This webpage is for archival purposes only. It is no longer being maintained. Please see our new website at http://lib.berkeley.edu/EART
This webpage is for archival purposes only. It is no longer being maintained. Please see our new website at http://lib.berkeley.edu/EART
DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
L
Return to Index
| l | Liter |
| l. | Links |
| La. | Louisiana |
| LA | Land access; Louisiana |
| L.A. | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| LAAS | Local Area Augmentation System |
| LAC | Libraries and Archives Canada = Bibliotheque et Archives du Canada; Litografia Artistica Cartografica; Local Area Composite |
| LACIE | Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment |
| LADAR | Laser Detection and Ranging |
| LAGEO | Laser Geodynamic Satellite |
| LAGIC | Louisiana Geographic Information Center |
| LAMP | Low Altitude Mapping Photogrammetry |
| LAMPS | Laser-scan Automated Map Production System |
| LAMS | Large Area Mosaicing Software |
| LAN | Local area network |
| LAND | Landmark feature identification number |
| LANDRU | Local Access to Networked Data Retrieval Utility (Univ. of Calgary) |
| LANDSAT | Land Satellite |
| LAP | Landsat Applications Program (PNW) |
| LaRC | Langley Research Center (NASA) |
| LARIS | Louisiana Areal Resource Information System |
| LARS | Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (Purdue Univ.) |
| LARSYS | Laboratory of Applications of Remote Sensing Image Data Processing System (Purdue Univ.) |
| LAS | Land Analysis System |
| LASN | Local Area Spatial Network |
| LASS | Land Applications Satellite System (ESA) |
| Lat. | Latitude |
| LAT | Large Area Triangulation |
| LAU | Landesamt fur Umweltschutz (Saarland) |
| LBA | Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia |
| LBR | Laser Beam Recorder |
| LBS | Location-based services |
| LC | Library of Congress (U.S.); Land cover |
| L/C | Land cover |
| LCA | Land cover analysis |
| LCC | Lambert conformal conic (projection) |
| LCD | Liquid-crystal displays |
| LCDB | Land Cover Database |
| LCDC | Land Conservation and Development |
| LCGMD | Library of Congress Geography and Map Div. (U.S.) |
| LCGTF | Library of Congress Genre/Forms Terms for Library and Archival Materials |
| LCMMP | California Land Cover Mapping & Monitoring Program |
| LCS | Liberian Cartographic Service |
| LCTY | Locality |
| LDAS | Land Data Assimilation System (NASA) |
| LDPC | Local Datum Plane Coordinate |
| LDD | Land Development Desktop 2i |
| LDLS | Lesotho Dept. of Lands, Surveys and Physical Planning |
| LDMG | Lesotho Dept. of Mines and Geology |
| LDNG | Landing |
| LDO | Land Development Office (NovaLIS Technologies) |
| LDSI | LandDesign Surveying Inc. |
| LE | Less than or equal |
| LEAF | Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Feedback |
| LEC | Lockheed Electronics Company |
| LEM | Landform Elevation Model; Lunar Escape Module |
| LEO | Low Earth orbit |
| LEP | Linear Error Probable |
| LES | Lincoln Electric System |
| LF | Large format; Line feed |
| LFC | Large format camera |
| LFI | Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar |
| LFVZ | Leichtensteinische Fremdenverkehrszentrale |
| lg. | lang |
| Lg. | Lange |
| LGIS | Land Geographic Information System |
| LGISC | Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council |
| LGN | Lagoon |
| LGS | Liberian Geological Survey; Louisiana Geological Survey |
| LGSOWOG | Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group |
| lH | lichte Hohe |
| LI | Landmaelingar Islands |
| LIA | Land Information and Analysis office (USGS) |
| LIBER- Gdc | Ligue des Biblioth`eques Europeennes de Recherche, Groupe des cartothecaires |
| LIC | Land Information Centre |
| LICGF | Land Information & Computer Graphics Facility (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| LIDAR, Lidar | Light Detection and Ranging |
| Lieut. | Lieutenant |
| LIGO | Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory |
| LIM | Land identification method; Land Inventory and Management Program (USSCS) |
| LIMA | Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica |
| LIMAP | Landsat Imagery Analysis Package (S.Dakota) |
| LIMO | Land Information Management Office (Miami County, Kans.) |
| LIMS | Location Management System |
| LINZ | Land Information New Zealand |
| LIO | Land Information Ontario |
| LIS | Land information system(s); Landsat Information System; Library and information science; Lightening Imaging Sensor |
| LISCOM | Land Information Systems Committee (So. Australia) |
| LIT | Land Information Toronto |
| Lith. | Lithographed; lithographer |
| LK | Lake |
| LKB | Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett Inc. |
| LKC | Crater lake |
| LKI | Intermittent lake |
| LKS | Lakes |
| LKSC | Crater lakes |
| LL | Line-by-line |
| LLA | Adjusted line length |
| LLC | Line length code |
| LLV | Low Light Visibility |
| LMCTF | Land Managers Cooperative Task Force (Alaska) |
| LMIC | Land Management Information Center |
| LMP | Land Management Planning |
| LMS | Large-scale mapping system |
| LMV | Statens Lantmateriverket (Sweden) |
| LO | Located object |
| L&O | Limnology & Oceanography (journal) |
| LOC | Library of Congress; Landsat Oversight Committee (Colorado) |
| LOD | Levels of detail |
| LOGIC | Loveland Geographic Information/Cartographic System |
| LOMA | Letters of map amendment |
| LOMC | Letters of map correction |
| LOMR | Letters of map revision |
| Lon. | Longitude |
| Long. | Longitude |
| LORAN | Long Range Navigation (system) |
| LOS | Land Observation Satellite (Japan); Line-of-sight |
| LP | Line printer |
| LPGS | Landsat Product Generation System; Level 1 Product General System |
| LPI | Lines per inch; Lunar and Planetary Institute |
| LPM | Load point marker |
