B |
Bulletin
|
B&L |
Boggs and Lewis
|
BA |
Booksellers Assn. of Great Britain & Ireland
|
BAAMA |
Bay Area Automated Mapping Assn.
|
BADGER |
Bay Area Digital GeoResource
|
BAKOSUR- TANAL |
Badan Koordinasi Survey dan Pemetaan Nasional (Indonesia) = National Coordination
Agency for Surveying and Mapping (Indonesia)
|
Banobras |
Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos (Mexico)
|
BAOR |
British Army of the Rhine
|
BARCIS |
BARCode Information System
|
BARD |
San Francisco Bay Area Regional Database
|
BARP |
Bundesamt fur Raumplanung (Switzerland)
|
BART |
Bay Area Rapid Transit District (California)
|
BAS |
British Antarctic Survey
|
BASIC |
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code; Bay Area Shared Information
Consortium
|
BASINS |
Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Systems (USEPA)
|
BB |
Band-by-band; Blattbereich
|
BBS |
Bulletin board system
|
BC |
Ballistic camera; Bureau of the Census (U.S.)
|
BCDC |
Bay Conservation and Development Commission
|
BCGS |
Board of Coast and Geodetic Survey (Philippines)
|
BCH |
Beach
|
BDET |
Bengston, DeBell, Elkin & Titus Ltd.
|
BDG |
Bridge
|
Bdy |
Boundary
|
BE |
Brick enclosed elevator
|
BEA |
Bernhard, Eisenbraun and Associates
|
B.E.F. |
British Expeditionary Force
|
BEG |
Bureau of Economic Geology (Texas)
|
BEICIP |
Bureau d'Etudes Industrielles et de Cooperation de l'Institut Francais du Petrole
|
bes. |
besonders
|
Betrbf |
Betriebsbahnhof
|
BETS |
Brunson Electronic Triangulation System
|
BEV |
Bundesamt fur Eich- und Vermessungswesen (Austria)
|
BfGR |
Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (Germany)
|
BfLR |
Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumentwicklung (Germany)
|
BG |
Block group
|
BGC |
Business Geographics Conference
|
BGHT |
Bight
|
BGN |
Board on Geographic Names (U.S.)
|
BGS |
British Geological Survey
|
Bgw. |
Bergwerk = mine
|
Bhf. |
Bahnhof = Railway station
|
BHS |
Boston Harbor Software, Inc.
|
BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.)
|
BICI |
Book item contribution identifier
|
BIL |
Band Interleaved by Line
|
BIOMAPS |
Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
|
BIOTROP |
Regional Center for Tropical Biology (Indonesia)
|
BIP |
Band Interleaved by Pixel
|
Bl. |
Boulevard
|
BLDG |
Building
|
BLG |
Binary line generalization
|
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management (U.S.)
|
BLOB |
Binary large object
|
BLPU |
Basic land and property unit
|
BLS |
Bahamas Lands and Surveys Dept.
|
BLT |
Bundesamt fur Landestopographie (Switzerland)
|
BLVA |
Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt
|
Blvd. |
Boulevard
|
BM |
Bench mark; Bureau of Mines
|
BMA |
Botswana Ministry of Agriculture
|
BMDO |
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (U.S.)
|
BMG |
Bureau of Mines and Geosciences (Philippines)
|
.BMP |
Bitmapped image format (Microsoft Corp.)
|
BMR |
Bureau of Mineral Resources (Australia, Papua New Guinea)
|
BN |
Biblioth`eque Nationale
|
BNA |
Block numbering area
|
BND |
Stream bend
|
BNPC |
Bathymetric navigation planning chart
|
BNPD |
Bivariate Normal Probability Density
|
BOA |
Building omission area
|
BOC |
Bureau of the Census
|
BOFRS |
Books and Open-File Report Section (USGS)
|
BOLS |
BADGER On-line Service
|
BOM |
Bureau of Mines
|
BOP |
Bureau of Printing
|
BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation
|
BOREAS |
Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study
|
BORPELS |
Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Calif.)
|
BOSS |
Behavior of Offshore Structures, Conference on
|
BP |
Boundary marker (USDMA)
|
BPA |
Bonneville Power Administration
|
BPI |
Bits per Inch
|
BPPT |
Badan Pembinaan dan Penerapan Teknologi (Indonesia)
|
BPR |
Bureau of Public Roads
|
BPS |
Bits per Second
|
BR |
Bureau of Reclamation
|
br. |
breit
|
Br. |
Breite
|
Brck. |
Brucke = bridge
|
BRFD |
Bidirectional reflectance distribution function
|
BRICMICS |
British and Irish Committee for Map Information and Catalogue Systems
|
BRGM |
Bureau de recherches geologique et minieres (France)
|
BRS |
Bibliographic Retrieval Service
|
BS |
Bureau of Statistics (Japan)
|
BSC |
Boston Survey Consultants
|
BSE |
Base flood elevation
|
BSNH |
Headwater basin
|
BSQ |
Band Sequential
|
BSU |
Base Spatial Unit
|
BT |
Base Topo
|
BTA |
Basic Trading Areas (FCC)
|
BTS |
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
|
BUPNIS |
Beijing Underground-Network Information System
|
BUTE |
Butte
|
BVG |
Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft
|
BVU |
Brightness Value Unit
|
B/W |
Black and white
|
BWC |
Bandwidth Compression
|
BWE |
Bandwidth Expansion
|
C |
Cartography; Celsius (degrees)
|
ca. |
Circa
|
CA |
California
|
C., A. |
Antonio Castro
|
C/A |
Coarse-Acquisition (code)
|
CAA |
Civil Aeronautics Administration (U.S.); Civil Aviation Authority (Great Britain)
|
CAAD |
Cartographic and Architectural Archives Div., National Archives of Canada
|
CAC |
Center for Advanced Computation (Univ. of Illinois); Compressed Aeronautical Chart
(U.S. government)
|
CACS |
Canadian Active Control System
|
CAD |
Computer-aided drafting; Computer assisted design
|
CADD |
Computer-aided design and drafting
|
CADMAP |
Computer-aided drafting, mapping, and photogrammetry
|
CAFF |
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
|
CAFM |
Computer-aided facility management
|
CaGIS |
Cartography and Geographic Information Science (journal)); Cartography and
Geographic Information Systems (journal)
|
CAGIS |
Cartography and Geographic Information Society
|
CALMIT |
Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (Univ. of
Nebraska-Lincoln)
|
CALS |
Connecticut Assn. of Land Surveyors; Computer-aided acquisition and logistic support;
Computer Assisted Land Survey System (SPDK)
|
CALTRANS |
California Dept. of Transportation
|
CAM |
Computer aided mapping
|
CAMEO |
Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations System (U.S.)
|
CAMFER |
Center for the Assessment & Monitoring of Forest & Environmental Resources
(Univ. of Calif., Berkeley)
|
CAP |
Cooperative Agreements Program (FGDC)
|
CAPDU |
Canadian Assn. of Public Data Users
|
CAR |
Curriculum, Accreditation and Registration Committee (ACSM); Central African Republic
|
CARES |
Center for Agricultural, Resource, and Environmental Systems (Univ. of Missouri)
|
CARS |
Computer-Assisted Reproduction; Center for Applications of Remote Sensing (Oklahoma
State Univ.)
|
CASA |
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (Univ. College, London)
|
CASE |
Computer-Aided Software Engineering
|
CAT |
Computer Assisted Thermography
|
CATS |
Consequences Assessment Tool Set (FEMA)
|
CAVA |
Cartographic and Audio-Visual Archives Div. = Div. des archives cartographiques et
audio-visuelles (DACA), National Archives of Canada
|
CB |
Column builder
|
C.B. |
Hollow concrete or cement block construction
|
CBD |
Central business district
|
CBEP |
Community-Based Environmental Protection (USEPA program)
|
CBET |
Concrete block enclosed elevator
|
CBI |
China Burma India Theatre of Operations (WW II)
|
CBL |
Centraal Bureau Luchtkartering (Suriname); Calibration base line
|
cbm |
Kubikmeter (cubic meter)
|
CBN |
Cooperative Base Network
|
CBP |
Chesapeake Bay Project
|
C. BR |
Concrete, lime, cinder or cement brick
|
CBS |
Community Base Station
|
CBWE |
Corn Blight Watch Experiment
|
CC |
Cartographic Catalog
|
CCA |
Canadian Cartographic Assn.
|
CCAP |
Competative Cooperative Agreements Program (U.S.)
|
CCBCCM |
Canadian Committee for the Bibliographic Control of Cartographic Materials
|
CCC |
Canadian Committee on Cataloging
|
CCCELS |
California Council of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors
|
CCD |
Census county division; Computer Center Div. (USGS); Charged couple device
|
CCELC |
Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification
|
CCGE |
Canadian Council on Geographic Education
|
CCGM |
Center for Computing Graphics (Delft Univ. of Technology)
|
CCIG |
Centre canadien d'information sur la geoscience
|
CCID |
Chain component ID
|
CCISA |
Congress of Cartographic Information Specialist Associations
|
CCITT |
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee
|
CCLS |
Canadian Council of Land Surveyors
|
CCNS4 |
Computer Controlled Navigation System (E. Coyote Enterprises, Inc.)
|
CCRS |
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
|
CCT |
Computer Compatible Tape; Centro de Ciencia Tropical
|
CCM |
Canada Centre for Mapping
|
CD |
Compact disc; Conservation Div. (USGS)
|
CDA |
Colorado Dept. of Agriculture
|
CDC |
California Dept. of Conservation; Control Data Corporation
|
CD-CINC |
CD-ROM Consistent Interface Committee (U.S.)
|
CDED |
Canadian Digital Elevation Data
|
CDF |
Cumulative distribution function; California Dept. of Forestry
|
CDFG |
California Dept. of Fish and Game
|
CDH |
Communications and data handling
|
CDMG |
California Div. of Mines and Geology
|
CDN |
Coordinates, definitions and notations
|
CDOW |
Colorado Division of Wildlife
|
CDOWG |
CD-ROM Data Origination Working Group (U.S.)
|
CDP |
Cartographer Development Program; Census designated place; Colorado Division of
Planning
|
.CDR |
CorelDraw format
|
CD-R |
Compact disk-recordable
|
CD-ROM |
Compact disk-read only memory
|
CDT |
Computer display terminal; Central Daylight Time; Constrained Delaunay triangulation
|
CDTED |
Compressed digital terrain elevation data
|
CDV |
Cartographic data visualizer
|
CD-W |
Compact disk-- re-writable
|
CDWR |
California Dept. of Water Resources
|
CE |
Corps of Engineers
|
C.E. |
Civil Engineer
|
CEAL |
Centro Editor de America Latina
|
CEBAF |
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
|
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
|
CEDD |
Committee on the Exchange of Digital Data
|
CEE |
Comite Estatal de Estadisticas (Cuba)
|
CEGET |
Centre d'Etudes de Geographie Tropical (Bordeaux)
|
CELSOC |
Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California
|
Cem. |
Cemetery
|
CEMA |
Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Assn.
|
CEN |
Comite europeen de normalization electronique
|
CENREN |
Centro de Recursos Naturales (El Salvador)
|
CENTA |
Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (El Salvador)
|
CEO |
European Centre for Earth Observation
|
CEP |
Celestial Ephemeris Pole
|
CERCO |
Comite Europeen de Responsibles de la Cartographie Officielle
|
CERD |
Catalog of Environmental Resource Data
|
CERES |
California Environmental Resource Evaluation System
|
CERCG |
Centre d'Etudes et de Realisations Cartographiques Geographiques (France)
|
CERR |
Centre d'Ecologie des Ressources Renouvelables (France)
|
CES |
Committee on Earth Sciences
|
CET |
Commission on Education and Training (IGA)
|
CETENAL |
Comision de Estudios del Territorio Nacional (Mexico)
|
CEU |
Continuing education unit
|
CFCC |
Census Feature Class Code
|
CFF |
Cartographic Feature File
|
C.G. |
Coast Guard
|
CGA |
Color Graphics Adaptor
|
CGC |
Commission geologique du Canada
|
CGDB |
Central Geographic Data Base
|
CGDI |
Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
|
CGI |
Computer Graphics Interface; Common gateway interface
|
CGIC |
Canadian Geoscience Information Centre
|
CGIS |
Center for GIS (Qatar)
|
.CGM |
Computer graphics metafile
|
CGMW |
Commission for the Geological Map of the World
|
CGNHS |
Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey
|
CGPM |
Conference General des Poids et Mesures
|
C&GS |
Coast and Geodetic Survey (U.S.)
|
CGS |
Civil GPS Service; Coast and Geodetic Survey (U.S.); Colorado Geological Survey
|
CGSICO |
Civil GPS Service Interface Committee
|
CGU |
Canadian Geophysical Union
|
CGW |
Computer Graphics World (journal)
|
CH |
Chief Hydrologist; Church; Chapel
|
CHEEC |
Center for the Health Effects of Environmental Contamination (Univ. of Iowa)
|
CHIA |
Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment
|
CHNM |
Marine channel
|
CHS |
Canadian Hydrographic Service
|
CI |
Compass and inclinometer
|
CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)
|
CIAF |
Centro de Investigaciones en Percepcion Remota
|
CIAS |
CD-ROM Index Architecture Specification Working Group (U.S.)
|
CIACER |
Centro de Investigacion y Aplicacion de Sensores Remotos (Bolivia)
|
CIB |
Controlled image base
|
CIBESA |
Cartografica Iberica S.A.
|
CICAEDAS |
Committee Investigating Cartographic Entity, Definitions, and Standards
|
CIDAMM |
Centro de Informacion y Documentacion del Area Metropolitana de Madrid
|
CIE |
Iompair Eireann Coras; Classified image editor
|
CIESIN |
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
|
CIG |
Canadian Inst. of Geomatics; Climate Interest Group; Centro de Investigaciones
Geotecnicas (El Salvador)
|
CIGF |
Centre d'Information Geographique et Fonci`ere Ministre de l'Energie et des
Ressources, Quebec)
|
CIGNET |
Cooperative International GPS Network
|
CIKM |
Conference on Information Knowledge Management
|
CIM |
Collection insertion map; Council on Information Management (Virginia)
|
CINDI |
Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information (USGS)
|
CIO |
Central Imagery Office (U.S.)
|
CIP |
Contour Interpolation Program; Canadian Institute of Planners
|
CIR |
Color infrared
|
CIRSS |
California Integrated Remote Sensing System
|
CIS |
Canadian Inst. of Surveying; Color Imaging Systems (Barneyscan Corp.)
|
CISD |
Cook Islands Dept. of Survey
|
CISIG |
Geographic Information Systems Interest Group
|
CISM |
Canadian Inst. of Surveying and Mapping
|
CIST |
Centre d'information sur les sciences de la Terre (Canada)
|
CITYG |
City Graphic
|
CIU |
Central Interpretation Unit (Royal Air Force, Great Britain)
|
CK-PL |
Check plotter
|
CLD |
Center line data
|
CLDB |
Common Land Data Base
|
CLDS |
Canada Land Data System(s)
|
CLI |
Canada Land Inventory
|
CLID |
Class identifier
|
CLIRSEN |
Remote Sensing Center (Ecuador)
|
Clk. |
Clerk
|
CLL |
Corrected line length
|
CLOMA |
Confidential letters of map amendment
|
CLS |
Canada Land Surveyor
|
CLSA |
California Land Surveyors Assn.
|
CLUMP |
Canada Land Use Monitoring Program
|
cm |
Centemeter
|
CM |
Cartographic material; Configuration management
|
CMA |
Census Metropolitan Area (Statistics Canada); Central Mapping Agency (New South Wales)
|
CMD |
Current meter digitizer; Command
|
CMI |
Corvallis Microtechnology Inc.
|
CMIB |
Controlled multispectral image base
|
CMO |
Canada Map Office
|
CMOTS |
Cartographic Material Order and Tracking System (USGS)
|
CMP |
Coastal Mapping Program; Camp
|
CMS |
California Map Society; Clay Minerals Society
|
CMSA |
Consolidated metropolitan statistical area
|
CMSDU |
Commission on Map Use and Spatial Data Use (ICA)
|
CMSM |
Committee on Marine Surveying and Mapping
|
CMT |
Corvallis Microtechnology Inc.
|
C&MT |
Communication & Measurement Technologies Ltd.
|
CMYK |
Cyan-magenta-yellow-black
|
CNA |
Comiss~ao Nacional do Ambiente (Portugal)
|
CNES |
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France)
|
CNEXO |
Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Oceans (France)
|
CNFL |
Confluence
|
CNI |
Coalition for Networked Information
|
CNIG |
Centro Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica = Portuguese National Center for Geographic
Information
|
CNR |
Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (Italy)
|
CNRA |
Commission on National and Regional Atlases (ICA)
|
CNRG |
Centre National de Recherches Geomorphologiques (Belgium)
|
CNROA |
Centro Nacional de Reconhecimento e Ordenamento Agrario (Portugal)
|
CNRS |
Centre National de Recherches Scientifique (France)
|
CNRST |
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (Burkina Faso)
|
CNSTAT |
Committee on National Statistics (U.S.)
|
Co. |
Company; County
|
CO |
Cartometric operations; Colorado
|
COBOL |
Common Business Oriented Language
|
COBRIG |
Council of British Geography
|
COE |
Corps of Engineers
|
COEB |
Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography Branch (US NOS)
|
COFPAES |
Committee on the Federal Procurement of Architect and Engineer Services
|
COFRS |
Chinese Operational Earth Resources Satellite
|
COG |
Council of Governments
|
COGO |
Coordinate geometry
|
C.O.I. |
Office of Coordinator of Information (U.S.)
|
col. |
Color; colored
|
Col. |
Colonel
|
COL |
Agricultural colony
|
COLD |
Computer Output to Laser (optical) Disc
|
Com. |
Committee; Commission; Commodore
|
COM |
Component Object Model (Microsoft)
|
COMAP |
Continuous area pattern mapping
|
Comdg. |
Commanding
|
COMIS |
Cartographic Operations Management Information System
|
COMPAS |
Coastal Ocean Management, Planning and AssessmentSystem
|
COMSAT |
Communications Satellite (corp.)
|
CONC. |
Concrete or reinforced concrete construction
|
Cong. |
Congress
|
CONRIM |
Committee on Natural Resource Information Management(Alaska)
|
CONUS |
Continental United States
|
COP/BOP |
City of Portland Bureau of Planning
|
CORBA |
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
|
Corp. |
Corporal; Corporation
|
CORS |
Continuously operated reference station(s); Continuously operating GPS reference
stations
|
CORSE |
Conference on Remote Sensing Education
|
COS |
Central Office of Statistics (Malta)
|
COSMIC |
Computer Software Management and Information Center
|
COSML |
Committee on Southern Map Libraries
|
COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research
|
COTS |
Commercial-of-the-shelf
|
COVIS |
Commonwealth of Virginia Information Systems
|
CP |
Cartographic Perspectives (journal); color printer
|
CPFS |
Colorado Plateau Field Station (USGS)
|
CPH |
Cartographic Publishing House (China)
|
CPID |
Composite ID
|
CPLAR |
Community Perspectives on Land and Agrarian Reform (South Africa)
|
CPS |
Characters per second; Contour plotting system; Cartographic production system
|
CPU |
Central processing unit
|
CR |
Central Region; Coordinate reader
|
CRADA |
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (U.S)
|
CRAG |
Columbia Region Association of Governments
|
CRAIGES |
Cartographic Reproduction and Interactive Graphic Editing System
|
CRBT |
Centre de Recherches Biologiques Tropicales (Algeria)
|
CRESP |
Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (U.S.)
