Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems

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DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
By Philip Hoehn and Mary Lynette Larsgaard (Map & Imagery Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara Library). Designed by John Creaser

This dictionary decodes abbreviations and acronyms found in various publications including maps and websites. These abbreviations or acronyms, therefore, are not necessarily authoritative or standardized in format or content. Email:
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Phil Hoehn (philhoehn at juno com) Mary Lynette Larsgaard (mary at library ucsb edu)

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A IN B AA AAA AACR AACR2 AACCCM AAES AAG AAGS AAG AAPG AARLS AARS AARSE

Auto in basement Automobile Assn. Agricultural Adjustment Administration; American Automobile Assn. Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules 2d. ed. Anglo-American Cataloguing Committee for Cartographic Materials American Assn. of Engineering Societies Assn. of American Geographers American Assn. for Geodetic Surveying Assn. of American Geographers American Assn. of Petroleum Geologists Arkansas Assn. of Registered Land Surveyors Asian Assn. on Remote Sensing African Association for the Remote Sensing of the Environment

AASG AASP AB ABAG ABET ABN ABS ABSM Abzw AC A.C. A/C ACA ACACC ACAPS ACC ACC AC&C ACCDTS AccuDEM AccuDRAPE ACD ACDDS ACE ACEC ACG ACI ACIC ACIU ACLS ACM ACMGIS ACML

Assn. of American State Geologists American Assn. of Stratigraphic Palynologists Air base Assn. of Bay Area Governments (California) Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. American Bank Note Company Australian Bureau of Statistics Alberta Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Abzweigstelle Aerospace Center; Air Corps; American Cartographer (journal) Antonio Castro Aircraft American Cartographic Assn.; American Conservation Assn.; Automovil Club Argentino; Aerial Cartographics of America (Firm) Assn. des cartoth`eques et archives cartographiques du Canada = Assn. of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Automated Chart Production System (C&GS) Assn. des cartoth`eques et archives du Canada = Assn. of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives; Academia de Ciencias de Cuba Association canadienne de cartographie Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography (U.S.) Advisory Committee on Canadian Digital Toponymic Services High-accuracy DEM High-accuracy DEM Draped Images Aeronautical Charting Division (C&GS) Advanced Cartographic Data Digitizing System Advanced Cartographic Equipment; Advanced Cartographic Environment (PCI Carto Inc.) American Consulting Engineers Council Association canadienne des geographes; Address Coding Guides Assn. Cartographique Internationale = International Cartographic Assn. Aeronautical Chart and Information Center (U.S.); Automated Cartographic Information Center (Univ. of Minnesota Library) Central Interpretation Unit (Royal Air Force, Great Britain) Assn. of Canadian Lands Surveyors Assn. for Computing Machinery Assn. for Computing Machinery Geographic Information Systems Assn. of Canadian Map Libraries

ACMLA ACMS ACMSIGGRAPH ACOE ACRES ACRS ACS

Assn. of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives Automated Census Mapping System Assn. for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Graphics Army Corps of Engineers (U.S.) Australian Centre for Remote Sensing Asian Conference on Remote Sensing Advanced Cartographic Systems; Agricultural Cooperative Service; Automated Cartographic Systems; Automatic chemical sprinklers; Attitude Control Subsystem (Landsat); American Community Survey (USBC) Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands Automobile Club of Southern California American Congress on Surveying and Mapping Assn. of Certified Survey Technicians and Technologists of Ontario Administration du Cadastre et de la Topographie (Luxembourg); Australian Capital Territory Administrative Division (USGS); Aeronautical data Analog to digital Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club Airborne Data Acquisition and Registration (Positive Systems, Inc.) Alexandria Drafting Company; American Digital Cartography Inc Advanced/Data Collection System American Design Drafting Assn. AutoCAD Data Extension Advanced Earth Observing Satellite Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype Application Development Facility (GeoVision Corp.) Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game Areas of Dominent Influence (USBC TIGER) Arealdatakontoret (Denmark) Alexandria Digital Library Admiral; Admiralty First-order administrative division Second-order administrative division Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources Arizona Dept. of Transportation Alaska Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities Automated data processing Alaska Division of Policy Development and Planning

ACSAD ACSC ACSM ACSTTO ACT AD A/D ADAC ADAR ADC A-DCS ADDA ADE ADEOS ADEPT ADF ADFG ADI ADK ADL Adm. ADM1 ADM2 ADNR ADOT ADOTPF ADP ADPDP

ADR ADRG ADRGs ADSL Ad. St. ADT AdV ADW ADWR A/E A&E AEC AED AEF AEG AEI AEIDC AEM AERS AES AESE Aest. AE2S AFA AFB AFCEA AFE AFF AFFRC AFI AFLAG AFREF AfRL AFS AFT AFWA AG

Aerial Data Reduction Associates Inc. ARC-digitized raster graphics (USDMA) Arc digitized raster graphics(USDMA) Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Aldolf Stieler Advanced Data Technologies, Inc.; Abstract Data Type Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Vermessungsverwaltungen der Lander der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Agricultural drainage well Arizona Dept. of Water Resources Architectural/engineering Architect and Engineering Architecture, engineering and construction Analysis and Evaluation Div. Alliance for Environmental Education; Accurate Environmental Forecasting, Inc. Association of Engineering Geologists Aerial Exposure Index Arctic Environmental Information Data Center Atmospheric Explorer Mission Advanced Earth Resources Satellite Analysis and Evaluation Staff Association of Earth Science Editors Aestuarium = Estuary Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. American Forestry Assn.; Automatic fire alarm Air Force base; Aerial FotoBank (Firm) Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Assn. Automated feature extraction American Fact Finder (DADSO) Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center (Japan) American Forest Inst. Asean Federation of Land Surveying and Geomatics African Geodetic Reference Frame Akademie fur Raumforschung und Landesplanung (Germany) Air Force station Ambiguity function technique Air Force Weather Agency (U.S.) Attorney General

AGC AGCHO AGCO AGDS AGI AGIC AGILE AGIO AGIS AgRISTARS AGS AGSL AGSO AGSS AGU AHAP AHCPR AHDAS AHDS AHRS AHS AI AIA AI/ANA AIC AICP AID AIH AILESP AIMS AIPG AIPP AIR AIRB AIRS

Assn. Geologique du Canada; Arkansas Geological Commission Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Office Automated Graphics Digitizing System American Geological Inst.; Assn. for Geographic Information (London); Analytical Graphics, Inc. Alabama Geographic Information Council; Arizona Geographic Information Council Association of Geographic Information Laboratories Arkansas Geographic Information Office Automated Geographic Information System Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys through Aerospace Remote Sensing American Geographical Society; Alberta Geological Survey American Geographical Society Library Australian Geological Survey Organisation American Geographical and Statistical Society American Geophysical Union Alaska High-altitude Aerial Photography (program) U.S. Agency for Health Care and Policy Research Adaptable Hydrologic Data Acquisition System Arts and Humanities Data Service Attitude and Heading Reference System Automated Highway System Artificial intelligence; Appraisal Inst. American Inst. of Architects American Indian/Alaska Native Area Australian Institute of Cartographers American Inst. of Certified Planners Agency for International Development; Aeronautical information data American Inst. of Hydrology American Indian Lands Environmental Support Project Airborne Integrated Mapping System; Automated Investigation Measurement System (Nikon) American Inst. of Professional Geologists Ambroziak Infinite Perspective Projection American Indian reservation Alabama Inspection and Rating Bureau Atomspheric Infrared Sounder

AIREA AIRS AISH AJG AK AL Ala. ALA ALAE ALARS ALI ALIS ALMRS ALOHA ALP ALSA Alt. ALTA ALTM ALTMS AM AMA AMAD AMAP AMC AME AM/FM AMG AMI AMIE AMIS AMISAR AML AMPS AMS AMSD

American Inst. of Real Estate Appraisers Atmospheric infrared sounder Assn. Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques = International Assn. of Hydrological Sciences African Journal of Geoinformation Alaska Alabama Alabama American Library Assn. Atmospheric LymanAlpha Emissions Alaska Land and Resources System Advanced Land Imager Automated Land Information System (TVA) Automated Land and Mineral Record System (US BLM) Aerial Locations of hazardous Atmospheres (model) Automated Lands Project Alberta Land Surveyors Association Altitude American Land Title Assn. Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (Optech) Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping System Automated Mapping Associacion Mexicana Automovilistica Airborne Missions and Applications Division (NASA-Ames Research Center) Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program Assn. Mineralogique du Canada; Australian Map Circle Inc. Aero-Metric Engineering Inc. Automated mapping/facilities management Australian Map Grid; Automated machine guidance Applied Mapping Inc. Airglow Measurements of Infrared Measurements Emissions Aviation Management Information System Active Microwave ImagerSynthetic Aperture Radar ARC Macro Language Automatic Mapping and Planning System Army Map Service; American Meteorological Society; Attitude Measurement Sensor; Automated Mapping System Adjusted Mapping Support Data

AMSR AMSU An. A.N.A. ANA ANAE ANARE ANGEL ANTGS ANMS ANOVA ANRC ANSI ANV ANVSA ANWR ANZLIC ANZMapS AO AOA AODC AOI AOIPS AOL AOLS AOML AOO AOSS AP APA APCA APBEL APCM APD A.P.D.R. APE APEGGA APFO

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (JPL) Anno = year Asociacion Nacional Automovilistica (Mexico) Area Navigation Approach Atlas of North American English Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Airborne Natural Gas Emission Lidar (ITT) Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System Automated Notice to Mariners System Analyses of variance Alaska Native Regional Corp. American National Standards Inst. Alaska Native village Alaska Native village statistical area Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Australia New Zealand Land Information Council Australian and New Zealand Map Society Area of Operations Allen Osborne Associates, Inc. Australian Oceanographic Data Centre Area of Interest Atmospheric and Oceanographic Image Processing System America On Line Assn. of Ontario Land Surveyors Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory American Oceanographic Organization Ashtech Office Suite for Survey Analytical Plotter American Planning Assn. Air Pollution Control Assn. Atlantic Provinces Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors Aerial Photography Contract Management System Automated Plat Design (ConneXt, Inc.) Avec privilege du Roi = By license of the King Allen Precision Equipment Assn. of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta Aerial Photography Field Office (USDA)

API APIS APMI Apo. APPSR APQF APR APS APSR APSRS APT APTS APWA APWWA AR ARA ARAMCO Arb. ARC ARCC ArcFM Arch. Arc-SDE ARG ARIA ARIS Ark. ARM ARMIS ARMS Arr. ARRSTC ARS ARSC ARSP Artil. ARZ AS

American Petroleum Inst.; Application programming interface Aerial Photography Information System Aerial Photography Micrographic Index System (USGS) Apogee Aerial Photography Progress Summary Report Aerial Photography Quad File Airborne Profile Recorder Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor Aerial Photography Summary Record Aerial Photography Summary Record System (USGS) Automatic picture transmission; Area proportional to Aerial Profiling of Terrain System American Public Works Assn. American Public Water Works Assn. Arkansas Address Register Area; Algemeen Rijksarchief (Netherlands) Arabian American Oil Company Arbeiter Ames Research Center (NASA); Appalachian Regional Commission American Rivers Conservation Council Arc Facilities Manager (ESRI) Architect; Architecture Arc Spatial Data Engine American Resources Group Arizona Regional Image Archive Alabama Resource Information System; Arizona Resources Information System Arkansas Administracion de Recursos Minerales (Panama); Airborne Remote Mapping Arkansas Resource Management Information System Agricultural Resource Management System (Canada) Arrondissement Asian Regional Remote Sensing Training Centre Agricultural Research Service (USDA) Australian Remote Sensing Conference Applied Remote Sensing Program (Univ. of Arizona) Artillery AutoRestricted Zone Anti-spoofing; Area source; automatic sprinklers

A-S ASA ASAP ASAR ASB. CL. ASC ASCE ASCE SMD ASCF ASCIE ASCII ASCLA ASCP ASCS ASDD ASDI ASEE ASF ASFE ASFPM ASGA ASHTD ASI ASLA ASLO ASMC ASO ASP ASPG ASPLS ASPRS ASPS ASRL Ass. Assn. AST ASTER