| LPS | Library Programs Service (USGPO); Local positioning systems |
| LQ | Letter quality |
| LR | Laser Retroflector |
| LRD | Low resolution data |
| LRDA | Land Resources Data Analysis |
| LRDB | Low Resolution Data Base |
| LRDC | Land Resources Development Centre |
| LRIDP | Land Resources Inventory Demonstration Project (PNW) |
| LRIS | Land Registration and Information Service (Maritime Provinces); Land Resource Information System (S. Dakota and N. Carolina) |
| LRITF | Land Resources Inventory Task Force |
| LRM | Linear Referencing Method |
| LRR | Laser Retro-reflector |
| LRS | Linear Referencing System |
| LRU | Line Replaceable Unit; Line Replacement Unit |
| LRUD | Left, right, up, down |
| L/S | Landsat |
| LSACTS | Land Surveyors Advisory Council on Technical Standards (California) |
| LSAW | Land Surveyors' Assn. of Washington |
| LSD | Land Surface Datum; Lands and Survey Div. (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| LSDP | Landsat Signature Development Program (software) |
| LSI | LiDAR Services International |
| LSIT | Land surveyor in training |
| LSM | Land Surface Models (NASA) |
| LSN | Linear scaling number |
| LSO | Land Surveyors Online |
| LSPS | Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors |
| LSR | Local Space Rectangular |
| LSRC | Louisiana Spatial Reference Center |
| LSRP | Laser Printer |
| Lst | Ladestelle |
| LST | Local Standard Time |
| Lt. | Lieutenant |
| LT | Less than; Local Time; Linear triangulation |
| LTAP | Long-Term Acquisition Plan (USGS) |
| LTC | Light transfer characteristics |
| LTE | Less than or equal |
| LTER | Long Term Ecological Research project |
| LTTM | Longterm Terrain Model |
| LTO | Land Title Office (New Zealand) |
| LTU | Line Transfer Unit |
| LU | Land units |
| L/U | Land use |
| LUCCAS | Land Use and Cover Change Analysis System (Pacific Meridian Resources) |
| LUDA | Land Use and Data Analysis (program); Land use development assistance |
| LU/LC (or LULC) | Land use, land cover |
| LUM | Limited update, monoscopic |
| LUMIS | Land Use Management Information System (JPL software) |
| LUMS | Land Use Management System |
| LUNHA | Land Use History of North America (USGS) |
| LUNR | Land Use and Natural Resource Information System (N.Y.) |
| LUPIN | Land Use Planning Information Network (CERES) |
| LUS | Limited update, stereo |
| LUST | Leaking underground storage tank |
| LUT | Land utilization type |
| LVAB-W | Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Wurttemberg |
| LVAN-W | Landesvermessungsamt Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| LVAR-P | Landesvermessungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz |
| LVAS | Landesvermessungsamt des Saarlandes |
| LVAS-H | Landesvermessungsamt Schleswig-Holstein |
| LVVWD | Las Vegas Valley Water District |
| lW | lichte Weite |
| LWC | Louisville Water Company |
| LWD | Littoral Warfare Data |
M
Return to Index
| m | Meter |
| m. | mittlere |
| M | Maestrale, Magistrale, Meridionalis, Meridialis, Mezzodi = South |
| M. | Mile; mille (1,000); Mitte |
| MA | Mean annual; Maritime Administration; Massachusetts; Manitoba |
| MAC | Machine automation control; Mapping Applications Center (USGS); Mineralogical Assn. of Canada; Mapping Advisory Committee; Mobile Arctic caisson |
| MACA | Ministerio de Asuntos Campesinos y Agropecuarios (Bolivia) |
| MAD | Management Areas Database; Metro Area Disaster GIS (Oregon) |
| MADAR | Maps and Data at Ryerson [University} |
| MADGIC | Maps, Data and Government Information Centre (Trent University); Maps, Academic Data, Geographic Information Centre (Univ. of Calgary) |
| MADM | Multiple attributes decision-making |
| MAF | Master address file |
| MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (U.K.) |
| MAFI | Magyar Allami Foldtani Intezet = Hungarian Geological Inst. |
| MAG | Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia (Costa Rica, Ecuador) |
| MAGE | Map Authoring and Generalisation Expert |
| MAGERT | Map and Geography Round Table (ALA) |
| MAGI | Maryland Automated Geographic Information System |
| MAGIC | Map and Geographic Information Center (Univ. of Conn. and Univ. of New Mexico); Map and Geospatial Information Collection (Dalhousie University Library) |
| MAGIS | Maps, Aerials and GIS (Univ. of Hawaii Library, Manoa) |
| MAGSAT | Magnetic Field Satellite (U.S.) |
| MAIGIS | Multi-Agency Internet Geographic Information Service |
| MALSCE | Massachusetts Assn. of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers |
| MAP | Map Analysis Package; Mapping Alliance Program (Space Imaging, Inc.); Market Area Planner (Huff) |
| MAPA | Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentacion (Spain) |
| MAPCAT | Map catalog |
| MAPDS | Ministerio de Agricultura y Pesca, Direccion de Suelos (Uruguay) |
| MAPIS | Map Products Information System |
| MaPKBS | Map Projection Knowledge-based System |
| MAPPS | Management Assn. for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors; Maps, Aerial Photo and Publication System |
| MAPS | Mississippi Assn. of Professional Surveyors; Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellite |
| M.A.P.S. | Microcomputer-based Automated Projection System |
| MAPSAT | Mapping Satellite (U.S.) |
| MAR | Mean annual runoff |
| MARAD | Maritime Administration (US) |
| MARC | Machine Readable Cataloging (LC); Mid-America Remote Sensing Center (Murray State Univ., KY) |
| MARIS | Mississippi Automated Resource Information System |
| MARLS | Missouri Assn. of Registered Land Surveyors; Montana Assn. of Registered Land Surveyors |
| MARS | Monitoring Agriculture with Remote Sensing (European Union) |
| MAS | Millimeterwave Atmospheric Sounder |
| MASC | Map Activity Support Contract |
| Mass. | Massachusetts |
| MASTER | MODIS/ASTER Airborn Simulator (NASA) |