|
CRG |
Centre de Recherche en Geomatique (Universite Laval)
|
CRIB |
Computerized Resources Information Bank
|
CRISTA |
Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere
|
CRKT |
Tidal creek
|
CRL |
Cartographic research laboratory
|
CRN |
Canadian Road Network
|
CRPD |
City Real Property Database
|
CRREL |
Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratories
|
CRTR |
Crater
|
CRSC |
California Remote Sensing Council
|
CRSS |
Canadian Remote Sensing Society
|
CRT |
Cathode ray tube
|
CS |
Color scanner; Cubic splines
|
CSAA |
California State Automobile Association
|
CSAC |
Census Statistical Area Committee (U.S.)
|
CSAV |
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
|
CSC |
Computer Sciences Corporation; Commercial Space Center (NASA)
|
CSDGM |
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
|
CSFS |
Colorado State Forest Service
|
CSG |
Cartography Special Group, Assn. of American Geographers; Council of State Governments
|
CSIN |
Computer Systems Information Network
|
CSIP |
Continental Scale International Project
|
CSIR |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
|
CSIRO |
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia)
|
CSIC |
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain)
|
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
|
CSRS |
Canadian Spatial Reference System
|
CST |
Central Standard Time; Chicago Steel Tape Co.; Coast; Certified Survey Technician
|
Ct. |
Court
|
CT |
Census tract
|
CTC |
Cartoteca de Catalunya
|
CTCUQ |
Commission de transport de la Communaute urbaine de Quebec
|
CTD |
Chief, Topographic Division; Conductivity-temperature-depth
|
CTI |
Critical Technologies Inst. (RAND Corp.)
|
CTL |
Cartographic Technology Lab.
|
CTOG |
Contour to Grid
|
CTS |
Communications Technology Satellite (Canadian); Conventional terrestrial system
|
CUAC |
Cartographic Users Advisory Council (U.S.)
|
CUET |
Cuesta
|
CUGiK |
Centralny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii (Poland)
|
CUR |
Council on Undergraduate Research
|
CUSEC |
Central United States Earthquake Consortium
|
CUSMAP |
Conterminous United States Minerals Assessment Plan
|
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 (U.S. federal act of 1972)
|
D |
Dwelling
|
DA |
Data Acquisition; Dept. of the Army
|
D/A |
Digital to Analog (converter)
|
DAAC |
Div. des archives audiovisuelles et cartographiques, Archives nationales du Canada
|
DAAS |
Defense Automatic Addressing System (USDMA)
|
DAASC |
Defense Automated Addressing System Center (USDMA)
|
DAC |
Digital-to-Analog Converter
|
DACA |
Div. des archives cartographiques et audio-visuelles, Archives nationales du Canada
|
DACH |
Deputy Assistant Chief Hydrologist
|
DADS |
Digital Assisted Data Base System
|
DAG |
Directorate of Geographic Affairs (Lebanon)
|
DAL |
Data Analysis Laboratory
|
DAM |
Detection and mapping
|
DAMES |
Defense Automated Message Exchange Service (USDMA)
|
DANE |
Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadstica (Colombia)
|
DARDC |
Device for Automatic Remote Data Collection
|
DARO |
Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (U.S.)
|
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (U.S.)
|
DAS |
Delaware Assn. of Surveyors
|
DA&SM |
Data Acquisitions & Systems Maintenance
|
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)
|
D.A.V. |
Deutscher Alpenverein
|
DB |
Data base
|
DBB |
Deutsche Bundesbahn
|
DBDB |
Digital Bathymetry Data Base (U.S. government)
|
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 (Suriname)
|
DBS |
Data Base Specifications; Direct broadcast satellites
|
DC |
District Chief; District of Columbia; Div. Chief
|
D.C. |
District of Columbia
|
DCA |
Dept. of Community Affairs (Montana)
|
DC&A |
Data Collection and Analysis
|
DCASS |
Digital Cartographic Software System
|
DCDB |
Digital Cartographic Data Base
|
DCDSTF |
Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force (U.S.)
|
DCE |
Data Communication Equipment; Distributed Computing Environment
|
DCF |
Digital Cartographic File
|
DCHUM |
Digital Chart Update Manual (USDMA)
|
DCI |
Differential Corrections, Inc.; Director of Central Intelligence
|
DCN |
Direccion de Cartografia Nacional (Venezuela); Document control number
|
DCP |
Dept. of city planning; Digital Cartographic Production; Data collection platform
|
DCPS |
Digital Cartographic Production Segment
|
DCR |
Design Concept Review
|
DCS |
Digital Cartography Section; Digital color separate; Directorate of Colonial Surveys
(U.K.); Data collection system
|
DCSE |
Diba Consulting Software Engineers
|
DCS/RSE |
Data collection system receiving site equipment
|
DCST |
Data collection system tape
|
DCT |
Direction Topographique et du Cadastre (Congo)
|
DCW |
Digital Chart of the World (USDMA)
|
DD |
Data dictionary; Dewey Decimal
|
DDA |
Data descriptive area
|
DDAC |
Deutscher Automobil-Club
|
DDC |
Dewey Decimal classification; Digital data conversion
|
DDCMP |
Digital Data Communication Message Protocol
|
DDES |
Digital Data Editing System
|
DDF |
Data descriptive file
|
DDI |
Design Data Inc.
|
DDIS |
Depository Distribution Information System (USGPO)
|
DDM |
Documents Data Miner
|
DDN |
Defense Data Network
|
DDPO |
Defense Dissemination Program Office (U.S.)
|
DDPS |
Desktop Digital Photogrammetry System (3D Mapper Pty. Ltd.)
|
DDR |
Data descriptive record
|
DDS |
Digital Data Storage
|
DE |
Data extraction
|
dec. |
Declination
|
DEC |
Digital Equipment Corp.
|
DED |
Data Element Dictionary
|
DE-DEM |
Drainage-Enforced DEM
|
del. |
Delineation; delineator
|
delt. |
Delineator
|
DEM |
Digital Elevation Model; Digital elevation matrix
|
DEM-G |
Digital Elevation Model--Graphic (coordinates)
|
DEM-P |
Digital Elevation Model--Planar (coordinates)
|
DEMR |
Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
|
DEMVFY |
Digital Elevation Model Verify (verification software)
|
Dep. |
Deputy; Departement
|
DEP |
Dept. of Environmental Protection
|
Dept. |
Department
|
DES |
Digital Editing Station
|
DE/S |
Data Extraction Segment
|
DESI |
Diversified Energy Services, Inc.
|
DFAD |
Digital Feature Analysis Data (U.S. government)
|
DFC |
Digital Futures Coalition
|
DFG |
Dept. of Fish and Game
|
DFLIP |
Digital Flight Information Publication
|
DFW |
Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
|
DGC |
Direct Geodetic Constraint (software)
|
DGCM |
Direct Geodetic Constraint Method
|
DGDF |
Digital Geospatial Data Files
|
DGEC |
Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos (Costa Rica)
|
DGF |
Dept. of Game and Fish
|
DGG |
Direccion General de Geografia (Mexico)
|
DGGM |
Direccion General de Geologia y Minas (Colombia)
|
DGGS |
Div. of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (Alaska); Directorate General of Geological
Surveys (Iraq)
|
DGI |
Direktorat Geologi (Indonesia)
|
DGIAI |
Direccion General de Integracion y Analisis de la Informacion (Mexico)
|
DGIS |
Direct Graphics Interface Standard
|
DGIWG |
Ditigal Geographic Information Working Group
|
DGfK |
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kartographie
|
DGK 5 |
Deutsche Grundkarte 1:5 000
|
DGM |
Div. des Gites Mineraux de l'Assn. Geologique du Canada; Direction de la Geologie et
des Mines (Burkina Faso); Direccion General de Mineria (Dominican Republic)
|
DGMG |
Direccion General de Minas y Geologia (Venezuela)
|
DGMP |
Direccion de Geologia, Minas y Petrolio (Costa Rica)
|
DGN |
Domestic geographic name
|
DGNR |
Domestic Geographic Names Report (U.S.)
|
DGO |
Direccion General de Oceanografia (Mexico)
|
DGP |
Digital Graphic Product
|
DGPA |
Direccion General de la Produccion Agraria (Spain)
|
DGPS |
Differential Global Positioning System; Differential Global Positioning Satellite
|
DGRM |
Direccion General de Recursos Minerales (Panama)
|
DGS |
Dept. of Geological Survey (Botswana); Delaware Geological Survey
|
DGSE |
Dept. of Geological Survey and Exploration (Burma)
|
DGU |
Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse
|
DH |
Drill hole
|
D.H. |
Double hydrant
|
DHI |
Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut; Defense Hydrographic Initiative (USDMA)
|
DHN |
Directoria de Hidrografia e Navegac~ao (Brazil)
|
DI |
Data Integration; Digital image
|
DIA |
Defence Intelligence Agency (U.S.); Dept. of Indian Affairs; Dept. of International
Affairs
|
DIAL |
Digital Imae Analysis Laboratory (Univ. of Arizona)
|
diam. |
Diameter
|
DIAM |
Defense Intelligence Agency Manual
|
DID |
Data information delivery; Data information description; Digital Image Data
|
DIDS |
Digital Information Display System (U.S.)
|
DIELOG |
DAASC Integrated E-Mail Logistics System (USDMA)
|
DIES |
Digital Image Enhancement System
|
DIF |
Data Integration Function; Data Interchange Format; Display Information Facility;
Document Interchange Format (U.S. Navy)
|
DIGCAT |
Digital Catalog
|
DIM |
Digital Image Matching
|
DIME |
Dual Independent Map Encoding (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
|
Dinageca |
Direcc~ao Nacional de Geografia e Cadastro (Mozambique)
|
DIP |
Data Integration Program
|
DIPS |
Digital Image Processing System
|
DIRS |
Digital Image Rectification/Registration System
|
DIS |
Distributed Information System
|
DISHIDROS |
Dinas Hidro Oceanografi (Indonesia)
|
Dist. |
District
|
DISTDAHS |
Distributed Satellite Telemetry Data Handling System
|
Div. |
Division
|
DKDGS |
Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab
|
DL |
Data logging
|
DLA |
Diffusion-limited aggregation
|
DLCW |
Department of Land and Water Conservation (NSW)
|
DLG |
Digital Line Graph
|
DLG-E |
Digital Line Graph--Enhanced
|
DLGF |
Digital Line Graph--Framework
|
DLG-O |
Digital Line Graph--Optional
|
DLG2DEM |
Digital Line Graph to Digital Elevation Model (production software)
|
DLG-3 |
Digital Line Graph--level 3
|
DLI |
Digital Library Initiative (U.S.); Data Liberation Initiative (Canada)
|
DLL |
Windows Dynamic Link Library
|
DLMS |
Digital Landmass System
|
DLNR |
Dept. of Land and Natural Resources
|
DLS |
Dominion Land Survey (Canada); Dept. of Lands and Survey (Guyana); Dept. of Lands and
Surveys (Cyprus)
|
DLT |
Digital linear tape
|
DLWC |
Dept. of Land and Water Conservation (Australia)
|
DM |
Departamento de Minas (Honduras); Data mining
|
DMA |
Defense Mapping Agency (U.S.); Designated Market Areas (USBC TIGER)
|
DMAAC |
Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center
|
DMAFF |
Defense Mapping Agency Feature File; Defense Mapping Agency Feature Format
|
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
|
DMA TC |
Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center (U.S.)
|
DMATC |
Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center (U.S.)
|
DMAUSE |
DMA Utility Software Environment (USDMA)
|
DME |
Distance measuring equipment; Dept. of Mines and Energy (Nova Scotia)
|
DMMR |
Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources (Saudi Arabia)
|
DMR |
Dept. of Mineral Resources (New South Wales)
|
DMRS |
Data Management and Retrieval System
|
DMRT |
Dept. of Mineral Resources of Thailand
|
DMS |
Data Management System; Desktop Mapping System (R-WEL, Inc.); Drawing Management
System; Defense Mapping School (USDMA); Defense Message System (USDoD); Distribution
Management System
|
DMSI |
Data Management Segment Interface Control Document
|
DMSO |
Defense Mapping School Operations Office (USDMA)
|
DMSP |
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
|
DMU |
Defense Mapping Unit (Singapore)
|
DMW |
Daft, McCune, Walker
|
DN |
Digital Number
|
DNC |
Digital Nautical Chart
|
DMMG |
Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia (Uruguay)
|
DMTI |
Desktop Mapping Technologies Inc.
|
DNPM |
Departamento Nacional de Produc~ao Mineral (Brazil)
|
DNPCT |
Direction National de Production Cartographique et Topographique (Mali)
|
DNR |
Dept. of Natural Resources
|
DNRC |
Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation (Montana)
|
DNREP |
Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (Kentucky)
|
DNT |
Direccion Nacional de Topografia (Uruguay)
|
DNR |
Dept. of Natural Resources
|
Do. |
Ditto (the same)
|
DO |
Digital Ortho; District office
|
DOA |
Dept. of Agriculture
|
Doc. |
Document
|
DOC |
Dept. of Commerce
|
DOD |
Dept. of Defense
|
DOE |
Dept. of Energy
|
DOH |
Dept. of Health
|
DOI |
Dept. of the Interior; Digital object identifier; Document object identifier
|
DOMSAT |
Domestic Communications Satellite System
|
DOQ |
Digital orthophoto quadrangle
|
DOQQ |
Digital orthophoto quarter quadrangle
|
DORIS |
Decision-Oriented Resource Information System (Ventura County, Calif.)
|
DOS |
Directorate of Overseas Surveys (U.K.); Dept. of State; Digital Orthophoto System;
Disc Operating System
|
DOSLI |
Dept. of Survey and Land Information (New Zealand)
|
DOT |
Dept. of Transportation
|
DP |
Data production; Digital Photogrammetry
|
DPE |
Data processing environment; data processing equipment
|
DPED |
Dept. of Planning and Economic Development
|
dpi |
Dots per inch
|
DPI |
Dots per inch
|
DPIE |
Dept. of Primary Industries and Energy (Australia)
|
DPL |
Data Programming Language
|
DPMA |
Data Processing Management Assn.
|
DPPDB |
Digital Point Positioning Data Base
|
DPS |
DEM Production System; Digital Production System (USDMA)
|
Dpt. |
Department
|
DPW |
Dept. of public works
|
DPWS |
Digital Photogrammetric Work Station
|
DQDB |
Distributed-Queue Dual Buses
|
DQQ |
Digital Quarter Quadrangle
|
Dr. |
Drive
|
DR |
Data record(s)
|
DRBC |
Delaware River Basin Commission
|
DRF |
Digital Raster File
|
DRG |
Digital Raster Graphic; Davey Resource Group
|
DRGM |
Direction des Recherches gologiques et minires (Niger)
|
DRGP |
Digital Representation of Graphic Products
|
DRGS |
Direct Readout Ground Station
|
DRO |
Digital Revision Overlay
|
DS |
Digital subsystem
|
DSD |
Digital Sailing Directions
|
DSDP |
Deep Sea Drilling Project
|
DSF |
Delivery sequence file (U.S. Postal Service)
|
DSGM |
Direcc~ao de Servicos de Geologia e Minas (Angola); Direccion del Servicio Geografico
Militar (Paraguay)
|
DSGZ |
Dept. of the Surveyor General (Zimbabwe)
|
DSIR |
Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia, New Zealand)
|
DSL |
Dept. of Surveys and Lands (Botswana); Data Service Laboratory
|
DSM |
Directorate of Surveys and Mapping (South Africa)
|
DSN |
Deep Space Network
|
DSNP |
Dassault-Sercel NP
|
DSP |
Dept. of State Planning
|
DSPW |
Digital Photogrammetric Workstation (USCE)
|
DS/S |
Data Services Segment
|
DSU |
Digital Standard Update
|
DTAD |
Digital Terrain Analysis Data
|
DTD |
Digital Terrain Data
|
DTED |
Digital Terrain Elevation Data (U.S. government)
|
DTG |
Digital tape generation
|
DTM |
Digital Terrain Model (or Modeling)
|
DTOP |
Digital Topographic Data
|
DTS |
Digital transmission system
|
DTSS-P |
Digital Topographic Support System Prototype
|
DTW |
Desk-top Workstation
|
DUMC |
Dutch Union Map Catalogue
|
DV |
Daily Value
|
DVD |
Digital video disc; Digital versitile disc
|
DVP |
Digital Video Plotter
|
DW |
Data warehousing
|
DWD |
Deutscher Wetterdienst
|
DWF |
Drawing Web Format
|
DWR |
Dept. of Water Resources
|
DXF |
Drawing Interchange File; Digital Exchange Format
|
DySIS |
Dynamic Software and Integrated Solutions, Inc.
|
D-2 |
National Interest Lands, Section D-2, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
|
E |
East; Electronic; Elevator (open); Einwohner = inhabitant
|
EA |
Environmental assessment
|
EAF |
East African Force (UK)
|
EAFS |
Effective Aerial Film Speed
|
EAOS |
Environment Australia Online Service
|
EAP |
Environmental Affairs Program
|
Earthsat |
Earth Satellite Corp.
|
EBCDIC |
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
|
EBR |
Electron Beam Recorder
|
EBRPD |
East Bay Regional Park District (California)
|
ECDIS |
Electronic Chart Display and Information System (U.S.)
|
ECE |
E. Coyote Enterprises
|
ECEF |
EarthCentered EarthFixed
|
Ed. |
Editor; edition
|
ED |
Elevation data; Enumeration district
|
E.D. |
Eastern District
|
EDA |
Electronic design automation; Exploratory data analysis
|
EDC |
EROS Data Center (LIA); Electronic digital computer; Environmental Data Center
(California)
|
EDD |
Environmental Data Directory (Australia)
|
EDGE |
Energy Data Geographical Explorer (Petroconsultants, Inc.)
|
EDI |
Electronic Data Interchange; Electronic Devices Inc.
|
EDIES |
EROS Digital Image Enhancement Systems
|
EDIFACT |
Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport
|
EDIPS |
EROS Digital Image Processing System
|
EDIS |
Environmental Data and Information Service; Electrical Distribution Information System
(Santee Cooper)
|
EDITOR |
ERTS Data Interpretation and Tenex Operations Recorder
|
EDM |
Electronic distance measurement
|
EDMAS |
Environmental Dose Modeling and Analysis System
|
EDMI |
Electronic distance measuring instrument(s)
|
EDMS |
Electronic document management system(s)
|
EDP |
Electronic data processing
|
EDS |
Electronic Data Systems Corp.; Engineering Design System; Environmental Data Service
(NOAA)
|
EDT |
Eastern Daylight Time
|
EEC |
European Economic Community
|
EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone
|
E.F. |
Eisenbahnfaehre
|
EGA |
Enhanced Graphics Adaptor
|
EGIS |
European GIS
|
EGNOS |
European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
|
EGS |
European Geophysical Society; Economic geology series
|
EGSMA |
Geological Survey and Mining Authority (Egypt)
|
EHS |
Extremely hazardous materials
|
EIGS |
Ethiopian Inst. of Geological Survey
|
EIM |
Environmental information management
|
eingesch. |
eingeschossig
|
eis. |
eisern = iron
|
EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement
|
Eisb. Brck. |
Eisenbahnbrucke = Railroad bridge
|
EIWG |
Earth Imaging Working Group
|
ELC |
End of line code
|
ELMO |
Electronic Map Ordering
|
El.W. |
Elektrizitatswerk = electric power station
|
EM |
Electromagnetic
|
E.M. |
Mining Engineer
|
EMA |
Environmental Management Agency; Ethopian Mapping Authority
|
EMAIL |
Electronic Mail
|
EMAP |
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (U.S. EPA)
|
EMC |
Eastern Mapping Center (USGS)
|
EMIP |
European Market for Infrastructural Projects
|
EMPS |
Elevation Matrix Processing System
|
EMR |
Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada; Electromagnetic radiation
|
EMS |
Electromagnetic spectrum
|
E.N.E. |
East-northeast
|
Eng. Dept. |
Engineering Dept.; Dept. of Engineers
|
Engr. Bn. |
Engineer Battalion
|
ENIAK |
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
|
ENID |
Endnote ID
|
ENTR |
Entrance
|
ENVISAT |
Environmental Satellite
|
EO |
Earth observation
|
EOCAP |
Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program
|
EODMS |
Earth Observations Data Management Systems
|
EOF |
End of File
|
EOS |
Earth Observing System; Greek National Mountaineering Assn.