Anti-spoofing American Standards Assn. Advanced Scientific Array Processor; Agricultural Sciences Advisory Panel Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar Asbestos-covered frame building American Society of Cartographers American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Civil Engineers Surveying and Mapping Division Ames Satellite Communications Facility American Standard Code for Information Exchange American Standard Code for Information Interchange Assn. of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ALA) America Society of Consulting Planners Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (USDA) Australian Spatial Data Directory Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure American Society for Engineering Education Alaska SAR Facility Assn. of Soil and Foundation Engineers Assn. of State Floodplain Managers Assn. des Services Geologiques Africains American Assn. of State Highway and Transportation Officials Analytical Surveys, Inc. American Society of Landscape Architects American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference Australian Survey Office American Society of Photogrammetry; Application service provider American Society for Professional Geographers Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors; Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Arkansas Society of Professional Surveyors Atmospheric Sciences Research Laboratory Association Association Atlantic Standard Time; Automated Summary Tables Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

ASTM AT ATC ATID ATIS Roads ATKIS ATM ATMET ATMS ATON ATR1 ATS AU AURISA AUSDEC AUSLIG AUV Av. AV AVCA Ave. AVHRR AVI AVIRIS AVL AVNIR AVO AVRI AVS AWAR AWG AWIPS AWLS AWMC AWMSAS AWRA

American Society for Testing Materials Aero-Triangulation Air Target Chart; Advance Technology Corp. Attribute ID Arizona Transportation Information System (ADOT) Amtliches Topographisch-Kartographisches Informationssystem Adaptive triangular mesh Atmospheric, Meteorological and Environmental Technologies, LLC Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Aids to Navigation Automatic Target Recognition module (Leica) Advanced Technology Satellite; Applications Technology Satellite; Automated Technical Systems (Firm) Astronomical unit Australasian Urban and Regional Information Systems Assn. Australasian Data Exchange Centre Australian Surveying and Land Information Group Autonomous underwater vehicle Avenue Audio-visual; AmericaView Audio-visual and Cartographic Archives Div., National Archives of Canada Avenue Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Audio Visual Interleave Advanced Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer Automatic Vehicle Location Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer Alaska Volcano Observatory; Audio/visual object; Amplitude Versus Offset; Arizona Vegetation Resource Inventory Application Visualization System (Visual Systems, Inc.) Area weighted average resolution Association for Women Geoscientists Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System American West Land Surveying (Firm) Ancient World Mapping Center ArcView Marine Spill Analysis System American Water Resources Assn.

AWS AWWA AZ A.Z. AzMAP

Air Weather Service American Water Works Assn. Arizona Alexander Zakreski Arizona Mapping Advisory Council

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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- Badan Koordinasi Survey dan Pemetaan Nasional (Indonesia) = National TANAL Coordination Agency for Surveying and Mapping (Indonesia) Banobras Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos (Mexico) BAOR British Army of the Rhine BAOSC Bay Area Open Space Council BARCIS BARCode Information System BARD San Francisco Bay Area Regional Database BARP Bundesamt fur Raumplanung (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) BATCO Boulder Area Trails Coalition BB Band-by-band; Blattbereich BBS Bulletin board system BC British Columbia; Ballistic camera; Bureau of the Census (U.S.) BCC Bibliographic Control Committee (ACMLA) BCDC Bay Conservation and Development Commission BCGS Board of Coast and Geodetic Survey (Philippines) BCH Beach BCSS Battlefield Command Support System (Australian Army) BDC Base de donnees sur les collectivities (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) BDET Bengston, DeBell, Elkin & Titus Ltd. BDG Bridge

Bdy BE BEA B.E.F. BEG BEICIP bes. BES Betrbf BETS BEV BFE BfGR BfLR BG BGC BGHT BGN bgs BGS Bgw. Bhf. BHIC BHS BI BIA BIC BICI BIG BIL BIM BIMCC BIOMAPS BIOTROP BIP Bl. BLDG BLG

Boundary Brick enclosed elevator Bernhard, Eisenbraun and Associates; Bureau of Economic Analysis (US) British Expeditionary Force Bureau of Economic Geology (Texas) Bureau d'Etudes Industrielles et de Cooperation de l'Institut Francais du Petrole besonders Bureau of Environmental Service (Portland, Oregon) Betriebsbahnhof Brunson Electronic Triangulation System Bundesamt fur Eich- und Vermessungswesen (Austria) Base flood elevation Bundesanstalt fur Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (Germany) Bundesanstalt fur Landeskunde und Raumentwicklung (Germany) Block group Business Geographics Conference Bight Board on Geographic Names (U.S.) Below ground surface British Geological Survey Bergwerk = mine Bahnhof = Railway station Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum = Brabant Historical Information Centre Boston Harbor Software, Inc. Big Idea (NIMA); Business intelligence Bureau of Indian Affairs (U.S.) Borderlands Information Center (Texas) Book item contribution identifier Brunei Institution of Geomatics Band Interleaved by Line Building information modeling Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle Biodiversity Mapping for Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Regional Center for Tropical Biology (Indonesia) Band Interleaved by Pixel Boulevard Building Binary line generalization

BLIS BLM BLOB BLPU BLS BLT BLVA Blvd. BM BMA BMAC BMDO BMG .BMP BMR BMW BN BNA BND BNDT BnF BNPC BNPD BNSC BOA BOC BOFRS BOLS BOM BOP BOR BOREAS BORPELS BOSS BOTUS BP BPA BPI

Brownfields Location Information System (Wisconsin Dept. of Commerce) Bureau of Land Management (U.S.) Binary large object Basic land and property unit Bahamas Lands and Surveys Dept. Bundesamt fur Landestopographie (Switzerland) Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt Boulevard Bench mark; Bureau of Mines Botswana Ministry of Agriculture Bactria Margiana Archaeology Complex Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (U.S.) Bureau of Mines and Geosciences (Philippines) Bitmapped image format (Microsoft Corp.) Bureau of Mineral Resources (Australia, Papua New Guinea) Barclay Mapworks, Inc. Biblioth`eque Nationale Block numbering area Stream bend Base nationale de donnees topographiques (Canada) Bibliotheque national de France Bathymetric navigation planning chart Bivariate Normal Probability Density British National Space Centre Building omission area Bureau of the Census Books and Open-File Report Section (USGS) BADGER On-line Service Bureau of Mines Bureau of Printing Bureau of Reclamation (U.S.) Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (Calif.) Behavior of Offshore Structures, Conference on Best of the U.S. (Space Imaging) Boundary marker (USDMA) Bonneville Power Administration Bits per Inch

BPPT BPR BPS BR br. Br. Brck. BRFD BRGM BRICMICS BRH BRS BS Bs. As. BSB BSC BSE BSNH BSQ BSU BT BTA BTS BUIS BUPMIS BUPNIS BUTE BVG BVU B/W BWC BWE

Badan Pembinaan dan Penerapan Teknologi (Indonesia) Bureau of Public Roads Bits per Second Bureau of Reclamation breit Breite Brucke = bridge Bidirectional reflectance distribution function Bureau de recherches geologique et minieres (France) British and Irish Committee for Map Information and Catalogue Systems Bush, Roed & Hitchings (Firm) Bibliographic Retrieval Service Bureau of Statistics (Japan) Buenos Aires Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Boston Survey Consultants Base flood elevation Headwater basin Band Sequential Base Spatial Unit Base Topo Basic Trading Areas (FCC) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (US) Beihai Urban Information Center Beihai Urban Planning Management Information System Beijing Underground-Network Information System Butte Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft Brightness Value Unit Black and white Bandwidth Compression Bandwidth Expansion

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Cartography; Celsius (degrees) Circa

CA C/A CAA CAAD CAC CACS CAD CADD CADMAP CADRG CAFF CAFM CAG CaGIS CAGIS Cal. Calif. CALMIT CALS CALTRANS CAM CAMA CAMEO CAMFER CAN CANRI CanSIS CANSPACE CanVec CAP CAPCO CAPDU CAR

California; Cartographic and architectural; Census agglomeration (Canada) Coarse-Acquisition (code) Civil Aeronautics Administration (U.S.); Civil Aviation Authority (Great Britain) Cartographic and Architectural Archives Div., National Archives of Canada Center for Advanced Computation (Univ. of Illinois); Compressed Aeronautical Chart (U.S. government) Canadian Active Control System Computer-aided drafting; Computer assisted design Computer-aided design and drafting Computer-aided drafting, mapping, and photogrammetry Compressed ADRG Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Computer-aided facility management Canadian Association of Geographers Cartography and Geographic Information Science (journal)); Cartography and Geographic Information Systems (journal) Cartography and Geographic Information Society California California Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln) Connecticut Assn. of Land Surveyors; Computer-aided acquisition and logistic support; Computer Assisted Land Survey System (SPDK) California Dept. of Transportation Computer aided mapping Computer-aided mass appraisal system (Montana) Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations System (U.S.) Center for the Assessment & Monitoring of Forest & Environmental Resources (Univ. of Calif., Berkeley) Controlled Area Network Community Access to Natural Resources Information Canadian Soil Information System Canadian Space Geodesy Forum Canadian Vector Data Cooperative Agreements Program (FGDC) Capital Area Planning Council (Texas) Canadian Assn. of Public Data Users Curriculum, Accreditation and Registration Committee (ACSM); Central

CARES CARL CARS CASA CASE CASI CaSIL CASS CAST CAT CATS CAVA CAZRI CB C.B. CBD CBEP CBEPS CBET CBF CBI CBL cbm CBM CBN CBP C. BR CBS CBWE CC C.C. CCA CCAFS CCAP CCBCCM

African Republic Center for Agricultural, Resource, and Environmental Systems (Univ. of Missouri) Canadian Assn. of Research Libraries Computer-Assisted Reproduction; Center for Applications of Remote Sensing (Oklahoma State Univ.) Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (Univ. College, London) Computer-Aided Software Engineering Compact Airborne Spectrographic Imager California Spatial Information Library Coding and Accuracy Support System (USPS) Center for Advanced and Spatial Technologies (Univ. of Arkansas) Computer Assisted Thermography Consequences Assessment Tool Set (FEMA) Cartographic and Audio-Visual Archives Div. = Div. des archives cartographiques et audio-visuelles (DACA), National Archives of Canada Central Arid Zone Research Institute Column builder Hollow concrete or cement block construction Central business district Community-Based Environmental Protection (USEPA program) Canadian Board of Examiners for Professional Surveyors Concrete block enclosed elevator Cartographic boundary file China Burma India Theatre of Operations (WW II) Centraal Bureau Luchtkartering (Suriname); Calibration (or calibrated) base line Kubikmeter (cubic meter) Coalbed Methane Map (Wyoming State Geological Survey) Cooperative Base Network Chesapeake Bay Project Concrete, lime, cinder or cement brick Community Base Station Corn Blight Watch Experiment Cartographic Catalog Chain carrier Canadian Cartographic Assn. Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Florida) Competative Cooperative Agreements Program (U.S.) Canadian Committee for the Bibliographic Control of Cartographic Materials

CCC CCCELS CCD CCDM CCELC CCGE CCGM CCIG CCID CCISA CCITT CCK CCLS CCM CCNS4 CCPS CCPR CCRS CCS CCT CD CDA CDC CD-CINC CDED CDF CDFG CDFS CDH CDi CDIS CDL CDMG CDN CDOT CDOW