| Mat-Su | Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Alaska) |
| MAT | Medial-axis transformation |
| MATLAB | Matrix Laboratory |
| MAW | Metropolitan area window |
| mB | Millibar |
| MB | Megabyte |
| MBMG | Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology |
| MBPS | Million bits per second |
| MBR | Minimum bounding rectangle |
| MC | Mapping Center |
| MC&G | Mapping, Charting & Geodesy (U.S. Dept. of Defense) |
| MCAS | Marine Corps Air Station |
| MCB | Marke Carl Bauer = Carl Bauer Brand |
| MCD | Minor civil division; Major civil division |
| MCDM | Multi-criteria decision-making |
| MCE | Mapping and Charting Establishment (Canada) |
| MCG | Map Curators' Group |
| MCGA | Monochrome/Color Graphics Adapter |
| McIDAS | Map-computer Interactive Data Access System |
| MCIS | Maps and Chart Information System |
| MCMC | Mid-continent Mapping Center (USGS) |
| MCO | Mars Climate Orbiter |
| MCS | Machine control system; Master Control Station |
| Md. | Maryland |
| MD | Maryland; Metadata |
| MDA | Monochrome Display Adapter; MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, Inc. |
| MDAS | Multispectral Data Analysis System (Bendix Corp.) |
| MDC | Div. de la Cartographie (Morocco) |
| MDD | Mineral Deposits Div., Geological Assn. of Canada |
| MDG | Direction de la Geologie (Morroco) |
| MDGLS | Missouri Div. of Geology and Land Survey |
| MDL | Measurement Devices Ltd.; MicroStation Development Language (Bentley Systems) |
| MDLPP | Mason-Dixon Line Preservation Partnership |
| M.D.M. | Mount Diablo Meridian |
| MDOT | Michigan Dept. of Transportation |
| MDP | Master Data Processor |
| MDR | Minimum Data Recorder |
| MDS | Metadata standards; Multi-dimensional scaling |
| MDSHS | Mount Diablo Surveyors Historical Society |
| MDSD | Mono-Digitizer Stereo-Digitizer |
| MDOT | Michigan Dept. of Transportation |
| MDT | Mountain Daylight Time |
| MDTC | Div. de la Topographie et de la Cartographie (Mauritania) |
| Me. | Maine |
| M.E. | Military Engineer; Mining Engineer |
| ME | Maine; Monoscopic Extraction |
| MECM | Miss~ao de Estudos Cartograficos de Macao |
| MEDEA | Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis (U.S.) |
| MEDS | Minimum essential data set |
| MEGDR | Mission Experimental Gridded Data Record(s) |
| MEGRIN | Multipurpose European Ground Related Information Network |
| mehr-gesch. | mehrgeschossig |
| MEI | Maps Etc. Inc. |
| MEIS | Multispectral Electrooptical Imaging Sensor |
| MEM | Ministry of Energy and Minerals (Tanzania) |
| MEMPR | Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (British Columbia) |
| MENR | Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| MEO | Medium Earth orbit |
| MEOW | Mono-Extraction Orthophoto Workstation |
| MER | Minist`ere de l'Energie et des Ressources (Quebec) |
| MERES | Mineral and Energy Resources Exploration Satellite (Japan) |
| MERIS | Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
| MERRA | Michigan Energy and Resources Research Association |
| MESSR | Multispectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer |
| METSAT | Meteorological Satellite |
| MEWS | Mono-Extraction Workstation |
| MF | Miscellaneous Field Studies Map(USGS) |
| MFC | Map Feature Coding |
| MFGDP | Manual of Federal Geographic Data Products |
| MFLOPS | Million Floating Points Operations Per Second |
| MFS | Maine Forest Service |
| MGB | Mississippi Bureau of Geology |
| MGE | Microstation GIS Environment (Intergraph); Modular GIS Environment |
| MGG | Marine Geology and Geophysics Report |
| MGIS | Micro Geographic Information System |
| MGRS | Military Grid Reference System |
| MGS | Maine Geological Survey; Maryland Geological Survey; Minnesota Geological Survey; Mars Global Surveyor (satellite) |
| MGSD | Michigan Geological Survey Div. |
| MGSSSR | Ministerstvo Geologii SSSR |
| MH | Ministry of Housing (Bahrain) |
| M.H. | Meierhof = dairy farm |
| MHAPO | Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online |
| MHTD | Missouri Highway and Transportation Dept. |
| MHW | Mean High Water |
| MHz | Megahertz |
| Mi. | Mile(s) |
| MI | Michigan; Military Intelligence; Miscellaneous Investigations (map) |
| MIAS | Multispectral Image Analysis System |
| Mich. | Michigan |
| MIEM | Minist`ere de l'Industrie et de Mines (Malagasy Republic) |
| MIF | Main Image File; MapInfo Interchange Format |
| Mil. | Military |
| MIL | Map and Imagery Laboratory (Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara); Milli-inch (1 thousandth of an in.) |
| MILSTRIP | Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures (USDMA) |
| MILUS | Multiple Input Land Use System (JPL software) |
| MIME | MultiPurpose Internet Mail Extension |
| Min. | Minute |
| Min. E. | Mineral Engineer; Mining Engineer |
| Minn. | Minnesota |
| MIO | Map Information Office |
| MIPS | Map and Image Processing System; Million Instructions Per Second; Mini-Image Processing System |
| MIRAGE | Map Image Rendering Database for Geoscience (NRCan) |
| MIS | Management Information System; Map Information System |
| MISR | Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (NASA); Macaulay Institute for Soil Research |
| Miss. | Mississippi |
| MITE | Megapixel Imaging Technology |
| MITES | Miniature Interferometer Terminals for Earth Survey |
| MJH | M.J. Harden Associates, Inc. |
| ML | Master Library |
| MLA | Multi-linear array |
| MLC | Minimal level cataloging (Library of Congress) |
| MLHD | Maximum likelihood (decision functions) |
| MLLW | Mean Lower Low Water |
| MLMIC | Minnesota Land Management Information Center |
| MLMIS | Minnesota Land Management Information System |
| MLRA | Major Land Resource Areas |
| MLTA | Maine Land Title Assn. |
| MLW | Mean low water |
| MMKS | Mjetve Mesimore Kulturore e Sportive "Hamid Shijaku" (Albania) |