|
EOSAT |
Earth Observation Satellite (Company)
|
EOSDIS |
Earth Observing System Data and Information System
|
EOT |
End of Text
|
EP |
End Point
|
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
|
EPB |
Earth Physics Branch (Canada)
|
EPI |
Electronic Position Indicator
|
EPIRB |
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
|
EPS |
Encapsulated PostScript
|
ERBS |
Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
|
ERCE |
Groupe d'Etudes de Recherches Critiques d'Espace (Universite du Quebec, Montreal)
|
ERDAS |
Earth Resources Data Analysis System
|
ERDC |
Earth Resources Data Center (ERIM)
|
ERDL |
Engineer Research and Development Laboratories
|
EREP |
Earth Resources Experiment Package (Skylab)
|
ERIM |
Environmental Research Inst. of Michigan
|
ERIN |
Earth Resources Information Network; Environmental Resource Information Network
(Australia)
|
ERIS |
Earth Resources Inventory System; Earth Resources Infomation System
|
ERL |
Environmental Research Laboratories (NOAA); Earth Resources Laboratory (NASA)
|
ERLAS |
Earth Resources Laboratory Application Software
|
ERM |
Earth Resource Mapping (Firm)
|
EROS |
Earth Resources Observation Satellite; Earth Resources Observation System
|
ERRSAC |
Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Applications Center (NASA)
|
ERS |
Earth Remote Sensing (satellite)
|
ERSAC |
Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Centre (United Arab Emirates)
|
ERSAL |
Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Laboratory (Oregon State Univ.)
|
ERSAR |
Earth Resources Synthetic Aperture Radar
|
ERSC |
Egyptian Remote Sensing Center
|
ERSP |
Epipolar Rectified Stereo Pair
|
ERTS |
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
|
ERSUN |
Environmental Remote Sensing Unit (British Aerospace Space Systems, Ltd.)
|
ESA |
Egyptian Survey Authority; European Space Agency; Earth Sciences Associates
|
ESC |
European Seismological Commission
|
ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
|
ESD |
Engineering Services Dept. (Qatar)
|
ESDA |
Earth Sciences Data Standards (council)
|
ESDD |
Earth Science Data Directory (USGS)
|
E.S.E. |
East-southeast
|
ESI |
EagleScan Inc.; Enironmental Sensitivity Index
|
ESIC |
Earth Science Information Center (USGS); Earth Sciences Information Centre (Canada)
|
ESIG |
Exemplary Systems in Government award (URISA)
|
ESIM |
Earth Science Information Manager
|
ESIN |
Earth Science Information Network
|
ESIO |
Earth Science Information Office
|
ESIS |
Earth Science Information System
|
ESL |
Electromagnetic Systems Laboratories, Inc.
|
ESR |
Engineering Surveys Reproduction Ltd.
|
ESRI |
Environmental Systems Research Inst., Inc.
|
ESSA |
Environmental Science Service Administration
|
ESSC |
Earth System Science Center (Pennsylvania State Univ.)
|
E. St. |
Eisenbahn Station = railway station
|
EST |
Eastern Standard Time
|
ES&T |
Environmental Science and Technology
|
E.S.W. |
East-southwest
|
ET |
Frame enclosed elevator with self-closing traps
|
ETF |
European Transfer Format
|
ETL |
Engineer Topographic Laboratories (USCE)
|
ETM |
Enhanced Thematic Mapper
|
EUB |
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
|
EUROGI |
European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information
|
EVO |
Ernst Volker (Oldenburg, Germany)
|
Ex. doc. |
Executive document
|
F |
Fahrenheit; Flat
|
FA |
Fire alarm box
|
FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
|
FAAT |
Fully Analytical Aerotriangulation
|
FAC |
Feature analysis code(s)
|
FACC |
Feature and Attribute Coding Catalog
|
FACE |
Field Ancillary Computer Effort
|
FACM |
Florida Assn. of Cadastral Mappers
|
FACS |
Feature Attribute Coding Standard; Feature Attribute Coding System
|
Fahrb. |
Fahrbahn = roadway
|
FAO |
Food and Agricultural Organization (United Nations)
|
FAQ |
Frequently Asked Question(s)
|
FARC |
Federal Archives and Record Center
|
Fb. |
Fabrik = Factory
|
FB |
Freytag-Berndt und Artaria
|
FBN |
Federal base network (U.S.)
|
FC |
Field component; Field completion
|
FCC |
False color composite; Federal Communications Commission (U.S.)
|
FCM |
Feature change map
|
FCT |
Forestry Commission Tasmania
|
FCW |
Federal Computer Week (journal)
|
FDDI |
Fiber Digital Data Interface
|
FDLP |
Federal Depository Library Program (US GPO)
|
FDLS |
Fiji Dept. of Lands and Survey
|
FDPP |
Framework Demonstration Projects Program (FGDC)
|
FE |
Feature extraction; Field engineer; Frame enclosed elevator
|
F.E. |
Forest Engineer
|
fe. |
Fecit (maker)
|
FEAT |
Alternate Feature Identification Code
|
fec. |
Fecit (maker)
|
FED |
Field-emission displays
|
FEE |
Feature Extraction Environment
|
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency (U.S.)
|
FEP |
Feature Extraction Processor
|
FES |
Feature Extraction Segment
|
FESWMS |
Finite Element Surface Water Model System
|
FEWS |
Feature Extraction Workstation
|
FGCC |
Federal Geodetic Control Committee (U.S.)
|
FGCS |
Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee (U.S.)
|
FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee (U.S.)
|
FGEF |
Federal Geographic Exchange Format (U.S.)
|
F.G.S. |
Fellow of the Geological Society
|
FGS |
Florida Geological Survey
|
FGT |
Federal Geographic Technology (U.S.)
|
FH |
Field headquarters
|
FHA |
Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)
|
FHWA |
Federal Highway Administration (U.S.)
|
FICCDC |
Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography (U.S.)
|
FIG |
Federation Internationale des Geom`etres = International Federation of Surveyors
|
FII |
Fundacion Instituto de Ingeneiria
|
FILS |
Federal Government Information Locator System
|
FIPS |
Federal Information Processing Standard(s); Flagstaff Image Processing System
|
FIRM |
Flood Rate Insurance Map
|
FIRMS |
Flood Rate Insurance Maps
|
FL |
Florida; Focal length; Function libraries
|
FLHO |
Federal Lands Highway Office (U.S.)
|
FLIMAP |
Fast Laser Imaging Mapping and Profiling (system)
|
FLIR |
Forward-looking Infrared
|
FLL |
Waterfall
|
FLOPS |
Floating Point Operations per Second
|
FM |
Facilities management; Field manual
|
F.M. |
Field Marshall
|
FMC |
Federal Maritime Commission (U.S.)
|
FME |
Feature manipulation Engine (Safe Software Inc.)
|
FMGIS |
Flight management geographic information system
|
FMLIS |
Federal Mineral Lands Information System
|
FMP |
Field Pack Mobile Professional (All Points Software)
|
FMS |
Facility Mapping Systems Inc.; Flight Managing System
|
FMS/AC |
Facility Mapping System for AutoCAD
|
FNESA |
Federation of New England Surveyors Assn.s
|
FO |
Field office
|
F.O. |
Field Officer; Foreign Office
|
FOC |
Full operational capability
|
FOGs |
Fiber Optic Gyros
|
FOM |
Field Operations Manual
|
FORTRAN |
Formula Translation (computer language)
|
FOUO |
For official use only
|
FOV |
Field of view
|
FPC |
Federal Power Commission; Federal Publishers Committee
|
FPT |
Full production training
|
FPU |
Floating point unit
|
FRA |
Federal Railroad Administration
|
FRC |
Federal Records Center
|
F.R.G.S. |
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
|
FRM |
Farm
|
FRP |
Federal Radio-navigation Plan
|
F.R.S. |
Fellow of the Royal Society
|
FS |
Fire station; Forest Service (U.S.); Federal Survey Div. (Nigeria)
|
FSLUPC |
Federal/State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska
|
FSMS |
Florida Surveying and Mapping Society
|
FSO |
Field Support Office (U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories)
|
FSPLS |
Florida Society of Professional Land Surveyors
|
FSR |
Flight Summary Report
|
FSRAMIS |
Forest Service Range Management Information System
|
FT |
Field terminator
|
Fth. |
Fathom
|
FTL |
Future Temporal Logic
|
FTM |
Foiben Taosarintanin' i Madagasikara
|
FTP |
File Transfer Protocol
|
FU |
Field unit
|
Fur. |
Furlong
|
Fw. |
Fussweg = Footpath
|
FWPCA |
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration (U.S.)
|
FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.)
|
FZDS |
Flood Zone Determination Services
|
G |
Geometry
|
G&M |
Geography and Map; geography and Map Div.
|
G&O |
Greenhorne & O'Mara Inc.
|
GA |
Geographic access; Geographical Association
|
GAF |
Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Fernerkundung
|
GAC |
Geological Assn. of Canada
|
GAP |
Geographic Application Program; Gap Analysis Program (USNBS)
|
GAT |
Geography Assn. of Thailand
|
GB |
Gigabyte; Geologische Bundesansalt (Austria)
|
GBA |
GeoBusiness Assn.; George Butler Associates, Inc.
|
GBf |
Guterbahnhof = freight depot
|
GBF |
Geographic Base File
|
GBI |
Green biomass index
|
GBIS |
Geo-Based Information System
|
Gbo. |
Grabador = engraver
|
GBS |
Geograpic Base System
|
GCCS |
Global Command, Control System (USDMA)
|
GCDB |
Geographic Coordinate Data Base (U.S.)
|
GCDIS |
Global Change Data and Information System
|
GCG |
Geocartographics Subdivison (Canada)
|
GCHC |
Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (U.S.)
|
GCM |
General circulation model; Global climate model; General Command of Mapping (Turkey)
|
GCP |
Ground control point(s)
|
GCRA |
Geographic and Cartographic Research and Applications Section
|
GCRS |
Gulf Centre for Remote Sensing (Firm)
|
GCSS |
Global Combat Support System
|
GCT |
Greenwich Civil Time
|
GCTP |
General Coordinate Transformation Package (software); Geographic Coordinate
Transformation Package (software)
|
GD |
Geologic Div. (USGS); Geospatial data; Graphic digitization
|
GDA |
Geographic Data Analysis System
|
GDC |
Geographic Data Council
|
GDD |
Graphics Data Display Manager; GIS Data Depot
|
GDE |
Graphic Developer's Engine (FCAD Software, Inc.)
|
GDF |
Geographic data file
|
GDHS |
Ground Data Handling System (GFSC)
|
GDM |
Geospatial data management
|
GDS |
Graphic Data Systems Corp; Grumman Data Systems; Geo-Data System; Geographic Data
Service (U.S.)
|
GDT |
Geographic Data Technology Inc.
|
GDTA |
Groupement pour le Developpement de la Teledetection Aerospatiale (France)
|
GE |
General Electric; Geographic equivalent
|
GEBCO |
General bathymetric chart of the oceans = Carte generale bathymetrique des oceans
|
GEDS |
General Environmental Data Base System (Florida)
|
GEGMR |
General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources (Syria)
|
GEM |
Graphical Environment Manager
|
GEMS |
Global Environment Monitoring System
|
GEOBAL |
Servicio Geologico de Bolivia
|
GEO-CAT |
Geographic catalog of political and statistical areas
|
Geocorr |
Geographic Correspondence Engine
|
Geog. |
Geography
|
Geol. |
Geology
|
GEOLAN |
Geological (survey) local area network
|
GEOREF |
Geological Reference (system)
|
GEOS |
Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite
|
GEOSAT |
Geodesy Satellite
|
GEOSEC |
Geographic Security
|
GeoTMS |
Geographic Town Management System (Des Lauriers & Assoc. Inc.)
|
GEOZAVOD |
Zavod za Geoloska i Geofizicksa Istrazivanja (Yugoslavia)
|
Ges. |
Gesamt-
|
GES |
Geographic Entry System
|
GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.)
|
GGMC |
Guyana Geology and Mines Commission
|
GGNRA |
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Calif.)
|
GGS |
Georgia Geologic Survey
|
GGU |
Gronlands Geologiske Undersogelse
|
GI |
Geographic information
|
GIA |
Geographic information analysis; Geographic information and analysis; GPS
International Assn.
|
GIAC |
Geomatics Industry Assn. of Canada
|
GIAL |
Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory (State Univ. of New York, Buffalo)
|
GIB |
Geographic Information Board (Florida); Geomagnetic Indices Bulletin; G.I.
Barnett & Son
|
GICC |
Geographic Information Coordinating Committee (Colorado)
|
GICS |
Geographic Identification Code Scheme
|
GID |
Geodaetisk Institut (Denmark)
|
GIDW |
General inverse-distance weighted interpolation model
|
.GIF |
Graphics Interchange File; Graphics Interchange Format
|
GIG |
Geologic Inquiries Group
|
GILS |
Government Information Locator Service
|
GIMS |
Geographic Information Management Systems Committee (ASCM/ASPRS)
|
GIO |
Geograpic Investigations Office (USGS)
|
GIPS |
Generalized Image Processing Sytstem
|
GIRAS |
Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System (USGS)
|
GIS |
Geographic(al) information system(s); Geohydrologic Information System; Geoscience
Information Society; Global Indexing System
|
GISDEX |
Federal Geographic Information and Spatial Data Exposition and Conference (U.S.)
|
GISMO |
GIS MOdeling (ERDAS)
|
GISOM |
Generating Information and Scanning Ohio Maps (Ohio State Univ. Center for Mapping)
|
GISS |
Goddard Institude of Space Studies
|
GIST |
Geographic Information System for Transportation
|
GITA |
Geospatial Information & Technology Assn.
|
GIV |
Geologic Information Visualization (software)
|
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 |
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System; Geologisches Landesamt des Saarlandes
|
GLAS-H |
Geologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein
|
GLI |
Global Imager
|
GLIS |
Geographic Land Information System (USGS); Geographic and Land Information Society
|
GLM |
General linear model
|
GLO |
General Land Office (U.S.)
|
GLONASS |
Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (Russia)
|
GLOSS |
Global Observation Surveillance System
|
GLR-P |
Geologisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
|
GLRS |
Geoscience Laser Ranging System
|
GM |
Geography and Map; Geologic map
|
GMAT |
Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time
|
GMD |
Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst van Suriname
|
GME |
Geohydrologic Map Editor
|
GMR |
Government Micro Resources Inc.
|
GMS |
Geostationary meteorological satellite(s)
|
G.M.S.I. |
Ground Modeling Systems Inc.; Gandalf Mobile Systems Incorporated; GMSI Inc. is a firm
(not an abbreviation)
|
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time; Generic Mapping Tools
|
G.M.T. |
Giuseppi Maria Terreni
|
GN |
Grid north
|
GNC |
Geologic Names Committee; Global navigation chart
|
GNIS |
Geographic Names Information System (U.S.)
|
GNMP |
Gettysburg National Military Park
|
GNS |
GEOnet Names Server (USNIMA)
|
GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System
|
GNU |
Geologic Names Unit (USGS)
|
GNULEX |
Geologic Names Unit Lexicon (USGS)
|
GO |
Geometric Operations
|
G&O |
Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc.
|
GODORT |
Government Documents Round Table (ALA)
|
GOES |
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (NASA)
|
GOME |
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment
|
GOMS |
Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite(s)
|
Gov. |
Governor
|
Gov. Gen. |
Governor General
|
GP |
Graphic production; Graphics processor; Geography Program (USGS)
|
GPF |
Geospatial Prototype Facility
|
GPG |
Graphic Product Generation
|
GPH |
Geological Publishing House (China)
|
GPI |
Graphics Programming Interface
|
GPIP |
General Purpose Image Processor
|
GPM |
Gestalt Photo Mapper
|
GP.MC |
Geoprocessing Map Call
|
GP.MCD |
Geoprocessing Map Call Deamon program
|
GPO |
Government Printing Office
|
GPOS |
Government Printing Office Style Manual
|
GPPU |
Graphic Polygon Processing Utilities
|
GPR |
Ground-Penetrating Radar
|
GPS |
Global positioning system(s)
|
GPSDR |
Global positioning system demonstration receiver
|
GPSIC |
Global Positioning System Information Center (U.S. Coast Guard); GPS Industry Council
|
GPST |
Global positioning system time
|
GQ |
Geologic quadrangle
|
gr. |
gross
|
Gr. |
Grosse
|
GRAMPS |
Graphic Map Production System
|
GRASS |
Geographic Resource Analysis Support System
|
GRC |
Generation of reproducible copy; Geoscience Research Corp.
|
GRD |
Ground Resolved Distance
|
GRDL |
Geodetic Research and Development Laboratory
|
GRF-N |
Geographic Reference File-Names
|
GRIDS |
Grid Referenced Information Display System; Gridded Resource Inventory Data System
|
GRS |
Geodetic Reference System
|
GRS 80 |
Geodetic Reference System of 1980
|
GRSU |
Geography Remote Sensing Unit (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
|
GS |
Geological Survey (U.S.); Gray scale
|
GSA |
General Services Administration (U.S.); Geological Society of America; Geological
Survey of Alabama
|
GSC |
Geographic Systems Corp.; Geological Survey of Canada; Geotronics Service Center;
Geocode Service Center (HUD)
|
GSD |
Ground sample distance; Geological Survey Dept. (Malawi); Geological Survey Div.
