |
|
DNPM |
Departamento Nacional de Produc~ao Mineral |
|
DNR |
Department of Natural Resources |
|
dnrc |
Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's |
|
DNREP |
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection |
|
DNT |
Direccion Nacional de Topografia |
|
DOA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
|
DOD |
United States Department of Defense |
|
DOE |
United States Department of Energy (government) |
|
DOGAMI |
Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
|
DOM |
Document Object Model |
|
DOMSAT |
Domestic Communications Satellite System |
|
DOQ |
Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle |
|
DOQQ |
Digital Orthophoto Quarter-Quadrangle |
|
DOSLI |
Department Of Survey and Land Information |
|
DPED |
Department of Planning and Economic Development |
|
DPI |
Dots per inch. |
|
DPMA |
Data Processing Management Association |
|
DPPDB |
Digital Point Positioning Data Base |
|
DPW |
Department of Public Works and Utilities |
|
DPWS |
Digital Photogrammetric Work Station |
|
DQDB |
Distributed-Queue Dual Buses |
|
DRAPE |
Digital Raster Acquisition Project for the East |
|
DRAPP |
Denver Regional Aerial Photography Program |
|
DRBC |
Delaware River Basin Commission |
|
drc |
Democratic Republic of Congo's |
|
DRCOG |
Denver Regional Council of Governments (Colorado) |
|
DRF |
Digital Raster File |
|
DRGM |
Direction des Recherches Gologiques et Minires |
|
DRGP |
Digital Representation of Graphic Products |
|
DRGS |
Direct Readout Ground Station |
|
DRIS |
Digital Research and Instructional Services |
|
DRO |
Digital Revision Overlay |
|
DS/S |
Data Services Segment |
|
DSD |
Digital Sailing Directions |
|
DSDP |
Deep-Sea Drilling Project |
|
DSF |
Delivery Sequence File |
|
DSGZ |
Department of the Surveyor General |
|
DSIR |
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research |
|
DSNP |
Dassault-Sercel NP |
|
DSPW |
Digital Photogrammetric Workstation |
|
DSS |
Digital Sensor System |
|
DSSSL |
Document Style Semantic and Specification Language |
|
DSU |
Digital Standard Update |
|
DTAD |
Digital Terrain Analysis Data |
|
DTED |
Digital Terrain Elevation Data (dee-ted) |
|
DTG |
Digital Tape Generation |
|
DTM |
Digital Terrain Model |
|
DTOP |
Digital Topographic Data |
|
DTSS-P |
Digital Topographic Support System Prototype |
|
DTW |
Desk-top Workstation |
|
DUMC |
Dutch Union Map Catalogue |
|
DVNP |
Death Valley National Park |
|
DVP |
Digital Video Plotter |
|
DW |
Data Warehousing |
|
DWF |
Drawing Web Format (files) |
|
DWM |
Digital Web Map |
|
DWR |
Department of Water Resources |
|
DXM |
Data Exchange Manager |
|
DySIS |
Dynamic Software and Integrated Solutions |
|
E-N&N |
Electronic News and Notes |
|
E.St. |
Eisenbahn Station |
|
EA |
Environmental Assessment, EIAP |
|
EAC |
Engineering Accreditation Commission |
|
EAF |
East African Force |
|
EAFS |
Effective Aerial Film Speed |
|
EAOS |
Environment Australia Online Service |
|
EAP |
Environmental Affairs Program |
|
Earthsat |
Earth Satellite Corp |
|
EAS-E |
Engineering and Survey-Exchange |
|
EBAMCO |
Electronic Book and Map Company |
|
EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (pronounced Eb-see-dik) (cf. BCD) |
|
EBR |
Electron Beam Recorder |
|
EBRPD |
East Bay Regional Park District |
|
EBX |
Electronic Book Exchange |
|
ECAI |
Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative |
|
ECDIS |
Electronic Chart Display and Information System |
|
ECE |
E Coyote Enterprises |
|
ECEF |
EarthCentered EarthFixed |
|
ECEY |
Every City, Every Year |
|
ECI |
Election Commission of India |
|
ECPD |
Engineering Council for Professional Development |
|
ECRF |
Earth Centered Reference Frame |
|
ECS |
Electronic Charting Systems |
|
EDD |
Environmental Data Directory |
|
EDGE |
Energy Data Geographical Explorer |
|
EDIES |
EROS Digital Image Enhancement Systems |
|
EDIFACT |
Electronic Data Interchange for Administration Commerce and Transport |
|
EDINA |
Edinburgh Data and Information Access |
|
EDIPS |
EROS Digital Image Processing System |
|
EDITOR |
ERTS Data Interpretation and Tenex Operations Recorder |
|
EDMAS |
Environmental Dose Modeling and Analysis System |
|
EDMI |
Electronic Distance Measuring Instrument |
|
EDMS |
Electronic Document Management System |
|
EDP |
Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE]) |
|
EDT |
Eastern Daylight Time |
|
EdUC |
Education User Conference |
|
EEC |
European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU) |
|
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
|
EF |
Eisenbahnfaehre |
|
EFFIS |
European Forest Fire Information System |
|
EGA |
Enhanced Graphics Adaptor |
|
EGII |
European Geographic Information Infrastructure |
|
EGIS |
European GIS |
|
EGNOS |
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service |
|
EGSMA |
Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority |
|
EHS |
Extremely hazardous materials |
|
EIGS |
Ethiopian Institute of Geological Survey |
|
EIM |
Environmental Information Management |
|
eingesch |
eingeschossig |
|
Eisb.Brck. |
Eisenbahnbrucke |
|
EIWG |
Earth Imaging Working Group |
|
El.W. |
Elektrizitatswerk |
|
ELC |
End of Line Code |
|
ELMO |
Electronic Map Ordering |
|
EMAIL |
Electronic Mail |
|
EMAP |
Environmental Monitoring And Assessment Program (US EPA) |
|
EMC |
Eastern Mapping Center |
|
EMF |
Enhanced Meta Files |
|
EMIP |
European Market for Infrastructural Projects |
|
EMMMA |
Environmental Mercury Mapping Modeling and Analysis |
|
EMPS |
Elevation Matrix Processing System |
|
ENC |
Electronic Navigational Charts |
|
ENE |
east-northeast |
|
Eng.Department |
Engineering Dept |
|
Engr.Bn. |
Engineer Battalion |
|
ENIAC |
Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer |
|
ENID |
Endnote ID |
|
ENSG |
Ecole Nationale des Sciences Geographiques |
|
ENTR |
Entrance |
|
entw |
Entworfen |
|
entworf |
Entworfen |
|
ENVISAT |
European Space Agency Environmental Satellite |
|
EO |
Earth Observation |
|
EOCAP |
Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program |
|
EODMS |
Earth Observations Data Management Systems |
|
EOF |
End Of File |
|
EOSAT |
Earth Observation Satellite Co. |
|
EOSDIS |
Earth Observing System Data and Information System (sic FCW 9/97) |
|
EOT |
End of Text |
|
EOTD |
Enhanced Observed Time Difference |
|
EP |
End Point |
|
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (US) |
|
EPB |
Earth Physics Branch |
|
EPI |
Electronic Position Indicator |
|
EPIRB |
Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon |
|
EPP |
Educational Partnership Program |
|
EPS |
Encapsulated Postscript |
|
ER |
Economic Region |
|
ERA |
Electric Records Archives |
|
ERBS |
Earth Radiation Budget Satellite |
|
ERCE |
Groupe d'Etudes de Recherches Critiques d'Espace |
|
ERDL |
Engineer Research & Development Laboratories |
|
EREP |
Earth Resources Experiment Package |
|
ERIM |
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan |
|
ERLAS |
Earth Resources Laboratory Application Software |
|
ERM |
Earth Resource Mapping |
|
ERR |
Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg |
|
ERRSAC |
Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Applications Center |
|
ERS |
Earth Remote Sensing |
|
ERSAC |
Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Centre |
|
ERSAL |
Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Laboratory |
|
ERSAR |
Earth Resources Synthetic Aperture Radar |
|
ERSC |
Egyptian Remote Sensing Center |
|
ERSP |
Epipolar Rectified Stereo Pair |
|
ERSUN |
Environmental Remote Sensing Unit |
|
ERTS |
Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat) |
|
ES&T |
Environmental Science & Technology |
|
ESC |
European Seismological Commission |
|
ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN) |
|
ESD |
Engineering Services Dept |
|
ESDD |
Earth Science Data Directory |
|
ESDI |
Earth Science Data Interface |
|
ESEM |
Earth Systems Engineering and Management |
|
ESIG |
Exemplary Systems in Government award |
|
ESIM |
Earth Science Information Manager |
|
ESIN |
Earth Science Information Network |
|
ESIO |
Earth Science Information Office |
|
ESIP |
Earth Science Information Partnership |
|
ESIS |
Earth Science Information System |
|
ESMI |
European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure |
|
ESR |
Engineering Surveys Reproduction Ltd. |
|
ESSA |
Environmental Science Service Administration |
|
ESSC |
Earth System Science Center |
|
ESSHC |
European Social Science History Conference |
|
ESSI |
Earth Search Sciences Incorporated |
|
ESSIC |
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center |
|
ESV |
EarthSystemsVisualizer |
|
ET |
Frame enclosed elevator with self-closing traps |
|
ETF |
European Transfer Format |
|
ETM |
Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
|
EU |
European Union (1994; formerly referred to as the EEC or EC) |
|
EUB |
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board |
|
EUROGI |
European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information |
|
EuroSDR |
European Spatial Data Research |
|
EVC |
East View Cartographic |
|
EVG |
East View Geospatial |
|
EVI |
Enhanced Vegetation Index |
|
EVO |
Ernst Volker |
|
EWP |
Executive Wilderness Programmes |
|
Ex.doc. |
Executive document |
|
EXIF |
Extensible Image File Format |
|
FA |
Fire Alarm |
|
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
|
FAAT |
Fully Analytical Aerotriangulation |
|
Fab |
Fabrik |
|
FAC |
Feature Analysis Code |
|
FACC |
Feature and Attribute Coding Catalogue |
|
FACE |
Field Ancillary Computer Effort |
|
FACM |
Florida Association of Cadastral Mappers |
|
Fahrb |
Fahrbahn |
|
FAPAR |
Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
|
FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions (sometimes Pronounced Fak) |
|
FARC |
Federal Archives and Record Center |
|
FAS |
Foreign Agricultural Service |
|
FAST |
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology |
|
FBN |
Federal Base Network |
|
FCM |
Feature Change Map |
|
FCT |
Forestry Commission Tasmania |
|
FDDI |
Fiber Digital Data Interface |
|
FDEP |
Florida Department of Environmental Protection |
|
FDIS |
Formal Draft International Standard |
|
FDLS |
Fiji Department of Lands and Survey |
|
FDPP |
Framework Demonstration Projects Program |
|
FDsys |
Federal Digital System |
|
FEAC |
Far Eastern Advisory Commission |
|
FEAT |
Alternate Feature Identification Code |
|
FedUC |
Federal User Conference |
|
FEE |
Feature Extraction Environment |
|
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
|
FEP |
Feature Extraction Processor |
|
FES |
Feature Extraction Segment |
|
FESWMS |
Finite Element Surface Water Model System |
|
FEWS |
Feature Extraction Workstation |
|
FGCC |
Federal Geodetic Control Committee |
|
FGCS |
Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee |
|
fgdc |
Federal Geographic Data Committee's |
|
FGEF |
Federal Geographic Exchange Format |
|
FGI |
Free Government Information |
|
FGT |
Federal Geographic Technology |
|
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration |
|
FICCDC |
Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography |
|
FIG |
Federation Internationale des Geometres |
|
FII |
Fundacion Instituto de Ingeneiria |
|
FILS |
Federal Government Information Locator System |
|
FIRM |
Flood Rate Insurance Map |
|
FIRMS |
Flood Rate Insurance Maps |
|
Fl.Br. |
Fliegende Brucke |
|
FLHO |
Federal Lands Highway Office |
|
FLI-IWG |
Future of Land Imaging Interagency Working Group |
|
FLIMAP |
Fast Laser Imaging Mapping and Profiling |
|
FLIP |
Flight Information Publication |
|
FLIR |
Forward-Looking Infrared (Radar) |
|
FLL |
Waterfall |
|
FLOPS |
FLoating-Point Operations Per Second |
|
FMC |
Federal Maritime Commission's |
|
FMCSA |
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
|
FME |
Feature Manipulation Engine |
|
FMGIS |
Flight Management Geographic Information System |
|
FMLIS |
Federal Mineral Lands Information System |
|
FMP |
Field Pack Mobile Professional |
|
FMS/AC |
Facility Mapping System for AutoCAD |
|
FNC |
Foreign Names Committee |
|
FNESA |
Federation of New England Surveyors Associations |
|
FNIB |
Foreign Names Information Bulletin |
|
FNMOC |
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center's |
|
FOF |
Filtering optical fiber |
|
FOM |
Field Operations Manual |
|
FORTRAN |
FORmula TRANslation (a computer language) |
|
FOSS |
Free / Open-Source Software |
|
FOSS4G |
Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial |
|
FOUO |
For Official Use Only |
|
FOV |
Field Of View (satellite) |
|
fPAR |
Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation |
|
FPT |
Full Production Training |
|
FPU |
Floating Point Unit |
|
FRA |
Federal Railroad Administration |
|
FRAP |
Fire and Resource Assessment Program |
|
FRBR |
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records |
|
FREAC |
Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center |
|
FRGS |
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society |
|
FRI |
Forest Resource Inventory Map |
|
FRP |
Federal Radio-navigation Plan |
|
FRS |
Fellow of the Royal Society |
|
FSA |
Farm Service Agency |
|
FSLUPC |
Federal/State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska |
|
FSMS |
Florida Surveying and Mapping Society |
|
FSPLS |
Florida Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
|
FSR |
Flight Summary Report |
|
FSRAMIS |
Forest Service Range Management Information System |
|
FTA |
Federal Transit Administration |
|
Fth |
Fathom |
|
FTL |
Future Temporal Logic |
|
FTM |
Foiben Taosarintanin i Madagasikara |
|
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol |
|
FU |
Field Unit |
|
Fur |
Furlong |
|
FWPCA |
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration |
|
FWS |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
|
FYROM |
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
|
FZDS |
Flood Zone Determination Services |
|
G W-n |
George Washington |
|
g&m |
Geography and Map Division |
|
GAF |
Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Fernerkundung |
|
GAMS |
GIS azimuth measuring system |
|
GANS |
Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia |
|
GAT |
Geography Association of Thailand |
|
GBAMS |
GBS Master Series |
|
GBAUG |
Greater Boston Autodesk User Group |
|
GBFP |
Georgia Basin Futures Project |
|
GBHGIS |
Great Britain Historical Geographical Information System |
|
GBI |
Green Biomass Index |
|
Gbo |
Grabador |
|
GBS |
Geograpic Base System |
|
GCCS |
Global Command, Control System |
|
GCDB |
Geographic Coordinate Data Base |
|
GCDIS |
US Global Change Data and Information System |
|
GCG |
Geocartographics Subdivison |
|
GCHC |
Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (USGS) |
|
GCLI |
GIS in Canadian Libraries Initiative |
|
GCMC |
Geospatial Center and Map Collection |
|
GCN1 |
Canadian Geographical Names, Level 1 |
|
GCRA |
Geographic and Cartographic Research and Applications Section |
|
GCRC |
Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre |
|
GCRS |
Gulf Centre for Remote Sensing |
|
GCSS |
Global Combat Support System |
|
GCT |
Greenwich Civil Time |
|
GDA |
Geographic Data Analysis System |
|
GDAL |
Geospatial Data Abstraction Library |
|
GDC |
Geographic Data Council |
|
GDDD |
Geographical Data Description Directory |
|
GDE |
Graphic Developer's Engine |
|
GDF |
Geographic Data File |
|
GDHS |
Ground Data Handling System |
|
GDM |
Geospatial Data Management |
|
GDN |
Geography Discipline Network |
|
gdp |
GeoConnections Discovery Portal |
|
GDTA |
Groupement pour le Developpement de la Teledetection Aerospatiale |
|
GEBCO |
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans |
|
GECCo |
Geospatially Enabling Community Collaboration |
|
GEDS |
General Environmental Data Base System |
|
GEGMR |
General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources |
|
GEHC |
Grup d'Estudia d'Historia de la Cartografia |
|
GEM |
Graphical Environment Manager |
|
GEO-CAT |
Geographic catalog of political and statistical areas |
|
GEOBAL |
Servicio Geologico de Bolivia |
|
Geocorr |
Geographic Correspondence Engine |
|
GEODESY |
Geospatial Data and Exploration System |
|
GEOG |
Geography |
|
GEOINT |
Geographical intelligence |
|
GEOLAN |
Geological local area network |
|
GeoLoB |
Geospatial Line of Business |
|
GEOS |
Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite |
|
GEOSEC |
Geographic Security |
|
GeoTMS |
Geographic Town Management System |
|
GeoWeb |
Geospatial Web |
|
GEOZAVOD |
Zavod za Geoloska i Geofizicksa Istrazivanja |
|
gep |
Google Earth Pro |
|
gest |
Gestechen |
|
GEZ |
Gezeichnet |
|
GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA US) |
|
GFOSS |
Geospatial Free and Open Source Software |
|
GGBR |
Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve |
|
GGMC |
Guyana Geology and Mines Commission |
|
GGNRA |
Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
|
GGRF |
Galileo Geodetic Reference Frame |
|
GGS |
Georgia Geologic Survey |
|
GGU |
Gronlands Geologiske Undersogelse |
|
GIAA |
Geometrics Industry Association of America |
|
GIAL |
Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory |
|
GICC |
Geographic Information Coordinating Committee |
|
GICS |
Geographic Identification Code Scheme |
|
GID |
Geodaetisk Institut |
|
GIDW |
General inverse-distance weighted interpolation model |
|
GIF |
Graphics Interchange File |
|
GIFTS |
Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
|
GIG |
Geologic Inquiries Group |
|
GIL |
Geographic Information Librarianship |
|
GIMS |
Geographic Information Management Systems Committee |
|
GINIE |
Geographic Information Network in Europe |
|
GIPS |
Generalized Image Processing Sytstem |
|
GIRAS |
Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System |
|
GISCI |
GIS Certification Institute |
|
GIScience |
Geographic information science |
|
GISCO |
Geographic Information System of the European Commission |
|
GISDEX |
Federal Geographic Information and Spatial Data Exposition and Conference |
|
GISIC |
Geographical Information Systems International Group |
|
GISMO |
Geographic Information Systems and Mapping Operations |
|
GISOM |
Generating Information and Scanning Ohio Maps |
|
GISP |
GIS professional |
|
GISS |
Goddard Institude of Space Studies |
|
GISS-SG |
Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group |
|
GIST |
Geographic Information System for Transportation |
|
GITA |
Geospatial Information and Technology Association |
|
GITC |
Geomatics Information Trading Center |
|
GITCO |
Government Information Technology Committee |
|
GIU |
Geographic Information Unit |
|
GIV |
Geologic Information Visualization |
|
GKP |
Geodeticky a Kartograficky Podnik v Praze |
|
GKS |
Graphics Kernal System |
|
Gl |
Gleis |
|
GLAB |
Bayerisches Geologisches Landesamt |
|
GLAB-W |
Geologisches Landesamt Baden-Wurttemberg |
|
GLAI |
Green Leaf Area Index |
|
GLAN-W |
Geologisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
GLAS-H |
Geologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein |
|
GLDAS |
Global Land Data Assimilation System |
|
GLI |
Global Imager |
|
GLO |
General Land Office |
|
GLOBE |
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment |
|
GLONASS |
Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System, Russia |
|
GLOSS |
Global Observation Surveillance System |
|
GLR-P |
Geologisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz |
|
GLRS |
Geoscience Laser Ranging System |
|
GLT |
Geospatial Light Table |
|
GLTN |
Global Land Tool Network |
|
GMAT |
Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time |
|
GMD |
Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst van Suriname |
|
GMDC |
Geospatial Map and Data Centre |
|
GME |
Geohydrologic Map Editor |
|
GML |
Geography Markup Language |
|
GMR |
Government Micro Resources Incorporated |
|
GN |
Grid North |
|
GNDB |
Geographic Names Data Base |
|
GNIAG |
Geomatics Niagara Information Advisory Group |
|
GNIS |
Geographic Names Information System (USGS) |
|
GNMP |
Gettysburg National Military Park |
|
GNS |
GEOnet Names Server |
|
GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
|
GNU |
Geologic Names Unit |
|
GNULEX |
Geologic Names Unit Lexicon |
|
GO |
Geometric Operations |
|
GODORT |
Government Documents Round Table |
|
GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
|
GOME |
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment |
|
GoMMapP |
Gulf of Maine Mapping Portal |
|
GOMS |
Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite |
|
GOS |
Geospatial One-Stop |
|
GOS-PI |
Geospatial One-Stop Portal Initiative |
|
Gov.Gen. |
Governor General |
|
GP.MC |
Geoprocessing Map Call |
|
GP.MCD |
Geoprocessing Map Call Deamon program |
|
GPF |
Geospatial Prototype Facility |
|
GPG |
Graphic Product Generation |
|
GPH |
Geological Publishing House |
|
GPIP |
General Purpose Image Processor |
|
GPM |
Gestalt Photo Mapper |
|
GPO |
Government Printing Office |
|
GPOS |
Government Printing Office Style Manual |
|
GPPU |
Graphic Polygon Processing Utilities |
|
GPR |
Ground-Penetrating Radar |
|
GPS |
Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR) |
|
GPSDR |
Global Positioning System Demonstration Receiver |
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GPSOS |
Global Positioning System Occultation Sensor |
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GPST |
Global Positioning System Time |
|
GPT |
GIS Portal Toolkit |
|
GPW2 |
Gridded Population of the World |
|
GQ |
Geologic Quadrangle |
|
GQL |
Graphical Query Language |
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GRACE |
Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
|
GRAMPS |
Graphic Map Production System |
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GRASS |
Geographic Resource Analysis Support System |
|
GRB |
Government Records Branch |
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GRD |
Ground Resolved Distance |
|
GRDL |
Geodetic Research and Development Laboratory |
|
GRE |
Geologic Resources Evaluaion |
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GRF-N |
Geographic Reference File-Names |
|
GRS |
Geodetic Reference System |
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GRS 80 |
Geodetic Reference System of 1980 |
|
GRSU |
Geography Remote Sensing Unit |
|
GSDI |
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure |
|
GSDM |
Global Spatial Data Model |
|
GSDS |
Global Spatial Data System |
|
GSF |
Generic Sensor Format |
|
GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) |
|
GSGS |
Geographical Section General Staff |
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GSHAP |
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program |
|
GSJ |
Geological Survey of Japan |
|
GSK |
Geological Survey of Kenya |
|
GSL |
Geographic Sciences Laboratory |
|
GSM |
Graphic Standard Metafile |
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GSMD |
Geological Survey and Mines Dept |
|
GSN |
Geological Survey of Namibia |
|
GSNI |
Geological Survey of Northern Ireland |
|
GSPB |
Geodetic Satellite Policy Board |
|
GSPNG |
Geological Survey Papua New Guinea |
|
GSRC |
Geological Survey Research Committee |
|
GSS |
Geographic Support System |
|
GSSA |
Geological Survey South Africa |
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GST |
Galileo System Time |
|
GSTC |
Geospatial Service and Technology Center |
|
GSWA |
Geological Survey of Western Australia |
|
GSZ |
Geological Survey of Zambia |
|
GTCM |
Geospatial Technology Competency Model |
|
GTE |
Greater Than or Equal |
|
GTI |
GIS Technology Incorporated |
|
GTUB |
Geographic Tabulation Unit Base |
|
GUDS |
Geologicky Ustav Dionyz Stur |
|
GUGiK |
Glowny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii |
|
GUGK |
Glavnoe Upravlenie Geodezii i Kartografii |
|
GUGKK |
Glavno Upravlenie po Geodezia I Kartografia y Kadaster |
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GUI |
Graphical User Interface (goo-ey) |
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GUID |
Globally Unique Identifier |
|
GUIDE |
Geomatics Utilization Inventory and Design Environment |
|
GUNI |
Goteborgs Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen |
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GUNO |
Glavnoe Upravlenie Navigatsii i Okeanografii |
|
GVF |
Goodness of Variance Fit |
|
GVI |
Green Vegetation Index |
|
GVis |
Geographic Visualization |
|
GWE |
Global Weather Experiment |
|
GWEN |
Ground Wave Emergency Network |
|
GWSI |
Groundwater site inventory |
|
GXL-A |
GeoImaging Accelerator Aerial |
|
GZD |
Grid Zone Designation |
|
H-GAC |
Houston-Galveston Area Countil |
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H.St. |
Halte Stelle |
|
H/W |
Hardware |
|
HABS |
Historic American Buildings Survey |
|
HAC |
Harbor and Approach Chart |
|
HALS |
Hawaii Association of Land Surveyors |
|
HANDGPS |
High Accuracy Nationwide Differential GPS |
|
HARN |
High-Accuracy Reference Network |
|
Hauptm |
Hauptmann |
|
HAZUS |
Hazards U.S. |
|
HAZUSMH |
Hazards multihazard version |
|
HBCA |
Hudson Bay Company Archives (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) |
|
HBGN |
Hawaii Board on Geographic Names |
|
HBM |
Hydrologic Bench Mark |
|
HBMN |
Hydrologic Bench Mark Network |
|
HC |
Hard Copy |
|
HCC |
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission |
|
HCDN |
Hydroclimate Data Network |
|
HCFCD |
Harris County Flood Control District |
|
HCMM |
Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission |
|
HCMR |
heat-capacity mapping radiometer |
|
HCRS |
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service |
|
hd |
Hydrographic Dept |
|
HDDT |
High-Density Digital Tape |
|
HDLD |
Headland |
|
HDOP |
Horizontal Dilution of Precision |
|
HDS |
High-Definition Surveying |
|
HDT |
High Density Tape |
|
HDT-A |
High density tape |
|
HDTR |
High density tape recorder |
|
HDTV |
High-Definition Television |
|
HE/S |
Hardcopy Exploitation Segment |
|
HEIRS |
Historic Environmental Reporting System |
|
HEPS |
High Energy Particle Sensor |
|
HeRMIS |
Heritage Resource Management Information System |
|
Herst |
Herstellung |
|
HF |
High Frequency |
|
HFA |
Hydrologic Field Assistant |
|
HFI |
Hall & Foreman |
|
Hfn |
Hafen |
|
Hgbf |
Hauptgueterbahnhof |
|
HGCSD |
Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District |
|
HGIS |
Historical GIS |
|
HGML |
Hyper Graphic Markup Language |
|
HGS |
Halliburton Geophysical Services |
|
HHG |
Household Goods (personally owned) |
|
HI |
Hawaiian Islands |
|
HIA |
Hydrologic Investigations Atlas |
|
HID |
Historical Imagery Declassification |
|
HIF |
Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility |
|
HIRAN |
High Range Navigation |
|
HIRS |
High-resolution Infrared Sounder |
|
HISS |
Heritage Information Statistical System |
|
HIT |
Horizons Technolgy Incorporated |
|
HIU |
Hydrologic Information Unit |
|
HJW |
Hammon, Jensen, Wallen and Associates |
|
HKGA |
Hong Kong Geographical Association |
|
HLAB |
Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung |
|
HLFB |
Hessisches Landesamt Fur Bodenforschung |
|
HLL |
Hillside, Western Australia, Australia |
|
HLLS |
Hills |
|
HLRS |
Highway Location Reference Standard |
|
HLS |
Hue, lightness and saturation |
|
HLVA |
Hessisches Landesvermessungsamt |
|
HLW |
High Level Waste |
|
Hm.Bgs. |
Hermann Berghaus |
|
Hmck |
Hummock |
|
HMGS |
Hellenic Military Geographical Service |
|
HO |
Hochofen |
|
HoGG |
History of Geology Group |
|
HOLC |
Home Owner's Loan Corporation |
|
HOM |
Hotine Oblique Mercator |
|
Hon |
Honorable |
|
HPFS |
High Pressure Fire Service |
|
HPGL |
Hewlett Packard Graphics Language |
|
HPGN |
High-Precision Geodetic Network |
|
hPP |
High Precision Photogrammetry |
|
HPRASA |
High Plains Regional Aquifer System |
|
HQ |
Headquarters (HDQ Preferred) |
|
HQSP |
Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project |
|
HRB |
Highway Research Board |
|
HRD |
High-resolution data |
|
HRDB |
High-resolution Data Base |
|
HRDI |
high-resolution Doppler imager |
|
HRFRS |
High-resolution Film Recorder Subsystem |
|
HRG |
High-resolution geometry |
|
HRGA |
High Rate Geographical Areas |
|
HRIR |
high-resolution infrared radiometer |
|
Hrm.Bghs. |
Hermann Berghaus |
|
HRMSI |
High Resolution Multispectral Stereo Imager |
|
HRVIR |
High Resolution Visible Infrared |
|
HSB |
Humidity Sensor for Brazil |
|
HSDL |
High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
|
HSGT |
Hitachi Software Global Technology Ltd. |
|
HSRC |
Hydrographic Science Research Center |
|
HSRP |
Hydrographic Services Review Panel |
|
HSV |
Hue Saturation Value |
|
HTC |
Hydrographic Topographic Center |
|
HTDP |
Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning |
|
HTI |
HORIZONS TECHNOLOGY INC |
|
HTS |
Human terrain systems |
|
HUA |
Hydrologic Unit Area |
|
HUC |
Hydrologic Unit Code |
|
HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.) |
|
Hund |
Hundred |
|
HURRDAT |
Hurricane Data Set |
|
HVC |
Hue-Value-Chroma |
|
HW |
Hochwasser |
|
HxGN |
Hexagon Global Network |
|
I-SITE |
Intelligent Screening of Imagery for Teleophthalmology |
|
I/O |
Input/Output |
|
I2S |
International Imaging Systems Incorporated |
|
IA |
Infrastructure Analyst |
|
IACWD |
Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data |
|
IADO |
Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia |
|
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
|
IAEG |
International Association of Engineering Geologists |
|
IAEGS |
Institute for Advanced Education in Geospatial Sciences |
|
IAG |
International Association of Geodesy (IUGG) |
|
IAGS |
Inter-American Geodetic Survey |
|
IAH |
International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS) |
|
IAHS |
International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
|
IAHWG |
Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Working Group |
|
IAKAR |
Inertially aided kinematic ambiguity resolution |
|
IALA |
International Association Of Lighthouse Authorities |
|
IALS |
Idaho Association of Land Surveyors |
|
IAMA |
International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association |
|
IAO |
Insurers Advisory Organization |
|
IAOO |
International Association of Assessing Officers |
|
IAS |
Image Assessment System |
|
IASI |
Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
|
IASSIST |
International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology |
|
IATO |
Italian atlas assembled to order |
|
IAWPRC |
International Association for Water Pollution Research and Control |
|
IB |
Isobar |
|
IBDF |
Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal |
|
IBG |
Institute of British Geographers |
|
IBGE |
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica |
|
IBIS |
Image-Based Information System |
|
IBRD |
International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank) |
|
IBSP |
Idaho Bureau of State Planning |
|
IBWC |
International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico) |
|
ICA |
International Cartographic Association |
|
ICA-USNC |
International Cartographic Association National Committee |
|
ICACET |
International Cartographic Association Committee on Training |
|
ICAITI |
Instituto Centro Americano de Investigacion y Tecnica Industrial |
|
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organiztion |
|
ICCP |
Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals |
|
ICED |
Intraprofessional Council on Environmental Design |
|
ICEX |
Ice and Climate Experiment |
|
ICGC |
Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia |
|
ICGI |
Interagency Committee on Government Information |
|
ICGRS |
Internet-Enabled Continuous Geodetic Reference Station |
|
ICGWM |
International Clearinghouse for Ground Water Models |
|
ICHC |
International Conference on the History of Cartography |
|
ICIS |
Integrated Cadastral Information Society |
|
ICITV |
Institut de la Carte International du Tapis Vegetale |
|
ICM |
Instituto Cartografico Militar |
|
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
|
ICMSSR |
Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and Supporting Research |
|
ICONA |
Instituto Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza |
|
ICP |
Interactive closest points |
|
ICR |
Intelligent Character Reader |
|
ICT |
Information and Communication Technologies |
|
IDAS |
Image Data Analysis Systems |
|
IDCCC |
Interior Digital Cartographic Coordination Committee |
|
IDE |
imbedded drive electronics |
|
IDEN |
Identification module |
|
IDFG |
Idaho Department of Fish and Game |
|
IDIMS |
Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System |
|
IDIQ |
indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity |
|
IDLH |
Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health |
|
IDLS |
Internet Data Library System |
|
iDNA |
Integrated Dataset for North America |
|
IDOT |
Illinois Department of Transportation |
|
IDR |
Interface drawing |
|
IDS |
Information Decision Systems |
|
IDWO |
Intelligence Division War Office |
|
IDWR |
Idaho Department of Water Resources |
|
IEGDR |
Initial Experimental Gridded Data Record |
|
IEMVT |
Institut d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux |
|
IENC |
Inland Electronic Navigation Charts |
|
IEOS |
Integrated Earth Observation System |
|
IEP |
Independent Electric Plant |
|
IES |
Institute for Environmental Sciences |
|
IF |
Frame identification |
|
IFF |
Interchange Format File |
|
IFLA |
International Association of Library Asociations and Institutions |
|
IFN |
Service de l'Inventaire Forestier National |
|
IFOV |
Instantaneous Field Of View |
|
IFR |
Instrument Flight Regulation |
|
IFREMER |
Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer |
|
IFS |
Internet File System |
|
IFSAR |
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar |
|
IFSARE |
Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Elevation |
|
IG |
Instytut Geologiczny |
|
IgA |
Istituto Geografico de Agostini |
|
IGAC |
Instituto Geografico "Agustin Codazzi" |
|
IGBF |
Institut Geographique de Burkina Faso |
|
IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme |
|
IGCI |
Institut Geographique de la Cote d'Ivoire |
|
IGDC |
Interagency Geographic Data Committee |
|
Igebu |
Institut Geographique De Burundi |
|
IGF |
Inset Graphics Format |
|
IGFCOT |
Institutul de Geodezie, Fotogrammetrie, Cartografie si Organizarea Teritoriului |
|
IGG |
Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica |
|
IGGSP |
Instituto Geografico e Geologico de Sao Paulo |
|
IGIF |
International Geographic Information Foundation |
|
IGIS |
Integrated Geographic Information System |
|
Igl |
Interactive Graphics Library |
|
IGLD 85 |
International Great Lakes Datum of 1985 |
|
IGMI |
Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano |
|
IGNB |
Institut Geographique National |
|
IGNC |
Institut Geographique National Congolaise |
|
IGNTG |
Instituto Geografico Nacional Tommy Guardia |
|
IGPT |
Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team |
|
IGSN71 |
International Gravity Standardization Net 1971 |
|
IGT |
Integrated GPS Technologies Incorporated |
|
IGUG |
Intergraph Graph Users Group |
|
IGWMC |
International Ground Water Modeling Center |
|
IGY |
International Geophysical Year (1 July 1957 - 31 December 1958) |
|
IGZa |
Institut Geographique du Zaire |
|
IHA |
Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada |
|
IHAC |
Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada Chile |
|
IHB |
International Hydrographic Bureau |
|
IHD |
International Hydrological Decade (UNESCO) |
|
IHDC |
Iowa Heritage Digital Collection |
|
IHGC |
International Health Geographics Conference |
|
IHO |
International Hydrographic Organization |
|
IHP |
International Hydrologic Program |
|
IHSI |
Institut Haitien de Statistique de d'Informatique |
|
IIAF |
Idaho Image Analysis Facility |
|
IICT |
Instituto de Investigaciao Cientifica Tropical |
|
IIGS |
Initial Image Generating System |
|
IIPL |
Interactive Image Processing Laboratory |
|
IIS |
Internet Information Server |
|
IJAGR |
International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research |
|
IJC |
International Joint Commission (Independent; Canada and U.S.) |
|
IKCS |
I.K. Curtis Services |
|
IKU |
Institutt for KontinentalsokkelUndersokelse |
|
IL |
Illinois |
|
ILC |
Interim Library Catalog |
|
Ilex |
Interactive Landsat Executive |
|
Ilh |
Internationales Landkartenhaus |
|
ILI |
Institute for Land Information |
|
ILIM |
Institute for Land Information Management |
|
ILL |
Illinois |
|
ILLIAC |
Illinois Institute for Advanced Computation |
|
ILMF |
International LiDAR Mapping Forum |
|
Ilris-3d |
Intelligent Laser Range Imaging Scanner |
|
ILS |
Intelligent Library System |
|
ILSC |
Innovative Lidar Solutions Conference |
|
ILWIS |
Integrated Land and Water Information System |
|
IM |
Information Management |
|
IMA |
Intermap Analytic |
|
IMACS |
Integrity Monitoring and Control Software |
|
IMACUAC |
Information Management and Computer Utilization Advisory Committee |
|
IMADS |
Interactive Map and Data Server |
|
IMAG |
Information Management Advisory Group |
|
IMAGE |
Integrated Mapping and Geographic Encoding System |
|
IMAGE 100 |
Interactive Multispectral Image Analysis System |
|
IMAP |
Input Management Analysis and Presentation |
|
IMC |
Image Motion Compensator |
|
IMCC |
Interstate Mining Compact Commission |
|
IMCoS |
International Map Collectors' Society |
|
IMDA |
International Map Dealers Association |
|
IMG |
ADRG image format |
|
IMGW |
Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej |
|
IMIA |
International Map Industry Association |
|
IMLS |
Institute of Museum and Library Services |
|
IMO |
International Maritime Organization |
|
IMP |
Integrated Micro Products Incorporated |
|
IMPAC |
Image Analysis Computer Package |
|
IMTA |
International Map Trade Association |
|
IMU |
Inertial Measurement Unit |
|
IMW |
International Map of the World |
|
Inc |
Institut National de Cartographie |
|
INCA |
Indian National Cartographic Society |
|
INCITS |
International Committee for Information Technology Standards |
|
INDEC |
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos |
|
INE |
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica |
|
INEAC |
Institut National pour l'Etude Agronomique du Congo |
|
INEGI |
Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas, Geografia e Informatica |
|
INETER |
Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales |
|
INFORM |