| MMOI | Mathematical Mode of Inquiry |
| MMQ | Metric Map Questionnaire |
| MMS | Metropolitan Map Series; Minerals Management Service (U.S.); Multi-Mission Modular Spacecraft (U.S.) |
| MMSD | Metric Mapping Support Data |
| MN | Magnetic north; Mine; Minnesota |
| Mn/DOT | Minnesota Dept. of Transportation |
| MNFS | Minor frame synchronization |
| MNR | Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) |
| MNS | Multi-Navigator System (Brunton) |
| Mo. | Missouri |
| MO | Magnetic-optical disc; Member organization; Missouri; Model orientation |
| MOA | Minute of angle |
| MoD | Ministry of Defence |
| MODIS | Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (or Spectrometer) |
| MODM | Multiple objectives decision-making |
| MODN | Module name |
| MOLA | Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter |
| MOLDS | Inst. for Modernization of Land Data Systems |
| MOMS | Modular Optoelectric Multispectral Scanner |
| Mont. | Montana |
| M.O.P. | Ministerio de Obras Publicas |
| MOPU | Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Urbanismo (Spain) |
| MoRAP | Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership |
| MOS | Marine Observation Satellite; Multispectral Optoelectric Scanner |
| MOSS | Map Overlay and Statistical System |
| MOST | Moving Objects Spatio-Temporal |
| MOUG | Map Online Users Group |
| MP | Measuring point |
| MPC | Minnesota Population Center |
| MPE | Map Publishing Environment |
| MPLIS | Multipurpose land information system(s) |
| Mpls. | Minneapolis |
| MPO | Multiproduct operation; Metropolitan planning organizations |
| MPP | Multi-spectral scanner preprocessor |
| MPRD | Modified Proportional Radial Displacement |
| MPRM | Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (Saudi Arabia) |
| MPWUPH | Ministry of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing (Djibouti) |
| MR | Monoscopic revision |
| MRAC | Musee Royale de l'Afrique Centrale |
| MRB | Missouri River Basin |
| MRBC | Missouri River Basin Commission |
| MRC | Mississippi River Commission; Map Reference Code (USGS) |
| MRD | Mineral Resources Div. (Manitoba); Mineral Resources Dept. (Fiji); McCloud Ranger District |
| MRDB | Mapping Requirements Data Base System |
| MRI | Metadata Reference Information; Mediamark Research Inc. |
| MRIB | Marine Realms Information Bank |
| MRIR | Medium Resolution Infrared Radiometer |
| MRLA | Major Land Resource Area |
| MRLU | Map Reproduction and Liaison Unit |
| MRMS | Maritime Resources Management Service |
| MRO | Mars Reconnnaissance Orbiter (NASA) |
| MRS | Multispectral Resource Sampler |
| MrSID | Multiresolution Seamless Image Database |
| MRSA | Major River Systems Analysis |
| MRSH | Marsh |
| MRWS | Monoscopic Revision Workstation |
| ms. | Manuscript |
| MS | Manuscript; Mean seasonal; Milli-second; Microsoft Corp.; Monochromatic Scanner; Mississippi |
| MSA | Metropolitan statistical area; Mineralogical Society of America; Maritime Safety Agency (Japan) |
| MSC | Map Society of California; Mapping Science Committee (NRC) |
| MSD | Mapping support data; Malawi Dept. of Surveys; Mauritius Survey Dept. |
| MSDO | Mapping Support District Office |
| MS-DOS | MicroSoft Disc Operating System |
| MSE | Mean square error |
| MSEDB | Mapping Sciences Education Data Base |
| MSIA | Mapping Sciences Inst., Australia |
| MSIRI | Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Inst. |
| MSIS | Map Separates Information System; Model State Information System |
| MSL | Mean sea level |
| MSLS | Maine Society of Land Surveyors |
| MSP | Multispectral photography |
| .MSP | Microsoft Paint format |
| MSPE | Missouri Society of Professional Engineers |
| MSPS | Michigan Society of Professional Surveyors; Minnesota Society of Professional Surveyors |
| MSR | Minimal Spatial Representation |
| MSRN | Michigan Spatial Reference Network |
| MSRLS | Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors |
| MSS | Multispectral Scanner; Maryland Society of Surveyors |
| MST | Mountain Standard Time |
| MSTD | Marine Science and Technology Division (Science Applications International Corporation) |
| MSTS | Map Separates Tracking System |
| MSU | Microwave Sounding Unit |
| MSV | Model and Scenario Visualization |
| Mt. | Mount; Mountain; Mont |
| MT | Mountain; Montana |
| MTA | Major Trading Areas (FCC) |
| MTAE | Maden Tetkik ve Arama Enstitutu (Turkey) |
| MTC | Ministerio de Transporte y Comunicaciones (Venezuela) |
| MTF | Modulation transfer function |
| MTJ | Mendocino Triple Junction |
| MTLT | Minimum Total Length Triangulation |
| Mtn. | Mountain |
| MTO | Ministry of Transportation (Ontario) |
| MTP | MSS Telemetry Processor |
| MTPE | Mission to Planet Earth (NASA) |
| MTS | Mountains; Maine Technical Source |
| MTSAT | Multi-Functional Transport Satellite (Japan) |
| MTT | Mobile Training Teams (USDMA) |
| MTU | Magnetic tape unit |
| MUAC | Map Users Advisory Committee (ACMLA) |
| MUID | Map Unit ID (Identification) |
| MUIR | Map Unit Interpretations Record (US NRCS) |
| MURB | Minister fur Umwelt, Raumordnung und Bauwesen (Saarland) |
| MVE | Multi-View Editor |
| MVI | Mapping for the Visually Impaired |
| MVP | Moving vessel profiler |
| MW | Megawatt |
| M.W. | Mittelwasser |
| MWDI | Master Water Data Index |
| MWF | Map Window File |
| MWRTK | Midwest Real Time Kinematic |
| MWT | Minimum Weight Triangulation |
| MyCOE | My Country, Our Earth |
N
Return to Index
| n. | nordlich = northern |
| N | Norden = North |
| N. | North |
| NA | National Archives; National Atlas; Not available; Not applicable |
| NABCI | North American Bird Conservation Initiative |
| NABGG | National Assn. for Black Geologists and Geophysicists |
| NAC | NASA Advisory Council |
| NACIS | North American Cartographic Information Society = Sociedad de Informacion Cartografica Norte Americana |