Canadian Committee on Cataloging; Cataloging and Classification Committee (MAGERT) California Council of Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors Census county division; Computer Center Div. (USGS); Charged couple device; Charged-coupled device; Charge-coupled device Core Cadastral Domain Model Canada Committee on Ecological Land Classification Canadian Council on Geographic Education Center for Computing Graphics (Delft Univ. of Technology) Centre canadien d'information sur la geoscience Chain component ID Congress of Cartographic Information Specialist Associations International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee Centrale Catalogus Kartografie (National Library of the Netherlands) Canadian Council of Land Surveyors Canada Centre for Mapping; Compressed County Mosaic (USDA) Computer Controlled Navigation System (E. Coyote Enterprises, Inc.) Central Colorado Professional Surveyors California Center for Population Research Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Census consolidated subdivision (Canada) Computer Compatible Tape; Centro de Ciencia Tropical Compact disc; Conservation Div. (USGS); Committee Draft (ISO) Colorado Dept. of Agriculture California Dept. of Conservation; Control Data Corporation CD-ROM Consistent Interface Committee (U.S.) Canadian Digital Elevation Data Cumulative distribution function; California Dept. of Forestry (and Fire Protection) California Dept. of Fish and Game Cloud Depiction and Forecast System Communications and data handling Compact Disk interactive Coordinated Design and Information System Cropland data layers (USDA NASS) California Div. of Mines and Geology Coordinates, definitions and notations Colorado Dept. of Transportation Colorado Division of Wildlife

CDOWG CDP .CDR CD-R CD-ROM CDRS CDS CDT CDTED CDV CD-W CDWR CE C.E. CEAL CEAO CEBAF CECO CECSVB CECW CEDAC CEDARE CEDD CEE CEGET CEGIS CELSOC Cem. CEMA CEMAR CEN CENREN CENTA CENTAUR CEO CEONet

CD-ROM Data Origination Working Group (U.S.) Cartographer Development Program; Census designated place; Colorado Division of Planning CorelDraw format Compact disk-recordable Compact disk-read only memory Collaborative Digital Reference Service Catalogue of Data Sources Computer display terminal; Central Daylight Time; Constrained Delaunay triangulation Compressed digital terrain elevation data Cartographic data visualizer Compact disk-- re-writable California Dept. of Water Resources Corps of Engineers Civil Engineer Centro Editor de America Latina County Engineers Association of Ohio Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility Consulting Engineers Council of Ohio Comit pour l'Etablissement de la Carte des Sols et de la Vegetation de la Belgique Consulting Engineers Council of Washington Comprehensive Economic Data Atlas of China Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe Committee on the Exchange of Digital Data Comite Estatal de Estadisticas (Cuba) Centre d'Etudes de Geographie Tropical (Bordeaux) Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (USGS) Consulting Engineers and Land Surveyors of California Cemetery Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Assn. Centro de Estudos do Mar Comite europeen de normalization electronique Centro de Recursos Naturales (El Salvador) Centro Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (El Salvador) Civil Engineering Technologies for Automatic Roadmaking (DSNP) European Centre for Earth Observation Canadian Earth Observation Network

CEP CERCLIS CERCO CERD CERES CERCG CERR CES CET CETENAL CEU CFC CFCC CFF CFUA C.G. CGA CGC CGDB CGDI CGE CGI CGIC CGIS .CGM CGMW CGNHS CGNS GCN1 CGPM CGPS CGS C&GS CGSB CGSIC

Celestial Ephemeris Pole Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (US EPA) Comite Europeen de Responsibles de la Cartographie Officielle Catalog of Environmental Resource Data California Environmental Resource Evaluation System Centre d'Etudes et de Realisations Cartographiques Geographiques (France) Centre d'Ecologie des Ressources Renouvelables (France) Committee on Earth Sciences Commission on Education and Training (IGA) Comision de Estudios del Territorio Nacional (Mexico) Continuing education unit Comite francais de cartographie Census Feature Class Code Cartographic Feature File Canadian Fire Underwriters' Association Coast Guard Color Graphics Adaptor Commission geologique du Canada Central Geographic Data Base Canadian Geomatics Digital Initiative ; Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Comision Geografico-Exploradora (Mexico) Computer Graphics Interface; Common gateway interface; Center for Geographic Information Canadian Geoscience Information Centre Center for GIS (Qatar) Computer graphics metafile Commission for the Geological Map of the World Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey Canadian Geographical Names Service Canadian Geographical Names, Level 1 Conference General des Poids et Mesures Continuous global positioning system California Geological Survey; Civil GPS Service; Coast and Geodetic Survey (U.S.); Colorado Geological Survey Coast and Geodetic Survey (U.S.); Commercial & Government Systems (Kodak) Canadian General Standards Board Civil GPS Service Interface Committee

CGSICO CGTP CGU CGW CH; Ch. CHA CHEEC CHEST CHGIS CHIA CHNM CHS CI CIA CIAF CIAS CIACER CIB CIBESA CICAEDAS CICLOPS CID CIDAMM CIE CIESIN CIG CIGF CIGNET CIKM CIM CIMIS CINDI CIO CIP CIR CIRSS

Civil GPS Service Interface Committee Cartographic and Geospatial Technology Programs Canadian Geophysical Union Computer Graphics World (journal) Chief Hydrologist; Church; Chapel Canadian Hydrographic Association Center for the Health Effects of Environmental Contamination (Univ. of Iowa) Combined Higher Education Software Team (UK) China Historical Geographic Information System (Harvard University) Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment Marine channel Canadian Hydrographic Service Compass and inclinometer; Coal Investigations Map (USGS) Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.) Centro de Investigaciones en Percepcion Remota CD-ROM Index Architecture Specification Working Group (U.S.) Centro de Investigacion y Aplicacion de Sensores Remotos (Bolivia) Controlled image base Cartografica Iberica S.A. Committee Investigating Cartographic Entity, Definitions, and Standards Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations Community Information Database (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Centro de Informacion y Documentacion del Area Metropolitana de Madrid Iompair Eireann Coras; Classified image editor Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network Canadian Inst. of Geomatics; Climate Interest Group; Centro de Investigaciones Geotecnicas (El Salvador) Centre d'Information Geographique et Fonci`ere Ministre de l'Energie et des Ressources, Quebec) Cooperative International GPS Network Conference on Information Knowledge Management Collection insertion map; Council on Information Management (Virginia) California Irrigation Management Information System Center for Integration of Natural Disaster Information (USGS) Central Imagery Office (U.S.) Contour Interpolation Program; Canadian Institute of Planners Color infrared California Integrated Remote Sensing System

CIS CISD CISIG CISM CIST CITYG CIU CK-PL CLA CLD CLDB CLDS CLI CLICK CLID CLIRSEN Clk. CLL CLOMA CLS CLSA CLSR CLU CLUMP cm CM CMA CMAP CMAS CMCC CMD CMEDS CMI CMIB CMIS CMM CMO

Canadian Inst. of Surveying; Color Imaging Systems (Barneyscan Corp.) Cook Islands Dept. of Survey Conservational International GIS Canadian Inst. of Surveying and Mapping Centre d'information sur les sciences de la Terre (Canada) City Graphic Central Interpretation Unit (Royal Air Force, Great Britain) Check plotter Canadian Library Association Center line data Common Land Data Base Canada Land Data System(s) Canada Land Inventory Center for LiDAR Information Coordination (USGS) Class identifier Remote Sensing Center (Ecuador) Clerk Corrected line length Confidential letters of map amendment Canada Lands Surveyor California Land Surveyors Assn. Canada Lands Surveys Records Common land units Canada Land Use Monitoring Program Centimeter Cartographic material; Configuration management Census Metropolitan Area (Statistics Canada); Central Mapping Agency (New South Wales) Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Circular Mean Accuracy Standard California Mapping Coordinating Committee Current meter digitizer; Command Comprehensive Mapping and Engineering Data System (LES) Corvallis Microtechnology Inc. Controlled multispectral image base Conical-scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder Coalbed Methane Map (Wyoming State Geological Survey) Canada Map Office

CMOTS CMP CMS CMSA CMSDU CMSM CMT C&MT CMYK CNA CNIDR CNES CNEXO CNFL CNI CNIG CNR CNRA CNRG CNROA CNRS CNRST CNSTAT Co. CO COBOL COBRIG COE COEB COFPAES COFRS COG COGNA COGO C.O.I. col.

Cartographic Material Order and Tracking System (USGS) Coastal Mapping Program; Camp California Map Society; Cavity Monitoring System (Optech); Clay Minerals Society Consolidated metropolitan statistical area Commission on Map Use and Spatial Data Use (ICA) Committee on Marine Surveying and Mapping Corvallis Microtechnology Inc. Communication & Measurement Technologies Ltd. Cyan-magenta-yellow-black Comiss~ao Nacional do Ambiente (Portugal) Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval (USA) Centre national d'etudes spatiales (France) Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Oceans (France) Confluence Coalition for Networked Information Centro Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica = Portuguese National Center for Geographic Information Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche (Italy); Canadian National Railway Commission on National and Regional Atlases (ICA) Centre National de Recherches Geomorphologiques (Belgium) Centro Nacional de Reconhecimento e Ordenamento Agrario (Portugal) Centre National de Recherches Scientifique (France) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (Burkina Faso) Committee on National Statistics (U.S.) Company; County Cartometric operations; Colorado Common Business Oriented Language Council of British Geography Corps of Engineers Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography Branch (US NOS) Committee on the Federal Procurement of Architect and Engineer Services Chinese Operational Earth Resources Satellite Council of Governments Council of Geographic Names Authorities Coordinate geometry; Coalition of Geospatial Organizations Office of Coordinator of Information (U.S.) Color; colored

Col. COL COLD Com. COM COMAP Comdg. COMIS COMPAS COMSAT CONAE CONC. Cong. Conn. CONRIM CONUS CO-COPS COP/BOP CORBA CORC Corp. CORS CORSE COS COSMIC COSML COSPAR COTS COVIS CP CPFS CPH CPID CPLAR CPLC CPS

Colonel; Colorado Agricultural colony Computer Output to Laser (optical) Disc Committee; Commission; Commodore Component Object Model (Microsoft) Continuous area pattern mapping Commanding Cartographic Operations Management Information System Coastal Ocean Management, Planning and AssessmentSystem Communications Satellite (Corp.) Comision nacional de actividades espaciales (Argentina) Concrete or reinforced concrete construction Congress Connecticut Committee on Natural Resource Information Management(Alaska) Continental United States Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (NOAA) City of Portland Bureau of Planning Common Object Request Broker Architecture Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (OCLC) Corporal; Corporation Continuously operated reference station(s); Continuously operating GPS reference stations Conference on Remote Sensing Education Central Office of Statistics (Malta) Computer Software Management and Information Center Committee on Southern Map Libraries Committee on Space Research Commercial-off-the-shelf Commonwealth of Virginia Information Systems Cartographic Perspectives (journal); color printer Colorado Plateau Field Station (USGS) Cartographic Publishing House (China) Composite ID Community Perspectives on Land and Agrarian Reform (South Africa) Court of Private Land Claims Characters per second; Contour plotting system; Cartographic production system

C.P.S.C.R.A.M. CPSO CPU CR CRA CRADA CRAG CRAIGES CRBT CREPUQ CRESP CRG CRIB CrIS CRISTA CRKT CRL CrlMSS CrlS CSD CRM CRN CRPD CRREL CRTR CRSA CRSC CRSS CRT CS C.S. CSA CSAA CSAC CSAV CSC

Cum Privilegio Sacrae Caesareae Regiaeque Apostolicae Majestatis = With the privilege of the Holy Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty Cataloging Policy and Support Office (Library of Congress) Central processing unit Central Region; Coordinate reader Common Resource Area Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (U.S) Columbia Region Association of Governments Cartographic Reproduction and Interactive Graphic Editing System Centre de Recherches Biologiques Tropicales (Algeria) Conference des recteurs et des principaux des universites du Quebec Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation (U.S.) Centre de Recherche en Geomatique (Universite Laval) Computerized Resources Information Bank Cross-track Infrared Sounder (US) Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere Tidal creek Cartographic research laboratory Cross-track Infrared and Microwave Sounding Suite Cross-track Infrared Sounder Census subdivision (Canada) Consejo de Recursos Minerales (Mexico); Customer relationship management Canadian Road Network City Real Property Database Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratories Crater Canadian Regional Science Association California Remote Sensing Council Canadian Remote Sensing Society Cathode ray tube Color scanner; Cubic splines Charles Simonneau Canadian Space Agency California State Automobile Association Census Statistical Area Committee (U.S.) Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Computer Sciences Corporation; Commercial Space Center (NASA); Coastal Services Center (NOAA); California Surveying Corporation