Information Network for Operational Resources Management |
|
INGEMMET |
Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico |
|
INGEO-MINAS |
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Geologico-Minera |
|
INGM |
Instituto Nacional de Geologia |
|
Inmarsat |
International Maritime Satellite |
|
INMG |
Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica |
|
INMH |
Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia y Hidrologia |
|
INPE |
Instituto das Pesquisas Espaciais |
|
INQUA |
International Union for Quaternary Research |
|
INRAT |
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie |
|
INS |
Inertial Navigation System |
|
InSAR |
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar |
|
INSEE |
Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques |
|
INSIDE |
Interactive Numeric Spatial Information Data Engine |
|
INSMAP |
International Symposium on Marine Positioning |
|
INSPIRE |
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe |
|
INSTAAR |
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research |
|
Institute |
Institute |
|
INTA |
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria |
|
INTELSAT |
International Telecommunications Satellite |
|
InterPARES |
International Research on Permanent Authentic Records Electronic Systems |
|
INTRISCA |
Integrated Resource Inventory for South-Central Alaska |
|
INUPAL |
Informaciones Unidas para America Latina |
|
IO |
Interior orientation |
|
IOCM |
Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping |
|
ION |
Institute Of Navigation |
|
IPA |
Imagery Product Archive |
|
IPAM |
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia |
|
IPANE |
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England |
|
IPCS |
Image Production Control System |
|
IPE |
Image processing engine |
|
IPF |
Image Processing Facility |
|
IPGP |
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris |
|
IPLSA |
Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Association |
|
Ipostel |
Instituto Postal Telegrafico |
|
IPP |
Integrated Plotting Package |
|
IPRG |
Institute for Petroleum Resources and Geophysics |
|
IPX |
Internet Packet Exchange |
|
IPY |
International Polar Year |
|
IR.CH. |
Iron chimney |
|
IR.CH.S.A. |
Iron chimney with spark arrestor |
|
IRAT |
Institut de Recherches en Agronomie Tropicale |
|
IRC |
Intergraph Registered Consultant |
|
IRD |
Information Resources Division |
|
IRDB |
Integrated regional database |
|
IRDS |
Information Resource Dictionary System |
|
IRG |
Inter-Record Gap |
|
IRICC |
Interagency Resource Information Coordination Council |
|
IRIS R&A |
Research and Analysis Branch, Interim Research and Intelligence Service |
|
IRLSA |
Illinois Registered Land Surveyors Association |
|
IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
|
IRSA |
Institute of Remote Sensing Applications |
|
IRWA |
International Right of Way Association |
|
IRWD |
Irvine Ranch Water District |
|
IS&T |
Information Systems & Technology |
|
Isabu |
Institut Des Sciences Agronomiques Au Burundi |
|
ISAMS |
Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder |
|
ISAPI |
Internet Server Application Programming Interface |
|
ISBD(CM) |
International Standard Bibliographic Description for Cartographic Materials |
|
ISBD(ER) |
International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources |
|
ISC |
Information Systems Council |
|
ISCCP |
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project |
|
ISCEM |
International Society of Curators of Early Maps |
|
ISD |
Information Services Division |
|
ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network |
|
ISDP |
Indiana Spatial Data Portal |
|
ISEA |
Icosahedral Snyder Equal Area |
|
ISERT |
Institut Superieur pour les Etudes et Recherches Scientifique et Techniques |
|
ISGS |
Illinois State Geological Survey |
|
ISHM |
International Society for the History of the Map |
|
ISLP |
Land-tied island |
|
Isls |
Islands |
|
ISM |
Interpretive Structural Modeling |
|
ISMS |
International Society for Mine Surveying |
|
Iso |
Imaging Spectrometer Observatory |
|
ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
|
ISPI |
Intermediate-scale Product Inventory |
|
ISPLS |
Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
|
ISPRS |
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
|
ISQ |
Institut de la statistique du Quebec |
|
ISR |
Information Storage and Retrieval |
|
ISRO |
Indian Space Research Organisation |
|
ISTAT |
Istituto Centrale di Statistica |
|
ISTD |
Inter-Services Topographical Dept |
|
ISTH |
Isthmus |
|
ISU |
international system of units |
|
ISURL |
Indiana State University Remote Sensing Laboratory |
|
ITA |
Intelligent Traverse Adjustment |
|
ITC |
International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences |
|
ITCA |
International Topographic Composition Association |
|
ITD |
Interim Terrain Database |
|
ITE |
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC) |
|
ITF |
INTERLIS Transfer Format |
|
ITFE |
Inductive Terrain Feature Extraction |
|
ITRF |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame |
|
ITRF00 |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000 |
|
ITRM |
Information Technology Resouces Management |
|
ITRS |
International Terrestrial Reference System |
|
ITS |
Intelligent Transportation System |
|
ITSA |
INDEPENDENT TRAVEL STORES ASSOCIATION |
|
IUE |
International Ultraviolet Explorer |
|
IUGG |
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics |
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IUGS |
International Union of Geological Sciences (ICSU) |
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IUSM |
International Union for Surveying and Mapping |
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IVHS |
Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems |
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IW |
Information Warfare |
|
Iwards |
Iowa Water Resources Data System |
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IWIS |
International Water Information System |
|
IWPC |
Institute of Water Pollution Control |
|
IWRA |
International Water Resources Association (USA) |
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j |
jezioro |
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J&K |
Jammu and Kashmir |
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JACIE |
Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation |
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Jagis |
Journalism and Gis Interest Group |
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JALBTCX |
Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise |
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JAMP |
Joint Automated Mapping Project |
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JATOP |
Army Topographic Service |
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JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
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JCCDS |
Joint Committee on Cartographic Data Standardization |
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JCLS |
John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. |
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JCP |
Joint Committee on Printing |
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JDSF |
Jackson Demonstration State Forest |
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JEC |
John E. Chance and Associates |
|
JECA |
John E. Chance and Associates |
|
JERS |
Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP) |
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jez |
jezioro |
|
Jfa |
John Frank and Associates |
|
JFIF |
JPEG File Interchange Format |
|
JGS |
John Gaspar Scheuchzer |
|
jgw |
JPEG with World File |
|
JH |
Jagerhaus |
|
JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
|
JIGI |
Java Interface for Geospatial Information |
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JIRP |
Juneau Icefield Research Program |
|
JISC |
Joint Information Systems Committee |
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JMC |
Japan Map Center |
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JMGL |
Journal of Map & Geography Libraries |
|
Jmpc |
Joint Mapping and Photography Committee |
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JMT |
Johnson, Mirmiran, & Thompson |
|
JMTK |
Joint Mapping Tool Kit |
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JNC |
Jet Navigation Chart |
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JNGC |
Jordan National Geographic Centre |
|
JOG |
Joint Operations Graphic |
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JOG-A |
Joint Operations Graphic-Air |
|
JOG-G |
Joint Operations Graphic-Ground |
|
JOG-R |
Joint Operations Graphic-Radar |
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JOIDES |
Joint Oceanographic Institutions Deep Earth Sampling |
|
jom |
Journal of Maps |
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JOMAR |
Joint Office for Mapping And Research |
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JP2 |
JPEG2000 |
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JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group (24-bit image storage format) |
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JPG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group format |
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JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA) |
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Jr Hs |
Junior High School |
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JRI |
Jordregisterinstituttet |
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JSC |
Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX) |
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JSD |
Jamaica Survey Dept |
|
JTIDS |
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (djay-tidz) |
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Jtu |
Jabatan Tanah Dan Ukur |
|
Jw |
John Webber |
|
JWPCF |
Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation |
|
JWS |
James W. Sewall Company, Inc. |
|
K F |
Kummerly Frey AG |
|
K&E |
Keuffel & Esser |
|
K-L |
Karhunen-Loeve |
|
KALC |
Khmer Archaeology Lidar Consortium |
|
KAM |
Kansas Association of Mappers |
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KAN |
Kansas |
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KANDIDATS |
University of Kansas Landsat Software System |
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Kap |
Kapelle |
|
Kaps |
Kentucky Association of Land Surveyors |
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KAR |
Kinematic Ambiguity Resolution |
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KAS |
Keystone Aerial Surveys |
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KB |
Kilobyte: One thousand and twenty-four bytes kbps kilo bit per second |
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KBps |
KiloBytes per second |
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KCWA |
Kern County Water Agency |
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KDD |
Knowledge Discovery in Databases |
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KDI |
Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence |
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KDMS |
Kork Digital Mapping System |
|
KDSP |
Kork Digital Stereo Plotter |
|
KF |
Kahn Fahre |
|
KFZ |
Kraftfahrzeug |
|
Kgps |
Kinematic Gps |
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Khf |
Kirchhof |
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KHz |
kilohertz (1000 cycles per second) |
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KIER |
Korean Institute of Energy and Resources |
|
Kil |
Kilometer |
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KINDS |
Knowledge Interfaces to National Data Sets |
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kk |
Kaiserlich-koenigliche |
|
KKH |
Karakoram Highway |
|
Klbf |
Kleinbahnhof |
|
Kleinb |
Kleinbahn |
|
Kleinbf |
Kleinbahnhof |
|
Kls |
Kloster |
|
kml |
Keyhold Markup Language |
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KN |
Kartographische Nachrichten |
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KNRIS |
Kentucky Natural Resources Information System |
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KO |
Kalkofen |
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kp |
King-post |
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KPM |
Kriegs Pulver Magazin |
|
Kr |
Krug |
|
KREMU |
Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit |
|
KRG |
Kurdistan Regional Government |
|
KRIS |
Kentucky Resources Information System |
|
KSC |
John F. Kennedy Space Center |
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Ksgr |
Kiesgrube |
|
KSNM |
Thousands of square nautical miles |
|
kV |
Kilovolt (one thousand volts) (measurement) |
|
Kw |
Kilowatt (one thousand watts) (measurement) |
|
KWIC |
Key-Word In Context |
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KWOC |
Key Word Out of Context |
|
l&o |
Limnology & Oceanography |
|
L/C |
land cover |
|
L/S |
Landsat |
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L/U |
Land use |
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LAAS |
Local Area Augmentation System |
|
LACIE |
Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment |
|
LADAR |
Laser Detection and Ranging (Laser Radar) |
|
Lageo |
Laser Geodynamic Satellite |
|
Lagic |
Louisiana Geographic Information Center |
|
LAMP |
Low Altitude Mapping Photogrammetry |
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LAMPS |
Laser-scan Automated Map Production System |
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LAMS |
Large Area Mosaicing Software |
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LAN |
Local Area Network |
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LAND |
Landmark feature identification number |
|
LANDRU |
Local Access to Networked Data Retrieval Utility |
|
LAP |
Landsat Applications Program |
|
LaRC |
Langley Research Center (NASA) |
|
LARIS |
Louisiana Areal Resource Information System |
|
LARS |
Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing |
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LARSYS |
Laboratory of Applications of Remote Sensing Image Data Processing System |
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LAS |
Land Analysis System |
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LASN |
Local Area Spatial Network |
|
LASS |
Land Applications Satellite System |
|
LAU |
Landesamt fur Umweltschutz |
|
LBA |
Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere experiment in Amazonia |
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LBR |
Laser Beam Recorder |
|
LBS |
Location-Based Services |
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LBS-G |
Littoral Battlespace Sensing - Glider |
|
LCA |
Land Cover Analysis |
|
LCD |
Liquid-crystal displays |
|
LCDB |
Land Cover Database |
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LCMMP |
California Land Cover Mapping & Monitoring Program |
|
LCS |
Liberian Cartographic Service |
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LCTY |
Locality |
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Ldas |
Land Data Assimilation System |
|
LDD |
Land Development Desktop 2i |
|
LDG |
Landing (aviation) |
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LDLS |
Lesotho Department of Lands, Surveys and Physical Planning |
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LDMG |
Lesotho Department of Mines and Geology |
|
LDNG |
Landing |
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LDP |
Low distortion projection |
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LDPC |
Local Datum Plane Coordinate |
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LDSI |
LandDesign Surveying Incorporated |
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LE |
Little Endian |
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LEAF |
Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Feedback |
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LEC |
Lockheed Electronics Company |
|
LEO |
Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications) |
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LEP |
Linear Error Probable |
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LES |
Lincoln Electric System |
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LFC |
Large Format Camera |
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LFI |
Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar |
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LFVZ |
Leichtensteinische Fremdenverkehrszentrale |
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LGIS |
Land Geographic Information System |
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LGISC |
Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council |
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Lgn |
Lagoon |
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Lgr |
Lehmgrube |
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LGSOWOG |
Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group |
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lH |
lichte Hohe |
|
LI |
Landmaelingar Islands |
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LIA |
Land Information and Analysis office |
|
LIBER-Gdc |
Ligue des Bibliotheques Europeennes de Recherche, Groupe des cartothecaires |
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LIC |
Land Information Centre |
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LICGF |
Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility |
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LIDAR |
Lander Light Detection and Ranging |
|
Lieut |
Lieutenant |
|
LIGO |
Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory |
|
LIMA |
Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica |
|
Limap |
Landsat Imagery Analysis Package |
|
LIMO |
Land Information Management Office |
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LIMS |
Location Management System |
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LINZ |
Land Information New Zealand |
|
LIO |
Land Information Ontario |
|
Liscom |
Land Information Systems Committee |
|
LIT |
Land Information Toronto |
|
LKB |
Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett Incorporated |
|
LKC |
Crater lake |
|
LKI |
Intermittent lake |
|
LKSC |
Crater lakes |
|
LL |
Line-by-line |
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LLA |
Adjusted line length |
|
LLC |
Line Length Code |
|
LLV |
Low Light Visibility |
|
LM |
Loh Mulhe |
|
Lmctf |
Land Managers Cooperative Task Force |
|
LMIC |
Land Management Information Center |
|
LMP |
Land Management Planning |
|
LMV |
Statens Lantmateriverket |
|
LO |
Located object |
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LOCUS |
Leveling Online Computations User Service |
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LOD |
Levels of detail |
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Logic |
Loveland Geographic Information/Cartographic System |
|
LOMA |
Letters of map amendment |
|
LOMC |