| NACo | National Assn. of Counties |
| NACS | National Assn. of County Surveyors |
| NAD | North American Datum |
| NAD 27 | North American Datum of 1927 |
| NAD 83 | North American Datum of 1983 |
| NADCON | North American Datum Conversion (NGS) |
| NADEC | National Atlas Development Centre (Ghana) |
| NADO | National Assn. of Development Organizations |
| NAFSMA | National Assn. of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies |
| NAGT | National Assn. of Geoscience Teachers |
| NAHSC | National Automated Highway System Consortium |
| NAICS | North American Industry Classification System |
| NAIP | National Agriculture Imagery Program (USDA) |
| NAIS | National Atlas Information Service (Canada) |
| NALMS | North American Lake Management Society |
| NALS | Nevada Assn. of Land Surveyors |
| NAMCOR | National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia |
| NAO | North Atlantic Oscillation |
| NAP | Northern Affairs Program (Canada) |
| NAPA | National Academy of Public Administration |
| NAPL | National Air Photo Library (Canada) |
| NAPP | National Aerial Photography Program (U.S.) |
| NARA | National Archives and Records Administration (U.S.) |
| NARC | National Association of Regional Councils |
| NARL | Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska) |
| NARS | National Archives and Records Service (U.S.) |
| NARSA | National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Program |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); National Airspace System (U.S.) |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) |
| NASBOG | National Assn. of State Boards of Geology |
| NASDA | National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| NASS | National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA) |
| NAST | NPOESS Airborne Sounder Testbed |
| NATM | New Austrian Tunnelling Method |
| NATMAP | Div. of National Mapping (Australia) |
| NATMO | Indian National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAUS | National Atlas of the United States |
| NAVD | North American Vertical Datum |
| NAVD 88 | North American Vertical Datum 1988 |
| NAVOCEANO | Naval Oceanographic Office (U.S.) |
| NavSol | Navigation Solutions LLC |
| Navtech | Navigation Technology Seminars Inc. |
| NAVTECH | Navigation Technologies Corp. |
| NAWQUA | National Water Quality Assessment (Program, USGS) |
| NB | Narrow band; New Brunswick |
| Nbf | Nebenbahnhof |
| NBFU | National Board of Fire Underwriters |
| Nbg. | Nurnberg |
| NBI | National Bridge Inventory (US) |
| NBII | National Biological Information Infrastructure |
| NBMG | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
| NBS | National Biological Survey (U.S.); National Bureau of Standards (U.S.); National Board of Survey = Maanmittaushallitus (Finland) |
| NBSM | National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (China) |
| NBTR | Narrow band tape record(s or -er) |
| NC | North Carolina |
| N.C. | North Carolina |
| NCAP | National Collection of Aerial Photographs |
| NCAR | National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.) |
| NCARB | National Council of Architectural Registration Boards |
| NCC | National Cartographic Centre (Iran); National Commission for Cartography (Canada) |
| NCDCDS | National Committee for Digital Cartographic Standards (U.S.) |
| NCDOT | North Carolina Dept. of Transportation |
| NCDS | National Cartographic Data Standard |
| NCDSB | National Cartographic Data Standard Base |
| NCE | North Coast Engineering |
| NCEE | National Council of Engineering Examiners |
| NCEES | National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying |
| NCEP | National Centers for Environmental Prediction (US) |
| NCGA | National Computer Graphics Assn. |
| NCGE | National Council for Geographic Education |
| NCGIA | National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis |
| NCGMP | National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (US) |
| NC&GS | National Charting & Geodetic Survey |
| NCGS | North Carolina Geological Survey |
| NCHRP | National Cooperative Highway Research Program |
| NCIC | National Cartographic Information Center (U.S.) |
| NCITS | National Committee for Information Technology Standards (USA) |
| NCMOC | Naval Central Meteorology and Oceanography Center (US) |
| NCMP | National Coastal Mapping Program (USCE) |
| NCR | National Capital Region |
| NCRDS | National Coal Resources Data System |
| NCRST | National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation |
| NCRST-F | National Consortia on Remote Sensing in Transportation - (Flows) |
| NCS | National Cartographic Standards |
| NCSA | National Center for Supercomputer Applications |
| NCSD | Nebraska Conservation and Survey Div. |
| NCSME | Service des Mines et de l'Energie (New Caledonia) |
| NCSS | North Carolina Society of Surveyors |
| ND | North Dakota |
| N.D. | North Dakota |
| N-D | N-dimensional |
| NDAR | National Directory of Australian Resources |
| NDCDB | National Digital Cartographic Data Base (USGS) |
| NDCS | National Digital Cartographic Standards |
| NDF | Nevada Division of Forestry |
| NDG | Northern Development Group Inc. |
| NDGPS | National Differential GPS Network (or System) (US); Nationwide Differential GPS |
| NDGS | North Dakota Geological Survey |
| NDI | Nautical Data International Inc. |
| NDIIPP | National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (Library of Congress) |
| NDL | National Digital Library (Library of Congress) |
| NDLS | Nauru Directorate of Lands and Survey |
| NDNRC | Nevada Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation |
| NDOT | Nevada Dept. of Transportation |
| NDS | National Decision Systems |
| NDSL | Nevada Division of State Lands |