(Jamaica); Geodetic Survey Div. (Natural Resources Canada)
|
GSDM |
Global Spatial Data Model
|
GSDS |
Global spatial data system
|
GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)
|
GSGS |
Geographical Section, General Staff (U.K.)
|
GSI |
Geodetic Survey Inst. (Japan); Geophysical Services Inc.; Geological Survey of India;
Geological Survey of Iran; Geolical Survey Inst. (Japan); Geological Survey of Ireland
|
GSJ |
Geological Survey of Japan
|
GSK |
Geological Survey of Kenya
|
GSL |
Geographic Sciences Laboratory (USCE)
|
GSM |
Graphic Standard Metafile
|
GSMD |
Geological Survey and Mines Dept. (Swaziland)
|
GSN |
Geological Survey of Namibia
|
GSNI |
Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
|
GSP |
Geological Survey of Pakistan; Geographical statistics program
|
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
|
GSW |
Geological Survey of Wyoming
|
GSZ |
Geological Survey of Zambia
|
GT |
Geometry and topology; Greater than; Geologian Tutkimuskeskus = Geological Survey of
Finland
|
G.T. |
Gas tank
|
GTE |
Greater than or equal
|
GTI |
GIS Technology Inc.
|
GTS |
GPS Timing Simulator (NovAtel Inc.)
|
GTUB |
Geographic tabulation unit base
|
GU |
Government unit
|
GUDS |
Geologicky ustav Dionyz Stur
|
GUGK |
Glavnoe Upravlenie Geodezii i Kartografii (USSR)
|
GUGKK |
Glavno Upravlenie po Geodezia I Kartografia y Kadaster (Bulgaria)
|
GUI |
Graphical User Interface
|
GUID |
Globally unique identifier
|
GUNI |
Goteborgs Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen
|
GUNO |
Glavnoe Upravlenie Navigatsii i Okeanografii (USSR)
|
GVF |
Goodness of variance fit
|
GVI |
Green vegetation index
|
GVIS |
Geographic Visualization
|
GW |
Gas well (natural); Ground water
|
GWE |
Global Weather Experiment
|
GWEN |
Ground Wave Emergency Network (U.S.)
|
GWSI |
Groundwater site inventory
|
h. |
hoch = high
|
H. |
Hohe = height
|
ha. |
Hektar
|
HA |
Hydrologic Atlas
|
HAC |
Harbor and Approach Chart
|
HALS |
Hawaii Assn. of Land Surveyors
|
HARN |
High-Accuracy Reference Network (U.S.)
|
Hbf |
Hauptbahnhof = main railway station
|
HBF |
Herbert Bismarck Foster
|
HBM |
Hydrologic bench mark
|
HBMN |
Hydrologic Bench Mark Network
|
HC |
Hard copy
|
HCC |
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission
|
HCDN |
Hydroclimate Data Network
|
HCMM |
Heat-capacity Mapping Mission
|
HCMR |
Heat-capacity Mapping Radiometer
|
HCRS |
Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service (U.S.)
|
HD |
Hydrographic Dept. (Great Britain)
|
HDDT |
High-Density Digital Tape
|
HDLD |
Headland
|
HDOP |
Horizontal Dilution of Precision
|
HDT |
High density tape
|
HDT-A |
High density tape (not geometrically corrected)
|
HDTR |
High density tape recorder
|
HDTV |
High-definition television
|
Herst. |
Herstellung
|
HE/S |
Hardcopy Exploitation Segment
|
HF |
High frequency
|
HFA |
Hydrologic field assistant
|
Hfn |
Hafen = port, harbor
|
Hgbf |
Hauptgueterbahnhof
|
HGCSD |
Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District (U.S.)
|
.HGL |
Newlett-Packard Graphics Language format
|
HGS |
Halliburton Geophysical Services
|
HI |
Hawaii
|
HIA |
Hydrologic Investigations Atlas
|
HIF |
Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility
|
Hind. |
Hindustan
|
HIRAN |
High Range Navigation
|
HIRS |
High-resolution Infrared Sounder
|
HIS |
Hydrologic Information System
|
HISS |
Heritage Information Statistical System
|
HIT |
Horizons Technolgy Inc.
|
HIU |
Hydrologic Information Unit
|
HJW |
Hammon, Jensen, Wallen & Associates
|
HKGA |
Hong Kong Geographical Assn.
|
HLAB |
Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung
|
HLfB |
Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung
|
HLL |
Hill
|
HLLS |
Hills
|
HLR |
High level radiation; High level radioactivity
|
HLRS |
Highway Location Reference Standard
|
HLS |
Hue, lightness and saturation
|
HLVA |
Hessisches Landesvermessungsamt
|
HLW |
High level waste (radioactivity)
|
HMCK |
Hummock
|
HMGS |
Hellenic Military Geographical Service
|
HMSO |
Her/His Majesty's Stationery Office (Great Britain)
|
H.O. |
Hochofen = blast furnace
|
HOM |
Hotine oblique Mercator
|
Hon. |
Honorable
|
Hp |
Haltepunkt = stopping place
|
HP |
Hewlett-Packard (corp.)
|
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
|
HR |
House of Representatives
|
HRB |
Highway Research Board
|
HRD |
High-resolution data
|
HRDB |
High-resolution Data Base
|
HRDI |
High-resolution Doppler Imager
|
HRFRS |
High-resolution Film Recorder Subsystem
|
HRGA |
High Rate Geographical Areas
|
HRIR |
High-resolution Infrared Radiometer
|
HRMSI |
High Resolution Multispectral Stereo Imager
|
HRV |
High Resolution Visible
|
HRVIR |
High Resolution Visible Infrared (scanner)
|
HS |
High school
|
HSDL |
High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
|
HSGT |
Hitachi Software Global Technology, Ltd.
|
HSI |
Horizontal Situation Indicator; Habitat Suitability Index
|
H. St. |
Eisenbahn Haltstelle = railway stop
|
HTC |
Hydrographic Topographic Center (USDMA)
|
H., T.C. |
Thomas Campanius Holm
|
HTDP |
Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning
|
HTI |
Horizons Technology, Inc.
|
HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language
|
HUA |
Hydrologic Unit Area
|
HUC |
Hydrologic Unit Code
|
HUD |
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.)
|
Hund. |
Hundred
|
H.W. |
Hochwasser
|
H/W |
Hardware
|
I. |
Island
|
IA |
Infrastructure Analyst (BaySys Technologies Inc.)
|
IACWD |
Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data
|
IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency
|
IAEG |
International Assn. of Engineering Geologists
|
IAG |
International Assn. of Geodesy
|
IAGS |
Inter-American Geodetic Survey
|
IAH |
International Association of Hydrogeologists
|
IAHS |
International Assn. of Hydrological Sciences = Assn. Internationale des Sciences
Hydrologiques
|
IALA |
International Assn. of Lighthouse Authorities
|
IALS |
Idaho Assn. of Land Surveyors
|
IAOO |
International Assn. of Assessing Officers
|
IASI |
Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
|
IAT |
Image Annotation Tape; International Atomic Time
|
IAWPRC |
International Assn. for Water Pollution Research and Control
|
IB |
Isobar
|
IBC |
International Boundary Commission (U.S.-Canada)
|
IBDF |
Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal
|
IBG |
Inst. of British Geographers
|
IBGE |
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica
|
IBIS |
Image-Based Information System
|
IBM |
International Business Machines (corp.); International boundary marker
|
IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
|
IBSP |
Idaho Bureau of State Planning
|
IBWC |
International Boundary and Water Commission (Mexico-U.S.)
|
IC |
Integrated circuit(s)
|
ICA |
International Cartographic Assn. = Assn. Cartographique Internationale
|
ICACET |
International Cartographic Assn. Committee on Training
|
ICAITI |
Instituto Centro Americano de Investigacion y Tecnica Industrial
|
ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organiztion
|
ICC |
Institut Cartografic de Catalunya; Interstate Commerce Commission (U.S.);
International Cartographic Conference
|
ICCP |
Inst. for Certification of Computer Professionals
|
ICE |
Information Center for the Environment (UCD)
|
ICED |
Intraprofessional Council on Environmental Design
|
ICES |
Institution of Civil Engineers (UK); Initial Graphics Exchange Specifications
|
ICEX |
Ice and Climate Experiment
|
ICGC |
Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia
|
ICGWM |
International Clearinghouse for Ground Water Models
|
ICITV |
Institut de la Carte International du Tapis Vegetale
|
ICM |
Instituto Geografico Militar
|
ICMP |
Internet Control Message Protocol
|
ICMSSR |
Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and Supporting Research
|
ICONA |
Instituto Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (Spain)
|
ICR |
Intelligent Character Reader
|
ICT |
Information and communication technologies
|
ICW |
International Computer Works, Inc.
|
ID |
Identification; Interface device; Idaho
|
IDAS |
Image Data Analysis Systems
|
IDC |
International Data Corp.
|
IDCCC |
Interior Digital Cartographic Coordination Committee (U.S.)
|
IDD |
Information and data dissemination
|
IDE |
Imbedded Drive Electronics
|
IDEN |
Identification module
|
IDFG |
Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game
|
IDIMS |
Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System
|
IDL |
Interactive Data Language; Idaho Dept. of Lands
|
IDLH |
Immediately dangerous to life and health
|
IDR |
Interface drawing
|
IDS |
Information Decision Systems (firm)
|
IDWO |
Intelligence Div., War Office (U.K.)
|
IDWR |
Idaho Dept. of Water Resources
|
IEMVT |
Institut d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux
|
IEP |
Independent electric plant
|
IERS |
International Earth Rotation Service
|
IES |
Inst. for Environmental Sciences
|
IF |
Frame identification
|
IfAG |
Institut fur Angewandte Geodasie
|
IFF |
Interchange Format File (Commodore Amiga)
|
IFLA |
International Assn. of Library Asociations and Institutions
|
IFN |
Service de l'Inventaire Forestier National (France)
|
IFOV |
Instantaneous Field of View
|
IFP |
Institut Francais de Pondicherry; Institut Francais du Petrole
|
IFR |
Instrument Flight Regulation
|
IFREMER |
Institut francais de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer
|
ISFAR |
Inter-ferometric Synehetic Aperture Radar
|
IFSARE |
Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Elevation
|
IG |
Instytut Geologiczny (Poland)
|
IGA |
Istituto Geografico de Agostini
|
IGAC |
Instituto Geografico "Agustin Codazzi"
|
IGBF |
Institut Geographique de Burkina Faso
|
IGBP |
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
|
IGC |
International Geologic Congress; Intelligent Graphics Controller; Informative Graphics
Corp.
|
IGCI |
Institut Geographique de la Cote d'Ivoire
|
IGCP |
International Geological Correlation Program; Instituto Geografico e Cadastral
(Portugal)
|
IGDC |
Interagency Geographic Data Committee (U.S.)
|
IGDS |
Interactive Graphics Design System (software); Intergraph Design Software
|
IGEBU |
Institut Geographique de Burundi
|
IGES |
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification; International Graphics Exchange System
|
IGF |
Inset Graphics Format
|
IGFCOT |
Institutul de Geodezie, Fotogrammetrie, Cartografie si Organizarea Teritoriului
(Romania)
|
IGG |
Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica (Romania)
|
IGGSP |
Instituto Geografico e Geologico de S~ao Paulo
|
IGIF |
International Geographic Information Foundation
|
IGIS |
Integrated Geographic Information System; Intelligent GIS
|
IGL |
Interactive Graphics Library
|
IGLD 85 |
International Great Lakes Datum of 1985
|
IGM |
Instituto Geografico Militar
|
IGME |
Inst. of Geology and Mineral Exploration (Greece); Instituto Geologico y Minero de
Espa~na
|
IGMI |
Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano
|
IGN |
Institut geographique national; Instituto Geografico Nacional
|
IGNB |
Institut Geographique National (Belgium)
|
IGNC |
Institut Geographique National Congolaise
|
IGNTG |
Instituto Geografico Nacional "Tommy Guardia" (Panama)
|
IGS |
Information & Graphics Systems Inc.; International GPS Service; Idaho Geological
Survey; Indiana Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Israel
|
IGSN71 |
International Gravity Standardization Net 1971
|
IGT |
Integrated GPS Technologies Inc.
|
IGU |
International Geographical Union; Instituto Geografico Universitario (Dominican
Republic)
|
IGUG |
Intergraph Graph Users Group
|
IGWMC |
International Ground Water Modeling Center
|
IGY |
International Geophysical Year
|
IGZa |
Institut Geographique du Zaire
|
IHA |
Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada (Chile)
|
IHAC |
Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada, Chile
|
IHB |
International Hydrographic Bureau
|
IHD |
International Hydrological Decade
|
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 Investigac~ao Cientifica Tropical (Portugal)
|
IIGS |
Initial Image Generating System
|
IIPL |
Interactive Image Processing Laboratory
|
IJC |
International Joint Commission (U.S. & Canada)
|
IKU |
Institutt for Kontinentalsokkelundersokelse (Norway)
|
ILC |
Interim Library Catalog
|
ILEX |
Interactive Landsat Executive (NASA software)
|
ILH |
Internationales Landkartenhaus (Stuttgart)
|
ILI |
Inst. for Land Information
|
ILIM |
Inst. for Land Information Management (University of Toronto)
|
ILLIAC |
Illinois Advanced Computer
|
ILWIS |
Integrated Land and Water Information System (ITC)
|
IM |
Information management
|
IMA |
Intermap Analytic
|
IMACUAC |
Information Management and Computer Utilization Advisory Committee
|
IMAG |
Information Management Advisory Group
|
IMACS |
Integrity Monitoring and Control Software (Javad Positioning Systems)
|
IMAGE |
Integrated Mapping and Geographic Encoding System
|
IMAGE 100 |
Interactive Multispectral Image Analysis System (GE)
|
IMAN |
Image Analysis (system); Intermap Analytic Nucleus
|
IMAP |
Input, Management, Analysis, and Presentation
|
IMC |
Image Motion Compensator
|
IMCoS |
International Map Collectors Society
|
IMDA |
International Map Dealers Assn.
|
.IMG |
ADRG image format (USDMA)
|
IMGW |
Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej (Poland)
|
IMO |
International Maritime Organization
|
IMP |
Integrated Micro Products Inc.
|
IMPAC |
Image Analysis Computer Package (Egbert Scientific)
|
IMS |
Intermediate map scale; Image Manipulation System; Internet Map Server (ESRI)
|
IMT |
Information Management Technologies (Firm); Internet Media Type
|
IMTA |
International Map Trade Assn.
|
IMW |
International Map of the World
|
in. |
Inch; inches
|
INC |
Institut National de Cartographie
|
INCG |
Institut National de Cartographie du Gabon; Institut Geographique National Guineen
|
INDEC |
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos (Argentina)
|
INE |
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (Ecuador, Guatemala)
|
INEAC |
Institut National pour l'Etude Agronomique du Congo
|
INEGI |
Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas, Geografia e Informatica (Mexico)
|
INETER |
Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales
|
INFORM |
Information Network for Operational Resources Management (Arizona)
|
INGEMMET |
Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico (Peru)
|
INGEO- MINAS |
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Geologico-Mineras (Colombia)
|
INGM |
Instituto Nacional de Geologia
|
INLT |
Inlet
|
INMARSAT |
International Maritime Satellite (organization)
|
INMG |
Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica (Portugal)
|
INMH |
Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia y Hidrologia (Ecuador)
|
INPE |
Instituto das Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
|
INQUA |
International Union for Quaternary Research
|
INRA |
Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (France)
|
INRAT |
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie
|
INS |
Inertial Navigation System
|
INSEE |
Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (France)
|
INSMAP |
International Symposium on Marine Positioning
|
Inst. |
Institute
|
INSTAAR |
Inst. of Arctic and Alpine Research (Univ. of Colorado)
|
INTA |
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (Argentina)
|
INTELSAT |
International Telecommunications Satellite (organization)
|
INTRISCA |
Integrated Resource Inventory for South-Central Alaska
|
INUPAL |
Informaciones Unidas para America Latina (Chile)
|
IO |
Input/output; Interior orientation
|
I/O |
Input/output
|
IOC |
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; Initial operational capability
|
ION |
Inst. of Navigation
|
IOP |
International Organisation of Palaeobotany
|
IOS |
Institute of Oceanographic Science (Great Britain)
|
IP |
Internet protocol; Image point
|
IPA |
Imagery Product Archive (USDMA)
|
IPAM |
Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia
|
IPCS |
Image Production Control System
|
IPE |
Image processing engine
|
IPF |
Image Processing Facility (GSFC)
|
IPGP |
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
|
IPRG |
Inst. for Petroleum Resources and Geophysics (Israel)
|
IPLSA |
Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Assn.
|
IPOSTEL |
Instituto Postal Telegrafico (Venezuela)
|
IPP |
Integrated Plotting Package
|
IPS |
Image processing system; Inertial Positioning System
|
IPT |
Informatica per il Territorio; Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas (Sao Paulo,
Brazil); Integrated Product Team
|
IPX |
Internet Packet Exchange
|
IR |
Imaging Radiometer; Infrared
|
IRAT |
Institut de Recherches en Agronomie Tropicale (France)
|
IRC |
Intergraph Registered Consultant
|
IR. CH. |
Iron chimney
|
IR. CH.S.A. |
Iron chimney with spark arrestor
|
IRD |
Information Resources Division (Arizona)
|
IRDB |
Integrated regional database
|
IRDS |
Information Resource Dictionary System
|
IRF |
Internal Raster File; Internal Raster Format
|
IRG |
Inter-Record Gap
|
IRICC |
Interagency Resource Information Coordination Council
|
IRIS |
Infrared Interferometer/Spectrometer; Interim Research and Intelligence Service (U.S.
Dept. of State)
|
IRIS R&A |
Research and Analysis Branch, Interim Research and Intelligence Service (U.S. Dept. of
State)
|
IRLSA |
Illinois Registered Land Surveyors Assn.
|
IRRI |
International Rice Research Inst.
|
IRS |
Internal Revenue Service (U.S.); Information retrieval system; Indian Remote Sensing
Satellite
|
IRSA |
Inst. of Remote Sensing Applications
|
IRWA |
International Right of Way Assn.
|
IRWD |
Irvine Ranch Water District
|
Is. |
Island
|
IS |
International Standard
|
I.S. |
John Speed
|
ISA |
Institute of Surveyors of Australia; Internet Starter Applications
|
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
|
ISC |
Information Systems Council
|
ISCEM |
International Society of Curators of Early Maps
|
ISD |
Information Services Div.
|
ISDN |
Integrated Services Digital Network
|
ISERT |
Institut Superieur pour les Etudes et Recherches Scientifique et Techniques (Djibouti)
|
ISGS |
Illinois State Geological Survey
|
ISI |
Image Subsystem Interface; Information Systems Inventory (EPA); Interpretation System,
Inc.
|
I-SITE |
Intelligent Screening of Imagery for Teleophthalmology
|
Isl. |
Island
|
ISL |
Island
|
ISLP |
Land-tied island
|
ISLS |
Islands
|
ISM |
Interpretive Structural Modeling
|
ISMS |
International Society for Mine Surveying
|
ISO |
Imaging Spectrometer Observatory; International Standards Organization
|
ISP |
Internet service provider
|
ISPI |
Intermediate-scale Product Inventory
|
ISPLS |
Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors
|
ISPRS |
International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
|
ISR |
Information Storage and Retrieval
|
IS&T |
Information Systems and Technology
|
ISTAT |
Istituto Centrale di Statistica (Italy)
|
ISTD |
Inter-Services Topographical Dept. (Great Britain)
|
ISTH |
Isthmus
|
ISU |
International System of Units
|
ISURL |
Indiana State Univ. Remote Sensing Laboratory
|
IT |
Information technology; Integration Technologies Inc.
|
I.T. |
Idaho Territory
|
ITAA |
Information Technology Assn. of America
|
ITC |
International Inst. for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (Netherlands; formerly
International Training Centre for Aerial Survey); International Trade Commission
|
ITCA |
International Topographic Composition Assn.
|
ITD |
Interim Terrain Data
|
ITE |
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (Great Britain)
|
ITFE |
Inductive terrain feature extraction
|
ITRF |
International Terrestrial Reference Frame
|
ITRM |
Information Technology Resouces Management (standard, Virginia)
|
ITS |
Intelligent transportation system
|
ITU |
Image Transfer Unit; International Telecommunications Union
|
IUE |
International Ultraviolet Explorer
|
IUGG |
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
|
IUGS |
International Union of Geological Sciences
|
IUSM |
International Union for Surveying and Mapping
|
IVHS |
Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems
|
IW |
Information Warfare
|
IWARDS |
Iowa Water Resources Data System
|
IWIS |
International Water Information System
|
IWPC |
Inst. of Water Pollution Control
|
IWRA |
International Water Resources Assn.
|
I2S |
International Imaging Systems Inc.