Letters of map correction |
|
LOMR |
Letters of map revision |
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LON |
Longitude |
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LONG |
Longitude |
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LORAN |
Long Range Navigational System |
|
LOS |
Land Observation Satellite |
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LP |
Line Printer |
|
LPGS |
Landsat Product Generation System |
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LPM |
Load Point Marker |
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LQ |
Letter Quality |
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LR |
Laser Retroflector |
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LRD |
Low Resolution Data |
|
LRDA |
Land Resources Data Analysis |
|
LRDB |
Low Resolution Data Base |
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LRDC |
Land Resources Development Centre |
|
LRIDP |
Land Resources Inventory Demonstration Project |
|
LRITF |
Land Resources Inventory Task Force |
|
LRM |
Linear Referencing Method |
|
LRR |
Laser Retro-Reflector |
|
LRS |
Linear Referencing System |
|
LRUD |
Left, right, up, down |
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LSACTS |
Land Surveyors Advisory Council on Technical Standards |
|
LSAW |
Land Surveyors Association of Washington |
|
LSDP |
Landsat Signature Development Program |
|
LSI |
LiDAR Services International |
|
LSIT |
Land Surveyor In Training |
|
LSM |
Land Surface Models |
|
LSN |
Linear Scaling Number |
|
LSO |
Land Surveyors Online |
|
LSPS |
Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors |
|
LSR |
Local Space Rectangular |
|
LSRC |
Louisiana Spatial Reference Center |
|
LSRP |
Laser Printer |
|
LSS |
Life-saving station |
|
LTAP |
Long-Term Acquisition Plan |
|
LTC |
Light Transfer Characteristics |
|
LTE |
Less Than or Equal |
|
LTO |
Land Title Office |
|
LTTM |
Longterm Terrain Model |
|
LTU |
Line Transfer Unit |
|
LU |
Land units |
|
LUCCAS |
Land Use and Cover Change Analysis System |
|
LULC |
Land Use/Land Cover |
|
LUM |
Limited update, monoscopic |
|
LUMIS |
Land Use Management Information System |
|
LUMS |
Land Use Management System |
|
LUNHA |
Land Use History of North America |
|
LUNR |
Land Use and Natural Resource Information System |
|
LUPIN |
Land Use Planning Information Network |
|
LUS |
Limited Update Stereo |
|
LUST |
Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
|
LUT |
Land Utilization Type |
|
LVAB-W |
Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Wurttemberg |
|
LVAN-W |
Landesvermessungsamt Nordrhein-Westfalen |
|
LVAR-P |
Landesvermessungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz |
|
LVAS |
Landesvermessungsamt des Saarlandes |
|
LVAS-H |
Landesvermessungsamt Schleswig-Holstein |
|
LVVWD |
Las Vegas Valley Water District |
|
lW |
lichte Weite |
|
LWD |
Littoral Warfare Data |
|
MACA |
Ministerio de Asuntos Campesinos y Agropecuarios |
|
MADAR |
Maps and Data at Ryerson |
|
MADM |
Multiple attributes decision-making |
|
MAF |
Master Address File |
|
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food |
|
MAFI |
Magyar Allami Foldtani Intezet |
|
MAG |
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia |
|
MAGE |
Map Authoring and Generalisation Expert |
|
MAGERT |
Map and Geography Round Table |
|
MAGI |
Maryland Automated Geographic Information System |
|
MAGIRT |
Map and Geospatial Round Table |
|
MAGIS |
Maps, Aerials and GIS |
|
MAGSAT |
Magnetic Field Satellite |
|
MAIGIS |
Multi-Agency Internet Geographic Information Service |
|
mapa |
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion |
|
MAPCAT |
Map catalog |
|
MAPCO |
Map Corporation of America |
|
MAPDS |
Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca Direccion de Suelos |
|
MAPIS |
Map Products Information System |
|
MaPKBS |
Map Projection Knowledge-based System |
|
MAPSAT |
Mapping Satellite |
|
MAR |
Mean Annual Runoff |
|
MARAD |
Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet) |
|
MARIS |
Mississippi Automated Resource Information System |
|
MARS |
Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing |
|
MAS |
Millimeterwave Atmospheric Sounder |
|
MASC |
Map Activity Support Contract |
|
MASTER |
MODIS/ASTER Airborn Simulator |
|
MAT |
Medial-axis transformation |
|
Mat-Su |
Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
|
MATLAB |
Matrix Laboratory |
|
MAV |
Micro Aerial Vehicle |
|
MAW |
Metropolitan Area Window |
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Mbps |
Million bits per second |
|
MBR |
Minimum Bounding Rectangle |
|
MC |
Mapping Center |
|
MC&G |
Mapping, Charting, & Geodesy |
|
MCAS |
Marine Corps Air Station |
|
MCB |
Marke Carl Bauer |
|
MCE |
Mapping and Charting Establishment |
|
mCG |
Map Curators Group |
|
MCGA |
Monochrome/Color Graphics Adapter |
|
Mcidas |
Map-Computer Interactive Data Access System |
|
MCIS |
Maps and Chart Information System |
|
MCMC |
Mid-Continent Mapping Center |
|
MCO |
Mars Climate Orbiter |
|
MDAS |
Multispectral Data Analysis System |
|
MDC |
Division de la Cartographie |
|
MDG |
Direction de la Geologie |
|
MDGLS |
Missouri Division of Geology and Land Survey |
|
MDLPP |
Mason-Dixon Line Preservation Partnership |
|
MDM |
Mount Diablo Meridian |
|
MDOT |
Michigan Department of Transportation |
|
MDP |
Master Data Processor |
|
MDR |
Minimum Data Recorder |
|
MDSD |
Mono-Digitizer Stereo-Digitizer |
|
MDSHS |
Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society |
|
MDT |
Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6 hours) |
|
MDTC |
Division de la Topographie et de la Cartographie |
|
MECM |
Missiao de Estudos Cartograficos de Macao |
|
MEDEA |
Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis |
|
MEDS |
Minimum Essential Data Set |
|
MEGDR |
Mission Experimental Gridded Data Record |
|
MEGRIN |
Multipurpose European Ground-Related Information Network |
|
Mehr-gesch |
Mehrgeschossig |
|
MEI |
Maps Etc Incorporated |
|
MEIS |
Multispectral Electrooptical Imaging Sensor |
|
MEM |
Ministry of Energy and Minerals |
|
MEMPR |
Ministry of Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources |
|
MENR |
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources |
|
MEO |
Medium-Earth Orbit |
|
MEOW |
Mono-Extraction Orthophoto Workstation |
|
MER |
Ministere de l'Energie et des Ressources |
|
MERES |
Mineral and Energy Resources Exploration Satellite |
|
MERIS |
Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
|
MERRA |
Michigan Energy and Resources Research Association |
|
MESH |
Mapping Edinburgh's Social History project |
|
MESSR |
Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer |
|
MEWS |
Mono-Extraction Workstation |
|
MF |
Miscellaneous Field Studies Map |
|
MFC |
Map Feature Coding |
|
MFGDP |
Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products |
|
MFLOPS |
Million Floating Points Operations Per Second |
|
MFS |
Maine Forest Service |
|
Mgb |
Mississippi Bureau of Geology |
|
MGG |
Marine Geology and Geophysics Report |
|
MGIS |
Micro Geographic Information System |
|
MGRS |
Military Grid Reference System |
|
MGSD |
Michigan Geological Survey Division |
|
MGSSSR |
Ministerstvo Geologii SSSR |
|
MGUG |
Manitoba GIS Users Group |
|
MHAPO |
Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online |
|
MHTD |
Missouri Highway and Transportation Department |
|
MHTEHI |
Magyar Honvessdeg Terkepeszeti Hivatal |
|
MHW |
Mean High Water (nautical Charts) |
|
MHZ |
Megahertz (Megacycles Per Second) |
|
MIAS |
Multispectral Image Analysis System |
|
MICH |
Michigan |
|
MIEM |
Ministere de l'Industrie et de Mines |
|
MILSTRIP |
MILSTAMP and Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures |
|
MILUS |
Multiple Input Land Use System |
|
MIME |
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension |
|
MIN |
Minute |
|
MINN |
Minnesota |
|
MIO |
Map Information Office |
|
MIRAGE |
Map Image Rendering Database for Geoscience |
|
Mite |
Megapixel Imaging Technology |
|
MITES |
Miniature Interferometer Terminals for Earth Survey |
|
MJH |
M.J. Harden Associates, Inc. |
|
ML |
Master Library |
|
MLA |
Multi-linear array |
|
MLC |
Minimal Level Cataloging |
|
MLHD |
Maximum likelihood |
|
MLLW |
Mean Lower Low Water (nautical Charts) |
|
MLMIC |
Minnesota Land Management Information Center |
|
Mlmis |
Minnesota Land Management Information System |
|
MLRA |
Major Land Resource Area |
|
MLTA |
Maine Land Title Association |
|
MLW |
Mean Low Water (nautical Charts) |
|
MMOI |
Mathematical Mode of Inquiry |
|
MMQ |
Metric Map Questionnaire |
|
MMSD |
Metric Mapping Support Data |
|
Mn/DOT |
Minnesota Department of Transportation |
|
Mnfs |
Minor Frame Synchronization |
|
MNR |
Ministry of Natural Resources |
|
MNS |
Multi-Navigator System |
|
MOA |
Minute Of Angle |
|
MOD |
Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries |
|
MODIS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer |
|
MODM |
Multiple objectives decision-making |
|
MODN |
Module name |
|
Mola |
Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter |
|
MOLDS |
Institute for Modernization of Land Data Systems |
|
MOMS |
Modular Optoelectric Multispectral Scanner |
|
MONT |
Montana |
|
MOP |
Ministerio de Obras Publicas |
|
MOPU |
Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Urbanismo |
|
Morap |
Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership |
|
MOSS |
Map Overlay and Statistical System |
|
MOST |
Moving Objects Spatio-Temporal |
|
MOUG |
Map Online Users Group |
|
MP |
Measuring Point |
|
MPC |
Minnesota Population Center |
|
MPE |
Map Publishing Environment |
|
MPLIS |
Multipurpose land information system |
|
MPLS |
Minneapolis |
|
MPP |
Multi-spectral scanner preprocessor |
|
MPRD |
Modified Proportional Radial Displacement |
|
Mprm |
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources |
|
Mpwuph |
Ministry of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing |
|
MR |
Monoscopic revision |
|
MRAC |
Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale |
|
MRB |
Missouri River Basin |
|
MRBC |
Missouri River Basin Commission |
|
MRDB |
Mapping Requirements Data Base System |
|
MRIB |
Marine Realms Information Bank (US DOI) |
|
MRIR |
Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
|
Mrla |
Major Land Resource Area |
|
MRLU |
Map Reproduction and Liaison Unit |
|
MRMS |
Maritime Resources Management Service |
|
MRO |
Mars Reconnnaissance Orbiter |
|
MRS |
Multispectral Resource Sampler |
|
MRSA |
Major River Systems Analysis |
|
MRSH |
Marsh |
|
MrSID |
Multiresolution Seamless Image Database |
|
MRWS |
Monoscopic Revision Workstation |
|
Ms-dos |
Microsoft Disc Operating System |
|
MSDO |
Mapping Support District Office |
|
MSE |
Mean Square Error |
|
MSEDB |
Mapping Sciences Education Data Base |
|
MSIA |
Mapping Sciences Institute Australia |
|
MSIRI |
Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute |
|
MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
|
MSLS |
Maine Society of Land Surveyors |
|
MSPE |
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers |
|
MSR |
Minimal Spatial Representation |
|
MSRLS |
Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors |
|
MSRN |
Michigan Spatial Reference Network |
|
MST |
Mountain Standard Time |
|
MSTD |
Marine Science and Technology Division |
|
MSTS |
Map Separates Tracking System |
|
MSU |
Microwave Sounding Unit |
|
MSV |
Model and Scenario Visualization |
|
MTA |
Major Trading Areas |
|
MTAE |
Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitutu |
|
MTC |
Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones |
|
MTF |
Modulation transfer function. |
|
MTJ |
Mendocino Triple Junction |
|
MTLT |
Minimum Total Length Triangulation |
|
MTP |
MSS Telemetry Processor |
|
MTPE |
Mission To Planet Earth |
|
MTSAT |
Multi-functional Transport Satellite |
|
MTT |
Mobile Training Teams |
|
MTU |
Magnetic Tape Unit |
|
MUAC |
Map Users Advisory Committee |
|
MUIR |
Map Unit Interpretations Record (soil database) |
|
MURB |
Minister fur Umwelt, Raumordnung und Bauwesen |
|
MVE |
Multi-View Editor |
|
MVI |
Mapping for the Visually Impaired |
|
MVP |
Moving Vessel Profiler |
|
MWDI |
Master Water Data Index |
|
MWF |
Map Window File |
|
MWRTK |
Midwest Real Time Kinematic |
|
MWt |
Minimum Weight Triangulation |
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Mycoe |
My Country, Our Earth |
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N-D |
N-dimensional |
|
NABCI |
North American Bird Conservation Initiative (nab-see) |
|
NABGG |
National Association for Black Geologists and Geophysicists |
|
NAC |
NASA Advisory Council |
|
NACIS |
North American Cartographic Information Society |
|
NACS |
National Association of County Surveyors |
|
NAD |
North American Datum |
|
NAD 27 |
North American Datum of 1927 |
|
NAD 83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
|
NADCON |
North American Datum Conversion |
|
NADEC |
National Atlas Development Centre |
|
NADO |
National Association of Development Organizations |
|
NAFSMA |
National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies |
|
NAGT |
National Association of Geoscience Teachers |
|
NAHSC |
National Automated Highway System Consortium |
|
NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
|
NAIP |
NATIONAL AGRICULTURE IMAGERY PROGRAM |
|
NAIS |
National Atlas Information Service |
|
NALMS |
North American Lake Management Society |
|
NALS |
Nevada Association of Land Surveyors |
|
NAMCOR |
National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia |
|
NAO |
North Atlantic Oscillation |
|
NAP |
Northern Affairs Program |
|
NAPA |
National Academy of Public Administration |
|
NAPL |
National Air Photo Library |
|
NARA |
United States National Archives And Records Administration |
|
NARC |
National Association of Regional Councils |
|
NARL |
Naval Arctic Research Laboratory |
|
NARS |
National Archives and Records Service (GSA) |
|
NARSA |
National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Program |
|
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US) |
|
NASBOG |
National Association of State Boards of Geology |
|
NASDA |
National Space Development Agency of Japan |
|
NASS |
National Agricultural Statistics Service |
|
NAST |
NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed |
|
NATM |
New Austrian Tunnelling Method |
|
NATMAP |
Division of National Mapping |
|
NATMO |
Indian National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization |
|
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
|
NAUS |
National Atlas of the United States |
|
NAVD |
North American Vertical Datum |
|
NAVD 88 |
North American Vertical Datum 1988 |
|
NAVOCEANO |
Naval Oceanographic Office |
|
NavSol |
Navigation Solutions LLC |
|
NAWQUA |
National Water Quality Assessment |
|
Nbf |
Nebenbahnhof |
|
NBFU |
National Board of Fire Underwriters |
|
Nbg |
Nurnberg |
|
NBI |
National Bridge Inventory |
|
NBII |
National Biological Information Infrastructure |
|
NBMG |
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
|
NBSM |
National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping |
|
NC |
North Carolina |
|
NC&GS |
National Charting & Geodetic Survey |
|
NCAP |
National Collection of Aerial Photographs |
|
NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (US) |
|
NCARB |
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards |
|
NCDCDS |
National Committee for Digital Cartographic Standards |
|
NCDOT |
North Carolina Department of Transportation |
|
NCDS |
National Cartographic Data Standard |
|
NCDSB |
National Cartographic Data Standard Base |
|
NCE |
North Coast Engineering |
|
NCEE |
National Council of Engineering Examiners |
|
NCEES |
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying |
|
NCEP |
National Centers For Environmental Prediction (form. NMC; NWS Center) |
|
NCGE |
National Council for Geographic Education |
|
NCGIA |
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis |
|
NCGMP |
National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program |
|
NCGS |
North Carolina Geological Survey |
|
NCHRP |
National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
|
NCIC |
National Cartographic Information Center |
|
NCITS |
National Committee for Information Technology Standards |
|
NCMOC |
Naval Central Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
|
NCMP |
National Coastal Mapping Program |
|
NCR |
National Capital Region (Metro Manila) |
|
NCRST |
National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation |
|
NCRST-F |
National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation - Flows |
|
NCS |
National Cartographic Standards |
|
NCSD |
Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division |
|
NCSME |
Service des Mines et de l'Energie |
|
NCSS |
North Carolina Society of Surveyors |
|
ND |
North Dakota |
|
NDAR |
National Directory of Australian Resources |
|
NDCDB |
National Digital Cartographic Data Base |
|
NDCS |
National Digital Cartographic Standards |
|
NDF |
Nevada Division of Forestry |
|
NDG |
Northern Development Group Incorporated |
|
NDGS |
North Dakota Geological Survey |
|
NDI |
Nautical Data International Incorporated |
|
NDIIPP |
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program |
|
NDL |
National Digital Library |
|
NDLS |
Nauru Directorate of Lands and Survey |
|
NDNRC |
Nevada Department of Natural Resources and Conservation |
|
NDOT |
Nevada Department of Transportation |
|
nDS |
National Decision Systems |
|
NDSA |
National Digital Stewardship Alliance |
|
NDSL |
Nevada Division of State Lands |
|
NDSPLS |
North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
|
NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
|
NEAR |
Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous |
|
NEB |
Nebraska |
|
NED |
National Elevation Dataset |
|
NEDSS |
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System |
|
NEHRP |
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program |
|
NEIC |
National Earthquake Information Center |
|
NEIS |
National Earthquake Information Service |
|
NEL |
National Exploitation Laboratory |
|
NEMO |
North East Map Organization |
|
NERDD |
Networked Electronic Report & Document Distribution |
|
NERL |
North East Research Libraries |
|
NES |
New England Section |
|
Nesacsm |
New England Section Acsm |
|
NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service |
|
NESS |
National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA) |
|
NESTA |
National Earth Science Teachers Association |
|
NET |
New Electronic Titles |
|
NETR |
Nationwide Environmental Title Research |
|
NETS |
National Establishment Time-Series |
|
NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather Radar |
|
NFAP |
National Forest Applications Program |
|
NFDRS |
National Fire Danger Rating System |
|
NFFL |
National Forest Fire Laboratory |
|
NFIP |
National Flood Insurance Program |
|
NFIRA |
National Flood Insurance Reform Act |
|
NFIS |
National Forest Information System |
|
NFLD |
Newfoundland |
|
NFWS |
National Fish and Wildlife Service |
|
NG |
Nicholas Guerard |
|
NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency; US government) |
|
NGAC |
National Geospatial Advisory Committee |
|
NGBN |