| NDSPLS | North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NDVI | Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NE | Northeast; Nebraska |
| Neb. | Nebraska |
| NEAR | Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous |
| NED | National Elevation Dataset (earlier sometimes called Database)(USGS) |
| NE[Delta] | Exoatmospheric Noise Equivalent Reflectances |
| NEDSS | National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (US) |
| NEHRP | National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program |
| NEIC | National Earthquake Information Center (USGS) |
| NEIS | National Earthquake Information Service |
| NEL | National Exploitation Laboratory |
| NEMO | North East Map Organization |
| NEPAN | National Environmental Policy Act; National Environmental Protection Act |
| NERDD | Networked Electronic Report & Document Distribution |
| NERL | North East Research Libraries (US) |
| NES | New England Section (ACSM) |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (US) |
| NESACSM | New England Section ACSM |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service |
| NESS | National Environmental Satellite Service |
| NESTA | National Earth Science Teachers Assn. |
| NET | New Electronic Titles (US GPO) |
| NETR | Nationwide Environmental Title Research, LLC |
| Nev. | Nevada |
| NEXRAD | Next Generation Weather Radar |
| NF | Newfoundland |
| NFAP | National Forest Applications Program |
| NFDRS | National Fire Danger Rating System |
| NFFL | National Forest Fire Laboratory |
| NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.) |
| NFIRA | National Flood Insurance Reform Act (U.S.) |
| NFIS | National Forest Information System |
| Nfld. | Newfoundland |
| NFS | National Forest Service (USA); National Forest System; Network File System |
| NFWS | National Fish and Wildlife Service (USA) |
| N.G. | Nicholas Guerard |
| NGA | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
| NGBN | National Gravity Base Net (USA) |
| NGCS | National Geodetic and Cartographic Service (Vietnam) |
| NGDA | National Geospatial Digital Archive (Library of Congress) |
| NGDC | National Geophysical Data Center (USA); National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse |
| NGDF | National Geospatial Data Files; National Geospatial Data Framework (UK) |
| NGES | Northrup Grumman Electronic Systems |
| NGGI | National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (Australia) |
| NGI | National Geography Inst. = Kungnip Chiriwon (S. Korea) |
| NGIC | National Geodetic Information Center |
| NGMA | National Geoscience Mapping Agency (Australia) |
| NGMBD | National Geologic Map Database (USGS) |
| NGPRP | Northern Great Plains Resource Program |
| NGRI | National Geophysical Research Inst. (India) |
| NGRS | National Geodetic Reference System (USA) |
| NGS | National Geographic Society (USA); National Geodetic Survey (U.S.) |
| NGSP | National Geodetic Satellite Program |
| NGTOC | National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (USGS) |
| NGU | Norges Geologiske Undersokelse |
| NGVD | National Geodetic Vertical Datum |
| NGVD29 | National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 |
| NGWIC | National Ground Water Information Center |
| NH | New Hampshire |
| N.H. | New Hampshire; New Haven |
| NHAP | National High Altitude Photography (program) |
| NHC | National Hurricane Center (USA) |
| NHD | National Hydrography Dataset (USGS) |
| NHGIS | National Historical Geographic Information System (MPC) |
| NHLSA | New Hampshire Land Surveyors Assn. |
| NHPN | National Highway Planning Network (FHWA) |
| NHS | National Highway System; National Height System (USA); National Household Survey (Canada) |
| NHTSA | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (USA) |
| NI | Natturfraedistofnun Islands |
| NICMOS | Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer |
| NIEHS | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US) |
| NII | National Information Infrastructure |
| NIIGA | Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Institut Geologii Artiki (U.S.S.R.) |
| NILS | National Integrated Land System (US BLM) |
| NIMA | National Imagery and Mapping Agency (USA) |
| NIMSA | National Interest Mapping Service Agreement (UK) |
| NIP | National Imagery Project (NRCan) |
| NIPR | National Inst. for Polar Research (Japan) |
| NIS | Nationwide Inpatient Sample (AHCPR) |
| NIST | National Inst. of Standards and Technology (USA) |
| NITF | National Imagery Transmission Format |
| NIUA | National Inst. of Urban Affairs (India) |
| NIWAR | National Inst. of Water and Atmosphere Ltd. (New Zealand) |
| NJ | New Jersey |
| N.J. | New Jersey |
| NJDEP | New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection |
| NJDOT | New Jersey Dept. of Transportation |
| NJGIN | New Jersey Geographic Information Network |
| NJGS | New Jersey Geological Survey |
| NJIT | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| NJMapp | New Jersey Mapping Assistance Partnership Program |
| NJSPLS | New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NJSPS | New Jersey Society of Professional Surveyors |
| NLA | National Land Agency (Japan); National Library of Australia |
| NLAPS | National Landsat Archive Production Sytem (USGS) |
| NLCD | National Land Cover Dataset (USGS & USEPA) |
| NLD | National Levee Database (UCACE) |
| NLDAS | North American Land Data Assimilation System (NASA) |
| NLIS | National Land Information Service (UK) |
| NLL | Northern Limit Line (Korea) |
| NLQ | Near-letter quality |
| NLRB | National Level Bibliographic Record |
| NLUIS | Northern Land Use Information Series (Canada) |
| NM | New Mexico |
| NMAS | National Map Accuracy Standard(s) |
| NMASM | New Mexico Assn. of Surveyors and Mappers |
| NMB | National Mapping Bureau (Papua New Guinea) |
| NMBM&MR | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