CSDGM CSDMS CSDS CSFS CSG CSIG CSIN CSIP CSIR CSIRO CSIC CSISS CSML CSOC CSP CSPA CSPG CSR CSRS CSUF CSUN CST CSVNS Ct. CT CTA CTC CTCUQ CTD CTI CTI-S CTL CTOG CTS CUA

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions California Surveying and Drafting Supply Colorado State Forest Service Cartography Special Group, Assn. of American Geographers; Council of State Governments Cyberinfrastrucure Summer Institute for Geoscientists Computer Systems Information Network Continental Scale International Project Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (Spain) Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences (UCSB) Committee on Southern Map Libraries Consolidated Space Operations Center Conformal Space projection Council of State Planning Agencies Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Center for Space Research (Univ. of Texas at Austin) Canadian Spatial Reference System California State University, Fresno California State University, Northridge Central Standard Time; Chicago Steel Tape Co.; Coast; Certified Survey Technician California Surveying Virtual Survey Network (California Surveying and Drafting Supply Court Census tract; Connecticut Crafton, Tull & Associates Cartoteca de Catalunya; Cooperating Technical Communities Commission de transport de la Communaute urbaine de Quebec Chief, Topographic Division; Conductivity-temperature-depth Critical Technologies Inst. (RAND Corp.) Centre for Topographic Information - Sherbrooke Cartographic Technology Lab. Contour to Grid Communications Technology Satellite (Canadian); Conventional terrestrial system Canadian Underwriters' Association

CUAC CUBE CUET CUGiK CUR CUSEC CUSMAP CVO CWHR CWRA CWS CYP CYPLUS CZCS CZM C4G

Cartographic Users Advisory Council (U.S.) Combined Uncertainty and Bathymetry Estimator Cuesta Centralny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii (Poland) Council on Undergraduate Research Central United States Earthquake Consortium Conterminous United States Minerals Assessment Plan Cascades Volcano Observatory (USGS) Califoria Wildlife Habitat Relationships Canadian Water Resources Program Cartographic workstation Cape York Peninsula Cape York Peninsula Land Use Strategy Coastal Zone Color Scanner Coastal Zone Management (U.S. federal act of 1972) Center for GeoInformatics (Louisiana State University)

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D DA D/A DAAC DAAS DAASC DAC DACA DACH DADS DADSO DAESA DAFIF DAG DAIS-1 DAISIDS DAL

Dwelling Data Acquisition; Dept. of the Army; Dissemination area (Canada) Digital to Analog (converter) Div. des archives audiovisuelles et cartographiques, Archives nationales du Canada; Distributed Active Archive Center Defense Automatic Addressing System (USDMA) Defense Automated Addressing System Center (USDMA) Digital-to-Analog Converter Div. des archives cartographiques et audio-visuelles, Archives nationales du Canada Deputy Assistant Chief Hydrologist Digital Assisted Data Base System Data Access and Dissemination System Office (USBC) Dual Axis Fourier Shape Analysis Digital Aeronautical Flight Information Files (NGA) Directorate of Geographic Affairs (Lebanon) Digital Airborne Imagery System (Space Imaging (Firm)) Distributed Ad-hoc Intelligent Sensor-Intrusion Detection System Data Analysis Laboratory

DAM DAMES DANE DAR DARDC DARO DARPA DAS DA&SM DAT DATIS DATPE D.A.V. DAVE-G DB DBB DBDB DBH DBI DBMS DBPPWG DBPWG DBR DBS DC D.C. DCA DC&A DCASS DCDB DCDSTF DCE DCF DCHUM DCI DCMI DCN

Detection and mapping Defense Automated Message Exchange Service (USDMA) Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica (Colombia) Data acquisition request Device for Automatic Remote Data Collection Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office (U.S.) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (U.S.) Delaware Assn. of Surveyors; Digial Aerial Solutions, LLC Data Acquisitions & Systems Maintenance Digital audio tape Digital Airborne Topographic Imaging System Direction de l'Amernagement du Territoire et de la Protection de l'Environnement (Haiti) Deutscher Alpenverein Dialogue Assisted Virtual Environment for Geoinformation Data base; Dissemination block (Canada) Deutsche Bundesbahn Digital Bathymetry Data Base (U.S. government) Diameter at breast height Database Indexing; Database Interface Database management system Data Base Population Planning Working Group Data Base Population Working Group Dienst Bodemkartering (Suriname) Data Base Specifications; Direct broadcast satellites District Chief; District of Columbia; Div. Chief; Dublin Core District of Columbia Dept. of Community Affairs (Montana) Data Collection and Analysis Digital Cartographic Software System Digital Cartographic Data Base Digital Cartographic Data Standards Task Force (U.S.) Data Communication Equipment; Distributed Computing Environment Digital Cartographic File Digital Chart Update Manual (USDMA) Differential Corrections, Inc.; Director of Central Intelligence Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Direccion de Cartografia Nacional (Venezuela); Document control number

DCP DCPS DCR DCRM DCRM(C) DCS DCSE DCS/RSE DCST DCT DCW DD DDA DDAC DDC DDCMP DDE DDES DDF DDG DDI DDIS DDL DDM DDN DDPO DDPS DDR DDS DDTI DE DEA dec. DEC DED DE-DEM

Dept. of city planning; Digital Cartographic Production; Data collection platform Digital Cartographic Production Segment Design Concept Review Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Cartographic) Digital Cartography Section; Digital color separate; Directorate of Colonial Surveys (U.K.); Data collection system; Digital Cartographic Studio Diba Consulting Software Engineers Data collection system receiving site equipment Data collection system tape Direction Topographique et du Cadastre (Congo) Digital Chart of the World (USDMA) Data dictionary; Dewey Decimal; Decimal degrees Data descriptive area Deutscher Automobil-Club Dewey Decimal classification; Digital data conversion Digital Data Communication Message Protocol DOE Data Explorer (US Dept. of Energy) Digital Data Editing System Data descriptive file La direction des documents gouvernementaux (La Bibliotheque et des Archives du Canada) Design Data Inc. Depository Distribution Information System (USGPO) Data Definition Language Documents Data Miner; Digital Distance Model; Dynamic Digital Map Defense Data Network Defense Dissemination Program Office (U.S.) Desktop Digital Photogrammetry System (3D Mapper Pty. Ltd.) Data descriptive record Digital Data Storage Digital Data Technologies, Inc. Data extraction; Delaware David Evans and Associates, Inc. Declination Digital Equipment Corp. Data Element Dictionary Drainage-Enforced DEM

DEIS del. Del. delt. DEM DEM-G DEM-P DEMR DEMVFY Dep. DEP Dept. DES DE/S DESI DEW DFAD DFC DFG DFLIP DFIRM DFO DFW DGC DGCM DGDF DGEC DGF DGG DGGM DGGS DGI DGIAI DGIS DGIWG DGfK DGK 5

Draft environmental impact statement Delineation; delineator Delaware Delineator Digital Elevation Model; Digital elevation matrix Digital Elevation Model--Graphic (coordinates) Digital Elevation Model--Planar (coordinates) Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada Digital Elevation Model Verify (verification software) Deputy; Departement Dept. of Environmental Protection Department Digital Editing Station Data Extraction Segment Diversified Energy Services, Inc. Distant Early Warning Line Digital Feature Analysis Data (U.S. government) Digital Futures Coalition Dept. of Fish and Game Digital Flight Information Publication Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada) Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Direct Geodetic Constraint (software) Direct Geodetic Constraint Method Digital Geospatial Data Files Direccion General de Estadistica y Censos (Costa Rica) Dept. of Game and Fish Direccion General de Geografia (Mexico) Direccion General de Geologia y Minas (Colombia) Div. of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (Alaska); Directorate General of Geological Surveys (Iraq) Direktorat Geologi (Indonesia) Direccion General de Integracion y Analisis de la Informacion (Mexico) Direct Graphics Interface Standard Digital Geographic Information Working Group Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Kartographie Deutsche Grundkarte 1:5 000

DGM DGMG DGMP DGN DGNR DGO DGP DGPA DGPS DGRM DGS DGSE DGU DH D.H. DHI DHN DI DIA DIAL diam. DIAM DiAP DID DIDS DIELOG DIES DIF difSAR DIGCAT DIGEST DIGIT DILIGENT

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) Direccion General de Minas y Geologia (Venezuela) Direccion de Geologia, Minas y Petrolio (Costa Rica) Domestic geographic name Domestic Geographic Names Report (U.S.) Direccion General de Oceanografia (Mexico) Digital Graphic Product Direccion General de la Produccion Agraria (Spain) Differential Global Positioning System; Differential Global Positioning Satellite Direccion General de Recursos Minerales (Panama) Dept. of Geological Survey (Botswana); Delaware Geological Survey Dept. of Geological Survey and Exploration (Burma) Danmarks Geologiske Undersogelse Drill hole Double hydrant Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut; Defense Hydrographic Initiative (USDMA) Directoria de Hidrografia e Navegac~ao (Brazil) Data Integration; Digital image Defence Intelligence Agency (U.S.); Dept. of Indian Affairs; Dept. of International Affairs Digital Image Analysis Laboratory (Univ. of Arizona); Differential Absorption LiDAR (Optech) Diameter Defense Intelligence Agency Manual Digital Image Analytical Plotter (ISM) Data information delivery; Data information description; Digital Image Data Digital Information Display System (U.S.) DAASC Integrated E-Mail Logistics System (USDMA) Digital Image Enhancement System Data Integration Function; Data Interchange Format; Display Information Facility; Document Interchange Format (U.S. Navy) Differential SAR Digital Catalog Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard Digitally Integrated Geographic Information Technologies (laboratory, Univ. of Utah Geography Dept.) Digital Library Infrastructure on Grid Enabled Technology (EC)

DIM DIME DIN Dinageca DINO DIP DIPS DIRS DIS DISGIS DISHIDROS Dist. DISTDAHS Div. DKDGS DL DLA DLCW DLG DLG-E DLGF DLG-O DLG2DEM DLG-3 DLI DLL DLMS DLNR DLO DLR DLS DLT DLWC DM DMA DMAAC

Digital Image Matching Dual Independent Map Encoding (U.S. Bureau of the Census) Deutsches Institut fur Normung Direcc~ao Nacional de Geografia e Cadastro (Mozambique) Data in Ontario (organization) Data Integration Program Digital Image Processing System Digital Image Rectification/Registration System Distributed Information System; Draft International Standard (ISO) Distributed Geographical Information Systems Dinas Hidro Oceanografi (Indonesia) District Distributed Satellite Telemetry Data Handling System Division Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab Data logging Diffusion-limited aggregation Department of Land and Water Conservation (NSW) Digital Line Graph Digital Line Graph--Enhanced Digital Line Graph--Framework Digital Line Graph--Optional Digital Line Graph to Digital Elevation Model (production software) Digital Line Graph--level 3 Digital Library Initiative (U.S.); Data Liberation Initiative (Canada); Dept. of Land Information Windows Dynamic Link Library Digital Landmass System Dept. of Land and Natural Resources Document-like object Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. Dominion Land Survey (Canada); Dept. of Lands and Survey (Guyana); Dept. of Lands and Surveys (Cyprus) Digital linear tape Dept. of Land and Water Conservation (Australia) Departamento de Minas (Honduras); Data mining Defense Mapping Agency (U.S.); Designated Market Areas (USBC TIGER) 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) DMC Disaster Monitoring Constellation (BNSC) DMCA Digital Millenium Copyright Act DME Distance measuring equipment; Dept. of Mines and Energy (Nova Scotia) DMGIS Data, Map and Government Information Services (Univ. of Toronto Library) DMI Digital Mapping, Inc. DMMG Direccion Nacional de Mineria y Geologia (Uruguay) DMMR Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources (Saudi Arabia) DMP Digital Map Products (Firm) DMR Dept. of Mineral Resources (New South Wales) DMRS Data Management and Retrieval System DMRT Dept. of Mineral Resources of Thailand Data Management System; Desktop Mapping System (R-WEL, Inc.); Drawing DMS Management System; Defense Mapping School (USDMA); Defense Message System (USDoD); Distribution Management System; Degrees, minutes, seconds DMSI Data Management Segment Interface Control Document DMSO Defense Mapping School Operations Office (USDMA) DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program DMT Digital Mapping Techniques DMTI Desktop Mapping Technologies Inc. DMU Defense Mapping Unit (Singapore); Distance measuring unit DMW Daft, McCune, Walker DN Digital Number DNC Digital Nautical Chart 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. DO DOA Doc. DOC DOD DOE DOGAMI DOH DOI DOM DOMSAT DOQ DOQQ DORIS DOS DOSLI DOT DP DPE DPED dpi DPI DPIE DPL DPMA DPPDB DPS Dpt. DPW DPWS DQDB DQQ Dr. DR DRAPE