National Gravity Base Net |
|
NGCS |
National Geodetic and Cartographic Service |
|
NGDA |
National Geospatial Digital Archive |
|
NGES |
Northrup Grumman Electronic Systems |
|
NGGI |
National Greenhouse Gas Inventory |
|
NGIC |
National Geodetic Information Center |
|
NGMA |
National Geoscience Mapping Agency |
|
Ngmbd |
National Geologic Map Database |
|
NGPRP |
Northern Great Plains Resource Program |
|
NGRS |
National Geodetic Reference System |
|
NGSP |
National Geodetic Satellite Program |
|
NGTOC |
National Geospatial Technical Operations Center |
|
NGU |
Norges Geologiske Undersokelse |
|
NGVD29 |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 |
|
NGWIC |
National Ground Water Information Center |
|
NHAP |
National High Altitude Photography |
|
NHC |
United States National Hurricane Center |
|
NHD |
National Hydrography Dataset |
|
NHGIS |
National Historical Geographic Information System |
|
NHLSA |
New Hampshire Land Surveyors Association |
|
NHPN |
National Highway Planning Network |
|
NHTSA |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
|
NI |
Natturfraedistofnun Islands |
|
NICMOS |
Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer |
|
NIEHS |
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (National Institutes of Health) |
|
NII |
National Information Infrastructure (USA) |
|
NIIGA |
Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Institut Geologii Artiki |
|
NILS |
National Integrated Land System |
|
NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (became National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency|NGA) |
|
NIMSA |
National Interest Mapping Service Agreement |
|
NIP |
National Imagery Project |
|
NIPR |
National Institute for Polar Research |
|
NIS |
Nationwide Inpatient Sample |
|
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
|
NITF |
National Imagery Transmission Format |
|
NIUA |
National Institute of Urban Affairs |
|
NIWAR |
National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Ltd |
|
NJ |
New Jersey |
|
NJDEP |
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
|
NJDOT |
New Jersey Department of Transportation |
|
NJGIN |
New Jersey Geographic Information Network |
|
NJGS |
New Jersey Geological Survey |
|
NJIT |
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
|
Njmapp |
New Jersey Mapping Assistance Partnership Program |
|
NJSPLS |
New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
|
NJSPS |
New Jersey Society of Professional Surveyors |
|
NLAPS |
National Landsat Archive Production Sytem |
|
Nlcd |
National Land Cover Dataset |
|
NLD |
National Levee Database |
|
NLDAS |
North American Land Data Assimilation System |
|
NLIS |
National Land Information Service |
|
NLL |
Northern Limit Line |
|
NLQ |
Near-letter quality |
|
Nlrb |
National Level Bibliographic Record |
|
NLUIS |
Northern Land Use Information Series |
|
NM |
New Mexico |
|
Nmas |
National Map Accuracy Standard |
|
NMASM |
New Mexico Association of Surveyors and Mappers |
|
NMB |
National Mapping Bureau |
|
Nmbm&mr |
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
|
NMC |
National Map Collection |
|
NMCC |
National Map Collection of Canada |
|
NMDOT |
New Mexico Department of Transportation |
|
NMF |
Network Mapping Facilities |
|
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Services |
|
NMMC |
National Map Managers Conference |
|
NNE |
North northeast |
|
NNSS |
Navy Navigational Satellite System |
|
NNW |
North North-West |
|
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US) |
|
NOBS |
Northern Ohio Bibliographic Society |
|
NOD |
New Orleans District |
|
NOMS |
Northern Ohio Map Society |
|
NOPPA |
National Ocean Pollution Protection Act |
|
NOSC |
National Oceans Systems Center |
|
NOSS |
National Oceanographic Satellite System |
|
Np |
Norsk Polarinstitutt |
|
NPF |
Norsk Petroleums-forening |
|
NPIC |
National Photographic Interpretation Center |
|
NPMS |
National Pipeline Mapping System |
|
NPOC |
Naval Polar Oceanographic Center |
|
NPOESS |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites |
|
NPP |
NOOESS Preparatory Project |
|
Npr-a |
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska |
|
NRCan |
Natural Resources Canada (Dept. of) |
|
NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
|
NRCT |
National Resources Council of Thailand |
|
NRI |
National Resources Inventory |
|
NRIS |
National Resource Information System |
|
NRN |
National Road Network |
|
NRO |
U.S. National Reconnaissance Office |
|
NRS |
National Reference System |
|
NRSA |
National Remote Sensing Agency |
|
NRSC |
National Remote Sensing Centre |
|
NRSL |
Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory |
|
NRT |
Navigation Response Team |
|
NRVIS |
Natural Resources and Values Information System |
|
Nrws |
Narrows |
|
NSA |
National Security Agency |
|
NSAPI |
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface |
|
NSB |
North Slope Borough |
|
NSD |
Nepal Survey Department |
|
NSDC |
National Spatial Data Council |
|
NSDI CAP |
National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program |
|
NSDNR |
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources |
|
NSF |
National Sanitation Foundation |
|
NSGIC |
National States Geographic Information Council |
|
NSI |
Natural Scale Indicator |
|
NSIF |
NATO Secondary Image Format |
|
NSKV |
Norges Sjokartverk |
|
NSLAB |
Niedersachsisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung |
|
NSLVA |
Niedersachsisches Landesverwaltungsamt |
|
NSN |
National Satellite Network |
|
NSPE |
National Society of Professional Engineers |
|
NSPS |
National Society of Professional Surveyors |
|
NSRFC |
Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corporation |
|
NSRS |
National Spatial Reference System |
|
NSSDA |
National Standard for Spatial Database Accuracy |
|
NSTB |
National Satellite Test Bed |
|
NSTL |
National Space Technology Laboratory (was MTF) |
|
NTD |
National Topographic Database |
|
NTDB |
National Topographic Data Base |
|
NTDL |
Northern Territory Department of Lands |
|
NTDME |
Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy |
|
NTF |
National Transfer Format |
|
NTIS |
National Technical Information Service Technology Administration |
|
NTM |
Notice To Mariners |
|
NTPS |
National Transportation Planning System |
|
NTSB |
US National Transportation Safety Board |
|
NUC CM |
National Union Catalog, Cartographic Material |
|
NURE |
National Uranium Resources Evaluation |
|
NVCA |
Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority |
|
NVCN |
National Vertical Control Network |
|
NVDI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
|
NWA |
National Water Alliance |
|
NWFP |
North-West Frontier Province |
|
NWS |
National Weather Service (formerly U.S. Weather Bureau) |
|
NWSCA |
National Water and Soil Conservation Authority |
|
NWWS |
North West Wetlands Survey |
|
NYC |
New York City |
|
NYPL |
New York Public Library (New York, NY) |
|
NYSAPLS |
New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors |
|
NYSDOT |
New York State Department of Transportation |
|
NYSDT |
New York State Department of Transportation |
|
NYSGS |
New York Geological State Geological Survey |
|
NZFS |
New Zealand Forest Service |
|
NZGD |
New Zealand Geophysics Division |
|
NZGS |
New Zealand Geological Survey |
|
NZMG |
New Zealand Map Grid |
|
Nzms |
New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey |
|
NZOI |
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute |
|
Nzsb |
New Zealand Soil Survey |
|
OAB |
Operational Advisory Broadcasts |
|
OAC |
Osterreichischer Automobil Club |
|
OACES |
Oregon Association of County Engineers and Surveyors |
|
OACH |
Office of the Assistant Chief Hydrologist |
|
OADCES |
On-line Aerotriangulation Data Collection and Editing System |
|
OADW |
Osterreichische Akademie Der Wissenschaften |
|
OAF |
Optimal aerial forecasting |
|
OALS |
Office of Arid Lands Studies |
|
OAMTC |
Osterreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring-Club |
|
OASIS |
oceanic and atmospheric scientific information system |
|
OBRP |
Object representation |
|
OBS |
Office of Biological Services |
|
OC |
Oil and Gas Investigation Chart |
|
OC-CLSA |
Orange County Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Association |
|
OCAP |
Ohio Capability Analysis Project |
|
OCE |
Of the Office of the Chief of Engineers |
|
OCH |
Office of the Chief Hydrologist |
|
OCL |
Object Constraint Language |
|
OCLC |
Ohio College Library Center |
|
OCTS |
Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner |
|
OCUL |
Ontario Council of University Libraries |
|
OCX |
Object Component eXtension |
|
ODAIPR |
Open Data Access and Intellectual Property Rights |
|
Odbc |
Operational Database Connectivity |
|
ODC |
Open Data Consortium |
|
ODE |
Open Development Environment |
|
ODF |
Oregon Department of Forestry |
|
ODFW |
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife |
|
ODGMI |
Oregon State Department of Minerals and Mineral Industries |
|
ODGS |
Ohio Division of Geological Survey |
|
ODNR |
Ohio Department of Natural Resources |
|
ODOP |
Ohio Digital Orthophotography Project |
|
OEEPE |
Organisation europeene d'etudes en photogrammetrie experimentale |
|
OESA |
Office of Earth Science Applications |
|
Of |
Open File |
|
OFAT |
Ontario Flow Assessment Techniques |
|
Offn |
Offnung |
|
OFIPLAN |
Oficina de Planificacion Nacional |
|
OFR |
Open File Report |
|
OFSS |
Open-file Services Section |
|
Ogde |
Ontario Geographic Data Exchange |
|
OGDI |
Open Geospatial Datastore Interface |
|
OGIC |
Oregon Geographic Information Council |
|
OGIS |
Office of Geographic Information Systems |
|
OGP |
OpenGeoportal |
|
OGRIP |
Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program |
|
OGW |
Office of Ground Water |
|
OGWP |
Office of Ground Water Protection (EPA) |
|
OHA |
Officeof Hawaiian Affairs |
|
OHN |
Ontario Hydro Network |
|
OHW |
Office of Hazardous Wastes Hydrology |
|
OIA |
Office of International Activities |
|
OICC |
Ontario Institute of Chartered Cartographers |
|
OIG |
Office of International Geology |
|
OIH |
Office of International Hydrology |
|
OII |
European Commission's Open Information Interchange |
|
Oilt |
Oil Tank Farm |
|
OIR-GIS |
Office for Information Resources-GIS Services Division |
|
OIS |
Obstruction Identification Surfaces |
|
OKAGE |
Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education |
|
OLAP |
Online Analytical Processing |
|
OLE |
Object Linking/Embedding |
|
OLID |
Ontario Land Information Directory |
|
OMG |
Open Management Group |
|
OMNR |
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Canada) |
|
OMO |
Other Mapping Organization |
|
OMPS |
Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite |
|
OMTC |
Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications |
|
ONC |
Operational Navigation Chart |
|
ONERN |
Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales (Spanish: Office of National Assessment of Natural Resources; Peru) |
|
ONIG |
Office Nationale de la Geologie |
|
ONPR |
Office of National Petroleum Reserve |
|
ONSWG |
Open Navigation Surface Working Group |
|
OO |
Object-Orientation |
|
OOPEC |
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |
|
Oosi |
Osterreichisches Ost- Und Sudosteuropa-Institut |
|
OPAL |
Obscurant penetrating autosynchronous Lidar |
|
OPCS |
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys |
|
OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
|
OPEDS |
Outside Plant Engineering Design System |
|
OPIS |
Ocean Planning Information System |
|
oPL |
Oilfield Publications Limited |
|
OPP |
Operational Positional Procedure |
|
OPR |
Office Of Planning And Research |
|
OPS |
Optical Sensor |
|
OQ |
Orthophoto quadrangle |
|
OR |
Oregon |
|
Orbimage |
Orbital Imaging Corp. |
|
ORE |
Oregon |
|
ORH |
Office of the Regional Hydrologist |
|
ORID |
Ortho Rectified Image Data |
|
Ormap |
Oregon Map |
|
ORN |
Ontario Road Network |
|
ORNL |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's |
|
ORRH |
Office of the Regional Research Hydrologist |
|
ORRI |
Orthorectified radar imagery |
|
ORSER |
Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources |
|
Orstom |
Office De La Recherche Scientifique Et Technique Outre Mer |
|
OSBEELS |
Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying |
|
OSCAR |
Online Satellite Catalog and Request System |
|
OSDA |
Oregon State Department of Agriculture |
|
OSDL |
Oregon Spatial Data Library |
|
OSEC |
Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation |
|
OSECO |
Ogden Surveying Equipment Company |
|
OSEDA |
Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis |
|
OSFD |
Oregon State Forestry Department |
|
OSIP |
Operational Satellite Improvement Program |
|
OSLS |
Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors |
|
OSNI |
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland |
|
OSOA |
Optimal Statistical Objective Analysis |
|
OSP |
Office of State Planning |
|
OSPE |
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers |
|
OSSI |
Optronic Sensor for Stereo Imagery |
|
OSSIM |
Open Source Software Image Map |
|
OSTA |
Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (US NASA; now OAST) |
|
OSTF |
Ordnance Survey Transfer Format |
|
Ostz |
Osterreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt |
|
OSU |
Oregon State University |
|
OTA |
Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995) |
|
OTF |
On-The-Fly (data acquisition method) |
|
OTH |
Over the Horizont |
|
OTHT |
Over the horizon targeting |
|
Ou |
Open Under |
|
OUCLS |
Ontario Universities Library Cooperative System |
|
OUO |
Official-Use Only |
|
OVN |
Optical visible near-infrared |
|
Ow |
Oil Well |
|
OWDC |
Office of Water Data Coordination (USGS) |
|
OWRD |
Oregon Water Resources Department |
|
OWRR |
Office of Water Resources and Research |
|
OWRT |
Office of Water Research and Technology (DOI) |
|
OWS |
OGC Web Services |
|
P&DC |
Printing & Distribution Center |
|
P&O |
Plans & Operations |
|
PAAD |
Program Acronyms Abbreviations and Definitions |
|
PACOG |
Pueblo Area Council of Governments |
|
Pacon |
Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology |
|
PAD |
Position Aware Device |
|
PADCO |
Planning and Development Cooperative International |
|
PAGES |
Program for the Adjustment of GPS Ephemeris |
|
PAI |
Pacific Air Industries |
|
PAIGH |
Pan-American Institute of Geography and History |
|
PAL |
Prime agricultural lands |
|
PALIS |
Ponds And Lakes Information System |
|
PAN |
Polska Akademia Nauk |
|
Pan-STARRS |
Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System |
|
PANGA |
Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array |
|
PAPS |
Pooled Analytical Plotter System |
|
PARC |
Palo Alto Research Center |
|
PAs |
Pacific Aerial Surveys |
|
PASDA |
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system |
|
PASP |
Planning and Analysis Section |
|
PASS |
Precision Aerial Survey System |
|
PASSIA |
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs |
|
PAT |
Polygon Attribute Table |
|
PAVE |
Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental data |
|
Pbf |
Personenbahnhof |
|
PBM |
Portable Bitmap |
|
PBS |
Primary Base Series |
|
Pc-dos |
Personal Computer-Disc Operating System |
|
PCA |
principal components analysis |
|
PCD |
Practical Cartography Day |
|
PCGN |
Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use |
|
PCLI |
Independent political entity |
|
PCS |
POS Computer System |
|
PCT |
Pacific Coast Trail |
|
PCX |
Paintbrush Export Format |
|
PDEP |
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Projection |
|
PDH |
Professional Development Hours |
|
PDOP |
Position Dilution of Precision |
|
PDR |
Preliminary Design Review |
|
PDS |
Photogrammetric Data Services |
|
PDU |
Professional Development Unit(s) |
|
PDWS |
Precision digitizing workstation |
|
PE&RS |
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing |
|
PECG |
Professional Engineers in California Government |
|
PENNDOT |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation |
|
Pers |
Personen |
|
PES |
Post Enumeration Survey |
|
Pf |
Pfeiler |
|
PFAs |
Pennsylvania Facility Analysis System |
|
PFLP |
Point-Feature Label Placement |
|
PFM |
Pure File Magic |
|
PG/S |
Product Generation Segment |
|
PGD |
Personal Geodatabase |
|
PGML |
Precision Graphics Markup Language |
|
PH |
Power house |
|
PHC |
Probable Hydrologic Consequences |
|
Phigs |
Programmer Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System |
|
Philada |
Philadelphia |
|
Phodis |
Photogrammetric Image Processing System |
|
PHZM |
Plant Hardiness Zone Map |
|
PICA |
Project Integrated Catalogue Automation |
|
PICG |
Programme International de Correlation Geologique |
|
PICS |
Pacific Institute of Cartographers Society |
|
PIDL |
Polygon ID left |
|
PIDR |
Polygon ID right |
|
PIER |
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk |
|
PIG |
Panstwowy Instytut Geologiczny |
|
PIMMA |
Pipeline Integrity Management Mapping Application |
|
PIN |
Parcel Identification Number |
|
PIO |
Public Inquiries Office |
|
PIOS |
Polygon Information Overlay System |
|
PIXEL |
Picture Element |
|
PK |
Peak (Valve) |
|
Pks |
Peaks |
|
PLAT |
Plateau |
|
PLF |
Point Location File |
|
PLGR |
Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver |
|
PLI |
Precision Laser & Instrument |
|
PLN |
Plain |
|
PLOT |
Plotting |
|
PLQ |
Public land quadrangles |
|
PLS |
Professional Land Surveyor |
|
PLSC |
Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado |
|
PLSS |
Public Land Survey System |
|
PM |
Prime Meridian |
|
Pm/s |
Production Management Segment |
|
PMA |
Production and Marketing Administration |
|
PMSA |
Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area |
|
PND |
Pond Air Express |
|
PNDI |
Intermittent pond |
|
PNDS |
Ponds |
|
PNG |
Portable Network Graphics (graphic file standard/extension) |
|
PNRC |
Pacific Northwest Regional Commission |
|
PNRS |
Preliminary Natural Resources Survey |
|
POAM |
Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement |
|
POD |
Print-on-demand |
|
POES |
Polar-Orbiting Satellites |
|
POLYID |
Polygon identification number |
|
Pos Lv 220 |
Position and Orientation System for Land Vehicles 220 |
|
POTS |
Pan-only Triangulation System |
|
PPA |
Provincial Archives of Alberta |
|
ppb |
parts per billion (109) |
|
PPDB |
Point Positioning Data Base |
|
PPGIS |
Public Participation GIS |
|
PPL |
Populated Place |
|
PPM |
Portable Pixelmap |
|
PPMS |
Photogrammetry Production Monitoring System |
|
PPNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
|
PPNM |
Pengarah Pemetaan Negara Malaysia |
|
Pppg |
Pusat Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Geologi |
|
Ppss |
Precise Positioning Service Security Module |
|
PPWK |
Panstwowe Przedsiebiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych |
|
PQ |
Province Quebec |
|
PRIM |
Primary |
|
PRISM |
Parameter-Elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model |
|
PRO |
Public Record Office |
|
Prosix |
Production System |
|
Prosys |
Production System--Unix |
|
PROWLER |
Pond, River, Ocean, Waterway and Lake Echosounder Remote |
|
PRS92 |
Philippines Reference System of 92 |
|
PRSN |
Puget Reference Station Network |