|
l |
Liter
|
l. |
Links
|
La. |
Louisiana
|
LA |
Land access; Louisiana
|
L.A. |
Los Angeles (Calif.)
|
LAAS |
Local Area Augmentation System
|
LAC |
Litografia Artistica Cartografica
|
LACIE |
Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment
|
LADAR |
Laser Detection and Ranging
|
LAGEO |
Laser Geodynamic Satellite
|
LAGIC |
Louisiana Geographic Information Center
|
LAMP |
Low Altitude Mapping Photogrammetry
|
LAMPS |
Laser-scan Automated Map Production System
|
LAMS |
Large Area Mosaicing Software
|
LAN |
Local area network
|
LAND |
Landmark feature identification number
|
LANDSAT |
Land Satellite
|
LAP |
Landsat Applications Program (PNW)
|
LARIS |
Louisiana Areal Resource Information System
|
LARS |
Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (Purdue Univ.)
|
LARSYS |
Laboratory of Applications of Remote Sensing Image Data Processing System
(Purdue Univ.)
|
LAS |
Land Analysis System
|
LASS |
Land Applications Satellite System (ESA)
|
Lat. |
Latitude
|
LAT |
Large Area Triangulation
|
LAU |
Landesamt fur Umweltschutz (Saarland)
|
LBR |
Laser Beam Recorder
|
LC |
Library of Congress (U.S.); Land cover
|
L/C |
Land cover
|
LCA |
Land cover analysis
|
LCC |
Lambert conformal conic (projection)
|
LCD |
Liquid-crystal displays
|
LCDB |
Land Cover Database
|
LCDC |
Land Conservation and Development
|
LCGMD |
Library of Congress Geography and Map Div. (U.S.)
|
LCS |
Liberian Cartographic Service
|
LCTY |
Locality
|
LDLS |
Lesotho Dept. of Lands, Surveys and Physical Planning
|
LDMG |
Lesotho Dept. of Mines and Geology
|
LDNG |
Landing
|
LEAF |
Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Feedback
|
LEC |
Lockheed Electronics Company
|
LEM |
Landform Elevation Model; Lunar Escape Module
|
LEP |
Linear Error Probable
|
LF |
Large format; Line feed
|
LFC |
Large format camera
|
LFVZ |
Leichtensteinische Fremdenverkehrszentrale
|
lg. |
lang
|
Lg. |
Lange
|
LGN |
Lagoon
|
LGS |
Liberian Geological Survey; Louisiana Geological Survey
|
LGISC |
Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council
|
LGSOWOG |
Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group
|
lH |
lichte Hohe
|
LI |
Landmaelingar Islands
|
LIA |
Land Information and Analysis office (USGS)
|
LIBER- Gdc |
Ligue des Biblioth`eques Europeennes de Recherche, Groupe des
cartothecaires
|
LICGF |
Land Information & Computer Graphics Facility (Univ. of
Wisconsin-Madison)
|
LIDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging
|
Lieut. |
Lieutenant
|
LIM |
Land identification method; Land Inventory and Management Program (USSCS)
|
LIMAP |
Landsat Imagery Analysis Package (S.Dakota)
|
LINZ |
Land Information New Zealand
|
LIS |
Land information system(s); Landsat Information System; Lightening Imaging
Sensor
|
LISCOM |
Land Information Systems Committee (So. Australia)
|
Lith. |
Lithographed; lithographer
|
LK |
Lake
|
LKB |
Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett Inc.
|
LKC |
Crater lake
|
LKI |
Intermittent lake
|
LKS |
Lakes
|
LKSC |
Crater lakes
|
LL |
Line-by-line
|
LLA |
Adjusted line length
|
LLC |
Line length code
|
LMCTF |
Land Managers Cooperative Task Force (Alaska)
|
LMIC |
Land Management Information Center
|
LMP |
Land Management Planning
|
LMS |
Large-scale mapping system
|
LMV |
Statens Lantmateriverket (Sweden)
|
LO |
Located object
|
L&O |
Limnology & Oceanography (journal)
|
LOC |
Library of Congress; Landsat Oversight Committee (Colorado)
|
LOGIC |
Loveland Geographic Information/Cartographic System
|
LOMA |
Letters of map amendment
|
LOMC |
Letters of map correction
|
LOMR |
Letters of map revision
|
Lon. |
Longitude
|
LORAN |
Long Range Navigation (system)
|
LOS |
Land Observation Satellite (Japan); Line-of-sight
|
LP |
Line printer
|
LPI |
Lines per inch
|
LPM |
Load point marker
|
LPS |
Library Programs Service (USGPO)
|
LQ |
Letter quality
|
LR |
Laser Retroflector
|
LRD |
Low resolution data
|
LRDA |
Land Resources Data Analysis
|
LRDB |
Low Resolution Data Base
|
LRDC |
Land Resources Development Centre
|
LRIDP |
Land Resources Inventory Demonstration Project (PNW)
|
LRIS |
Land Registration and Information Service (Maritime Provinces); Land
Resource Information System (S.Dakota and N. Carolina)
|
LRITF |
Land Resources Inventory Task Force
|
LRM |
Linear Referencing Method
|
LRR |
Laser Retro-reflector
|
LRS |
Linear Referencing System
|
LRU |
Line Replaceable Unit; Line Replacement Unit
|
L/S |
Landsat
|
LSAW |
Land Surveyors' Assn. of Washington
|
LSD |
Land Surface Datum; Lands and Survey Div. (Trinidad and Tobago)
|
LSDP |
Landsat Signature Development Program (software)
|
LSIT |
Land surveyor in training
|
LSN |
Linear scaling number
|
LSO |
Land Surveyors Online
|
LSPS |
Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors
|
LSR |
Local Space Rectangular
|
LSRP |
Laser Printer
|
Lst |
Ladestelle
|
LST |
Local Standard Time
|
Lt. |
Lieutenant
|
LT |
Less than; Local Time; Linear triangulation
|
LTC |
Light transfer characteristics
|
LTE |
Less than or equal
|
LTTM |
Longterm Terrain Model
|
LTO |
Land Title Office (New Zealand)
|
LU |
Land units
|
L/U |
Land use
|
LUCCAS |
Land Use and Cover Change Analysis System (Pacific Meridian Resources)
|
LUDA |
Land Use and Data Analysis (program); Land use development assistance
|
LU/LC |
Land use, land cover
|
LUM |
Limited update, monoscopic
|
LUMIS |
Land Use Management Information System (JPL software)
|
LUMS |
Land Use Management System
|
LUNR |
Land Use and Natural Resource Information System (N.Y.)
|
LUPIN |
Land Use Planning Information Network (CERES)
|
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
|
lW |
lichte Weite
|
LWD |
Littoral Warfare Data
|
m |
Meter
|
m. |
mittlere
|
M. |
Mile; mille (1,000); Mitte
|
MA |
Mean annual; Maritime Administration
|
MAC |
Mapping Applications Center; Mineralogical Assn. of Canada; Mapping Advisory Committee
|
MACA |
Ministerio de Asuntos Campesinos y Agropecuarios (Bolivia)
|
MAD |
Management Areas Database; Metro Area Disaster GIS (Oregon)
|
MADM |
Multiple attributes decision-making
|
MAF |
Master address file
|
MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (U.K.)
|
MAFI |
Magyar Allami Foldtani Intezet = Hungarian Geological Inst.
|
MAG |
Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia (Costa Rica, Ecuador)
|
MAGE |
Map Authoring and Generalisation Expert
|
MAGERT |
Map and Geography Round Table (ALA)
|
MAGI |
Maryland Automated Geographic Information System
|
MAGIC |
Map and Geographic Information Center (University of New Mexico)
|
MAGSAT |
Magnetic Field Satellite (U.S.)
|
MALSCE |
Massachusetts Assn. of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers
|
MAP |
Map Analysis Package; Mapping Alliance Program (Space Imaging, Inc.)
|
MAPA |
Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion (Spain)
|
MAPCAT |
Map catalog
|
MAPDS |
Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Direccion de Suelos (Uruguay)
|
MAPIS |
Map Products Information System
|
MaPKBS |
Map Projection Knowledge-based System
|
MAPPS |
Management Assn. for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors Maps, Aerial Photo and
Publication System
|
MAPS |
Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellite
|
M.A.P.S. |
Microcomputer-based Automated Projection System
|
MAPSAT |
Mapping Satellite (U.S.)
|
MAR |
Mean annual runoff
|
MARC |
Machine Readable Cataloging (LC); Mid-America Remote Sensing Center (Murray State
Univ., KY)
|
MARIS |
Mississippi Automated Resource Information System
|
MARLS |
Missouri Assn. of Registered Land Surveyors; Montana Assn. of Registered Land
Surveyors
|
MAS |
Millimeterwave Atmospheric Sounder
|
MASC |
Map Activity Support Contract
|
Mat-Su |
Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Alaska)
|
MAT |
Medial-axis transformation
|
MAW |
Metropolitan area window
|
mB |
Millibar
|
MB |
Megabyte
|
MBMG |
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
|
MBPS |
Million bits per second
|
MBR |
Minimum bounding rectangle
|
MC |
Mapping Center
|
MC&G |
Mapping, Charting & Geodesy (U.S. Dept. of Defense)
|
MCD |
Minor civil division; Major civil division
|
MCDM |
Multi-criteria decision-making
|
MCE |
Mapping and Charting Establishment (Canada)
|
MCGA |
Monochrome/Color Graphics Adapter
|
McIDAS |
Map-computer Interactive Data Access System
|
MCIS |
Maps and Chart Information System
|
MCM |
Mid-continent Mapping Center (USGS)
|
MCO |
Mars Climate Orbiter
|
MCS |
Master Control Station
|
MD |
Maryland; Metadata
|
MDA |
Monochrome Display Adapter; MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, Inc.
|
MDAS |
Multispectral Data Analysis System (Bendix Corp.)
|
MDC |
Div. de la Cartographie (Morocco)
|
MDD |
Mineral Deposits Div., Geological Assn. of Canada
|
MDG |
Direction de la Geologie (Morroco)
|
MDGLS |
Missouri Div. of Geology and Land Survey
|
MDL |
Measurement Devices Ltd.
|
M.D.M. |
Mount Diablo Meridian
|
MDP |
Master Data Processor
|
MDR |
Minimum Data Recorder
|
MDS |
Metadata standards; Multi-dimensional scaling
|
MDSD |
Mono-Digitizer Stereo-Digitizer
|
MDT |
Mountain Daylight Time
|
MDTC |
Div. de la Topographie et de la Cartographie (Mauritania)
|
M.E. |
Military Engineer; Mining Engineer
|
ME |
Monoscopic Extraction
|
MECM |
Miss~ao de Estudos Cartograficos de Macao
|
MEDEA |
Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis (U.S.)
|
MEDS |
Minimum essential data set
|
MEGRIN |
Multipurpose European Ground Related Information Network
|
mehr-gesch. |
mehrgeschossig
|
MEI |
Maps Etc. Inc.
|
MEIS |
Multispectral Electrooptical Imaging Sensor
|
MEM |
Ministry of Energy and Minerals (Tanzania)
|
MEMPR |
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (British Columbia)
|
MENR |
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Trinidad and Tobago)
|
MEOW |
Mono-Extraction Orthophoto Workstation
|
MER |
Minist`ere de l'Energie et des Ressources (Qubec)
|
MERES |
Mineral and Energy Resources Exploration Satellite (Japan)
|
MERIS |
Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
|
MERRA |
Michigan Energy and Resources Research Association
|
MESSR |
Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer
|
METSAT |
Meteorological Satellite
|
MEWS |
Mono-Extraction Workstation
|
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
|
MGE |
Microstation GIS Environment (Intergraph); Modular GIS Environment
|
MGG |
Marine Geology and Geophysics Report
|
MGIS |
Micro Geographic Information System
|
MGS |
Maine Geological Survey; Maryland Geological Survey; Minnesota Geological Survey; Mars
Global Surveyor (satellite)
|
MGRS |
Military Grid Reference System
|
MGSD |
Michigan Geological Survey Div.
|
MGSSSR |
Ministerstvo Geologii SSSR
|
MH |
Ministry of Housing (Bahrain)
|
M.H. |
Meierhof = dairy farm
|
MHTD |
Missouri Highway and Transportation Dept.
|
MHW |
Mean High Water
|
MHz |
Megahertz
|
Mi. |
Mile(s)
|
MI |
Michigan; Military Intelligence; Miscellaneous Investigations (map)
|
MIAS |
Multispectral Image Analysis System
|
MIEM |
Minist`ere de l'Industrie et de Mines (Malagasy Republic)
|
MIF |
Main Image File; MapInfo Interchange Format
|
Mil. |
Military
|
MIL |
Map and Imagery Laboratory (Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara); Milli-inch (1 thousandth
of an in.)
|
MILSTRIP |
Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures (USDMA)
|
MILUS |
Multiple Input Land Use System (JPL software)
|
MIME |
MultiPurpose Internet Mail Extension
|
Min. |
Minute
|
Min. E. |
Mineral Engineer; Mining Engineer
|
Minn. |
Minnesota
|
MIO |
Map Information Office
|
MIPS |
Map and Image Processing System; Million Instructions Per Second; Mini-Image
Processing System
|
MIS |
Management Information System; Map Information System
|
MISR |
Macaulay Institute for Soil Research
|
MITE |
Megapixel Imaging Technology
|
MITES |
Miniature Interferometer Terminals for Earth Survey
|
ML |
Master Library
|
MLA |
Multi-linear array
|
MLHD |
Maximum likelihood (decision functions)
|
MLMIC |
Minnesota Land Management Information Center
|
MLMIS |
Minnesota Land Management Information System
|
MLRA |
Major Land Resource Areas
|
MLTA |
Maine Land Title Assn.
|
MLW |
Mean low water
|
MMKS |
Mjetve Mesimore Kulturore e Sportive "Hamid Shijaku" (Albania)
|
MMQ |
Metric Map Questionnaire
|
MMS |
Metropolitan Map Series; Minerals Management Service (U.S.); Multi-Mission Modular
Spacecraft (U.S.)
|
MMSD |
Metric Mapping Support Data
|
MN |
Magnetic north; Mine
|
MNFS |
Minor frame synchronization
|
MO |
Magnetic-optical disc; Member organization; Missouri; Model orientation
|
MOA |
Minute of angle
|
MODM |
Multiple objectives decision-making
|
MODN |
Module name
|
MODS |
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
|
MOLDS |
Inst. for Modernization of Land Data Systems
|
MOMS |
Modular Optoelectric Multispectral Scanner
|
M.O.P. |
Ministerio de Obras Publicas
|
MOPU |
Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Urbanismo (Spain)
|
MoRAP |
Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership
|
MOS |
Marine Observation Satellite; Multispectral Optoelectric Scanner
|
MOSS |
Map Overlay and Statistical System
|
MOST |
Moving Objects Spatio-Temporal
|
MOUG |
Map Online Users Group
|
MP |
Measuring point
|
MPE |
Map Publishing Environment
|
MPLIS |
Multipurpose land information system(s)
|
Mpls. |
Minneapolis
|
MPO |
Multiproduct operation
|
MPP |
Multi-spectral scanner preprocessor
|
MPRD |
Modified Proportional Radial Displacement
|
MPRM |
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (Saudi Arabia)
|
MPWUPH |
Ministry of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing (Djibouti)
|
MR |
Monoscopic revision
|
MRAC |
Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale
|
MRB |
Missouri River Basin
|
MRBC |
Missouri River Basin Commission
|
MRC |
Mississippi River Commission; Map Reference Code (USGS)
|
MRD |
Mineral Resources Div. (Manitoba); Mineral Resources Dept. (Fiji); McCloud Ranger
District
|
MRDB |
Mapping Requirements Data Base System
|
MRI |
Metadata Reference Information; Mediamark Research inc.
|
MRIR |
Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer
|
MRLU |
Map Reproduction and Liaison Unit
|
MRMS |
Maritime Resources Management Service
|
MRS |
Multispectral Resource Sampler
|
MrSID |
Multiresolution Seamless Image Database
|
MRSA |
Major River Systems Analysis
|
MRSH |
Marsh
|
MRWS |
Monoscopic Revision Workstation
|
ms. |
Manuscript
|
MS |
Manuscript; Mean seasonal; Milli-second; Microsoft Corp.; Monochromatic Scanner
|
MSA |
Metropolitan statistical area; Mineralogical Society of America; Maritime Safety
Agency (Japan)
|
MSC |
Map Society of California; Mapping Science Committee (NRC)
|
MSD |
Mapping support data; Malawi Dept. of Surveys; Mauritius Survey Dept.
|
MSDO |
Mapping Support District Office
|
MS-DOS |
MicroSoft Disc Operating System
|
MSE |
Mean square error
|
MSEDB |
Mapping Sciences Education Data Base
|
MSIA |
Mapping Sciences Inst., Australia
|
MSIRI |
Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Inst.
|
MSIS |
Map Separates Information System; Model State Information System
|
MSL |
Mean sea level
|
MSLS |
Maine Society of Land Surveyors
|
MSP |
Multispectral photography
|
.MSP |
Microsoft Paint format
|
MSPE |
Missouri Society of Professional Engineers
|
MSPS |
Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors; Minnesota Society of Professional
Surveyors
|
MSR |
Minimal Spatial Representation
|
MSRLS |
Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors
|
MSS |
Multispectral Scanner; Maryland Society of Surveyors
|
MST |
Mountain Standard Time
|
MSTS |
Map Separates Tracking System
|
MSV |
Model and Scenario Visualization
|
Mt. |
Mount; Mountain; Mont
|
MT |
Mountain; Montana
|
MTA |
Major Trading Areas (FCC)
|
MTAE |
Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitutu (Turkey)
|
MTC |
Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones (Venezuela)
|
MTF |
Modulation transfer function
|
Mtn. |
Mountain
|
MTP |
MSS Telemetry Processor
|
MTPE |
Mission to Planet Earth (NASA)
|
MTS |
Mountains
|
MTSAT |
Multi-Functional Transport Satellite (Japan)
|
MTT |
Mobile Training Teams (USDMA)
|
MTU |
Magnetic tape unit
|
MUID |
Map Unit ID [Identification]
|
MURB |
Minister fur Umwelt, Raumordnung und Bauwesen (Saarland)
|
MW |
Megawatt
|
M.W. |
Mittelwasser
|
MWDI |
Master Water Data Index
|
MWF |
Map Window File
|
n. |
nordlich = northern
|
N |
Norden = North
|
N. |
North
|
NA |
National Archives; National Atlas; Not available; Not applicable
|
NABGG |
National Assn. for Black Geologists and Geophysicists
|
NAC |
NASA Advisory Council
|
NACIS |
North American Cartographic Information Society = Sociedad de Informacion Cartografica
Norte Americana
|
NACo |
National Assn. of Counties
|
NACS |
National Assn. 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 (Ghana)
|
NAFSMA |
National Assn. of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies
|
NAGT |
National Assn. of Geoscience Teachers
|
NAHSC |
National Automated Highway System Consortium
|
NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System
|
NAIS |
National Atlas Information Service (Canada)
|
NALMS |
North American Lake Management Society
|
NALS |
Nevada Assn. of Land Surveyors
|
NAP |
Northern Affairs Program (Canada)
|
NAPA |
National Academy of Public Administration
|
NAPP |
National Aerial Photography Program (U.S.)
|
NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration (U.S.)
|
NARC |
National Association of Regional Councils
|
NARL |
Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska)
|
NARS |
National Archives and Records Service (U.S.)
|
NARSA |
National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Program
|
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); National Airspace System (U.S.)