Ditto (the same) Digital Ortho; District office Dept. of Agriculture Document Dept. of Commerce Dept. of Defense Dept. of Energy Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries (Oregon) Dept. of Health Dept. of the Interior; Digital object identifier; Document object identifier Document Object Model Domestic Communications Satellite System Digital orthophoto quadrangle Digital orthophoto quarter quadrangle Decision-Oriented Resource Information System (Ventura County, Calif.); Doppler obitography and radiopositioning integrated by satellite Directorate of Overseas Surveys (U.K.); Dept. of State; Digital Orthophoto System; Disc Operating System Dept. of Survey and Land Information (New Zealand) Dept. of Transportation Data production; Digital Photogrammetry Data processing environment; data processing equipment Dept. of Planning and Economic Development Dots per inch Dots per inch Dept. of Primary Industries and Energy (Australia) Data Programming Language; Designated place Data Processing Management Assn. Digital Point Positioning Data Base DEM Production System; Digital Production System (USDMA) Department Dept. of public works Digital Photogrammetric Work Station Distributed-Queue Dual Buses Digital Quarter Quadrangle Drive Data record(s); Direct Reflex (Trimble) Digital Raster Acquisition Project for the East

DRAPP DRBC DRC DRCOG DRF DRG DRGM DRGP DRGS DRIS DRO DS D.S. DSD DSDP DSF DSGM DSGZ DSIR DSL DSM DSN DSNP DSP DSPW DSS DS/S DSSSL DSU DTAD DTD DTED DTG DTM DTOP DTS

Denver Regional Aerial Photography Program Delaware River Basin Commission Democratic Republic of Congo Denver Regional Council of Governments Digital Raster File Digital Raster Graphic; Davey Resource Group Direction des Recherches gologiques et minires (Niger) Digital Representation of Graphic Products Direct Readout Ground Station Digital Research and Instructional Services (Univ. of Virginia) Digital Revision Overlay Digital subsystem District Surveyor Digital Sailing Directions Deep Sea Drilling Project Delivery sequence file (U.S. Postal Service) Direcc~ao de Servicos de Geologia e Minas (Angola); Direccion del Servicio Geografico Militar (Paraguay) Dept. of the Surveyor General (Zimbabwe) Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia, New Zealand) Dept. of Surveys and Lands (Botswana); Data Service Laboratory Directorate of Surveys and Mapping (South Africa); Dept. of Surveys and Mapping (Botswana); Digital stereo model; Digital surface model Deep Space Network; Dataset Name; Data source name Dassault-Sercel NP Dept. of State Planning; Depository Services Program (Canada) Digital Photogrammetric Workstation (USCE) Digital Sensor System (Applanix or EMERGE ) Data Services Segment Document Style Semantic and Specification Language Digital Standard Update Digital Terrain Analysis Data Digital Terrain Data; Digital Topographic Data (Natural Resources Canada); Document Type Definition Digital Terrain Elevation Data (U.S. government) Digital tape generation Digital Terrain Model (or Modeling) Digital Topographic Data Digital transmission system

DTSS-P DTW DUMC DV DVD DVNP DVP DW DWD DWF DWM DWR DXF DXM DySIS D-2 D3

Digital Topographic Support System Prototype Desk-top Workstation Dutch Union Map Catalogue Daily Value Digital video disc; Digital versatile disc Death Valley National Park Digital Video Plotter Data warehousing Deutscher Wetterdienst Drawing Web Format Digital Web Map (Idaho Geological Survey) Dept. of Water Resources Drawing Interchange File; Digital Exchange Format Data eXchange Manager Dynamic Software and Integrated Solutions, Inc. National Interest Lands, Section D-2, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Digital Design Data

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E EA EAC EAF EAFS EAOS EAP Earthsat EAS-E EBAMCO EBCDIC EBR EBRPD EBX EC ECAI ECDIS

East; Electronic; Elevator (open); Einwohner = inhabitant Environmental assessment Engineering Accreditation Commission (ABET) East African Force (UK) Effective Aerial Film Speed Environment Australia Online Service Environmental Affairs Program Earth Satellite Corp. Engineering and Survey-Exchange Electronic Book and Map Company Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code Electron Beam Recorder East Bay Regional Park District (California) Electronic book exchange Electronic control; European Community; European Commission Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative Electronic Chart Display and Information System (U.S.)

ECE ECEF ECEY ECI ECPD ECRF ECS Ed. ED E.D. EDA

E. Coyote Enterprises EarthCentered EarthFixed Every City, Every Year (Aerials Express) Election Commission of India Engineering Council for Professional Development Earth Centered Reference Frame Electronic Charting Systems (NOAA) Editor; edition Elevation data; Enumeration district Eastern District Electronic design automation; Exploratory data analysis EROS Data Center (LIA); Electronic digital computer; Environmental Data Center EDC (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 EDINA Edinburgh Data and Information Access EDIPS EROS Digital Image Processing System Environmental Data and Information Service; Electrical Distribution Information EDIS System (Santee Cooper) EDITOR ERTS Data Interpretation and Tenex Operations Recorder EDM Electronic distance measurement; Electronic distance meter 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 EdUC Education User Conference (ESRI) EEC European Economic Community EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone E.F. Eisenbahnfaehre EFFIS European Forest Fire Information System EGA Enhanced Graphics Adaptor EGII European Geographic Information Infrastructure EGIS European GIS

EGNOS European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service 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; Environmental information system 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) EMF Enhanced Meta Files (Windows) EMIP European Market for Infrastructural Projects EMMMA Environmental Mercury Mapping, Modeling and Analysis EMPS Elevation Matrix Processing System EMR Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources Canada; Electromagnetic radiation EMS Electromagnetic spectrum; Engineering Mapping Solutions (Firm) ENC Electronic Navigational Charts (NOAA) E.N.E. East-northeast Eng. Dept. Engineering Dept.; Dept. of Engineers Engr. Bn. Engineer Battalion ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer ENID Endnote ID E-N&N Electronic News and Notes (WAML) ENSG Ecole Nationale des Sciences Geographiques ENTR Entrance entw. Entworfen = Drawn entworf. Entworfen = Drawn ENVISAT Environmental Satellite

EO EOCAP EODMS EOF EOS EOSAT EOSDIS EOT EOTD EP EPA EPB EPI EPIRB EPP EPS ER ERA ERBS ERCE ERDAS

Earth observation Earth Observations Commercial Applications Program Earth Observations Data Management Systems End of File Earth Observing System; Greek National Mountaineering Assn. Earth Observation Satellite (Company) Earth Observing System Data and Information System End of Text Enhanced observed time difference End Point Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.) Earth Physics Branch (Canada) Electronic Position Indicator Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon Educational Partnership Program (Topcon) Encapsulated PostScript Economic region (Canada) Electric Records Archives (NARA) Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (or Sensor) Groupe d'Etudes de Recherches Critiques d'Espace (Universite du Quebec, Montreal) Earth Resources Data Analysis System Earth Resources Data Center (ERIM); Engineer Research and Development Center ERDC (USACE) ERDL Engineer Research and Development Laboratories EREP Earth Resources Experiment Package (Skylab) ERIM Environmental Research Inst. of Michigan Earth Resources Information Network; Environmental Resource Information ERIN Network (Australia) ERIS Earth Resources Inventory System; Earth Resources Infomation System Environmental Research Laboratories (NOAA); Earth Resources Laboratory ERL (NASA) ERLAS Earth Resources Laboratory Application Software ERM Earth Resource Mapping (Firm) EROS Earth Resources Observation Satellite; Earth Resources Observation System ERP Enterprise resource planning ERPANET Electronic Resource Preservation and Access Network ERR Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg fur die Besetzten Gebiete ERRSAC Eastern Regional Remote Sensing Applications Center (NASA) ERS Earth Remote Sensing (satellite)

ERSAC ERSAL ERSAR ERSC ERSP ERTS ERSUN ESA ESC ESCAP ESD ESDA ESDD ESDI ESE E.S.E. ESEM ESI ESIC ESIG ESIM ESIN ESIO ESIP ESIS ESL ESMI ESR ESRI ESSA ESSC ESSHC ESSI ESSIC E. St. EST ES&T

Environmental Remote Sensing Applications Centre (United Arab Emirates) Environmental Remote Sensing Analysis Laboratory (Oregon State Univ.) Earth Resources Synthetic Aperture Radar Egyptian Remote Sensing Center Epipolar Rectified Stereo Pair Earth Resources Technology Satellite Environmental Remote Sensing Unit (British Aerospace Space Systems, Ltd.) Egyptian Survey Authority; European Space Agency; Earth Sciences Associates European Seismological Commission Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Engineering Services Dept. (Qatar) Earth Sciences Data Standards (council); Exploratory spatial data analysis Earth Science Data Directory (USGS) Earth Science Data Interface Earth Science Enterprise East-southeast Earth Systems Engineering and Management EagleScan Inc.; Enironmental Sensitivity Index Earth Science Information Center (USGS); Earth Sciences Information Centre (Canada) Exemplary Systems in Government award (URISA) Earth Science Information Manager Earth Science Information Network Earth Science Information Office Earth Science Information Partners Earth Science Information System Electromagnetic Systems Laboratories, Inc. European Spatial Metadata Infrastructure Engineering Surveys Reproduction Ltd. Environmental Systems Research Inst., Inc. Environmental Science Service Administration Earth System Science Center (Pennsylvania State Univ.) European Social Science History Conference Earth Search Sciences Inc. Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (Univ. of Maryland) Eisenbahn Station = railway station Eastern Standard Time Environmental Science and Technology

ESV ET ETF ETL ETM ETM+ EU EUB EUROGI EVC EVI EVO EWP Ex. doc.

EarthSystemsVisualizer Frame enclosed elevator with self-closing traps European Transfer Format Engineer Topographic Laboratories (USCE); Extract, transform, load Enhanced Thematic Mapper Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus European Union Alberta Energy and Utilities Board European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information East View Cartographic (Firm) Enhanced vegetation index Ernst Volker (Oldenburg, Germany) Executive Wilderness Programmes Executive document

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F FA FAA FAAT FAC FACC FACE FACM FACS Fahrb. FAO FAQ FARC FAS FAST Fb. FB FBN FC FCC

Fahrenheit; Flat Fire alarm box Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.) Fully Analytical Aerotriangulation Feature analysis code(s) Feature and Attribute Coding Catalog Field Ancillary Computer Effort Florida Assn. of Cadastral Mappers Feature Attribute Coding Standard; Feature Attribute Coding System Fahrbahn = roadway Food and Agricultural Organization (United Nations) Frequently Asked Question(s) Federal Archives and Record Center Foreign Agricultural Service(USDA) Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Fabrik = Factory Freytag-Berndt und Artaria Federal base network (U.S.) Field component; Field completion False color composite; Federal Communications Commission (U.S.)