|
PSA |
Paciulli, Simmons & Associates Limited |
|
PSAN |
Professional Surveyors Association of Nebraska |
|
PSCOG |
Puget Sound Council of Governments |
|
PSFM |
Professional Society for Forensic Mapping |
|
PSLS |
Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors |
|
PSM |
Professional Surveyor Magazine |
|
Pspci |
Professional Surveyors Publishing Company, Inc. |
|
PSPE |
Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers |
|
PSSC |
Public Service Satellite Corporation |
|
PST |
Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours) |
|
PSU |
Primary Sampling Unit |
|
PTC |
Positive Train Control |
|
PUG |
Petroleum Users Group |
|
PUMA |
Public Use Microdata Area (US Census) |
|
Pums |
Public Use Micro-Data Sample |
|
PURL |
Persistent URL software |
|
Pv.M. |
Pulver Muhle |
|
PVT |
Position, Velocity and Time |
|
QA/QC |
Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
|
QBS |
Quality-based selection |
|
QC |
Quality Control |
|
QDF |
Queensland Department of Forestry |
|
QDM |
Queensland Department of Mines |
|
QGIS |
Quantum GIS |
|
Qh |
Quadruple Hydrant |
|
QINSy |
Quality Integrated Navigation System |
|
QLID |
Queensland Land Information Directory |
|
QLIS |
Queensland Land Information Strategy |
|
QLPS |
Quick-Look Processing System |
|
QM |
Quadratmeter |
|
QMSoft |
Qualitative Marketing Software Incorporated |
|
qp |
Queen-post |
|
QS |
Quadratic splines |
|
QSL |
Quarter Scan Line |
|
QTM |
Quaternary Triangular Mesh |
|
QW |
Quality of water |
|
Qwifs |
Queen's Web Interface for Spss |
|
R&A OSS |
Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services |
|
R&D |
Research & Development |
|
R&TS |
Research & Technical Standards |
|
R-VIS |
Reality Visualization |
|
R/S |
Remote Sensing |
|
RA |
Rural Area |
|
RAc |
Related Accreditation Commission |
|
RADAR |
Radio Detecting and Ranging |
|
RADEF |
Road Administration Data Exchange Format |
|
RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
|
RAIM |
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring |
|
RALS |
Random Access Logical Subfiles |
|
RAM |
random-access memory |
|
RAMS |
Regional Atmospheric Modelins System |
|
RAP |
Regional Applications Program |
|
RAPID |
Rapid Application Planning Implementation and Deployment |
|
RAs |
Remote Analysis Systems |
|
RASC |
Royal Australian Survey Corps |
|
Rasvy |
Royal Australian Survey Corps |
|
RATP |
Regie autonome des transports parisiens |
|
RBDS |
Radio Broadcast Data System |
|
RBE |
Rule-Base Engine |
|
RBI |
River Basin Investigation |
|
RBMS |
Relational Database Management System |
|
RBV |
Return Beam Vidicon |
|
RCC |
Regional Census Center |
|
RCH |
Reach |
|
RCIC |
Regional Coastal Information Center |
|
RCID |
Record Identification |
|
RCMRD |
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development |
|
RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984) |
|
RCS |
Research Camera System |
|
Rcssmrs |
Regional Centre for Services in Surveying and Mapping and Remote Sensing |
|
RCWD |
Rancho California Water District |
|
RDBMS |
Relational Database Management System |
|
RDG |
Ridge |
|
RDGE |
Ridge |
|
RDI |
Resource Data International Incorporated |
|
RDS |
Radio Data System |
|
RDTS |
Research and Development Tracking System |
|
RE |
Royal Engineers |
|
RE COMP |
Recompile |
|
REA |
Rural Electrification Administration (US) |
|
REAP |
Regional Environmental Applications Program |
|
REC |
Recompile |
|
RECOMP |
Recompilation |
|
RECON |
Retrospective conversion |
|
RECTAS |
Regional Center for Training in Aerospace Surveys |
|
Regis |
Regional Geographic Information System |
|
Reichsb |
Reichsbahn |
|
Reichsbf |
Reichsbahnhof |
|
Relos |
Regional Locator System |
|
REMS |
Regional Earth Modeling System |
|
Repcode |
Representation Code |
|
Res |
Reservation |
|
RESCU |
Remote Emergency Satellite Cellular Unit |
|
RESTEC |
Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan |
|
RESVR |
Reservoir |
|
RETSAM |
Review, Editing and Tagging Software for Automated Mapping |
|
REU |
Resources Evaluation Unit |
|
Revpg |
Revision and Product Generation System |
|
RFPMG |
Radar Fixed Point Minigraphic |
|
RG |
Record Group |
|
RGB |
red-green-blue (signal) |
|
Rgbf |
Rangierbahnhof |
|
rgD |
Rijks Geologische Dienst |
|
RGS |
Royal Geographic Society |
|
RI |
Rhode Island |
|
RIAI |
Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland |
|
RICS |
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
|
Rig |
Retsam/Intergraph/Giant |
|
RIJP |
Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerPolders |
|
RIN |
Realty Information Network |
|
RIRT |
Russian Institute of Radionavigation and Time |
|
RIS |
Rapid Imaging Software |
|
RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
|
RiskMAP |
Risk Mapping and Planning |
|
RIT |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
|
RK |
Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (Toronto Venture Exchange [TSXV]) |
|
Rksw |
Rocks in Water |
|
Rkw |
Rock in Water |
|
RL |
Rannsoknastofnun Landbunadarins |
|
RLE |
Run-length encoded |
|
RM |
Replacement mapping |
|
RMCA |
Road Map Collectors of America |
|
RMD |
Hans Rudolf Manual Deutsch |
|
RMIB |
Rudolf Muller International Booksellers |
|
RMK |
R.M. Keddal & Associates |
|
RMMC |
Rocky Mountain Mapping Center |
|
RMMS |
Rocky Mountain Map Society |
|
rms |
root mean square (preferred over "RMS") |
|
RMSE |
Root Mean Squared Error |
|
RMSI |
Risk Management Solutions Incorporated |
|
RMT |
Remotely Measured Target |
|
RNRC |
Renewable Natural Resources Center |
|
RNRF |
Renewable Natural Resources Foundation |
|
RO |
Range Only |
|
RODOBRAS |
Comissiao Especial construciao da Rodovia Belem-Brasilia |
|
ROM |
Read-Only Memory |
|
Romp |
Regional Observation Monitoring Program |
|
ROP |
Raster Operations Processor |
|
ROW |
Right-Of-Way |
|
RP |
Reference Point |
|
RPC |
Rational Polynomial Coefficient |
|
RPDS |
Rapids |
|
RPE |
Regional Political Ecology |
|
RPF |
Raster Product Format |
|
Rpid |
Representation Module Id |
|
RPIE |
Replacement Photographic Image Equipment |
|
RPMIS |
Real Property Management Information System |
|
RPP |
RBV Preprocessor |
|
RPU |
Remote Positioning Unit |
|
RQA |
River Quality Assessment |
|
RRH |
Regional Research Hydrologist |
|
RS |
Ranger Station |
|
RSAC |
Remote Sensing Application Center |
|
RSAL |
Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory |
|
Rsc/tamu |
Remote Sensing Center/Texas A&M University |
|
RSGS |
Royal Scottish Geographical Society |
|
RSIP |
Remote Sensing and Image Processing |
|
RSPA |
Research and Special Programs Administration |
|
RSRP |
Remote Sensing Research Program |
|
RSRT |
Resort |
|
RSSC |
Remote Sensing Science Council |
|
RST |
Representation Style Table |
|
RSTF |
Remote Sensing Task Force |
|
Rstn |
Railroad Station |
|
Rsv |
Reservoir |
|
RSVP |
Resource Reservation Protocol (Internet) |
|
Rt of W |
Right-of-way |
|
RT-GPS |
Real-time Differential GPS |
|
RTA |
Regional Transport Authority |
|
RTF |
Rich Text Format |
|
RTN |
Real-Time Networks |
|
RTP |
Real Time Positioning |
|
RTPC |
Real-Time Point Cloud |
|
RTSD |
Royal Thai Survey Dept |
|
RTSI |
Routing Technology Software Incorporated |
|
Rttk |
Real Time Turbokinematic |
|
RTV |
Raster To Vector |
|
Ruin |
Ruins |
|
RUIS |
San Diego Regional Urban Information System |
|
RUS |
Rest of the US |
|
RV |
Reise- und Verkehrsverlag |
|
RY |
Railway |
|
S&A |
Sampling and Analysis |
|
S-SIG |
Sureying Special Interest Group |
|
S-VGA |
Super Video Graphics Array |
|
S/C |
Spacecraft |
|
S/N |
Signal-to-Noise ratio |
|
S/W |
Software |
|
s3 |
Satellite Security Systems |
|
SA/S |
Source Aquisition Segment |
|
SAA |
Southern Appalachian Assessment |
|
SACC |
Spatial Analysis Coordinating Committee |
|
SADIE |
System at Arizona for Digital Information Extraction |
|
SADL |
South Australia Department of Lands |
|
SADME |
South Australian Department of Mines and Energy |
|
Sadr |
Spatial Address |
|
SAE |
Survey Agro Ekonomi |
|
SAF |
Society of American Foresters |
|
Safod |
San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth |
|
SAGA |
Short Arc Geodetic Adjustment |
|
SAGEEP |
Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems |
|
SaGES |
Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society |
|
SAL |
Stanford Auxiliary Library |
|
Salis |
Surveying and Land Information Systems |
|
Salt |
Salina |
|
sam |
Spatial Access Methods |
|
SAM Inc |
Surveying and Mapping, Incorporated |
|
SAMSOG |
Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia |
|
SANAIS |
South African Natural Areas Information System |
|
SanGIS |
San Diego Geographic Information Source |
|
SAR |
synthetic aperture radar (satellite) |
|
SARM |
Spatial Auto-Regressive Model |
|
SAST |
Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team |
|
SAT |
Small Area Triangulation |
|
Sazu |
Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti |
|
SB |
Survey of Bangladesh |
|
SBAS |
School Boundary Analysis System |
|
SBCDP |
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program |
|
SBET |
Smoothed bed estimate of trajectory |
|
SBM |
Surveys and Mapping Branch |
|
SBUV |
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (experiment) |
|
SBV Adm |
Schulbucher-Verschleiss-Administration |
|
SCA |
Samuel Chapman Armstrong |
|
SCADA |
Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition |
|
SCAMP |
Southern California Aerial Mapping Project |
|
Scan |
Surface Condition Analyzer |
|
SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (ICSU) |
|
scb |
Statistika Centralbyran |
|
SCCAMA |
Southern California Computer Aided Mapping Association |
|
SCDOT |
South Carolina Department of Transportation |
|
scec |
Southern California Earthquake Center's |
|
SCEP |
Servico Cartografico do Exercito |
|
Scerp |
Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy |
|
SCGIS |
Sedgwick County GIS Department |
|
SCGP |
Societe Canadienne des Geologique Petroliers |
|
SCGS |
South Carolina Geological Survey |
|
Scheit-elst |
Scheitelstarke |
|
schl |
Schloss |
|
SCO |
State Cartographer's Office |
|
SCOOP |
Schedule Control of Orthophoto Products |
|
SCOPE |
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (ICSU and IGBP) |
|
sCr |
Service Cartographique du Rwanda |
|
SCSD |
Street Centerline Spatial Dataset |
|
SCSI |
Small Computer System Interface |
|
SCSMAC |
South Carolina State Mapping Advisory Committee |
|
SCSPLS |
South Carolina Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
|
sct |
Sculpsit |
|
SCTRAP |
South Carolina Toxic Risk Atlas Project |
|
Sculp |
Sculpsit |
|
SCWRC |
South Carolina Water Resources Commission |
|
SD |
South Dakota |
|
SDB |
Spatial Data Base |
|
SDBMS |
Spatial Database Management System |
|
SDDOT |
South Dakota Department of Transportation |
|
Sddp |
Spatial Data Discovery Portal |
|
SDE |
Spatial Database Engine |
|
SDES |
Spatial Data Exchange Standard |
|
SDG |
Survey Department Ghana |
|
SDGS |
South Dakota Geological Survey |
|
SDH |
Spatial Data Handling |
|
SDL |
Survey Department of Libya |
|
SDMG |
Direction des Mines et de la Geologie |
|
SDMS |
Spatial Data Management System |
|
SDNR |
State Department of Natural Resources |
|
SDOI |
Spatial Data Organization Information |
|
SDPS |
Spatial Data Production System |
|
sdrw |
Societe de Developpement Regional pour la Wallonie |
|
SDSB |
Satellite Data Services Branch |
|
SDSFIE |
Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment |
|
SDSS |
Spatial decision support systems |
|
SDT |
Spatial Data Technologies |
|
SDTP |
Spatial Data Transfer Processor |
|
SDTS |
Spatial Data Transfer Standard |
|
SDUK |
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |
|
SDV |
Soil Data Viewer |
|
SEAMS |
Soil Environmental and Agricultural Management System |
|
Seasat |
sea satellite (an oceanographic research satellite) (NASA) |
|
SEATO |
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization |
|
SECFT |
Sociedad Espainola de Cartografia, Fotogrametria y Teledeteccion |
|
SECO |
Surveying Equipment Company |
|
Secs |
Sections |
|
Sedac |
Socioeconomic Data and Application Center |
|
Sedesol |
Secretaria De Dessarrollo Social |
|
SEDIC |
Sudan Engineering & Digital Information Centre |
|
SEDMS |
Spatially Enabled Document Management System |
|
SEDUE |
Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia |
|
SEOP |
Secretaria de Estado de Obras Publicas |
|
SEOS |
Stationary Earth Orbit Satellite |
|
SEPA |
State Environmental Protection Agency |
|
SEPM |
Society for Sedimentary Geology |
|
SERIES |
Satellite Emission Range Inferred Earth Surveying |
|
Serna-geomin |
Servicio Nacional Geologia y Mineria |
|
SES |
Standalone Edit Stations |
|
Sescpf |
Service d'Etude Des Sols Et De La Carte Pedalogique De France |
|
SESWG |
Solid Earth Science Working Group |
|
SEVIRI |
Spinning Enhanced Visible & InfraRed Imager |
|
Sewug |
Southeastern Water Use Group |
|
SF |
San Francisco |
|
SfBWW |
Senator fur Bau- und Wonungswesen |
|
SFQL |
Structured Full-Text Query Language |
|
Sfsu |
Senator Fur Stadtentwicklung Und Umweltschutz |
|
SGCB |
State Geodesy and Cartography Board |
|
SGE |
Servicio Geografico del Ejercito |
|
SGG |
Service Geologique du Gabon |
|
SGK |
Schweizerische Geologische Kommission |
|
SGL |
Service Geologique de Luxembourg |
|
SGM |
Servicio Geografico Militar |
|
SGML |
Standard Generalized Markup Language |
|
SGpK |
Schweizerische Geophysikalische Kommission |
|
Sgr |
Sandgrube |
|
SGS |
Stanford Geological Survey |
|
SGtK |
Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission |
|
SGU |
Savezna Geodetska Uprava |
|
SH |
School house |
|
SHAPE |
Systematic Horizontol Adjustment of Positional Errors |
|
Shdsl |
Symmetric High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line |
|
SHEF |
Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format |
|
SHIPS |
Seizmic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound |
|
Shmp |
Seizmis Hazard Mapping Program |
|
SHN |
Servicio de Hidrografia Naval |
|
Shoals |
Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne Lidar System |
|
Shol |
Shoal |
|
SHOM |
Service Hydrographique et Ocenographique de la Marine |
|
SHORAN |
short-range navigation |
|
shs |
Surveyors Historical Society |
|
SIAC |
Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium |
|
SIAMS |
Ship Information and Management System |
|
SIAN |
Service d'information de l'atlas nationale |
|
SIAT |
Special Image Annotation Tape |
|
SIB |
Solar Indices Bulletin |
|
SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification (Code) |
|
SICC |
Surveying Instrumentation and Coordinate Computation |
|
Sico |
Schonstedt Intstrument Company |
|
Sicom |
South Australian Spatial Information Committee |
|
SIF |
Standard Interchange Format |
|
SIGACE |
Special Interest Group for the Application of CD-ROM in Education |
|
SIGCAT |
Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications & Technology |
|
SIGGRAPH |
Special Interest Group On Graphics Of The Association Of Computing Machinery |
|
SIGIT |
Swedish Institute for Geographic Information Technology |
|
SIGLIT |
Special Interest Group on Library Information Technology |
|
SIGS |
Solomon Islands Geological Survey |
|
SIGSA |
Sistemas de Informacion Geografica S.A. |
|
SILS |
Science Information and Libary Services |
|
SIMAG |
Spatial Information Management Advisory Group |
|
SIME |
Space Imaging Middle East |
|
SIP |
Scanner Interface Processor |
|
SIPES |
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists, United States |
|
SIRGAS |
Sistema de Referencia Geocentrico para las Americas |
|
SIRS |
Satellite Infrared Spectrometer |
|
Siru |
Soils and Irrigation Research Unit |
|
SISMD |
Solomon Islands Survey and Mapping Division |
|
skv |
Statens Kartverk |
|
skw |
Shafer, Kline, & Warren |
|
SL |
Sine Loco |
|
SLAC |
The Department of Energy'sStanford Linear Accelerator Center in Palo Alto, California |
|
SLAGMD |
Special Libraries Association Geography & Map Division |
|
SLAR |
Side-Looking Airborne Radar |
|
SLAT |
Spacecraft Location/Attitude Tape |
|
SLATS |
Statewide Landcover and Trees Study |
|
SLC |
Scan Line Corrector |
|
SLD |
Slope-Line Detection |
|
SLD29 |
Sea Level Datum of 1929 |
|
SLDI |
Sustainable Land Development International |
|
SLF |
Standard Linear Format |
|
SLGSD |
Sri Lanka Geological Survey Dept |
|
SLIP |
Serial Line Interface Protocol |
|
SLM |
Structure Line Model |
|
SLNSW |
State Library of New South Wales |
|
SLP |
Slope |
|
SLSD |
Sri Lanka Survey Department |
|
SLSI |
Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa |
|
SLUPD |
Swaziland Land Use Planning Department |
|
SMA |
Schweizerische Meteorologische Anstalt |
|
SMAC |
State Mapping Advisory Committee |
|
smart |
Spatial Mapping Academic Research Tools |
|
SMASCH |
Specimen Management System for California Herbaria |
|
smb |
Surveys and Mapping Branch |
|
SMC |
Special Mapping Center |
|
SMCDG |
Small Map Collection Discussion Group |
|
SMCRA |
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977) |
|
smge |
Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica |
|
SMI |
Surveyors Module International |
|
SMIB |
Surveying and Mapping Institute of Beijing |
|
SMIMS |
Single MIM-Based Integrated Mapping System |
|
SMIPS |
Small Interactive Image Processing System |
|
SMIRR |
Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer |
|
SMMR |
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
|
SMMT |
Submilimeter Telescope |
|
SMN |
Servicio Meteorologico Nacional |
|
SMOW |
Standard Mead Ocean Water |
|
SMS |
Synchronous Meteorological Satellite |
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SMSA |
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area |
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SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
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SN |
Sine Nomine |
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SNARIL |
Social Natural and Agricultural Resources Information Laboratory |
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SNB |
Service New Brunswick |
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SNCF |
Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer |
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SND |
Street Network Database |
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SNF |
Superior National Forest |
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SNGM |
Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria |
|
SNI |
Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG |
|
Snid |
Startnode Id |
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SNIG |
Sistema Nacional de Informaciao Geografica |
|
SNLCS |
Servico Nacional de Levantamento e Conservaciao de Solos |
|
SNM |
Square nautical miles |
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SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
|
SNRIM |
Subcommittee on Natural Resources |
|
SNT |
Servicio Nacional de Turismo |
|
SNWS |
Southern Nevada Water System |
|
SOAP |
Simple Object Access Protocal |
|
soc |
Society of Cartographers |
|
SOCC |
Satellite Operations Control Center |
|
SODEMI |
Societe pour le Developpement Minier de la Cote d'Ivoire |
|
SOFRATOP |
