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) |
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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 |
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GPT |
GIS Portal Toolkit |
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GPW2 |
Gridded Population of the World |
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GQ |
Geologic Quadrangle |
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GQL |
Graphical Query Language |
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GRACE |
Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment |
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GRAMPS |
Graphic Map Production System |
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GRASS |
Geographic Resource Analysis Support System |
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GRB |
Government Records Branch |
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GRD |
Ground Resolved Distance |
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GRDL |
Geodetic Research and Development Laboratory |
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GRE |
Geologic Resources Evaluaion |
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GRF-N |
Geographic Reference File-Names |
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GRS |
Geodetic Reference System |
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GRS 80 |
Geodetic Reference System of 1980 |
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GRSU |
Geography Remote Sensing Unit |
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GSDI |
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure |
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GSDM |
Global Spatial Data Model |
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GSDS |
Global Spatial Data System |
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GSF |
Generic Sensor Format |
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GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) |
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GSGS |
Geographical Section General Staff |
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GSHAP |
Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program |
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GSJ |
Geological Survey of Japan |
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GSK |
Geological Survey of Kenya |
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GSL |
Geographic Sciences Laboratory |
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GSM |
Graphic Standard Metafile |
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GSMD |
Geological Survey and Mines Dept |
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GSN |
Geological Survey of Namibia |
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GSNI |
Geological Survey of Northern Ireland |
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GSPB |
Geodetic Satellite Policy Board |
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GSPNG |
Geological Survey Papua New Guinea |
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GSRC |
Geological Survey Research Committee |
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GSS |
Geographic Support System |
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GSSA |
Geological Survey South Africa |
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GST |
Galileo System Time |
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GSTC |
Geospatial Service and Technology Center |
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GSWA |
Geological Survey of Western Australia |
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GSZ |
Geological Survey of Zambia |
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GTCM |
Geospatial Technology Competency Model |
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GTE |
Greater Than or Equal |
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GTI |
GIS Technology Incorporated |
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GTUB |
Geographic Tabulation Unit Base |
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GUDS |
Geologicky Ustav Dionyz Stur |
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GUGiK |
Glowny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii |
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GUGK |
Glavnoe Upravlenie Geodezii i Kartografii |
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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 |
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GUIDE |
Geomatics Utilization Inventory and Design Environment |
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GUNI |
Goteborgs Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen |
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GUNO |
Glavnoe Upravlenie Navigatsii i Okeanografii |
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GVF |
Goodness of Variance Fit |
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GVI |
Green Vegetation Index |
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GVis |
Geographic Visualization |
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GWE |
Global Weather Experiment |
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GWEN |
Ground Wave Emergency Network |
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GWSI |
Groundwater site inventory |
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GXL-A |
GeoImaging Accelerator Aerial |
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GZD |
Grid Zone Designation |
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H-GAC |
Houston-Galveston Area Countil |
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H.St. |
Halte Stelle |
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H/W |
Hardware |
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HABS |
Historic American Buildings Survey |
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HAC |
Harbor and Approach Chart |
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HALS |
Hawaii Association of Land Surveyors |
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HANDGPS |
High Accuracy Nationwide Differential GPS |
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HARN |
High-Accuracy Reference Network |
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Hauptm |
Hauptmann |
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HAZUS |
Hazards U.S. |
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HAZUSMH |
Hazards multihazard version |
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HBCA |
Hudson Bay Company Archives (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) |
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HBGN |
Hawaii Board on Geographic Names |
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HBM |
Hydrologic Bench Mark |
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HBMN |
Hydrologic Bench Mark Network |
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HC |
Hard Copy |
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HCC |
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission |
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HCDN |
Hydroclimate Data Network |
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HCFCD |
Harris County Flood Control District |
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HCMM |
Heat-Capacity Mapping Mission |
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HCMR |
heat-capacity mapping radiometer |
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HCRS |
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service |
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hd |
Hydrographic Dept |
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HDDT |
High-Density Digital Tape |
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HDLD |
Headland |
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HDOP |
Horizontal Dilution of Precision |
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HDS |
High-Definition Surveying |
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HDT |
High Density Tape |
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HDT-A |
High density tape |
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HDTR |
High density tape recorder |
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HDTV |
High-Definition Television |
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HE/S |
Hardcopy Exploitation Segment |
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HEIRS |
Historic Environmental Reporting System |
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HEPS |
High Energy Particle Sensor |
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HeRMIS |
Heritage Resource Management Information System |
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Herst |
Herstellung |
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HF |
High Frequency |
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HFA |
Hydrologic Field Assistant |
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HFI |
Hall & Foreman |
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Hfn |
Hafen |
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Hgbf |
Hauptgueterbahnhof |
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HGCSD |
Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District |
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HGIS |
Historical GIS |
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HGML |
Hyper Graphic Markup Language |
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HGS |
Halliburton Geophysical Services |
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HHG |
Household Goods (personally owned) |
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HI |
Hawaiian Islands |
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HIA |
Hydrologic Investigations Atlas |
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HID |
Historical Imagery Declassification |
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HIF |
Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility |
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HIRAN |
High Range Navigation |
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HIRS |
High-resolution Infrared Sounder |
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HISS |
Heritage Information Statistical System |
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HIT |
Horizons Technolgy Incorporated |
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HIU |
Hydrologic Information Unit |
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HJW |
Hammon, Jensen, Wallen and Associates |
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HKGA |
Hong Kong Geographical Association |
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HLAB |
Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung |
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HLFB |