|
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)
|
NASBOG |
National Assn. of State Boards of Geology
|
NASDA |
National Space Development Agency (Japan)
|
NATM |
New Austrian Tunnelling Method
|
NATMAP |
Div. of National Mapping (Australia)
|
NATMO |
Indian National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization
|
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
NAVD |
North American Vertical Datum
|
NAVD 88 |
North American Vertical Datum 1988
|
NAVOCEAO |
Naval Oceanographic Office (U.S.)
|
Navtech |
Navigation Technology Seminars Inc.
|
NAWQUA |
National Water Quality Assessment
|
NB |
Narrow band
|
Nbf |
Nebenbahnhof
|
NBFU |
National Board of Fire Underwriters
|
NBMG |
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
|
NBS |
National Biological Survey (U.S.); National Bureau of Standards (U.S.); National Board
of Survey = Maanmittaushallitus (Finland)
|
NBSM |
National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (China)
|
NBTR |
Narrow band tape record(s or -er)
|
NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)
|
NCARB |
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
|
NCC |
National Cartographic Centre (Iran)
|
NCDCDS |
National Committee for Digital Cartographic Standards (U.S.)
|
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
|
NCGA |
National Computer Graphics Assn.
|
NCGIA |
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
|
NC&GS |
National Charting & Geodetic Survey
|
NCGS |
North Carolina Geological Survey
|
NCIC |
National Cartographic Information Center (U.S.)
|
NCRDS |
National Coal Resources Data System
|
NCS |
National Cartographic Standards
|
NCSD |
Nebraska Conservation and Survey Div.
|
NCSME |
Service des Mines et de l'Energie (New Caledonia)
|
NCSS |
North Carolina Society of Surveyors
|
ND |
North Dakota
|
N-D |
N-dimensional
|
NDAR |
National Directory of Australian Resources
|
NDCDB |
National Digital Cartographic Data Base (USGS)
|
NDCS |
National Digital Cartographic Standards
|
NDF |
Nevada Division of Forestry
|
NDG |
Northern Development Group Inc.
|
NDGPS |
National Differential GPS Network (U.S.)
|
NDGS |
North Dakota Geological Survey
|
NDL |
National Digital Library (Library of Congress)
|
NDLS |
Nauru Directorate of Lands and Survey
|
NDNRC |
Nevada Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation
|
NDS |
National Decision Systems
|
NDSL |
Nevada Division of State Lands
|
NDSPLS |
North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors
|
NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
|
NE |
Northeast
|
NEIS |
National Earthquake Information Service
|
NEL |
National Exploitation Laboratory
|
NEMO |
North East Map Organization
|
NEPAN |
National Environmental Policy Act; National Environmental Protection Act
|
NERDD |
Networked Electronic Report & Document Distribution
|
NESACSM |
New England Section ACSM
|
NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
|
NESS |
National Environmental Satellite Service
|
NESTA |
National Earth Science Teachers Assn.
|
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 (U.S.)
|
NRIRA |
National Flood Insurance Reform Act (U.S.)
|
NFS |
National Forest Service (U.S.); National Forest System; Network File System
|
NFWS |
National Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.)
|
NGBN |
National Gravity Base Net (U.S.)
|
NGCS |
National Geodetic and Cartographic Service (Vietnam)
|
NGDC |
National Geophysical Data Center (U.S.); National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
|
NGDF |
National Geospatial Data Files
|
NGI |
National Geography Inst. = Kungnip Chiriwon (S. Korea)
|
NGIC |
National Geodetic Information Center
|
NGMBD |
National Geologic Map Database (USGS)
|
NGPRP |
Northern Great Plains Resource Program
|
NGRI |
National Geophysical Research Inst. (India)
|
NGRS |
National Geodetic Reference System (U.S.)
|
NGS |
National Geographic Society (U.S.); National Geodetic Survey (U.S.)
|
NGSP |
National Geodetic Satellite Program
|
NGU |
Norges Geologiske Undersokelse
|
NGVD |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum
|
NGVD29 |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
|
NGWIC |
National Ground Water Information Center
|
NHAP |
National High Altitude Photography (program)
|
NHLSA |
New Hampshire Land Surveyors Assn.
|
NHPN |
National Highway Planning Network (FHWA)
|
NHS |
National Highway System
|
NI |
Natturfraedistofnun Islands
|
NICMOS |
Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer
|
NII |
National Information Infrastructure
|
NIIGA |
Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Institut Geologii Artiki (U.S.S.R.)
|
NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (U.S.)
|
NIPR |
National Inst. for Polar Research (Japan)
|
NIS |
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (AHCPR)
|
NIST |
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
|
NIUA |
National Inst. of Urban Affairs (India)
|
NIWAR |
National Inst. of Water and Atmosphere Ltd. (New Zealand)
|
NJGS |
New Jersey Geological Survey
|
NJIT |
New Jersey Institute of Technology
|
NJSPLS |
New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors
|
NJSPS |
New Jersey Society of Professional Surveyors
|
NLA |
National Land Agency (Japan)
|
NLAPS |
National Landsat Archive Production Sytem (USGS)
|
NLIS |
National Land Information Service (UK)
|
NLQ |
Near-letter quality
|
NLRB |
National Level Bibliographic Record
|
NLUIS |
Northern Land Use Information Series (Canada)
|
NMAS |
National Map Accuracy Standards
|
NMASM |
New Mexico Assn. of Surveyors and Mappers
|
NMB |
National Mapping Bureau (Papua New Guinea)
|
NMBM&MR |
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
|
NMC |
National Map Collection (Canada)
|
NMCC |
National Map Collection of Canada
|
NMD |
National Mapping Div. (USGS)
|
NMF |
Network Mapping Facilities (Firm)
|
NMMC |
National Map Managers Conference
|
NMP |
National Mapping Program
|
NNE |
North northeast
|
NNSS |
Navy Navigational Satellite System
|
NNW |
North north west
|
no |
nordostwarts
|
NO |
Nordosten = northeast
|
N.O. |
New Orleans
|
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.)
|
NOBS |
Northern Ohio Bibliographic Society
|
NOMS |
Northern Ohio Map Society
|
NOPPA |
National Ocean Pollution Protection Act
|
NORTAD |
North American Transportation Atlas Data
|
NOS |
National Ocean Service (U.S.); National Ocean Survey (U.S.)
|
NOSC |
National Oceans Systems Center
|
NOSS |
National Oceanographic Satellite System (U.S.)
|
NP |
Norsk Polarinstitutt
|
NPF |
Norsk Petroleums-forening = Norwegian Petroleum Society
|
NPIC |
National Photographic Interpretation Center (U.S.)
|
NPOC |
Naval Polar Oceanographic Center (U.S.)
|
NPR |
National Performance Review (U.S.)
|
NPRA |
National Petroleum Reserve (Alaska)
|
NPS |
National Park Service (U.S.); Nonpoint source
|
Nr. |
Nummer = number
|
NRA |
National Recreation Area
|
NRC |
National Research Council; Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.)
|
NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA)
|
NRCT |
National Resources Council of Thailand
|
NRDD |
Natural Resources Data Directory (NSW); National Resources Data Directory (Australia)
|
NRI |
National Resources Inventory (SCS)
|
NRIC |
National Resource Information Centre (Australia)
|
NRIS |
National Resource Information System
|
NRO |
National Reconnaissance Office (U.S.)
|
NRS |
National Reference System (U.S.)
|
NRSA |
National Remote Sensing Agency (India)
|
NRSC |
National Remote Sensing Centre (U.K.)
|
NRSL |
Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory (Univ. of Alaska)
|
NRWS |
Narrows
|
NS |
Not sprinklered
|
NSA |
National Security Agency
|
NSAPI |
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface
|
NSC |
National Space Council (U.S.); National Security Council (U.S.); National Society of
Cartographers
|
NSD |
Nepal Survey Dept.
|
NSDC |
National Spatial Data Council (U.S.)
|
NSDI |
National Spatial Data Infrastructure; National Spatial Data Information
|
NSDNR |
Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources
|
NSF |
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
|
NSGIC |
National States Geographic Information Council
|
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 Corp.
|
NSRS |
National Spatial Reference System (NOAA)
|
NSS |
National Soil Survey (Ireland); National Speleological Society; Navigational Safety
System
|
NSTL |
National Space Technology Laboratory
|
NSW |
New South Wales
|
NTAD |
National Transportation Atlas Data (U.S.)
|
NTD |
National Topographic Database (OS)
|
NTDB |
National Topographic Data Base (Canada)
|
NTDL |
Northern Territory Dept. of Lands (Australia)
|
NTDME |
Dept. of Mines and Energy (Northern Territory, Australia)
|
NTF |
National Transfer Format (U.K.)
|
NTIS |
National Technical Information Service (U.S.)
|
NTM |
Notice to Mariners
|
NTPS |
National Transportation Planning System
|
NTS |
National Topographic Series (Canada); National Topographic System (Canada); Navigation
Technology Satellite; Nevada Test Site
|
NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.)
|
NUC |
National Union Catalog
|
NUC CM |
National Union Catalog, Cartographic Material
|
NURE |
National Uranium Resources Evaluation (program)
|
NV |
Nevada
|
NVCN |
National Vertical Control Network (U.S.)
|
nw |
nordwestlich
|
NW |
Northwest; Nordwesten
|
N.W. |
Niedrigwasser
|
NWA |
National Water Alliance
|
NWFP |
North West Frontier Province (Pakistan)
|
NWI |
National Wetlands Inventory (USFWS); National Wilderness Inventory (Australia)
|
NWS |
National Weather Service (NOAA)
|
NWSCA |
National Water and Soil Conservation Authority (New Zealand)
|
NY |
New York
|
N.Y. |
New York
|
N.Y.C. |
New York City
|
NYPL |
New York Public Library
|
NYSAPLS |
New York State Assn. of Professional Land Surveyors
|
NYSDOT |
New York State Dept. of Transportation
|
NYSDT |
New York State Dept. of Transportation
|
NYSGS |
New York Geological State Geological Survey
|
N.Z. |
New Zealand
|
NZFS |
New Zealand Forest Service
|
NZGD |
New Zealand Geophysics Div.
|
NZGS |
New Zealand Geological Survey
|
NZMG |
New Zealand Map Grid
|
NZMS |
New Zealand Dept. of Lands and Survey
|
NZOI |
New Zealand Oceanographic Inst.
|
NZSB |
New Zealand Soil Survey
|
o |
ostwarts
|
O |
Osten = east
|
OAB |
Operational advisory broadcasts
|
OAC |
Osterreichischer Automobil Club
|
OACH |
Office of the Assistant Chief Hydrologist
|
OADCES |
On-line Aerotriangulation Data Collection and Editing System
|
OAdW |
Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
|
OAMTC |
Osterreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring-Club
|
OAS |
Orbit Adjustment Subsystem; Organization of American States
|
OASIS |
Oceanic and Atmospheric Scientific Information System
|
Obj. |
Objekt
|
OBM |
Ontario Basic Mapping Program
|
OBRP |
Object representation
|
OBS |
Office of Biological Services
|
OCAP |
Ohio Capability Analysis Project
|
OCE |
Office of the Chief of Engineers
|
OCH |
Office of the Chief Hydrologist
|
OCLC |
Ohio College Library Center
|
OCR |
Optical Character Recognition; Optical Character Reader
|
OCRS |
Ontario Centre for Remote Sensing
|
OCS |
Office of Cadastral Survey (BLM); Operational Control System; Outer Continental Shelf;
Ocean Color Scanner
|
OCTS |
Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner
|
OD |
Optical disc; Outside diameter
|
ODBC |
Operational Database Connectivity
|
ODE |
Open development environment
|
ODF |
Oregon Dept. of Forestry
|
ODFW |
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
|
ODGMI |
Oregon State Dept. of Minerals and Mineral Industries
|
ODGS |
Ohio Div. of Geological Survey
|
ODOP |
Ohio Digital Orthophotography Project
|
ODOT |
Ohio Dept. of Transportation
|
OEEPE |
Organisation europeene d'etudes en photogrammetrie experimentale
|
OESA |
Office of Earth Science Applications
|
OF |
Open file; Open-file
|
Offn. |
Offnung = aperture, opening
|
OFIPLAN |
Oficina de Planificacion Nacional (Costa Rica)
|
OFR |
Open file report; Open-file report
|
OFSS |
Open-file Services Section
|
OGC |
Open GIS Consortium, Inc.
|
OGDI |
Open Geospatial Datastore Interface
|
OGIS |
Open GIS
|
OGRIP |
Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program
|
OGS |
Ontario Geological Survey; Oklahoma Geological Survey
|
OGW |
Office of Ground Water
|
OGWP |
Office of Ground Water Protection (EPA)
|
OHW |
Office of Hazardous Wastes Hydrology
|
OIA |
Office of International Activities
|
OIG |
Office of International Geology
|
OIH |
Office of International Hydrology
|
OILT |
Oil tank farm
|
OK |
Okonomisk kart (Norway); Osterreichische Karte
|
OKAGE |
Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education
|
OLAP |
Online analytical processing
|
OLE |
Object Linking/Embedding
|
OLS |
Operational Line Scan (imaging system); Ordinary Least Squares
|
OMNR |
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
|
OMO |
Other mapping organization
|
OMTC |
Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications
|
ON |
Original negative
|
ONC |
Operational Navigation Chart
|
ONERN |
Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales (Peru)
|
ONIG |
Office Nationale de la Geologie (Algeria)
|
ONPR |
Office of National Petroleum Reserve (USGS)
|
OO |
Object-Orientation
|
OOPEC |
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
|
OOSI |
Osterreichisches Ost- und Sudosteuropa-Institut
|
OPAC |
Online public access catalog; online patron access catalog
|
OPCS |
Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (U.K.)
|
OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
|
OPL |
Oilfield Publications
|
OPP |
Operational Positional Procedure
|
OPR |
Office of Planning and Research
|
OPS |
Optical sensor(s)
|
OR |
Oregon
|
OQ |
Orthophoto quadrangle
|
ORH |
Office of the Regional Hydrologist
|
ORID |
Ortho Rectified Image Data
|
ORRH |
Office of the Regional Research Hydrologist
|
ORSER |
Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources (Penn. State Univ.)
|
ORSTOM |
Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre Mer
|
OS |
Ordnance Survey (U.K.); Object space; Operating System
|
OSCAR |
Online Satellite Catalog and Request System (NOAA)
|
OSD |
Overseas Surveys Directorate (U.K.); Office of the Secretary of Defense (U.S.);
On-screen display
|
OSDA |
Oregon State Dept. of Agriculture
|
OSEC |
Ocean Systems Engineering Corp.
|
OSEDA |
Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (Missouri)
|
OSFD |
Oregon State Forestry Dept.
|
OSGB |
Ordnance Survey (U.K.)
|
OSI |
Open Systems Interconnect model; Open Systems Interconnection
|
OSIP |
Operational Satellite Improvement Program
|
OSLS |
Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors
|
OSM |
Office of Surface Mining
|
OSNI |
Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
|
OSOA |
Optimal Statistical Objective Analysis
|
OSP |
Office of State Planning
|
OSS |
Office of Strategic Services (U.S.)
|
OSSI |
Optronic Sensor for Stereo Imagery
|
OSTA |
Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (NASA)
|
OSTF |
Ordnance Survey Transfer Format
|
OSTZ |
Osterreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt
|
OSU |
Oregon State University
|
OSW |
Office of Saline Water; Office of Surface Water
|
OTA |
Office of Technology Assessment
|
OTC |
Over-the-counter; Office for Topography and Cartography (Tunisia)
|
OTF |
On-the-fly
|
OTH |
Over the horizon
|
OTHT |
Over the horizon targeting
|
O.U. |
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
|
OWRD |
Oregon Water Resources Dept.
|
OWRR |
Office of Water Resources and Research
|
OWRT |
Office of Water Research and Technology
|
P |
Precision
|
PAA |
Priority abatement areas
|
PAAD |
Program Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions
|
PAC |
Photo Annotation/Classification; Publications Advisory Committee (WAML)
|
PACOG |
Pueblo Area Council of Governments
|
PACON |
Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology
|
PADCO |
Planning and Development Cooperative International
|
PAGIS |
Planning and Geographic Information Systems (Hawaii); Pulaski (County, Ark.) Area
Geographic Information System
|
PAIGH |
Pan-American Inst. of Geography and History
|
PAL |
Prime agricultural lands
|
PALIS |
Ponds and Lakes Information System
|
PAM |
Port-A-Meter; Point access methods
|
PAN |
Polska Akademia Nauk
|
PAPS |
Pooled Analytical Plotter System
|
PAS |
Pacific Aerial Surveys
|
PASDA |
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system
|
PASP |
Planning and Analysis Section
|
PAT |
Polygon Attribute Table
|
PAVE |
Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental Data
|
Pbf |
Personenbahnhof = Passenger railway station
|
PBM |
Portable Bitmap (format)
|
PBO |
Performance-based organization
|
PC |
Personal Computer; Principal components
|
PCC |
Professional competency credit
|
PC-DOS |
Personal Computer-Disc Operating System
|
PCGN |
Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
|
PCH |
Professional competency hour
|
PCLI |
Independent political entity (republic)
|
P-Code |
Precise code; Protected code
|
.PCX |
PC Paintbrush Export Format
|
PD |
Precision digitizing; Publications Div. (USGS)
|
PDA |
Personal digital assistant; Portable data access
|
P&DC |
Printing & Distribution Center
|
PDF |
Platform Data File; Portable Document Format
|
PDH |
Professional development hour
|
PDL |
Page Description Language; Positioning Data Link (Pacific Crest Corp.)
|
PDQ |
Public Data Queries, Inc.
|
PDR |
Preliminary Design Review (U.S. government)
|
PDT |
Pacific Daylight Time; Precision digitizing table
|
PDU |
Professional development unit
|
PDWS |
Precision digitizing workstation
|
P.E. |
Photogrammetric Engineer; Professional Engineer
|
PECG |
Professional Engineers in California Government
|
PEN |
Peninsula
|
Pers. |
Personen
|
PE&RS |
Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (journal)
|
PES |
Post enumeration survey
|
Pf. |
Pfeiler
|
PFLP |
Point-feature label placement
|
PGM |
Permanent ground monument
|
.PGM |
Portable Graymap (format)
|
PG/S |
Product Generation Segment
|
P.H. |
Power house
|
PHC |
Probable hydrologic consequences
|
PHIGS |
Programmer Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
|
PHODIS |
Photogrammetric Image Processing System (Carl Zeiss Inc.)
|
PI |
Pseudo intelligence; Photo interpretation
|
PIC |
Public Information Center
|
.PIC |
Lotus 1-2-3 Picture Format
|
PICG |
Programme International de Correlation Geologique
|
PID |
Photoionization detector; Permanent station identifier
|
PIDL |
Polygon ID left
|
PIDR |
Polygon ID right
|
PIG |
Panstwowy Instytut Geologiczny (Poland)
|
PIN |
Parcel identification number
|
PIO |
Public Inquiries Office (USGS)
|
PIOS |
Polygon Information Overlay System (ESRI)
|
Pixel |
Picture element
|
PK |
Peak
|
PKM |
Penyiasatan Kajimbumi Malaysia; Professional Kansas Mapper
|
PKS |
Peaks
|
PL |
Programming language; Public law
|
PLAT |
Plateau
|
PLF |
Point Location File
|
PLGR |
Precision lightweight GPS receiver
|
PLN |
Plain
|
PLOT |
Plotting (software)
|
PLS |
Professional Land Surveyor
|
PLSC |
Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado
|
PLSO |
Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon; Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio
|
PLSS |
Public Land Survey System (U.S.)