FCM FCT FCW FDDI FDEP FDIS FDLP FDLS FDPP FE F.E. fe. FEAT fec. FED FedUC FEE FEMA FEP FES FESWMS FEWS FGCC FGCS FGDC FGEF F.G.S. FGS FGT FH FHA FHWA FICCDC FIG FII FILS FIPS FIRM

Feature change map Forestry Commission Tasmania Federal Computer Week (journal) Fiber Digital Data Interface Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection Formal Draft International Standard (ISO) Federal Depository Library Program (US GPO) Fiji Dept. of Lands and Survey Framework Demonstration Projects Program (FGDC) Feature extraction; Field engineer; Frame enclosed elevator Forest Engineer Fecit (maker) Alternate Feature Identification Code Fecit (maker) Federal electoral district (Canada); Field-emission displays Federal User Conference (ESRI) Feature Extraction Environment Federal Emergency Management Agency (U.S.) Feature Extraction Processor Feature Extraction Segment Finite Element Surface Water Model System Feature Extraction Workstation Federal Geodetic Control Committee (U.S.) Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee (U.S.) Federal Geographic Data Committee (U.S.) Federal Geographic Exchange Format (U.S.) Fellow of the Geological Society Florida Geological Survey Federal Geographic Technology (U.S.) Field headquarters Federal Highway Administration (U.S.) Federal Highway Administration (U.S.) Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography (U.S.) Federation Internationale des Geom`etres = International Federation of Surveyors Fundacion Instituto de Ingeneiria Federal Government Information Locator System Federal Information Processing Standard(s); Flagstaff Image Processing System Flood Rate Insurance Map

FIRMS Flood Rate Insurance Maps FL Florida; Focal length; Function libraries Fla. Florida FLHO Federal Lands Highway Office (U.S.) FLI-IWG Future of Land Imaging Interagency Working Group (US) FLIMAP Fast Laser Imaging Mapping and Profiling (system) FLIP Flight Information Publication (NGA) 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.) FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (US) 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 FNC Foreign Names Committee (USBGN) FNESA Federation of New England Surveyors Assn.s FNIB Foreign Names Information Bulletin FNMOC Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (U.S.) FO Field office F.O. Field Officer; Foreign Office FOC Full operational capability FOF Filtering optical fiber 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 (U.S.) FRAP Fire and Resource Assessment Program (Calif. Dept. of Forestry and Fire

Protection) FRBR Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (IFLA) FRC Federal Records Center (U.S.) F.R.G.S. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society FRI Forest Resource Inventory Map (Ontario) 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) FSA Farm Service Agency (USDA) 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 FTA Federal Transit Administration (US) 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.) FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia FZDS Flood Zone Determination Services

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Geometry Geography and Map; geography and Map Div. Greenhorne & O'Mara Inc. Georgia Georgia; Geographic access; Geographical Association

GAC GAF GAMS GANS GAP GAT GB GBA GBAMS GBAUG GBf GBF GBFP GBI GBIS Gbo. GBS GCCS GCDB GCDIS GCG GCHC GCLI GCM GCMC GCP GCRA GCRS GCSS GCT GCTP GD GDA GDAL GDC GDD

Geological Assn. of Canada; Global Area Composite; Geospatial Advisory Committee (USFS) Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Fernerkundung GIS azimuth measuring system Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia Gap Analysis Program (USNBS); Geographic Application Program Geography Assn. of Thailand Gigabyte; Geologische Bundesanstalt (Austria) GeoBusiness Assn.; George Butler Associates, Inc. GBS Master Series, Inc. Greater Boston Autodesk User Group Guterbahnhof = freight depot Geographic Base File Georgia Basin Futures Project (Digital Library) Green biomass index Geo-Based Information System; Global Business Intelligence Solutions (IBM) Grabador = engraver Geograpic Base System Global Command, Control System (USDMA) Geographic Coordinate Data Base (U.S.) Global Change Data and Information System Geocartographics Subdivison (Canada) Gulf Coast Hydroscience Center (U.S.) GIS in Canadian Libraries Initiative General circulation model; Global climate model; General Command of Mapping (Turkey) Geospatial Center and Map Collection (Ball State University) Ground control point(s); Geodetic control point(s) Geographic and Cartographic Research and Applications Section Gulf Centre for Remote Sensing (Firm) Global Combat Support System Greenwich Civil Time General Coordinate Transformation Package (software); Geographic Coordinate Transformation Package (software) Geologic Div. (USGS); Geospatial data; Graphic digitization Geographic Data Analysis System Geospatial Data Abstraction Library Geographic Data Council Graphics Data Display Manager; GIS Data Depot

GDDD GDE GDF GDHS GDM GDN

Geographical Data Description Directory Graphic Developer's Engine (FCAD Software, Inc.) Geographic data file Ground Data Handling System (GFSC) Geospatial data management Geography Discipline Network Graphic Data Systems Corp; Grumman Data Systems; Geo-Data System; GDS Geographic Data Service (U.S.) GDT Geographic Data Technology Inc.; Geophysical diffraction tomography GDTA Groupement pour le Developpement de la Teledetection Aerospatiale (France) GE General Electric; Geographic equivalent; Google Earth General bathymetric chart of the oceans = Carte generale bathymetrique des GEBCO oceans GECCo Geospatially Enabling Community Collaboration (program, GITA) GEDS General Environmental Data Base System (Florida) GEGMR General Establishment of Geology and Mineral Resources (Syria) GEHC Grup d'Estudia d'Historia de la Cartografia GEM Graphical Environment Manager GEMS Global Environment Monitoring System; GeoMap Society Geospatial Metadata Application Profile (USA); Geostationary Earth orbit; Global GEO Environment Outlook GEOBAL Servicio Geologico de Bolivia GEO-CAT Geographic catalog of political and statistical areas Geocorr Geographic Correspondence Engine GEODESY Geospatial Data and Exploration System (Harvard Univ.) 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. GesamtGES Geographic Entry System gest. Gestechen = Engraved gez. Gezeichnet = Designed GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.)

GFOSS GGBR GGMC GGNRA GGRF GGS GGU GI GIA GIAA GIAC GIAL GIB GICC GICS GID GIDW .GIF GIFTS GIG GILS GIMS GINIE GIO GIPS GIR GIRAS GIS GISCI GISCO GISDEX GIScience

Geospatial Free and Open Source Software Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve (Calif.) Guyana Geology and Mines Commission Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Calif.) Galileo Geodetic Reference Frame Georgia Geologic Survey Gronlands Geologiske Undersogelse Geographic information; Geospatial information Geographic information analysis; Geographic information and analysis; GPS International Assn.; Geomatics Industry Association Geometrics Industry Assn. of America Geomatics Industry Assn. of Canada; Geographic Information Advisory Council (Kentucky) Geographic Information and Analysis Laboratory (State Univ. of New York, Buffalo) Geographic Information Board (Florida); Geomagnetic Indices Bulletin; G.I. Barnett & Son Geographic Information Coordinating Committee (Colorado) Geographic Identification Code Scheme Geodaetisk Institut (Denmark) General inverse-distance weighted interpolation model Graphics Interchange File; Graphics Interchange Format Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer Geologic Inquiries Group Government Information Locator Service Geographic Information Management Systems Committee (ASCM/ASPRS) Geographic Information Network in Europe Geographic Information Officer; Geographic Investigations Office (USGS); Geospatial Information Office (USGS) Generalized Image Processing Sytstem Geographic information retrieval Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System (USGS) Geographic(al) information system(s); Geohydrologic Information System; Geoscience Information Society; Global Indexing System GIS Certification Institute Geographic Information System of the European Commission Federal Geographic Information and Spatial Data Exposition and Conference (U.S.) Geographic information science

GISIC GISMO GISOM GISP GISS GISS-SG GIST GIT GITA GITC GITCO GIU GIV GKP GKS Gl. GLAB GLAB-W GLAI GLAN-W GLAS GLAS-H GLCF GLDAS GLI GLIS GLM GLO GLOBE GLONASS GLOSS GLR-P GLRS GLT GLTN GM

Geographical Information Systems International Group GIS MOdeling (ERDAS) Generating Information and Scanning Ohio Maps (Ohio State Univ. Center for Mapping) GIS professional Goddard Institude of Space Studies Geographic Information Systems and Science Specialty Group (AAG) Geographic Information System for Transportation Geomatics information technology; General Information Technology; Global Imaging Technologies (Firm) Geospatial Information & Technology Assn. Geomatics Information Trading Center Government Information Technology Committee (GODORT) Geographic Information Unit (US Dept. of State) Geologic Information Visualization (software) Geodeticky a Kartograficky Podnik v Praze Graphics Kernal System Gleis Bayerisches Geologisches Landesamt Geologisches Landesamt Baden-Wurttemberg Green leaf area index Geologisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen Geoscience Laser Altimeter System; Geologisches Landesamt des Saarlandes Geologisches Landesamt Schleswig-Holstein Global Land Cover Facility Global Land Data Assimilation System (NASA) Global Imager Geographic Land Information System (USGS); Geographic and Land Information Society General linear model; GEO Lightning Mapper General Land Office (U.S.) Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (Russia) Global Observation Surveillance System Geologisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz Geoscience Laser Ranging System Geospatial Light Table (ERDAS IMAGINE) Global Land Tool Network Geography and Map; Geologic map

GMAT G.M. GMD GMDC GME GML GMR GMS G.M.S.I.

Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time Grist mill Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst van Suriname Geospatial Map and Data Centre (Ryerson University) Geohydrologic Map Editor Geography Markup Language Government Micro Resources Inc. Geostationary meteorological satellite(s); Geographic Measurement Systems (Firm) Ground Modeling Systems Inc.; Gandalf Mobile Systems Incorporated; GMSI Inc. is a firm (not an abbreviation) Greenwich Mean Time; Generic Mapping Tools Giuseppi Maria Terreni Grid north Geologic Names Committee; Global navigation chart Geographic Names Data Base (US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) Geomatics Niagara Information Advisory Group Geographic Names Information System (U.S.) Gettysburg National Military Park GEOnet Names Server (USNIMA) Global Navigation Satellite System Geologic Names Unit (USGS) Geologic Names Unit Lexicon (USGS) Geometric Operations Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc. Government of Canada Government Documents Round Table (ALA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (NASA) Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite(s) Gulf of Maine Mapping Portal Geospatial One-Stop Geospatial One-Stop Portal Initiative (Open GIS Consortium) Governor Governor General Graphic production; Graphics processor; Geography Program (USGS) Geospatial Prototype Facility Graphic Product Generation

GMT G.M.T. GN GNC GNDB GNIAG GNIS GNMP GNS GNSS GNU GNULEX GO G&O GoC GODORT GOES GOME GOMS GoMMapP GOS GOS-PI Gov. Gov. Gen. GP GPF GPG

GPH GPI GPIP GPM GP.MC GP.MCD GPO GPOS GPPU GPR GPS GPSDR GPSIC GPSOS GPST GPW2 GQ GQL gr. Gr. GRACE GRAMPS GRASS GRB GRC GRD GRDL GRE GRF-N GRIDS GRS GRS 80 GRSU GS GSA

Geological Publishing House (China) Graphics Programming Interface; Greenman Pedersen Inc. General Purpose Image Processor Gestalt Photo Mapper Geoprocessing Map Call Geoprocessing Map Call Deamon program Government Printing Office Government Printing Office Style Manual Graphic Polygon Processing Utilities Ground-Penetrating Radar Global positioning system(s) Global positioning system demonstration receiver Global Positioning System Information Center (U.S. Coast Guard); GPS Industry Council Global Positioning System Occultation Sensor Global positioning system time Gridded Population of the World (dataset) Geologic quadrangle Graphical Query Language gross Grosse Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Graphic Map Production System Geographic Resource Analysis Support System Government Records Branch (Library and Archives of Canada; National Archives of Canada) Generation of reproducible copy; Geoscience Research Corp. Ground Resolved Distance Geodetic Research and Development Laboratory Geologic Resources Evaluaion (program, US NPS) Geographic Reference File-Names Grid Referenced Information Display System; Gridded Resource Inventory Data System Geodetic Reference System Geodetic Reference System of 1980 Geography Remote Sensing Unit (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) Geological Survey (U.S.); Gray scale General Services Administration (U.S.); Geological Society of America; Geological Survey of Alabama