Hessisches Landesamt Fur Bodenforschung |
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HLL |
Hillside, Western Australia, Australia |
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HLLS |
Hills |
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HLRS |
Highway Location Reference Standard |
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HLS |
Hue, lightness and saturation |
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HLVA |
Hessisches Landesvermessungsamt |
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HLW |
High Level Waste |
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Hm.Bgs. |
Hermann Berghaus |
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Hmck |
Hummock |
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HMGS |
Hellenic Military Geographical Service |
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HO |
Hochofen |
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HoGG |
History of Geology Group |
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HOLC |
Home Owner's Loan Corporation |
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HOM |
Hotine Oblique Mercator |
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Hon |
Honorable |
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HPFS |
High Pressure Fire Service |
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HPGL |
Hewlett Packard Graphics Language |
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HPGN |
High-Precision Geodetic Network |
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hPP |
High Precision Photogrammetry |
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HPRASA |
High Plains Regional Aquifer System |
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HQ |
Headquarters (HDQ Preferred) |
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HQSP |
Historical Quadrangle Scanning Project |
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HRB |
Highway Research Board |
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HRD |
High-resolution data |
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HRDB |
High-resolution Data Base |
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HRDI |
high-resolution Doppler imager |
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HRFRS |
High-resolution Film Recorder Subsystem |
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HRG |
High-resolution geometry |
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HRGA |
High Rate Geographical Areas |
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HRIR |
high-resolution infrared radiometer |
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Hrm.Bghs. |
Hermann Berghaus |
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HRMSI |
High Resolution Multispectral Stereo Imager |
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HRVIR |
High Resolution Visible Infrared |
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HSB |
Humidity Sensor for Brazil |
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HSDL |
High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
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HSGT |
Hitachi Software Global Technology Ltd. |
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HSRC |
Hydrographic Science Research Center |
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HSRP |
Hydrographic Services Review Panel |
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HSV |
Hue Saturation Value |
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HTC |
Hydrographic Topographic Center |
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HTDP |
Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning |
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HTI |
HORIZONS TECHNOLOGY INC |
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HTS |
Human terrain systems |
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HUA |
Hydrologic Unit Area |
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HUC |
Hydrologic Unit Code |
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HUD |
Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.) |
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Hund |
Hundred |
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HURRDAT |
Hurricane Data Set |
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HVC |
Hue-Value-Chroma |
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HW |
Hochwasser |
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HxGN |
Hexagon Global Network |
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I-SITE |
Intelligent Screening of Imagery for Teleophthalmology |
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I/O |
Input/Output |
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I2S |
International Imaging Systems Incorporated |
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IA |
Infrastructure Analyst |
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IACWD |
Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data |
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IADO |
Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia |
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IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
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IAEG |
International Association of Engineering Geologists |
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IAEGS |
Institute for Advanced Education in Geospatial Sciences |
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IAG |
International Association of Geodesy (IUGG) |
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IAGS |
Inter-American Geodetic Survey |
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IAH |
International Association of Hydrogeologists (IUGS) |
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IAHS |
International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
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IAHWG |
Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Working Group |
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IAKAR |
Inertially aided kinematic ambiguity resolution |
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IALA |
International Association Of Lighthouse Authorities |
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IALS |
Idaho Association of Land Surveyors |
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IAMA |
International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association |
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IAO |
Insurers Advisory Organization |
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IAOO |
International Association of Assessing Officers |
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IAS |
Image Assessment System |
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IASI |
Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer |
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IASSIST |
International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology |
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IATO |
Italian atlas assembled to order |
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IAWPRC |
International Association for Water Pollution Research and Control |
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IB |
Isobar |
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IBDF |
Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal |
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IBG |
Institute of British Geographers |
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IBGE |
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica |
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IBIS |
Image-Based Information System |
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IBRD |
International Bank For Reconstruction And Development (part Of The World Bank) |
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IBSP |
Idaho Bureau of State Planning |
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IBWC |
International Boundary and Water Commission (Independent; U.S. and Mexico) |
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ICA |
International Cartographic Association |
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ICA-USNC |
International Cartographic Association National Committee |
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ICACET |
International Cartographic Association Committee on Training |
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ICAITI |
Instituto Centro Americano de Investigacion y Tecnica Industrial |
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ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organiztion |
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ICCP |
Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals |
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ICED |
Intraprofessional Council on Environmental Design |
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ICEX |
Ice and Climate Experiment |
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ICGC |
Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia |
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ICGI |
Interagency Committee on Government Information |
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ICGRS |
Internet-Enabled Continuous Geodetic Reference Station |
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ICGWM |
International Clearinghouse for Ground Water Models |
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ICHC |
International Conference on the History of Cartography |
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ICIS |
Integrated Cadastral Information Society |
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ICITV |
Institut de la Carte International du Tapis Vegetale |
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ICM |
Instituto Cartografico Militar |
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ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol |
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ICMSSR |
Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and Supporting Research |
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ICONA |
Instituto Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza |
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ICP |
Interactive closest points |
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ICR |
Intelligent Character Reader |
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ICT |
Information and Communication Technologies |
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IDAS |
Image Data Analysis Systems |
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IDCCC |
Interior Digital Cartographic Coordination Committee |
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IDE |
imbedded drive electronics |
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IDEN |
Identific |