| NMC | National Map Collection (Canada) |
| NMCC | National Map Collection of Canada |
| NMD | National Mapping Div. (USGS) |
| NMDOT | New Mexico Dept. of Transportation |
| NMF | Network Mapping Facilities (Firm) |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.) |
| NMMC | National Map Managers Conference |
| NMP | National Mapping Program (USGS) |
| NNE | North northeast |
| NNSS | Navy Navigational Satellite System |
| NNW | North north west |
| no | nordostwarts |
| NO | Nordosten = northeast |
| N.O. | New Orleans |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.) |
| NOBS | Northern Ohio Bibliographic Society |
| NOD | New Orleans District |
| NOMS | Northern Ohio Map Society |
| NOPPA | National Ocean Pollution Protection Act |
| NORTAD | North American Transportation Atlas Data; North American Transportation Database |
| NOS | National Ocean Service (U.S.); National Ocean Survey (U.S.) |
| NOSC | National Oceans Systems Center |
| NOSS | National Oceanographic Satellite System (U.S.) |
| NP | Norsk Polarinstitutt |
| NPF | Norsk Petroleums-forening = Norwegian Petroleum Society |
| NPIC | National Photographic Interpretation Center (U.S.) |
| NPMS | National Pipeline Mapping System (US) |
| NPOC | Naval Polar Oceanographic Center (U.S.) |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites |
| NPP | NOOESS Preparatory Project |
| NPR | National Performance Review (U.S.); Non-photorealistic rendering |
| NPRA | National Petroleum Reserve (Alaska) |
| NPR-A | National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska |
| NPS | National Park Service (U.S.); Nonpoint source |
| Nr. | Nummer = number |
| NRA | National Recreation Area; NASA Radarsat Program |
| NRC | National Research Council; Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.) |
| NRCan | Natural Resources Canada |
| NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA) |
| NRCT | National Resources Council of Thailand |
| NRDD | Natural Resources Data Directory (NSW); National Resources Data Directory (Australia) |
| NRI | National Resources Inventory (SCS) |
| NRIC | National Resource Information Centre (Australia); Natural Resources Information Council |
| NRIS | National Resource Information System |
| NRN | National Road Network |
| NRO | National Reconnaissance Office (U.S.) |
| NRS | National Reference System (U.S.) |
| NRSA | National Remote Sensing Agency (India) |
| NRSC | National Remote Sensing Centre (U.K.) |
| NRSL | Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory (Univ. of Alaska) |
| NRT | Navigation Response Team (US Coast Survey) |
| NRVIS | Natural Resources and Values Information System (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) |
| NRWS | Narrows |
| NS | Nova Scotia; Not sprinklered |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NSAPI | Netscape Server Application Programming Interface |
| NSB | North Slope Borough (Alaska) |
| NSC | National Space Council (U.S.); National Security Council (U.S.); National Society of Cartographers |
| NSD | Nepal Survey Dept. |
| NSDC | National Spatial Data Council (U.S.) |
| NSDI | National Spatial Data Infrastructure; National Spatial Data Information |
| NSDNR | Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources |
| NSF | National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
| NSGIC | National States Geographic Information Council |
| NSI | Natural Scale Indicator |
| NSIF | NATO Secondary Image Format |
| NSKV | Norges Sjokartverk |
| NSLAB | Niedersachsisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung |
| NSLVA | Niedersachsisches Landesverwaltungsamt |
| NSN | National Satellite Network |
| NSPE | National Society of Professional Engineers |
| NSPS | National Society of Professional Surveyors |
| NSRFC | Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corp. |
| NSRS | National Spatial Reference System (NOAA) |
| NSS | National Soil Survey (Ireland); National Speleological Society; Navigational Safety System |
| NSSDA | National Standard for Spatial Database Accuracy |
| NSTB | National Satellite Test Bed |
| NSTL | National Space Technology Laboratory |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NTAD | National Transportation Atlas Data (or Database(s) -- U.S. Bureau of Transportation) |
| NTD | National Topographic Database (OS) |
| NTDB | National Topographic Data Base (Canada) |
| NTDL | Northern Territory Dept. of Lands (Australia) |
| NTDME | Dept. of Mines and Energy (Northern Territory, Australia) |
| NTF | National Transfer Format (U.K.) |
| NTIS | National Technical Information Service (U.S.) |
| NTM | Notice to Mariners |
| NTPS | National Transportation Planning System |
| NTS | National Topographic Series (Canada); National Topographic System (Canada); Navigation Technology Satellite; Nevada Test Site |
| NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.) |
| NUC | National Union Catalog |
| NUC CM | National Union Catalog, Cartographic Material |
| NURE | National Uranium Resources Evaluation (program) |
| NV | Nevada |
| NVCA | Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority |
| NVCN | National Vertical Control Network (U.S.) |
| NVDI | Normalized difference vegetation index |
| nw | nordwestlich |
| NW | Northwest; Nordwesten |
| N.W. | Niedrigwasser |
| NWA | National Water Alliance |
| NWFP | North West Frontier Province (Pakistan) |
| NWI | National Wetlands Inventory (USFWS); National Wilderness Inventory (Australia) |
| NWS | National Weather Service (NOAA) |
| NWSCA | National Water and Soil Conservation Authority (New Zealand) |
| NWWS | North West Wetlands Survey |
| NY | New York |
| N.Y. | New York |
| N.Y.C. | New York City |
| NYPL | New York Public Library |