|
PMA |
Production and Marketing Administration (USDA)
|
PM/S |
Production Management Segment
|
PMSA |
Primary metropolitan statistical area
|
PMT |
Positive media transfer; Photomultiplier tube
|
PND |
Pond
|
PNDI |
Intermittent pond
|
.PNG |
Portable Network Graphics (format)
|
PNRC |
Pacific Northwest Regional Commission
|
PNDS |
Ponds
|
PNRS |
Preliminary Natural Resources Survey
|
PNW |
Pacific Northwest
|
PO |
Photogrammetric Operations; Post office
|
P&O |
Plans & Operations
|
POAM |
Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement
|
POC |
Point of contact; Point of control
|
POES |
Polar-Orbiting Satellites (NOAA)
|
POLYID |
Polygon identification number
|
POS |
Point-of-scale
|
POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments (UNIX)
|
POTS |
Pan-only Triangulation System
|
PP |
Proof plot; Proof plotter
|
PPB |
Parts per billion
|
PPDB |
Point Positioning Data Base
|
PPGIS |
Public participation GIS
|
PPL |
Populated place
|
PPM |
Portable Pixelmap (format)
|
PPMS |
Photogrammetry Production Monitoring System
|
PPNL |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
|
PPNM |
Pengarah Pemetaan Negara, Malaysia
|
PPP |
Point-to-point (protocol account, for email connections)
|
PPPG |
Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Geologi
|
PPS |
Precise Positioning Service; Photographic Processing System
|
PPSS |
Precise Positioning Service Security Module
|
PPWK |
Panstwowe Przedsiebiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych (Poland)
|
PR |
Photo revision; Precipitation Radar; Pattern recognition
|
PRF |
Point response function
|
PRIM |
Primary Map (inventory)
|
PRO |
Public Record Office (U.K.)
|
PROSIX |
Production System (USGS)
|
PROSYS |
Production System--UNIX (USGS)
|
PS |
Plot Services; Point source; PostScript; Paleontological Society; Polar stereographic
(projection)
|
PSA |
Paciulli, Simmons & Associates Ltd.
|
PSAN |
Professional Surveyors Assn. of Nebraska
|
PSCOG |
Puget Sound Council of Governments
|
PSI |
Planning Systems, Inc.
|
PSLS |
Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors
|
PSMA |
Professional Services Management Assn.
|
PSSC |
Public Service Satellite Corp.
|
PST |
Pacific Standard Time
|
PSU |
Primary sampling unit
|
PT |
Point
|
PTC |
Positive train control
|
Pts. |
Points
|
PUBGRF90 |
TIGER Geographic Reference File Names, 1990
|
PUG |
Petroleum Users Group (ESRI)
|
PUMS |
Public Use Micro-Data Sample
|
PURL |
Persistent URL software
|
PVT |
Position, Velocity and Time
|
r. |
rechts
|
R |
Range; Release; Ruin
|
R&A OSS |
Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services (U.S.)
|
RAD |
Rapid development application
|
RAID |
Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
|
RAIM |
Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (GPS)
|
RALI |
Resource and Land Information; Resource and Land Investigations (program LIA)
|
RALS |
Random access logical subfiles
|
RAM |
Random access memory
|
RAP |
Regional applications program
|
RAS |
Remote Analysis Systems
|
RASC |
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
|
RCA |
Radio Corporation of America
|
RCC |
Regional census center
|
RCH |
Reach
|
RCIC |
Regional Coastal Information Center
|
RCID |
Record ID [Identification]
|
RCRA |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
|
RCS |
Research Camera System
|
RCSSMRS |
Regional Centre for Services in Surveying and Mapping and Remote Sensing (Nairobi)
|
RCWD |
Rancho California Water District
|
R&D |
Research and development
|
RDBMS |
Relational database management system
|
RDGE |
Ridge
|
RDI |
Resource Data International Inc.
|
RDS |
Radio data system
|
RDTS |
Research and Development Tracking System (BLM)
|
RE |
Royal Engineers (U.K.)
|
REA |
Rural Electrification Administration (U.S.)
|
REAP |
Regional Environmental Applications Program (N. Dakota)
|
REC |
Recompile(d)
|
RE COMP |
Recompile
|
RECOMP |
Recompilation
|
REDI |
Real Estate Data Inc.
|
Reichsb |
Reichsbahn
|
Reichsbf |
Reichsbahnhof
|
RELOS |
Regional Locator System
|
RepCode |
Representation Code
|
RESCU |
Remote Emergency Satellite Cellular Unit
|
RESTEC |
Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan
|
RET |
Rotterdamsche Electrische Tram
|
RETSAM |
Review, Editing and Tagging Software for Automated Mapping
|
REU |
Resources Evaluation Unit (USFS)
|
Rev |
Revised
|
REVPG |
Revision and Product Generation System
|
RF |
Representative fraction; Reef
|
RfC |
Reference concentration
|
RFPMG |
Radar Fixed Point Minigraphic
|
RGB |
Red-green-blue
|
Rgbf |
Rangierbahnhof = Shunting station
|
RGD |
Rijks Geologische Dienst (Netherlands)
|
RGS |
Royal Geographical Society (U.K.)
|
RH |
Regional hydrologist; Relative humidity
|
RIAI |
Royal Inst. of Architects of Ireland
|
RICS |
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (U.K.)
|
RIG |
RETSAM/Intergraph/Giant
|
RIJP |
Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders (Netherlands)
|
RIN |
Realty Information Network
|
RINEX |
Receiver Independent Exchange (GPS data format)
|
RIP |
Raster Image Processing; Raster Image Processor; Road Inventory Program
|
RIPS |
Remote Image Processing System; Remote Information Processing System
|
RIRT |
Russian Inst. of Radionavigation and Time
|
RIS |
Rapid Imaging Software; Retroreflector in Space
|
RISC |
Reduced Instruction Set Computer
|
RKSW |
Rocks in water
|
RKW |
Rock in water
|
RL |
Rannsoknastofnun Landbunadarins (Iceland)
|
RLE |
Run-length encoded
|
RM |
Replacement mapping
|
RMA |
Reliability, Maintainability and Availability
|
RMCA |
Road Map Collectors of America
|
RMK |
R.M. Keddal & Associates, Inc.
|
RMM |
Rocky Mountain Mapping Center (USGS)
|
RMSE |
Root mean squared error
|
RMT |
Remotely measured target
|
RNRC |
Renewable Natural Resources Center
|
RNRF |
Renewable Natural Resources Foundation
|
RO |
Range only
|
RODOBRAS |
Comiss~ao Especial construc~ o da Rodovia Belem-Brasilia
|
ROM |
Read-Only Memory
|
ROMANSE |
Road Management System for Europe
|
ROMP |
Regional Observation Monitoring (well) Program
|
ROP |
Raster operations processor
|
R-O-W |
Right-of-Way
|
RP |
Reference point
|
RPDS |
Rapids
|
RPE |
Regional political ecology
|
RPID |
Representation module ID
|
RPIE |
Replacement Photographic Image Equipment
|
RQA |
River Quality Assessment
|
RPMIS |
Real Property Management Information System
|
RPP |
RBV Preprocessor
|
RPU |
Remote positioning unit
|
RRDS |
Reduced Resolution Data Set
|
RRH |
Regional Research Hydrologist
|
R/S |
Remote sensing
|
RSAL |
Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory (Univ. of Washington)
|
RSC/TAMU |
Remote Sensing Center/Texas A&M Univ.
|
RSI |
Remotely Sensed Imagery; RADARSAT International Remote Sensing Institute (S.Dakota
State Univ.)
|
RSIP |
Remote Sensing and Image Processing
|
RSRP |
Remote Sensing Research Program (Univ. of Calif., Berkeley)
|
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
|
RT |
Radio tower; Real time; Remote terminal
|
RTA |
Regional Transport Authority (Illinois)
|
RTCM |
Radio Technical Commission for Maritime (format)
|
RTF |
Rich Text Format
|
RT-GPS |
Real-time Differential GPS
|
RTK |
Real-time kinematic; Right-to-Know Network
|
RTP |
Real Time Positioning
|
R&TS |
Research & Technical Standards
|
RTSD |
Royal Thai Survey Dept.
|
RTSI |
Routing Technology Software Inc.
|
RTTK |
Real Time TurboKinematic (Allen Obsobne Associates)
|
RTV |
Raster to vector
|
RUIN |
Ruins
|
RUIS |
San Diego Regional Urban Information System
|
RUS |
Rest of the U.S.
|
RV |
Reise- und Verkehrsverlag
|
R-VIS |
Reality Visualization
|
RVP |
Raster-to-vector processor; Radar Verification Programme
|
s. |
Sculpsit (engraver); sudlich = southern, southerly
|
S |
Secret; Store; Suden = south
|
SA |
Selected availability; Selective availability; Signal accuracy; Situational awareness;
Source acquisition
|
S&A |
Sampling and analysis
|
SAA |
Southern Appalachian Assessment (GIS database)
|
SAC |
Sectional aeronautical chart
|
SACC |
Spatial Analysis Coordinating Committee
|
SADIE |
System at Arizona for Digital Information Extraction
|
SADL |
South Australia Dept. of Lands
|
SADME |
South Australian Dept. of Mines and Energy
|
SADR |
Spatial address
|
SAE |
Survey Agro Ekonomi (Indonesia)
|
SAF |
Society of American Foresters
|
SAGA |
Short Arc Geodetic Adjustment (doppler)
|
SAGEEP |
Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems
|
SAIC |
Science Applications International Corp.
|
SaLIS |
Surveying and Land Information Systems (journal)
|
SALT |
Salina
|
SAM |
Spatial access methods
|
SAMAB |
Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere (project)
|
SAMSOG |
Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia
|
SANAIS |
South African Natural Areas Information System
|
SAR |
Synthetic aperture radar
|
SA/S |
Source Aquisition Segment
|
SAST |
Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (U.S.)
|
SAT |
Small area triangulation
|
SAW |
Spill analysis workstation; Surface acoustic wave
|
SAZU |
Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti = Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art
|
SB |
Survey of Bangladesh
|
SBCDP |
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (U.S.)
|
SBM |
Surveys and Mapping Branch (Manitoba)
|
SBUV |
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (spectrometer)
|
sc. |
Sculpsit = engraver
|
S/C |
Spacecraft
|
SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
|
SCAMP |
Southern California Aerial Mapping Project
|
SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
|
SCB |
Statistika Centralbyran (Sweden)
|
SCC |
Servico de Cartografia e Cadastro (Macao); SoftCopy Catalog (USDMA)
|
SCCAMA |
Southern California Computer Aided Mapping Assn.
|
SCD |
Source Control Drawing; Specification Control Drawing
|
SCEP |
Servico Cartografico do Exercito (Portugal)
|
SCERP |
Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy
|
SCGP |
Societe Canadienne des Geologique Petroliers
|
SCGS |
South Carolina Geological Survey
|
Sch |
School
|
SCH |
School
|
Scheit-elst. |
Scheitelstarke
|
Schl. |
Schloss = castle
|
SCO |
State Cartographer's Office (Wisconsin)
|
SCOOP |
Schedule Control of Orthophoto Products
|
SCOPE |
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
|
SCR |
Service Cartographique du Rwanda
|
SCS |
Soil Conservation Service (USDA)
|
SCSA |
Standard Consolidated Statistical Area; Soil Conservation Society of America
|
SCSI |
Small computer system interface
|
SCSMAC |
South Carolina State Mapping Advisory Committee
|
SCSPLS |
South Carolina Society of Professional Land Surveyors
|
sct. |
Sculpsit (engraver)
|
SCTRAP |
South Carolina Toxic Risk Atlas Project
|
sculp. |
Sculpsit (engraver)
|
SCWRC |
South Carolina Water Resources Commission
|
SD |
South Dakota
|
S.D. |
South Dakota
|
SDB |
Spatial data base
|
SDE |
Spatial Database Engine (ESRI)
|
SDES |
Spatial Data Exchange Standard
|
SDG |
Survey Dept. Ghana
|
SDGS |
South Dakota Geological Survey
|
SDH |
Spatial data handling
|
SDI |
Selected Dissemination of Information
|
SDL |
Survey Dept. of Libya
|
SDLC |
Synchronous Data-Like Control; System Development Life Cycle
|
SDMG |
Direction des Mines et de la Geologie (Senegal)
|
SDNR |
State Dept. of Natural Resources
|
SDOI |
Spatial Data Organization Information
|
SDPS |
Spatial Data Production System
|
SDRW |
Societe de Developpement Regional pour la Wallonie
|
SDS |
Swaziland Dept. of Surveys; Simplicial data structure
|
SDSB |
Satellite Data Services Branch (NOAA)
|
SDSS |
Spatial decision support systems
|
SDTP |
Spatial data transfer processor
|
SDTS |
Spatial Data Transfer Standard
|
SDUK |
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
|
SE |
Southeast
|
SEAMS |
Soil, Environmental, and Agricultural Management System (Univ. of Florida Dept. of
Soil and Water)
|
SEASAT |
Sea Satellite (U.S.)
|
SEATO |
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
|
SECFT |
Sociedad Espa~nola de Cartografia, Fotogrametria y Teledeteccion
|
SEDAC |
Socioeconomic Data and Application Center
|
SEDESOL |
Secretaria de Dessarrollo Social (Mexico)
|
SEDUE |
Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia (Mexico)
|
SEG |
Society of Economic Geologists; Society of Exploration Geophysicists
|
S.E.O.P. |
Secretaria de Estado de Obras Publicas (Argentina)
|
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 (Chile)
|
SES |
Standalone Edit Stations
|
SESCPF |
Service d'Etude des Sols et de la Carte Pedalogique de France
|
SEVIRI |
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager
|
SEWUG |
Southeastern Water Use Group
|
S.F. |
San Francisco
|
SfBWW |
Senator fur Bau- und Wonungswesen (Berlin)
|
SFHA |
Special Flood Hazard Area
|
SFQL |
Structured Full-text Query Language
|
SfSU |
Senator fur Stadtentwicklung und Umweltschutz (Berlin)
|
SGA |
Societe Geoscientifique de l'Atlantique; State Geologic Agencies; Service Geologique
de l'Armee (Syria)
|
SGB |
Service Geologique Belgique; Servicio geologico de Bolivia
|
SGCB |
State Geodesy and Cartography Board (Mongolia)
|
SGD |
Solar Geophysical Data (journal); Symbolized Graphic Data; Surveyor General's
Dept. (South West Africa)
|
SGE |
Servicio Geografico del Ejercito (Spain)
|
SGG |
Service Geologique du Gabon
|
SGpK |
Schweizerische Geophysikalische Kommission
|
SGI |
Servicio Geologico d'Italia; Silicon Graphics workstation
|
SGK |
Schweizerische Geologische Kommission
|
SGL |
Service Geologique de Luxembourg
|
SGM |
Servicio Geografico Militar (Uruguay)
|
SGML |
Standard generalized markup language
|
SGN |
Servicio Geologico Nacional (Argentina, Nicaragua); Service Geographique National
(Laos)
|
SGS |
Stanford Geological Survey
|
SGtK |
Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission
|
SGU |
Sveriges Geologiska Undersokning; Savezna Geodetska Uprava (Yugoslavia)
|
SHA |
State Highway Administration (Maryland)
|
SHAPE |
Systematic Horizontol Adjustment of Positional Errors
|
SHDSL |
Symmetric High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
|
SHEF |
Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format
|
SHN |
Servicio de Hidrografia Naval (Argentina)
|
SHOALS |
Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne LIDAR System (USCE)
|
SHOL |
Shoal
|
SHOM |
Service Hydrographique et Ocenographique de la Marine (France)
|
SHORAN |
Short-range Navigation (system)
|
SHS |
Surveyors Historical Society
|
S., I. |
John Speed
|
SI |
Survey of India; Survey of Israel
|
SIAC |
Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium
|
SIAN |
Service d'information de l'atlas nationale (Canada)
|
SIAT |
Special Image Annotation Tape
|
SIB |
Solar Indices Bulletin
|
SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification
|
SICC |
Surveying Instrumentation and Coordinate Computation
|
SICO |
Schonstedt Intstrument Company
|
SICOM |
South Australian Spatial Information Committee
|
SID |
Scanned Image Data; South Australian Spatial Information Directory
|
SIF |
Standard Interchange Format (Intergraph)
|
SIG |
Sistemas de informacion geografica; Special interest group
|
SIGACE |
Special Interest Group for the Application of CD-ROM in Education
|
SIGCAT |
Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications & Technology (U.S.)
|
SIGGRAPH |
Special Interest Group on Graphics (ACM)
|
SIGIT |
Swedish Institute for Geographic Information Technology
|
SIGLIT |
Special Interest Group on Library Information Technology (U.S.)
|
SIGS |
Solomon Islands Geological Survey
|
SIGSA |
Sistemas de Informacion Geografica S.A.
|
SIM |
Spatial interaction model
|
SIP |
Scanner Interface Processor
|
SIPES |
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists
|
SIR |
Shuttle Imaging Radar; Space Imaging Radar (NASA); Surveys, Investigations and
Research (USGS)
|
SIRS |
Satellite Infrared Spectrometer
|
SIRU |
Soils and Irrigation Research Unit (South Africa)
|
SIS |
Standard Indexing System (DOD aerial photography); Spatial Information Systems
(Computer Aided Development Corp.)
|
SISMD |
Solomon Islands Survey and Mapping Div.
|
SK |
Survey of Kenya; Slovenska Kartografia
|
SKV |
Statens Kartverk (Norway)
|
s.l. |
Sine loco = without place (of publication)
|
SLA |
Special Libraries Assn.
|
SLAC |
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
|
SLAGMD |
Special Libraries Assn. Geography & Map Div.
|
SLAP |
Soils Landscape Analysis Project; Supplemental Low Altitude Photography
|
SLAR |
Side-Looking Airborne Radar
|
SLAT |
Spacecraft Location/Attitude Tape
|
SLD |
Slope-Line Detection
|
SLD29 |
Sea Level Datum of 1929
|
SLF |
Standard Linear Format
|
SLG |
Symbolized Line Graph; Synthetic Line Generation
|
SLGSD |
Sri Lanka Geological Survey Dept.
|
SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol
|
SLM |
Structure line model
|
SLP |
Slope(s)
|
SLR |
Satellite Laser Ranging; Side-looking Radar
|
SLSD |
Sri Lanka Survey Dept.
|
SLSI |
Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa
|
SLUPD |
Swaziland Land Use Planning Dept.
|
sm |
Seemeile
|
SM |
Survey Manual
|
SMA |
Schweizerische Meteorologische Anstalt
|
SMAC |
State Mapping Advisory Committee (or Council)
|
SMB |
Surveys and Mapping Branch (Manitoba)
|
SMC |
Special Mapping Center
|
SMCRA |
surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
|
SMD |
Surveys and Mapping Div. (Tanzania)
|
SME |
Softcopy Monoscopic Extraction; Society of Mining Engineers; society for Mining,
Metalurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
|
SMI |
Surveyors Module, Inc.
|
SMIB |
Surveying and Mapping Inst. of Beijing
|
SMIMS |
Single MIM-Based Integrated Mapping System (USBC)
|
SMIRR |
Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer
|
SMIPS |
Small Interactive Image Processing System
|
SMMR |
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer
|
SMMT |
Submilimeter Telescope
|
SMN |
Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (Argentina)
|
SMOW |
Standard Mead Ocean Water
|
SMS |
Synchronous Meteorological Satellite(s)
|
SMSA |
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
|
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
|
S/N |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
|
s.n. |
Sine nomine = without name (of publisher)
|
SNARIL |
Social, Natural, and Agricultural Resources Information Laboratory (Univ. of Kentucky)
|
SNCF |
Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer (France)
|
SND |
Street Network Database
|
SNEP |
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project
|
SNF |
Superior National Forest (Minn.)