Societe francais de travaux topographique et photogrammetriques |
|
Soft AT |
Softcopy Aerotriangulation |
|
SOHO |
SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory |
|
SOI |
Survey Of India |
|
SOLE |
Spatial On-Line Editor |
|
Solse |
Shuttle Ozone Limb Scanning Experiment |
|
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.") |
|
SONATRACH |
Societe Nationale de Recherches de l'Explorations Minieres |
|
SOP |
Secretaria de Obras Publicas |
|
SORCE |
Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment |
|
SORSA |
Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Association |
|
SOS |
Survey Office System |
|
SOWR |
Sensitivity Of Water Resources |
|
sp |
Survey of Pakistan |
|
SP/S |
Source Preparation Segment |
|
SPARRSO |
Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation |
|
SPB |
Space Planning Bureau |
|
SPC |
State Plane Coordinate |
|
SPC RE |
Survey Production Centre, Royal Engineers |
|
SPCS |
State Plane Coordinate System |
|
SPDK |
Sistem Pengurusan Data Kadaster |
|
SPEK |
Sistem Pengeshan Kualiti |
|
SPID |
Sistem Pengurusan Imej Dokumen |
|
SPIE |
The Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers |
|
Spin-2 |
Space Information-2 Meter Data |
|
SPIRE |
Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploration |
|
SPO |
State Planning Office |
|
SPOEM |
Special Projects Office for Exploitation Modernization |
|
SPOTS |
Standard Programming Of Telemetry Systems |
|
SPT |
Strathclyde Passenger Transport |
|
SPVEA |
Superintendencia do Plano de Valorizac o Economica da Amazonia |
|
SRBC |
Susquehanna River Basin Commission |
|
SRES OP |
Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process |
|
SRF |
Systematic Reconnaissance Flights |
|
SRI |
Spatial Reference Information |
|
SRMB |
Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch |
|
SRMC |
Southern Resources Mapping Corporation |
|
SROM |
Spectro-radiometer for Ocean Monitoring |
|
SRTM |
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
|
ss1 |
SpaceShipOne |
|
SSCC |
SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston SC, USA |
|
SSDAN |
Social Science Data Analysis Network |
|
SSE |
South-Southeast |
|
Sseop |
Space Shuttle Observation Project |
|
SSEW |
Soil Survey of England and Wales |
|
SSGN |
Service Geographique National |
|
SSI |
Surface Systems Incorporated |
|
SSK |
Stereo Softcopy Kit |
|
SSM/I |
Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
|
SSMC |
Silver Spring Metro Center |
|
Ssms |
Spatial Statistical Modeling Service |
|
sssa |
Soil Science Society of America, Inc. |
|
SST |
Sea surface temperature |
|
SSURGO |
Soil Survey Geographical |
|
Ssw |
South Southwest |
|
St.Br. |
Steinbruch |
|
STAAC |
Space and Terrestrial Applications Advisory Committee |
|
STAC |
State Technology Applications Centers |
|
STATSCAN |
Statistics Canada |
|
STATSGO |
State Geographic Database |
|
stb |
Steinbruch |
|
STCB |
Survey Technician Certification Board |
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Std.Par. |
Standard parallel |
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stde |
Stunde |
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stdn |
Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network |
|
steps |
Spatial Templates for Emergency Preparedness |
|
STF |
Summary Tape File |
|
STIA |
Spatial Technologies Industry Association |
|
STIBOKA |
Stichting voor Bodemkartering |
|
STINASU |
Stichting Natuurbescherming Suriname |
|
STMA |
Anabranch |
|
STMD |
Distributary |
|
STMI |
Intermittent stream |
|
stmm |
Stream mouth |
|
strt |
Strait |
|
SUC |
Society of University Cartographers |
|
Sudene |
Superintendencia De Desenvolvimento Do Nordeste |
|
Sudocs |
Superintendent of Documents |
|
SUDSS |
Spatial Understanding and Decision Support System |
|
SUGK |
Slovak Office of Geodesy and Cartography |
|
SUM |
Standard Update Monoscopic |
|
SUNI |
Stockholms Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen |
|
Sup.Hdqrs. |
Supervisor's headquarters |
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sur |
Surveyor |
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SUS |
Standard Update Stereoscopic |
|
SV |
Space Vehicle |
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Svc |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
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SVD |
Singular Value Decomposition |
|
SVF |
Simple Vector Format |
|
svg |
Scaled Vector Graphics |
|
SVP |
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
|
SWA |
Super-wide angle |
|
swab |
Southwest Alluvial Basins |
|
swdc |
Southwestern Colorado Data Center |
|
Swemp |
Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping Program |
|
SWG |
Standards Working Group |
|
SWMD |
Selected World Mineral Deposits |
|
SWOOP |
South Western Ontario Orthophotography Project |
|
swpa |
Southwest Pacific Area |
|
SYCI |
System Corrected Images |
|
symap |
Synagraphic Mapping System |
|
SzBPK |
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz |
|
t |
Tiefe |
|
t |
Township |
|
t |
Tief |
|
T |
Teich |
|
T |
Tramontana |
|
T |
tonne |
|
T/RS |
Township/Range System |
|
TAC |
Terrain Analysis Center |
|
TAC |
Topcon America Corporation |
|
TAC |
Technology Accreditation Commission |
|
TACA |
Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos |
|
TACC |
Texas Advanced Computing Center |
|
TAG |
Tabular And Graphic |
|
TAG |
Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse |
|
TAPS |
Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors |
|
TAR |
Tape Address Register |
|
TARA |
The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives |
|
TARGA |
Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter |
|
TASC |
Transportation Administration Service Center |
|
TASC |
The Analytic Sciences Corporation |
|
Tasmap |
Tasmania Department of Lands |
|
TAVO |
Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients |
|
TAZ |
Traffic Analysis Zone |
|
tbc |
Trimble Business Center |
|
TBD |
To Be Determined |
|
TBM |
Temporary Bench Mark (in surveying) |
|
TBM |
Tunnel Boring Machine |
|
TBPLS |
Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying |
|
TBV |
To Be Verified |
|
TCH |
Thomas Campanius Holm |
|
TCI |
Touring Club Italiano |
|
TCP/IP |
transmission control protocol/internet protocol |
|
TCT |
Trans-continental Traverse |
|
TD |
Thematic data |
|
TD |
Total Depth |
|
TD |
Topographische dienst |
|
TDA |
Teledeteccion Aplicada |
|
TDC |
Tennessee Department of Conservation |
|
TDD |
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
|
TDM |
Tasmania Department of Mines |
|
TDN |
Topografische Dienst Nederland |
|
TDOA |
Time Difference Of Arrival |
|
tdot |
Tennessee Department of Transportation's |
|
TDR |
Time Domain Reflectrometry |
|
TDRSS |
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System |
|
TDS |
Tripod Data Systems |
|
TDSA |
tribal designated statistical area |
|
TDT |
Terrestrial Dynamic Time |
|
te |
Topographical Engineer |
|
TEC |
US Army Topographic Engineering Center |
|
TEC |
The Engineering Center |
|
TEFIS |
Transmission Electrical Facilities Information System |
|
Tekplot |
Tektronix Plotting |
|
TELEX |
Teletypewriter Exchange |
|
Telnet |
Telecommunications Network Protocol |
|
TENN |
Tennessee |
|
TERCOM |
Terrain Contour Matching |
|
TERSS |
Tasmanian Earth Resource Satellite Station |
|
TES |
Terrain Edit System |
|
TESC |
Tile enclosed elevator with self-closing traps |
|
TESEMPS |
Terrain Edit Station/Elevation Matrix Processing System |
|
Tex |
Texas |
|
Tex |
Texas Instruments, Incorporated |
|
TEXPLOT |
Tektronix Plotting |
|
TFC |
Forestry Commission Tasmania |
|
TFEL |
Thin-film electrolumiscent |
|
TFH |
Technische Fachhoschule |
|
TG |
Toll Gate |
|
TGO |
Trimble Geomatics Office |
|
Tgs |
Technicolor Graphic Services, Inc. |
|
TH |
Triple hydrant |
|
TH |
Territory of Hawaii |
|
THNOC |
The Historic New Orleans Collection |
|
Thon Gr |
Clay pit |
|
THSOA |
The Hydrographic Society of America |
|
Ti |
Texas Instruments, Inc. |
|
TI |
Technical Investigation |
|
TI |
Topographic instruction |
|
TIB |
Tabula Imperii Byzantini |
|
Tic |
The Technical Information Center |
|
TIF |
Tagged Image File |
|
TIFF |
Tag Image File Format |
|
TIGA |
Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture |
|
TIGER |
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing |
|
Tigris |
Topologically Integrated Geographic Resource and Information System |
|
TIMS |
Therms Infrared Multispectral Scanner |
|
TIN |
Triangulated Irregular Network |
|
TIR |
Thermal Infrared |
|
TIR |
Tabula Imperii Romani |
|
TIROS |
Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES) |
|
TIRS |
Thermal Infrared Scanner |
|
TJSA |
Tribal Jurisdiction Statistical Area |
|
TLG |
Telegraph |
|
TLI |
Terrain Line Interpolation |
|
Tlid |
Tiger/Line Record Identification Number |
|
TLM |
Topographic Line Map |
|
TLM |
Telemetry |
|
TLP |
Telephone Lifeline Program |
|
TLP |
Telephone Line Patch |
|
tlp |
Telephone Logger Patch |
|
TLSD |
Tuvalu Lands and Survey Division |
|
TLUI |
Traditional Land Use Inventory |
|
TLV |
Threshold Limit Value |
|
TM |
Thematic Mapper (Landsat) |
|
TM |
Timber management |
|
TMAC |
Technical Mapping Advisory Council |
|
TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
|
TMI |
Topographic Mapping Initiatives |
|
TMLS |
Terrestrial mobile LIDAR scanning |
|
TMS |
Thematic Mapper Simulator |
|
TMS |
Topographic Mapping Service |
|
TN |
Tennessee |
|
TNA |
The National Archives |
|
TNM UC |
The National Map Users Conference |
|
TNP |
Transportation Network Profile |
|
tnp |
Terrain Navigator Pro |
|
TNRIS |
Texas Natural Resources Information System |
|
TNS |
TopoNet Server |
|
TO |
Teer Ofen |
|
TOF |
Time of Flight |
|
TOMS |
Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument) |
|
TOPOCOM |
Army Topographic Command |
|
tops |
Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System |
|
TOSCA |
The Oxford Seminars in Cartography |
|
TP |
Township |
|
TP&W |
Texas Parks & Wildlife |
|
TPC |
Tactical Pilotage Chart |
|
TPM |
Theodolitprufmachine |
|
TPS |
Thin-plate splines |
|
TPS |
Topcon Positioning Systems |
|
Tq |
Topographic Quadrangle |
|
tr |
Trail Runners |
|
TRACE |
Topographic Resources And Cost Evaluation |
|
TRAFO |
Transformator |
|
Trans |
Transmit |
|
TRB |
Technical Review Board (MRR) |
|
TRE |
Topaz Ranch Estates |
|
Tres |
Trestle |
|
TRF |
Terrestrial Reference Frame |
|
Trgf |
Tragfahigkeit |
|
TRI |
Toxic Release Inventory |
|
TRIM |
Terrain Resource Information Management |
|
TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (US-Japan) |
|
TRs |
Trimble Reference Station |
|
TRSC |
Thailand Remote Sensing Center |
|
TS |
Top Secret |
|
TSA |
Texas Surveyors Association |
|
TSARP |
Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project |
|
TSC1 |
Trimble System Controller |
|
Tsd |
Treatment, Storage and Disposal Sites |
|
TSGS |
Topographic Section General Staff |
|
Tsi |
Teqnical Services Incorporated |
|
TSIS |
Total Solar Irradiance Sensor |
|
TSOP |
The Society for Organic Petrology |
|
TSPS |
Texas Society of Professional Surveyors |
|
TSS2 |
TurboSurvey Software 2 |
|
TSX |
TerraSAR-X |
|
TT |
TT Maps & Publications Private Limited |
|
TTD |
Tactical Terrain Data |
|
TTPI |
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands |
|
TTY |
Teletype Telex Machine |
|
Tug |
Triuniversity Group |
|
TUNS |
Technical University of Nova Scotia |
|
TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority (US) (electricity) |
|
TVK & Co |
Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Company |
|
TVP |
Topological Vector Profile |
|
TWA |
time-weighted averaged |
|
TWP |
Township |
|
TWRA |
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency |
|
TWRI |
Techniques of Water Resources Investigations |
|
TX |
TEXAS |
|
Txdapa |
Texas Digital Aerial Photo Archive |
|
TxDOT |
Texas Department of Transportation |
|
TxMAP |
Texas Mapping Project |
|
TXRTK |
Texas RTK Network |
|
U |
Unclassified |
|
U-2 |
A high altitude remote sensing aircraft |
|
U-TDOA |
Uplink Time Difference of Arrival |
|
U/R |
Urban/rural |
|
UA |
Urban Area |
|
UAM |
Urban Airshed Model |
|
UAM |
United Aerial Mapping |
|
UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
|
UAS |
Unmanned Aerial Systems |
|
UAS |
Urban Area Studies |
|
UAS |
Unmanned Aircraft System |
|
UAV |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
|
UC |
University of California |
|
UCAID |
University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development |
|
UCB |
University of California, Berkeley |
|
UCD |
University of California, Davis |
|
UCDL |
University of California Digital Library |
|
UCGIS |
University Consortium for GIS |
|
UCLGES |
Unified Cartographic Line Graph Encoding System |
|
UCLS |
Utah Council of Land Surveyors |
|
UCPTE |
Union for the Coordination of the Production and Transport of Electric Power |
|
UCS |
Uniform Color Space |
|
UCSB |
University Of California Santa Barbara |
|
uda |
User Data Area |
|
UDB |
Universal Data Base |
|
UDC |
Universal Decimal Classification |
|
UDF |
Universal Data Format |
|
Udig |
User-Friendly Desktop Internet Gis |
|
UDNR |
Utah Department of Natural Resources |
|
UDOGM |
Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining |
|
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol (FDDI related) |
|
UDS |
Urban Data Solutions |
|
UDSL |
Utah Division of State Lands |
|
udwr |
Utah Division of Water Resources |
|
ue |
Useful Elevation |
|
UGB |
Urban Growth Boundary |
|
UGC |
Utility Graphics Consultants |
|
UGID |
Universal Geographic Identity |
|
UGKK SR |
Urad geodezie, kartografie e katastra Slovenskej republiky |
|
UGMS |
Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
|
UGS |
Utah Geological Survey |
|
UGSMD |
Uganda Geological Survey and Mines Department |
|
UHF |
Ultrahigh Frequency |
|
UHGP |
Upland Habitat Goals Project |
|
UHMS |
Urban Hydrology Monitoring System |
|
UID |
User IDentification |
|
UID |
Unique Identifier |
|
Uk |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
|
UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
|
ULCC |
Utility Location and Coordination Council |
|
ULS |
Unmanned Lidar systems |
|
ULSD |
Uganda Department of Lands and Surveys |
|
UMAC |
Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium |
|
UML |
Unified Modeling Language (Object Management Group, OMG) |
|
Ums |
Universal Map Sharing |
|
un |
United Narions |
|
UN-GGIM |
United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management |
|
Unam |
Universidad Nacional De Mexico |
|
UNCLA |
Unclassified |
|
UNDP |
United Nations Development Program |
|
UNECA |
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
|
UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program |
|
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
|
UNGEGN |
United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names |
|
UNGIWG |
United Nations Geographical Information Working Group |
|
Unimace |
Universal Automated Mapping Compilation Equipment |
|
University |
University |
|
UNR |
University of Nevada, Reno |
|
UP |
Urban Planning |
|
UPADI |
Union Panamerica de Asociaciones de Ingenieros |
|
UPC |
Universal Product Code |
|
UPPS |
Universal Projection Plotting System |
|
UPRN |
Unique Property Reference Number |
|
UPRR |
Union Pacific Railroad |
|
UPS |
Universal Polar Stereographic |
|
UQAM |
Universite du Quebec a Montreal |
|
UR |
Universal Rectifier |
|
URISA |
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association |
|
URL |
Universal Resource Locator |
|
URPI |
Unit for Retail Planning Information Limited |
|
URS |
Unrestricted Random Sample |
|
URUID |
Unrectified image data |
|
US |
United States of America |
|
USA |
United States Army |
|
USA |
United States of America |
|
USACE |
Unites States Army Corps of Engineers |
|
USACERL |
Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories |
|
USAETL |
United States Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories |
|
USAF |
United States Air Force |
|
USAP |
United States Antarctic Program |
|
USARP |
United States Antarctic Research Program |
|
USB |
Unified S-Band |
|
USB |
Underwriters Survey Bureau |
|
USBC |
United States Bureau of the Census |
|
USC |
Unified Soil Classification |
|
USC&GS |
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey |
|
USCE |
United States Army Corporation of Engineers |
|
USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
|
USCS |
United States Customary System |
|
USD |
University of South Dakota |
|
USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
|
USDC |
United States Department of Commerce |
|
USDI |
United States Department of the Interior (also |
|
USDMA |
United States Defense Mapping Agency |
|
USDOT |
United State Department of Transportation |
|
USEPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency |
|
USFS |
United States Forest Service |
|
USGCRP |
United States Global Change Research Program |
|
USGIF |
United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation |
|
USGK |
Utstredni Sprava Geodezie a Kartografie |
|
USGPO |
United States Government Printing Office |
|
USGS |
United States Geological Survey (DOI) |
|
USGS-MP |
United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park |
|
USLS |
United States Lake Survey |
|
USMC |
United States Marine Corporation |
|
USN |
United States Navy |
|
USNBS |
United States National Biological Survey |
|
USNC |
United States National Committee |
|
Usnc-ica |
United States National Committee for the Ica |
|
USNCHC |
United States National Committee on Scientific Hydrology |
|
USNG |
US National Grid |
|
USNO |
United States Naval Observatory |
|
USNOS |
United States National Ocean Service |
|
USPLSS |
Public Land Survey System |
|
usps |
United States Postal Services |
|
USR |
Universal Space Rectangular |
|
USSCS |
United States Soil Conservation Service |
|
UST |
Underground Storage Tank |
|
UT |
Utah |
|
uta |
University of Texas at Arlington's |
|
UTC |
Utilities and Transportation CommissionWashington |
|
UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System) |
|
UUG |
Utstredni Ustav Geologicky |
|
UURI |
University of Utah Research Institute |
|
UV |
Ultraviolet (Light) |
|
UVMap |
Urban VMap |
|
UW |
University of Washington |
|
UWCL |
University of Wisconsin Cartography Laboratory |
|
UWM |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
|
V |
Volt (measurement) |
|
V&V |
Verification & Validation |
|
V/H |
Vertical over height ratio |
|
VA |
Visual accumulation |
|
VA |
Virginia |
|
Vabm |
Vertical Angle Elevation Bench Mark |
|
VACP |
Virtual Active Control Point |
|
VAL |
Valley |
|
VAP |
Valley Air Photos |
|
Varis |
Virginia Resources Information System |
|
VAS |
Virginia Association of Surveyors |
|
VBA |
Visual BASIC for Applications |
|
VBF |
Verschriebebahnhof |
|
VCGI |
Vermont Center for Geographic Information |
|
VCR |
video cassette recorder/player |
|
VCSH |
Virtual Center for Spatial Humanities |
|
VDMR |
Virginia Division of Mineral Resources |
|
VDOT |
Virginia Department of Transportation |
|
VDSL |
Very-high speed Digital Subscriber Line |
|
VDT |
Video Display Terminal |
|
VDU |
Video Display Unit |
|
VEDIS |