GSC GSD GSDI GSDM GSDS GSF GSFC GSGS GSHAP GSI

GSJ GSK GSL GSM GSMD GSN GSNI GSP GSPB GSPNG GSRC GSS GSSA GST GSTC GSW GSWA GSZ GT G.T. GTA GTE GTI GTS

Geological Survey of Canada; Geographic Systems Corp.; Geotronics Service Center; Geocode Service Center (HUD) Ground sample distance; Geological Survey Dept. (Malawi); Geological Survey Div. (Jamaica); Geodetic Survey Div. (Natural Resources Canada) Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Global Spatial Data Model Global spatial data system Generic Sensor Format Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA) Geographical Section, General Staff (U.K.) Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program Geodetic Survey Inst. (Japan); Geophysical Services Inc.; Geological Survey of India; Geological Survey of Iran; Geolical Survey Inst. (Japan); Geological Survey of Ireland Geological Survey of Japan Geological Survey of Kenya Geographic Sciences Laboratory (USCE) Graphic Standard Metafile Geological Survey and Mines Dept. (Swaziland) Geological Survey of Namibia Geological Survey of Northern Ireland Geological Survey of Pakistan; Geographical statistics program Geodetic Satellite Policy Board Geological Survey Papua New Guinea Geological Survey Research Committee Geographic support system Geological Survey South Africa Galileo System Time Geospatial Service and Technology Center (USFS) Geological Survey of Wyoming; GeoScienceWorld Geological Survey of Western Australia Geological Survey of Zambia Geometry and topology; Greater than; Geologian Tutkimuskeskus = Geological Survey of Finland Gas tank Greater Toronto Area Greater than or equal GIS Technology Inc. GPS Timing Simulator (NovAtel Inc.); Great Trigonometrical Survey of India

GTUB GU GUDS GUGiK GUGK GUGKK GUI GUID GUIDE GUNI GUNO GVF GVI GVis GVIS GW GWE GWEN GWSI GZD

Geographic tabulation unit base Government unit; Guam Geologicky ustav Dionyz Stur Glowny Urzad Geodezji i Kartografii (Poland) Glavnoe Upravlenie Geodezii i Kartografii (USSR) Glavno Upravlenie po Geodezia I Kartografia y Kadaster (Bulgaria) Graphical User Interface Globally unique identifier Geomatics Utilization Inventory and Design Environment Goteborgs Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen Glavnoe Upravlenie Navigatsii i Okeanografii (USSR) Goodness of variance fit Green vegetation index Geographic Visualization Geographic Visualization Gas well (natural); Ground water Global Weather Experiment Ground Wave Emergency Network (U.S.) Groundwater site inventory Grid Zone Designation

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h. H. ha. HA HABS HAC HALS HANDGPS HARN Hauptm. HAZUS HAZUSMH Hbf HBCA

hoch = high Hohe = height Hectare; Hektar Hydrologic Investigations Atlas or Hydrologic Atlas (USGS) Historic American Buildings Survey Harbor and Approach Chart Hawaii Assn. of Land Surveyors High Accuracy Nationwide Differential GPS High-Accuracy Reference Network (U.S.) Hauptmann = Captain Hazards U.S. Hazards U.S. multihazard version Hauptbahnhof = main railway station Hudson Bay Company Archives

HBF HBGN HBM HBMN HC HCC HCDN HCFCD HCMM HCMR HCRS HD HDDT HDLD HDOP HDS HDT HDT-A HDTR HDTV HEIRS HEPS HeRMIS Herst. HE/S HF HFA HFI Hfn H-GAC Hgbf HGCSD .HGL HGML HGS HHG HI HIA

Herbert Bismarck Foster Hawaii Board on Geographic Names Hydrologic bench mark Hydrologic Bench Mark Network Hard copy Heat Capacity Mapping Mission Hydroclimate Data Network Harris County (Texas) Flood Control District Heat-capacity Mapping Mission Heat-capacity Mapping Radiometer Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service (U.S.) Hydrographic Dept. (Great Britain) High-Density Digital Tape Headland Horizontal Dilution of Precision High-Definition Surveying (Leica Geosystems) High density tape High density tape (not geometrically corrected) High density tape recorder High-definition television Historic Environmental Reporting System (IAO) High Energy Particle Sensor Heritage Resource Management Information System (PAA) Herstellung Hardcopy Exploitation Segment High frequency Hydrologic field assistant Hall & Foreman, Inc. Hafen = port, harbor Houston-Galveston Area Countil Hauptgueterbahnhof Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District (U.S.) Newlett-Packard Graphics Language format Hyper Graphic Markup Language Halliburton Geophysical Services Household goods (Rand McNally MileMaker) Hawaii Hydrologic Investigations Atlas

HID HIF Hind. HIND HIRAN HIRS HIS HISS HIT HIU HJW HKGA HLAB HLfB HLL HLLS HLR HLRS HLS HLVA HLW Hm. Bgs. HMCK HMGS HMSO H.O. HOM Hon. Hp HP HPFS HPGL HPGN HPP HPRASA HQ HR HRB

Historical Imagery Declassification (NIMA) Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility Hindustan Geographical Section General Staff (India [Headquarters India]) High Range Navigation High-resolution Infrared Sounder Hydrologic Information System; Hyperspectral imagery Heritage Information Statistical System Horizons Technolgy Inc. Hydrologic Information Unit Hammon, Jensen, Wallen & Associates; HJW GeoSpatial, Inc. Hong Kong Geographical Assn. Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung Hessisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung Hill Hills High level radiation; High level radioactivity Highway Location Reference Standard Hue, lightness and saturation Hessisches Landesvermessungsamt High level waste (radioactivity) Hermann Berghaus Hummock Hellenic Military Geographical Service Her/His Majesty's Stationery Office (Great Britain) Hochofen = blast furnace Hotine oblique Mercator Honorable Haltepunkt = stopping place Hewlett-Packard (corp.) High pressure fire service Hewlett Packard Graphics Language High-Precision Geodetic Network High Precision Photogrammetry High Plains Regional Aquifer System Headquarters House of Representatives; High resolution 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 Hrm. Bghs. Hermann Berghaus HRMSI High Resolution Multispectral Stereo Imager HRV High Resolution Visible HRVIR High Resolution Visible Infrared (scanner) HS High school H.S. H. Schleifmann HSB Humidity Sensor for Brazil (JPL) HSDL High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line HSGT Hitachi Software Global Technology, Ltd. HSI Horizontal Situation Indicator; Habitat Suitability Index HSRC Hydrographic Science Research Center HSRP Hydrographic Services Review Panel (US) H. St. Eisenbahn Haltstelle = railway stop HSV Hue Saturation Value HTC Hydrographic Topographic Center (USDMA) H., T.C. Thomas Campanius Holm HTDP Horizontal Time-Dependent Positioning HTI Horizons Technology, Inc. HTML Hypertext (or HyperText) Markup Language HUA Hydrologic Unit Area HUC Hydrologic Unit Code HUD Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (U.S.) Hund. Hundred HURRDAT Hurricane Data Set HVC Hue-Value-Chroma H.W. Hochwasser H/W Hardware

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IA IACWD IADO IAEA IAEG IAEGS IAG IAGS IAH IAHS IAHWG IAKAR IALA IALS IAMA IAO IAOO IAS IASI IASSIST IAT IATO IAWPRC IB IBC IBDF IBG IBGE IBIS IBM IBRD IBSP IBWC IC I.C. ICA ICACET

Infrastructure Analyst (BaySys Technologies Inc.); Iowa Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia International Atomic Energy Agency International Assn. of Engineering Geologists Institute for Advanced Education in Geospatial Sciences International Assn. of Geodesy Inter-American Geodetic Survey International Association of Hydrogeologists International Assn. of Hydrological Sciences = Assn. Internationale des Sciences Hydrologiques Intergovernmental Ad Hoc Working Group Inertially aided kinematic ambiguity resolution International Assn. of Lighthouse Authorities Idaho Assn. of Land Surveyors International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association Insurers' Advisory Organization International Assn. of Assessing Officers Image Assessment System Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer International Association for Social Science Information Service & Technology Image Annotation Tape; International Atomic Time Italian atlas assembled to order International Assn. for Water Pollution Research and Control Isobar International Boundary Commission (U.S.-Canada) Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal Inst. of British Geographers Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica Image-Based Information System International Business Machines (corp.); International boundary marker International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) Idaho Bureau of State Planning International Boundary and Water Commission (Mexico-U.S.) Integrated circuit(s) Johannes Condet (engraver) International Cartographic Assn. = Assn. Cartographique Internationale International Cartographic Assn. Committee on Training

ICAITI Instituto Centro Americano de Investigacion y Tecnica Industrial ICAO International Civil Aviation Organiztion ICA-USNC International Cartographic Assn. U.S. National Committee Institut Cartografic de Catalunya; Interstate Commerce Commission (U.S.); ICC International Cartographic Conference ICCP Inst. for Certification of Computer Professionals ICE Information Center for the Environment (UCD); Imagery Cooperative Exchange 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 ICGI Interagency Committee on Government Information (US) ICGRS Internet-Enabled Continuous Geodetic Reference Station ICGWM International Clearinghouse for Ground Water Models ICHC International Conference on the History of Cartography ICIS Integrated Cadastral Information Society ICITV Institut de la Carte International du Tapis Vegetale ICM Instituto Cartografico Militar ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol ICMSSR Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and Supporting Research ICONA Instituto Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (Spain) ICP Interactive closest points ICR Intelligent Character Reader ICRSE International Center for Remote Sensing Education ICT Information and communication technologies ICW International Computer Works, Inc. ID Identification; Interface device; Idaho; Island IDAS Image Data Analysis Systems IDC International Data Corp. IDCCC Interior Digital Cartographic Coordination Committee (U.S.) Information and data dissemination; Initiative de democratisation des donnees de IDD Statistique Canada IDE Imbedded Drive Electronics IDEN Identification module IDFG Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game IDIMS Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System IDIQ Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity IDL Idaho Dept. of Lands; Interactive Data Language; Interface Definition Language

IDLH IDLS iDNA IDOT IDR IDS IDWO IDWR IEGDR IEMVT IENC IEOS IEP IERS IES IF IfAG IFF IFLA IFN IFOV IFP IFR IFREMER iFS IFSAR IFSARE IG IGA IGAC IGBF IGBP IGC IGCI IGCP IGDC

Immediately dangerous to life and health Internet Data Library System (Univ. of Western Ontario) Integrated Dataset for North America (Rand McNally) Illinois Dept. of Transportation Interface drawing Information Decision Systems (firm) Intelligence Div., War Office (U.K.) Idaho Dept. of Water Resources Initial Experimental Gridded Data Record(s) Institut d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux Inland Electronic Navigation Charts (USCE) Integrated Earth Observation System Independent electric plant International Earth Rotation Service Inst. for Environmental Sciences Frame identification Institut fur Angewandte Geodasie Interchange Format File (Commodore Amiga) International Assn. of Library Asociations and Institutions Service de l'Inventaire Forestier National (France) Instantaneous Field of View Institut Francais de Pondicherry; Institut Francais du Petrole Instrument Flight Regulation Institut francais de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer Internet File System (Oracle Corp.) Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Elevation Instytut Geologiczny (Poland) Istituto Geografico de Agostini Instituto Geografico "Agustin Codazzi" Institut Geographique de Burkina Faso International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme International Geologic Congress; Intelligent Graphics Controller; Informative Graphics Corp. Institut Geographique de la Cote d'Ivoire International Geological Correlation Program; Instituto Geografico e Cadastral (Portugal) Interagency Geographic Data Committee (U.S.)