|
SNGM |
Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria (Chile)
|
SNI |
Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG
|
SNID |
Startnode ID
|
SNIG |
Sistema Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica = Portuguese National Infrastructure for
Geographic Information
|
SNLCS |
Servico Nacional de Levantamento e Conservac~ao de Solos (Brazil)
|
SNM |
Square nautical miles
|
SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
|
SNRIM |
Subcommittee on Natural Resources
|
SNT |
Servicio Nacional de Turismo (Chile)
|
SODEMI |
Societe pour le Developpement Minier de la Cote d'Ivoire
|
SOFRATOP |
Societe Francais de Travaux Topographique et Photogrammetriques
|
SOHO |
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Satellite
|
SOLE |
Spatial On-Line Editor (ESRI)
|
SOM |
Space Oblique Mercator (projection)
|
SONAR |
Sound Navigation and Ranging
|
SONATRACH |
Societe Nationale de Recherches de l'Explorations Mini`eres (Algeria)
|
SOP |
Secretaria de Obras Publicas
|
SORSA |
Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Assn.
|
SOS |
Survey Office System
|
SOWR |
Sensitivity of Water Resources (global change hydrology program)
|
SP |
Survey of Pakistan
|
SPANS |
Spatial Analysis System (TYDAC Technologies)
|
SPARRSO |
Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation
|
SPB |
Space Planning Bureau
|
SPC |
State Plane Coordinate (system(s))
|
SPC RE |
Survey Production Centre, Royal Engineers (U.K.)
|
SPCS |
State Plane Coordinate System(s)
|
SPDK |
Sistem Pengurusan Data Kadaster (Malaysia)
|
SPEK |
Sistem Pengeshan Kualiti = Quality Assurance System (SPDK)
|
SPID |
Sistem Pengurusan Imej Dokumen = Certified Plan Image Database (SPDK)
|
SPIE |
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
|
SPIN-2 |
Space Information-2 Meter Data (Russian Space Agency)
|
SPIRE |
Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploration
|
SPO |
State Planning Office
|
SPOEM |
Special Projects Office for Exploitation Modernization (USDMA)
|
SPOT |
Syst`eme Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre (satellite)
|
SPOTS |
Standard Programming of Telemetry Systems
|
SPRI |
Scott Polar Research Inst. (Univ. of Cambridge)
|
SPS |
Standard Positioning Service
|
SP/S |
Source Preparation Segment
|
SPT |
Strathclyde Passenger Transport
|
SPVEA |
Superintendencia do Plano de Valorizac o Economica da Amazonia (Brazil)
|
SQL |
Standard Query Language; Structured Query language
|
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 (British Columbia)
|
SROM |
Spectro-radiometer for Ocean Monitoring
|
SSA |
Seismological Society of America
|
SSCC |
SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston
|
SSSA |
Soil Science Society of America
|
SSD |
Singapore Survey Dept.; Sudan Survey Dept.
|
SSE |
South Southeast
|
SSEW |
Soil Survey of England and Wales
|
SSEOP |
Space Shuttle Observation Project (U.S.)
|
SSGN |
Service Geographique National (Senegal)
|
SSK |
Stereo Softcopy Kit (Intergraph Corp.)
|
SSMC |
Silver Spring Metro Center (NOAA)
|
SSS |
Side Scan SONAR
|
SSU |
Strategic Services Unit (U.S. War Dept.); Secondary sampling unit
|
SSURGO |
Soil Survey Geographical (database)
|
SSW |
South Southwest
|
St |
Saint; Street
|
STAAC |
Space and Terrestrial Applications Advisory Committee
|
STAC |
State Technology Applications Centers (NASA)
|
StatsCan |
Statistics Canada
|
STATSGO |
State Geographic Database (U.S.)
|
Stb. |
Steinbruch = stone quarry
|
STC |
Standard Telephones & Cables PLC; Stanford Technology Corp.
|
STCB |
Survey Technician Certification Board (ASCM)
|
Stde. |
Stunde = hour
|
STDM |
Stadium
|
STDN |
Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network
|
STF |
Summary tape file
|
STIBOKA |
Stichting voor Bodemkartering (Netherlands)
|
STINASU |
Stichting Natuurbescherming Suriname
|
STK |
Satellite Tool Kit (Analytical Graphics, Inc.)
|
STM |
Stream; System test mode
|
STMA |
Anabranch
|
STMD |
Distributary
|
STMI |
Intermittent stream
|
STMM |
Stream mouth
|
Str. |
Strasse = street
|
STRT |
Strait
|
STV |
Service Topographique (Vanuatu)
|
SU |
Standard update; Stanford University
|
SUC |
Society of University Cartographers
|
SUDENE |
Superintendencia de Desenvolvimento do Nordeste (Brazil)
|
SuDocs |
Superintendent of Documents (U.S.)
|
SUDSS |
Spatial understanding and decision support system
|
SUGK |
Slovak Office of Geodesy and Cartography
|
SUM |
Standard update, monoscopic
|
SUNI |
Stockholms Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen
|
SUNMAP |
Dept. of Natural Resources (Queensland) and its earlier names: Dept. of Lands;
Division of Information, Dept. of Lands; Dept. of Geographic Information; Dept. of Mapping
and Surveying
|
Sur. |
Surveyor
|
SUS |
Standard update, stereoscopic
|
SV |
Space vehicle
|
SVD |
Singular Value Decomposition
|
S-VGA |
Super Video Graphics Array
|
SVP |
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
|
SW |
Software; Southwest; Surface water
|
S/W |
Software
|
SWA |
Super-wide angle
|
SWAB |
Southwest Alluvial Basins (project, NM)
|
SWDC |
Southwestern Colorado Data Center
|
SWG |
Standards working group
|
S.W.P.A. |
Southwest Pacific Area (Allied Forces)
|
SYCI |
System Corrected Images
|
t |
Tonne
|
t. |
tief = deep
|
T |
Township; photogrammetric elevation (measured with stereo plotter)
|
T. |
Tiefe = depth
|
TAC |
Terrain Analysis Center (USCE)
|
TACA |
Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos
|
TACAN |
Tactical Air Navigation
|
TAG |
Tabular and Graphic (system)
|
TAPS |
Tennessee Assn. of Professional Surveyors
|
TAR |
Tape address register
|
TARGA |
TrueVision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter
|
TASC |
Transportation Administration Service Center (US); The Analytic Sciences Corp.
|
TASMAP |
Tasmania Dept. of Lands
|
TAVO |
Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients
|
TAZ |
Traffic analysis zone
|
TBD |
To be determined
|
TBM |
Temporary bench mark; Tunnel boring machine
|
TBV |
To be verified
|
T.C.H. |
Thomas Campanius Holm
|
TCI |
Touring Club Italiano
|
TCP/IP |
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
|
TCT |
Trans-continental Traverse (U.S.)
|
TD |
Thematic data; Topographic Div. (USGS); Total depth
|
TdA |
Teledeteccion Aplicada, S.A.
|
TDC |
Tennessee Dept. of Conservation
|
TDD |
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
|
TDM |
Tasmania Dept. of Mines
|
TDN |
Topografische Dienst Nederland
|
TDR |
Time Domain Reflectrometry
|
TDRSS |
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
|
TDS |
Tripod Data Systems
|
TDSA |
Tribal designated statistical area
|
TDT |
Terrestrial Dynamic Time
|
T.E. |
Topographical Engineer
|
TEC |
The Engineering Center; Topographic Engineering Center (USCE)
|
TEFIS |
Transmission Electrical Facilities Information System (Santee Cooper)
|
TEKPLOT |
Tektronix Plotting (DLG software)
|
TELEX |
Teletypewriter Exchange
|
TELNET |
Telecommunications Network
|
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
|
TEXPLOT |
Tektronix Plotting (DLG software)
|
TFC |
Forestry Commission Tasmania
|
TFEL |
Thin-film electrolumiscent
|
TFH |
Technische Fachhoschule (Berlin)
|
TGS |
Technicolor Graphic Services, Inc.
|
T., G.M. |
Giuseppe Maria Terreni
|
T.H. |
Triple hydrant; Territory of Hawaii
|
THSOA |
The Hydrographic Society of America
|
TI |
Technical instruction; Technical investigation; Texas Instruments; Topographic
instruction
|
TIC |
Technical Information Center (NASA)
|
.TIF |
Tagged Image File
|
TIFF |
Tagged 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
|
TIRS |
Thermal Infrared Scanner
|
TJSA |
Tribal jurisdiction statistical area
|
TLI |
Terrain Line Interpolation
|
TLID |
TIGER/Line Record Identification Number
|
TLM |
Telemetry; Topographic Line Map
|
TLSD |
Tuvalu Lands and Survey Div.
|
TLV |
Threshold limit value
|
TM |
Thematic Mapper (Landsat); Timber management
|
TMAC |
Technical Mapping Advisory Council (U.S.)
|
TMC |
The Map Collector (journal)
|
TMDL |
Total maximum daily load
|
TMLS |
Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources (Tonga)
|
TMS |
Thematic Mapper Simulator; Topographic Mapping Service (Geomatics Canada)
|
TNP |
Transportation Network Profile
|
TNRIS |
Texas Natural Resources Information system
|
T-O |
Orbis terrarum (Medieval European map type: Nile and Don rivers and Mediterranean form
a "T" surrounded by ocean in the shape of an "O")
|
TOPOCOM |
U.S. Army Topographic Command
|
Tp. |
Township
|
TPC |
Tactical Pilotage Chart
|
TPM |
Theodolitprufmachine
|
TPS |
Thin-plate splines
|
TQ |
Topographic quadrangle
|
TR |
Township and Range (public land survey)
|
TRACE |
Topographic Resources and Cost Evaluation (system)
|
Trafo |
Transformator
|
TRB |
Technical Review Board (U.S.)
|
TRF |
Terrestrial Reference Frame
|
Trgf. |
Tragfahigkeit = Carrying capacity
|
TRI |
Toxic Release Inventory (USEPA)
|
T/RS |
Township/Range System
|
TRSC |
Thailand Remote Sensing Center
|
TS |
Top secret
|
TSC1 |
Trimble System Controller
|
TSD |
Treatment, storage and disposal sites
|
TSGS |
Topographic Section, General Staff (Gt. Brit.)
|
TSI |
Teqnical Services Inc.
|
TSOP |
The Society for Organic Petrology
|
TSPS |
Texas Society of Professional Surveyors
|
TSS2 |
TurboSurvey Software 2
|
TT |
TT Maps & Publications Private Ltd.
|
TTD |
Tactical terrain data
|
TTY |
Teletype
|
TUNS |
Technical University of Nova Scotia
|
TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority
|
TVP |
Topological vector profile
|
TWA |
Time-weighted average
|
Twp. |
Township
|
U |
Unclassified
|
UA |
Urbanized area
|
UAM |
United Aerial Mapping; Urban Airshed Model (USEPA)
|
UART |
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
|
UAS |
Urban Area Studies
|
UC |
Univ. of California
|
UCAID |
Univ. Corp. for Advanced Internet Development
|
UCB |
Univ. of California, Berkeley
|
UCD |
Univ. of California, Davis
|
UCDL |
University of California Digital Library
|
UCGIS |
Univ. Consortium for GIS
|
UCLGES |
Unified Cartographic Line Graph Encoding System
|
UCPTE |
Union for the Coordination of the Production and Transport of Electric Power
|
UCS |
Uniform Color Space
|
UCSB |
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
|
UDA |
User data area
|
UDB |
Universal Data Base
|
UDC |
Universal Decimal Classification
|
UDF |
Universal Data Format
|
UDNR |
Utah Dept. of Natural Resources
|
UDOGM |
Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
|
UDP |
User Datagram Protocol
|
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
|
UGMS |
Utah Geological and Mineral Survey
|
UGSMD |
Uganda Geological Survey and Mines Dept.
|
UHF |
Ultra-high frequency
|
UHMS |
Urban Hydrology Monitoring System
|
UID |
User identification
|
UK |
United Kingdom
|
UKMO |
United Kingdom Meteorological Office
|
ULCC |
Utility Location and Coordination Council
|
ULSD |
Uganda Dept. of Lands and Surveys
|
UN |
United Nations
|
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
|
UNIMACE |
Universal Automated Mapping Compilation Equipment
|
Univ. |
University
|
UNR |
Univ. 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
|
UPS |
Universal polar stereographic
|
UR |
Universal Rectifier
|
U/R |
Urban/rural
|
URISA |
Urban and Regional Information Systems Assn.
|
URUID |
Unrectified image data
|
URL |
Universal Resource Locator; Uniform Resource Locator
|
URPI |
Unit for Retail Planning Information Ltd.
|
URS |
Unrestricted random sample
|
U.S. |
United States of America
|
USA |
United States of America; United States Army
|
USACERL |
U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories
|
USAETL |
United States Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories
|
USAF |
United States Air Force
|
USARP |
United States Antarctic Research Program
|
USB |
Unified S-Band
|
USBC |
United States Bureau of the Census
|
USC |
Unified soil classification
|
USC&GS |
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
|
USCE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
USCG |
United States Coast Guard
|
USCS |
United States Customary System
|
USD |
Univ. of South Dakota
|
USDA |
United States Dept. of Agriculture
|
USDC |
United States Dept. of Commerce
|
USDI |
United States Dept. of the Interior
|
USEPA |
United States Environmental Protection Agency
|
USDMA |
United States Defense Mapping Agency
|
USFS |
United States Forest Service
|
USFWS |
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
|
USGCRP |
U.S. Global Change Research Program
|
USGK |
Utstredni Sprava Geodezie a Kartografie (Czechoslovakia)
|
USGPO |
United States Government Printing Office
|
USGS |
United States Geological Survey
|
USGS-MP |
United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park
|
USLS |
United States Lake Survey
|
USMC |
United States Marine Corps
|
USNBS |
United States National Biological Survey
|
USN |
United States Navy
|
USNCHC |
United States National Committee on Scientific Hydrology
|
USNC-ICA |
United States National Committee for the ICA
|
USNO |
United States Naval Observatory
|
USNOS |
United States National Ocean Service (or Survey)
|
USPLSS |
U.S. Public Land Survey System
|
USPS |
United States Postal Service
|
USR |
Universal Space Rectangular (coordinate system)
|
USSCS |
United States Soil Conservation Service
|
UST |
Underground storage tank
|
UT |
Unit terminator; Universal Time; Unorganized territory; Utah
|
UTC |
Universal Time Coordinated; Urban Traffic Control System (Siemans)
|
UTM |
Universal transverse Mercator
|
UUG |
Utstredni Ustav Geologicky
|
UURI |
Univ. of Utah Research Inst.
|
UV |
Ultraviolet; Unit value
|
UW |
Univ. of Washington
|
UWM |
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
|
UVMap |
Urban VMap
|
UWCL |
Univ. of Wisconsin Cartography Laboratory (Madison)
|
U-2 |
A high altitude remote sensing aircraft
|
w |
westlich
|
W |
Westen
|
WA |
Washington (State)
|
WAAS |
Wide area augmentation system (or sites)
|
WAC |
World Aeronautical Chart
|
WACMA |
Western Australia Central Map Agency
|
WADGPS |
Wide Area Differential GPS
|
WADM |
Dept. of Mines Western Australia
|
WAGAP |
Washington Gap Analysis Program
|
WAIS |
Wide-area Information Server (or Service or System); Western Antarctic Ice Sheet
|
WALIS |
Western Australian Land Information System
|
WAML |
Western Assn. of Map Libraries
|
WAML IB |
Western Assn. of Map Libraries Information Bulletin
|
WAN |
Wide area network
|
WAT |
Weighted-average toxicity
|
WB |
World Bank
|
WBVTR |
Wide-band video tape recorder
|
WCB |
Workshop Certification Board (ACSM)
|
WCCS |
Washington Council of County Surveyors
|
WCMC |
World Conservation Monitoring Center
|
WCRP |
World Climate Research Program
|
WCS |
World Construction Set (Questar Productions)
|
WDBII |
World Data Base II
|
WDDES |
World Digital Database for Environmental Science (ICA/IGU)
|
WDG |
Washington Dept. of Game
|
WDGER |
Washington Div. of Geology and Earth Resources
|
Wdlg. |
Widerlager
|
W.D.M.C. |
War Dept. Map Collection (U.S.)
|
WDMS |
Watershed Data Management System
|
WDNR |
Washington Dept. of Natural Resources
|
WDOE |
Washington Dept. of Ecology
|
WEF |
Water Environment Federation
|
WELU |
Western Energy Land Use Team
|
WET |
Wetland Evaluation Technique
|
WFPLS |
Western Federation of Professional Land Surveyors
|
WFPS |
Western Federation of Professional Surveyors
|
W.G. |
Wired glass skylight
|
WGMG |
Working Group on Map Generalization (ICA)
|
WGNHS |
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
|
WGS |
World Geodetic System; World Geodetic Survey
|
WGS 84 |
World Geodetic System of 1984
|
W.H. |
Wirtshaus = public house, inn
|
WIC |
Westindische Compagnie
|
WIMS |
Weather Information Management System
|
WIS |
Watershed Information System
|
WISCLAND |
Wisconsin Initiative for Statewide Cooperation on Landscape Analysis and Data
|
WISE |
Women Investigating Sciences and Environment (Univ. of Nebraska)
|
WLIA |
Wisconsin Land Information Society
|
WLS |
Weighted least squares
|
WLU |
World Land-use Survey
|
WMATA |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
|
WMC |
Western Mapping Center (USGS)
|
WMD |
Water management district
|
.WMF |
Windows Metafile Format
|
WMO |
World Meteorological Organization
|
WMS |
Washington (D.C.) Map Society; Work Management System; World Mapping System; World
Market Strategies Ltd.
|
WNRO |
GPS Week Number Roll Over
|
WNS |
West northwest
|
WO |
Welsh Office
|
WOM |
Web Object Management
|
WORM |
Write Once, Read Many
|
WP |
Word processor
|
WPCF |
Water Pollution Control Federation
|
.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; Western Region
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WRAP |
Western Regional Applications Program (NASA)
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WRCB |
Water Resources Control Board
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WRD |
Water Resources Div. (USGS); Water Resources Dept.
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WRI |
Water Resources Investigation
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WRIDS |
Wildland Resources Information Display System
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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 Inst.
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WRS |
World Reference System (Landsat)
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WRSIC |
Water Resources Scientific Information Center
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WS |
Work station
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WSC |
Water Survey of Canada
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WSLD |
Western Samoa Lands and Survey Dept.
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WSLS |
Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors
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WSM |
Widener Surveying and Mapping (Firm)
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WSP |
Water-supply Paper
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WSPS |
Western Society of Professional Surveyors
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WSU |
Washington State Univ.
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WSUCSC |
Washington State Univ. Computing Service Center
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WSW |
West southwest
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W.T. |
Water tank; Washington Territory
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WTCD |
Deltaic watercourse
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WTUSM |
Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping
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WVALS |
West Virginia Assn. of Land Surveyors
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WVGES |
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
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WVS |
World Vector Shoreline (USDMA)
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WVSPLUS |
World Vector Shoreline Plus
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WWW |
World Wide Web
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WY |
Wyoming
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WYSDOT |
Washington State Dept. of Transportation
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WYSIWYG |
What you see is what you get
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