Vallejo [California] Economic Development Information System |
|
VegCAMP |
Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program |
|
VEN'D |
Brick veneered building |
|
VFC |
Vector Function Chainer |
|
VFR |
Vector Relational Format |
|
VGA |
Video Graphics Adaptor |
|
VGA |
Video Graphics Array |
|
VGI |
Volunteered Geographic Information |
|
VGS |
Vermont Geological Survey |
|
VHB |
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc |
|
VHF |
Very High Frequency |
|
VHP |
Volcano Hazards Program |
|
VHRR |
Very High-Resolution Radiometer |
|
VI |
U.S. Virgin Islands |
|
VI |
British Virgin Islands |
|
VIAF |
Virtual International Authority File |
|
VICAR |
Video Information Communication and Retrieval |
|
VICMAP |
Victoria Department of Crown Lands and Survey |
|
VIIRS |
Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite |
|
VILL |
VILLAGE |
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VIMSARS |
Video Image Map Storage and Retrieval System |
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VISC |
Visualization In Scientific Computing |
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VISG |
Visual Information Services Group |
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VISION |
Visual Information System Integrating Our Neighborhoods |
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VITD |
VPF Interim Terrain Data |
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VITec |
Visual Information Technologies Incorporated |
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Vlbi |
Very Long Baseline Interferometric |
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vlc |
Volcano |
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VLS |
Virtual Learning Systems, Inc. |
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VLSI |
Very-Large-Scale Integration |
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VMAP |
Vector Smart Map |
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VML |
Vector Markup Language |
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Vmr |
Vertical Mapping Resources, Inc. |
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VMS |
Voyage Management Sytem |
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VNIR |
Visual and near-infrared |
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VNP |
Voyageurs National Park |
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Vobf |
Vorbahnhof |
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VOC |
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie |
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vp |
Vertical Pipeline |
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VP |
Vector Program |
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VPASS |
Video Processor and Sync Separator |
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VPF |
Vector Product Format |
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VPF/PS |
Vector Product Format/Production System |
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VPFPS |
Vector Product Format Production System |
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VPN |
Virtual Private Network (ATM) |
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vra |
Visual Resources Association's |
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VRML |
Virtual Reality Mock-up Language |
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VRP |
Vector-to-raster processor |
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VRS |
Virtual Reference Station |
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VSEGEI |
Vsesoiuznnoi Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Geologicheskii Institut |
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VSLS |
Vermont Society of Land Surveyors |
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VT |
Vermont |
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VTA |
Valley Transportation Authority |
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vtd |
Voting District |
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VTIR |
visible and thermal infrared radiometer |
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VTM |
Vegetation Type Map |
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VTR |
Video Tape Recording |
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VTRAK |
Vector-to-raster conversion software |
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VTrans |
Vermont Agency of Transportation |
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Vvk |
Verwaltung Vermessungs Und Kartenwesen |
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Vvt |
Value Valid Table |
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Vw |
Vorwerk |
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W |
Wood |
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W |
Westen |
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W |
Wald |
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W3C |
World Wide Web Consortium |
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WA |
Washington Accord |
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WAAS |
Wide Area Augmentation System |
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WAC |
World Aeronautical Chart |
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WACMA |
Western Australia Central Map Agency |
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Wadgps |
Wide Area Differential Gps |
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WADM |
Department of Mines Western Australia |
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WAG |
Wireless Assisted GPS |
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WAGAP |
Washington Gap Analysis Program |
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WAGDA |
Washington State Geospatial Data Archive |
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WAGN |
West Antarctic GPS Network |
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WAIS |
Western Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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WAIS |
Wide-area Information Server |
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WALIS |
Western Australian Land Information System |
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WAM |
Western Air Maps |
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WAML |
Western Association of Map Libraries |
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WAML IB |
Western Association of Map Libraries Information Bulletin |
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WAN |
Wide Area Network |
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WAP |
Wireless Application Protocol |
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Wasch |
Waschhaus |
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WASH |
Washington |
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WASP |
Wildfire Airborne Sensor Program |
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WAT |
Weighted-average toxicity |
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WB |
World Bank |
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WBVT |
Wide-band video tape |
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WBVTR |
Wide-band video tape recorder |
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WC2N |
Western Canadian Cryospheric Network |
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WCB |
Workshop Certification Board |
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WCCS |
Washington Council of County Surveyors |
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WCCS |
Wisconsin County Coordinate System |
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WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Center |
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WCRP |
World Climate Research Program |
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WCS |
World Construction Set |
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WCS |
World Coordinate System |
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WCS |
Web Coverage Service |
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WCWMC |
William C. Wonders Map Collection |
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WD |
Working Draft |
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WDB I |
World Data Bank I |
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WDB II |
World Data Base II |
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WDDES |
World Digital Database for Environmental Science |
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WDG |
Washington Department of Game |
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WDGER |
Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources |
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Wdlg |
Widerlager |
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WDMC |
War Department Map Collection |
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WDMS |
Watershed Data Management System |
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WDNR |
Washington Department of Natural Resources |
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WDOE |
Washington Department Of Ecology |
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WEF |
Water Environment Federation (formerly WPCF) |
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Wein B |
Weinberg |
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Welu |
Western Energy Land Use Team |
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WESTFED |
Western Federation of Professional Surveyors |
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WET |
Wetland Evaluation Technique |
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WFPLS |
Western Federation of Professional Land Surveyors |
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WFPS |
Western Federation of Professional Surveyors |
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WGMG |
Working Group on Map Generalization |
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WGNHS |
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey |
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WGS |
World Geodetic Survey |
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WGS |
World Geodetic System |
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WGS 84 |
World Geodetic System of 1984 |
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WH |
William Harrison |
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WH |
Wirtshaus |
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WI |
Wisconsin |
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WIC |
Westindische Compagnie |
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WIMS |
Weather Information Management System |
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WIS |
Wisconsin |
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WISCLAND |
Wisconsin Initiative for Statewide Cooperation on Landscape Analysis and Data |
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WISE |
Women Investigating Sciences and Environment |
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WLA |
William Lettis and Associates |
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Wlia |
Wisconsin Land Information Society |
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WLS |
Weighted Least Squares |
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WLU |
World Land-use Survey |
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WMATA |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
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WMC |
Western Mapping Center |
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wmd |
Water management district |
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WME |
Window to My Environment |
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WMF |
Windows Metafile |
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WML |
Wireless Markup Language |
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Wmo |
Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe |
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WMO |
World Meteorological Organization (ICSU) |
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WMP |
World Mapping Project |
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Wn |
Wiesen |
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WNRO |
Week Number Roll Over |
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WNW |
West NorthWest |
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WO |
Welsh Office |
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WOM |
Web Object Management |
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WORM |
Write Once, Read Many times |
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WP |
Word Processor |
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WPCF |
Water Pollution Control Federation |
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WPG |
WordPerfect Graphic format |
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WPU |
Wilayah Pembangunan Utama |
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wqm |
Water quality monitor |
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wr |
Water Resources |
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WR |
Western Region |
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WRAP |
Western Regional Applications Program |
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WRCB |
Water Resources Control Board |
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WRD |
Water Resources Divistion |
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WRI |
Water Resources Investigations |
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WRIDS |
Wildland Resources Information Display System |
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WRIP |
Water Resources Information Project |
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WRIR |
Water Resources Investigation Report |
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WRIS |
Wildland Resources Information System |
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WRRI |
Water Resources Research Institute |
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wrs |
World Reference System |
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WRSIC |
Water Resources Scientific Information Center |
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WS |
Wiener spectra |
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WS |
work-station |
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WSC |
Water Survey of Canada |
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WSDOT |
Washington State Department of Transportation |
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WSG |
Wine Specialty Group |
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WSGS |
Wyoming State Geological Survey |
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Wsld |
Western Samoa Lands and Survey Department |
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WSLS |
Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors |
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WSM |
Widener Surveying and Mapping |
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WSP |
Water-supply Paper |
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WSPS |
Western Society of Professional Surveyors |
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wsrn |
Washington State Reference Network |
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WSU |
Washington State University (Pullman, WA) |
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WSUCSC |
Washington State University Computing Service Center |
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Wsw |
West Southwest |
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Wt |
Water Tank |
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WT |
Washington Territory |
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Wt&h |
Woodward, Tiernan and Hale |
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WTCD |
Deltaic watercourse |
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WTUSM |
Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping |
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WV |
West Virginia |
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WVA |
West Virginia |
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WVALS |
West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors |
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WVGES |
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey |
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WVS |
World Vector Shoreline (geographic data) |
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WVSPLUS |
World Vector Shoreline Plus |
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WW |
Water Works |
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WWW |
World Wide Web |
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WY |
Wyoming |
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WYO |
Wyoming |
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WYSDOT |
Washington State Department of Transportation |
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WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry For Derived Acronyms) |
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Xds |
External Data Source |
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XMI |
XML Metadata Interchange |
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XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
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XMP |
Extensible Metadata Platform |
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Xwd |
X-Window Screen Dump |
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Y2K |
Year 2000 |
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YD |
Yard |
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Yk |
Yukon |
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ZCTA |
ZipCode Tabulation Area |
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ZFB |
Zucker Fabrik |
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ZGI |
Zentrales Geologisches Institute |
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Zgl |
Ziegelei |
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ZGS |
Zambia Geological Survey Department |
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ZIMAS |
Zoning Information and Map Access System |
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ZLI |
Zia Landform Images |
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ZMA |
Zone Map Automation |
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ZPS |
Zeh Plotting Software |
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ZRC |
Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center |
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ZS |
Zambia Survey Department |
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zse |
Zaenkert Surveying Essentials |
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ZTS |
Zoom Transfer Scope |
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