IGDS IGEBU IGES IGF IGFCOT IGG IGGSP IGIF IGIS IGL IGLD 85 IGM IGME IGMI IGN IGNB IGNC IGNTG IGPT IGS I.G.S. IGSN71 IGT IGU IGUG IGWMC IGY IGZa IHA IHAC IHB IHD IHDC IHGC IHO

Interactive Graphics Design System (software); Intergraph Design Software Institut Geographique de Burundi Initial Graphics Exchange Specification; International Graphics Exchange System Inset Graphics Format Institutul de Geodezie, Fotogrammetrie, Cartografie si Organizarea Teritoriului (Romania) Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica (Romania) Instituto Geografico e Geologico de S~ao Paulo International Geographic Information Foundation Integrated Geographic Information System; Intelligent GIS Interactive Graphics Library International Great Lakes Datum of 1985 Instituto Geografico Militar Inst. of Geology and Mineral Exploration (Greece); Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espa~na Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano Institut geographique national; Instituto Geografico Nacional Institut Geographique National (Belgium) Institut Geographique National Congolaise Instituto Geografico Nacional "Tommy Guardia" (Panama) Interagency Geospatial Preparedness Team (US) Information & Graphics Systems Inc.; International GPS Service; Idaho Geological Survey; Indiana Geological Survey; Geological Survey of Israel John Gaspar Scheuchzer International Gravity Standardization Net 1971 Integrated GPS Technologies Inc. International Geographical Union; Instituto Geografico Universitario (Dominican Republic) Intergraph Graph Users Group International Ground Water Modeling Center International Geophysical Year Institut Geographique du Zaire Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada (Chile) Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada, Chile International Hydrographic Bureau International Hydrological Decade Iowa Heritage Digital Collection International Health Geographics Conference International Hydrographic Organization

IHP IHSI IIAF IICT IIGS IIPL IIS IJAGR IJC IKCS IKU IL ILC ILEX ILH ILI ILIM Ill. ILLIAC ILMF ILRIS-3D ILS ILWIS IM IMA IMACS IMACUAC IMADS IMAG IMAGE IMAGE 100 IMAN IMAP IMC IMCoS IMDA .IMG IMGW

International Hydrologic Program Institut Haitien de Statistique de d'Informatique Idaho Image Analysis Facility Instituto de Investigac~ao Cientifica Tropical (Portugal) Initial Image Generating System Interactive Image Processing Laboratory Internet Information Server International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research International Joint Commission (U.S. & Canada) I.K. Curtis Services, Inc. Institutt for Kontinentalsokkelundersokelse (Norway) Illinois Interim Library Catalog Interactive Landsat Executive (NASA software) Internationales Landkartenhaus (Stuttgart) Inst. for Land Information Inst. for Land Information Management (University of Toronto) Illinois Illinois Institute for Advanced Computation International LiDAR Mapping Forum Intelligent Laser Range Imaging Scanner (Optech) Intelligent Library System (Lockheed Martin) Integrated Land and Water Information System (ITC) Information management Intermap Analytic Integrity Monitoring and Control Software (Javad Positioning Systems) Information Management and Computer Utilization Advisory Committee Interactive Map and Data Server (USFWS) Information Management Advisory Group Integrated Mapping and Geographic Encoding System Interactive Multispectral Image Analysis System (GE) Image Analysis (system); Intermap Analytic Nucleus Input, Management, Analysis, and Presentation Image Motion Compensator International Map Collectors Society International Map Dealers Assn. ADRG image format (USDMA) Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej (Poland)

IMLS IMO IMP IMPAC IMS IMSI IMT IMTA IMU IMW in. IN INC INCA

Institute of Museum and Library Services (US) International Maritime Organization Integrated Micro Products Inc. Image Analysis Computer Package (Egbert Scientific) Intermediate map scale; Image Manipulation System; Internet Map Server (ESRI) International Microcomputer Software, Inc. Information Management Technologies (Firm); Internet Media Type International Map Trade Assn. Inertial measurement unit International Map of the World Inch; inches Indiana Institut National de Cartographie Indian National Cartographic Society Institut National de Cartographie du Gabon; Institut Geographique National INCG Guineen INCITS International Committee for Information Technology Standards Ind. Indiana 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) INGEOInstituto Nacional de Investigaciones Geologico-Mineras (Colombia) MINAS 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 InSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar

INSEE INSIDE INSMAP INSPIRE Inst. INSTAAR INTA INTELSAT InterPARES INTRISCA INUPAL IO I/O IOC ION IOP IOS IP IPA IPAM IPCS IPE IPF IPGP IPRG IPLSA IPOSTEL IPP IPS IPT IPX IPY IR I.R. IRAT IRC IR. CH.

Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (France) Interactive Numeric Spatial Information Data Engine (Univ. of Idaho) International Symposium on Marine Positioning Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe Institute Inst. of Arctic and Alpine Research (Univ. of Colorado) Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (Argentina) International Telecommunications Satellite (organization) International Research on Permanent Authentic Records Electronic Systems Integrated Resource Inventory for South-Central Alaska Informaciones Unidas para America Latina (Chile) Input/output; Interior orientation Input/output Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; Initial operational capability Institute of Navigation International Organisation of Palaeobotany; Interagency Operating Picture (USGS) Institute of Oceanographic Science (Great Britain) Internet protocol; Image point Imagery Product Archive (USDMA) Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia Image Production Control System Image processing engine Image Processing Facility (GSFC) Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris Inst. for Petroleum Resources and Geophysics (Israel) Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Assn. Instituto Postal Telegrafico (Venezuela) Integrated Plotting Package Image processing system; Inertial Positioning System Informatica per il Territorio; Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas (Sao Paulo, Brazil); Integrated Product Team Internet Packet Exchange International Polar Year Imaging Radiometer; Infrared Imperiale Reale Institut de Recherches en Agronomie Tropicale (France) Intergraph Registered Consultant Iron chimney

IR. CH.S.A. IRD IRDB IRDS IRF IRG IRICC IRIS IRIS R&A IRLSA IRRI IRS IRSA IRWA IRWD Is. IS I.S. ISA ISABU ISAMS ISAPI ISBD(CM) ISBD(ER) ISC ISCCP ISCEM ISD ISDN ISEA ISERT ISGS ISI

Iron chimney with spark arrestor Information Resources Division (Arizona) Integrated regional database Information Resource Dictionary System Internal Raster File; Internal Raster Format Inter-Record Gap Interagency Resource Information Coordination Council Infrared Interferometer/Spectrometer; Interim Research and Intelligence Service (U.S. Dept. of State); Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Research and Analysis Branch, Interim Research and Intelligence Service (U.S. Dept. of State) Illinois Registered Land Surveyors Assn. International Rice Research Inst. Internal Revenue Service (U.S.); Information retrieval system; Indian Remote Sensing (Satellite) Inst. of Remote Sensing Applications International Right of Way Assn. Irvine Ranch Water District Island International Standard John Speed Institute of Surveyors of Australia; Internet Starter Applications; Integrated Survey Area (British Columbia) Institut des Sciences Agronomiques au Burundi Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder Internet Server Application Programming Interface International Standard Bibliographic Description for Cartographic Materials International Standard Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources Information Systems Council International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project International Society of Curators of Early Maps Information Services Div. Integrated Services Digital Network Icosahedral Snyder equal area (projection) Institut Superieur pour les Etudes et Recherches Scientifique et Techniques (Djibouti) Illinois State Geological Survey Image Subsystem Interface; Information Systems Inventory (EPA); Interpretation System, Inc.

I-SITE Isl. ISL ISLP ISLS ISM ISMS ISO ISP ISPI ISPLS ISPRS ISR ISRO IS&T ISTAT ISTD ISTH ISU ISURL IT I.T. ITA ITAA ITC

ITCA ITD ITE ITF ITFE ITRF ITRF00 ITRM ITRS ITS ITSA

Intelligent Screening of Imagery for Teleophthalmology Island Island; Illinois State Library Land-tied island Islands Interpretive Structural Modeling International Society for Mine Surveying Imaging Spectrometer Observatory; International Standards Organization Internet service provider Intermediate-scale Product Inventory Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Information Storage and Retrieval Indian Space Research Organisation Information Systems and Technology Istituto Centrale di Statistica (Italy) Inter-Services Topographical Dept. (Great Britain) Isthmus International System of Units Indiana State Univ. Remote Sensing Laboratory Information technology; Integration Technologies Inc. Idaho Territory Intelligent Traverse Adjustment Information Technology Assn. of America International Inst. for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (Netherlands; formerly International Training Centre for Aerial Survey); International Trade Commission International Topographic Composition Assn. Interim Terrain Data Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (Great Britain) INTERLIS Transfer Format Inductive terrain feature extraction International Terrestrial Reference Frame International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000 Information Technology Resouces Management (standard, Virginia) International Terrestrial Reference System Intelligent transportation system Independent Travel Stores Assn.; Ingeneria y Topografia, S.A. de C.V.

ITU IUE IUGG IUGS IUSM IVHS IW IWARDS IWIS IWPC IWRA I2S

Image Transfer Unit; International Telecommunications Union International Ultraviolet Explorer International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics International Union of Geological Sciences International Union for Surveying and Mapping Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems Information Warfare Iowa Water Resources Data System International Water Information System Inst. of Water Pollution Control International Water Resources Assn. International Imaging Systems Inc.

J
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JACIE Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (Committee, USA) JAGIS Journalism and GIS Interest Group JALBTCX Joint Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise JAMP Joint Automated Mapping Project JATOP Army Topographic Service (Indonesia) JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency J.C. Johannes Condet (engraver) JCCDS Joint Committee on Cartographic Data Standardization (U.S.) JCLS John Chance Land Surveys, Inc. JCP Joint Committee on Printing (U.S. Congress) JDSF Jackson Demonstration State Forest (Calif.) JEC John E. Chance & Associates JECA John E. Chance & Associates JERS Japanese Earth Resources Satellite JFA John Frank & Associates JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format J.G.S. John Gaspar Scheuchzer .jgw JPEG with World File J.H. Jagerhaus = hunting lodge JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency = Kokusai Kyoryoku Jigyodan JIGI Java Interface for Geospatial Information JISC Joint Information Systems Committee

J&K JMC JMPC JMT JMTK JNC JNGC JOG JOG-A JOG-G JOG-R JOIDES JoM JOMAR JPEG .JPG JPL JPS JP2 Jr HS JRI JSC JSD JTIDS JTU JWPCF J.W. JWS

Jammu and Kashmir Japan Map Center Joint Mapping and Photography Committee (U.S.) Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson (Firm) Joint Mapping Tool Kit Jet Navigation Chart Jordan National Geographic Centre Joint operations graphic Joint operations graphic--air Joint operations graphic--ground Joint operations graphic--radar Joint Oceanographic Institutions' Deep Earth Sampling Journal of Maps Joint Office for Mapping and Research (USGS-NOAA) Joint Photographic Experts Group Joint Photographic Experts Group format Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.) Javad Positioning Systems, Inc. JPEG2000 Junior high school Jordregisterinstituttet (Norway) Johnson Space Center Jamaica Survey Dept. Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation John Webber James W. Sewall Company, Inc.

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K 1,000; Kilo KAM Kansas Assn. of Mappers Kan. Kansas KANDIDATS Univ. of Kansas Landsat Software System KAPS Kentucky Assn. of Land Surveyors KAR Kinematic ambiguity resolution

KARS KB KBPS KCWA KDD KDI KDMS KDSP K&E K+F Kfz. KGPS KGS kHz. KHz. KIER Kil. KINDS k.k. KKH kl. Kl. KL K-L Klbf Kleinb Kleinbf Kls. KLSD km KM KN KNP KNRIS KREMU KRG KRIS KSC

Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (program) Kilobyte Kilobytes per second Kern County Water Agency (Calif.) Knowledge discovery in databases Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence Kork Digital Mapping System Kork Digital Stereo Plotter Keuffel & Esser Kummerly + Frey AG Kraftfahrzeug Kinematic GPS Kansas Geological Survey; Kentucky Geological Survey Kilohertz Kilohertz Korean Inst. of Energy and Resources Kilometer Knowledge Interfaces to National Data Sets Kaiserlich-koenigliche = Imperial, royal Karakoram Highway klein Klasse Karhunen-Loeve (transform) Karhunen-Loeve (transform) Kleinbahnhof Kleinbahn = Narrow-guage railroad Kleinbahnhof Kloster = cloister Kiribati Land and Survey Div. Kilometer Kansas Mapper Kartographische Nachrichten (journal) Kruger National Park Kentucky Natural Resources Information System Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit Kurdistan Regional Government Kentucky Resources Information System Kennedy Space Center (US)

KSNM Thousands (K) of square nautical miles KU Univ. of Kansas kV Kilovolt kW Kilowatt KW Kilowatt KWIC Key Word in Context KWOC Key Word Out of Context Ky. Kentucky KY Kentucky A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X-Y-Z | Numbers | Other Lists | Acknowledgements

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