| NYSAPLS | New York State Assn. of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NYSDOT | New York State Dept. of Transportation |
| NYSDT | New York State Dept. of Transportation |
| NYSGS | New York Geological State Geological Survey |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| N.Z. | New Zealand |
| NZFS | New Zealand Forest Service |
| NZGD | New Zealand Geophysics Div. |
| NZGS | New Zealand Geological Survey |
| NZMG | New Zealand Map Grid |
| NZMS | New Zealand Dept. of Lands and Survey |
| NZOI | New Zealand Oceanographic Inst. |
| NZSB | New Zealand Soil Survey |
O
Return to Index
| o | ostwarts |
| O | Osten, Orientalis, Orien, Oriente, Orientis = East |
| OAB | Operational advisory broadcasts |
| OAC | Osterreichischer Automobil Club |
| OACES | Oregon Association of County Engineers and Surveyors |
| OACH | Office of the Assistant Chief Hydrologist |
| OADCES | On-line Aerotriangulation Data Collection and Editing System |
| OAdW | Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| OAF | Optimal aerial forecasting |
| OALS | Office of Arid Lands Studies |
| OAMTC | Osterreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring-Club |
| OAS | Orbit Adjustment Subsystem; Organization of American States |
| OASIS | Oceanic and Atmospheric Scientific Information System |
| Obj. | Objekt |
| OBM | Ontario Base Map; Ontario Basic Mapping Program |
| OBRP | Object representation |
| OBS | Office of Biological Services |
| OC | Oil and Gas Investigation Chart (USGS) |
| OCAP | Ohio Capability Analysis Project |
| OC-CLSA | Orange County Chapter of the California Land Surveyor's Assn. |
| OCE | Office of the Chief of Engineers |
| OCH | Office of the Chief Hydrologist |
| OCL | Object Constraint Language |
| OCLC | Ohio College Library Center |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition; Optical Character Reader |
| OCRS | Ontario Centre for Remote Sensing |
| OCS | Office of Cadastral Survey (BLM); Operational Control System; Outer Continental Shelf; Ocean Color Scanner |
| OCTS | Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner |
| OCUL | Ontario Council of University Libraries |
| OCX | Object Component eXtension |
| OD | Optical disc; Outside diameter |
| ODAIPR | Open Data Access and Intellectual Property Rights (ICA) |
| ODBC | Operational Database Connectivity |
| ODC | Open Data Consortium |
| ODE | Open development environment |
| ODF | Oregon Dept. of Forestry |
| ODFW | Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife |
| ODGMI | Oregon State Dept. of Minerals and Mineral Industries |
| ODGS | Ohio Div. of Geological Survey |
| ODNR | Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources |
| ODOP | Ohio Digital Orthophotography Project |
| ODOT | Ohio Dept. of Transportation; Oregon Dept. of Transportation |
| OEEPE | Organisation europeene d'etudes en photogrammetrie experimentale |
| OESA | Office of Earth Science Applications |
| OF | Open file; Open-file |
| OFAT | Ontario Flow Assessment Techniques |
| Offn. | Offnung = aperture, opening |
| OFIPLAN | Oficina de Planificacion Nacional (Costa Rica) |
| OFR | Open file report; Open-file report |
| OFSS | Open-file Services Section |
| OGC | Open GIS Consortium, Inc.; Oil and Gas Commission (British Columbia) |
| OGDE | Ontario Geographic Data Exchange |
| OGDI | Open Geospatial Datastore Interface |
| OGIC | Oregon Geographic Information Council |
| OGIS | Open GIS; Office of Geographic Information Systems (New Jersey) |
| OGRIP | Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program |
| OGS | Ontario Geological Survey; Oklahoma Geological Survey |
| OGW | Office of Ground Water |
| OGWP | Office of Ground Water Protection (EPA) |
| OH | Ohio |
| OHA | Officeof Hawaiian Affairs |
| OHW | Office of Hazardous Wastes Hydrology |
| OIA | Office of International Activities |
| OICC | Ontario Institute of Chartered Cartographers |
| OIG | Office of International Geology |
| OIH | Office of International Hydrology |
| OII | European Commission's Open Information Interchange |
| OILT | Oil tank farm |
| OIR-GIS | Office for Information Resources-GIS Services Division (Tennessee) |
| OIS | Obstruction Identification Surfaces |
| OK | Okonomisk kart (Norway); Osterreichische Karte; Oklahoma |
| OKAGE | Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education |
| OLAP | Online analytical processing |
| OLE | Object Linking/Embedding |
| OLID | Ontario Land Information Directory |
| OLS | Operational Linescan (or Line Scan) imaging system; Ordinary Least Squares; Operational Line Scanner (DMSP) |
| OM | Oil and Gas Investigation Map (USGS) |
| OMG | Open Management Group |
| OMNR | Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources |
| OMO | Other mapping organization |
| OMPS | Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite |
| OMTC | Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications |
| ON | Ontario; Original negative |
| ONC | Operational Navigation Chart |
| ONERN | Oficina Nacional de Evaluacion de Recursos Naturales (Peru) |
| ONIG | Office Nationale de la Geologie (Algeria) |
| ONPR | Office of National Petroleum Reserve (USGS) |
| ONSWG | Open Navigation Surface Working Group |
| Ont. | Ontario |
| OO | Object-Orientation |
| OOPEC | Office for Official Publications of the European Communities |
| OOSI | Osterreichisches Ost- und Sudosteuropa-Institut |
| OPAC | Online public access catalog; online patron access catalog |
| OPAL | Obscurant penetrating autosynchronous Lidar |
| OPCS | Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (U.K.) |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OPEDS | Outside Plant Engineering Design System (ESRI, Bell South) |
| OPIS | Ocean Planning Information System |
| OPL | Oilfield Publications Limited |
| OPP | Operational Positional Procedure |
| OPR | Office of Planning and Research |
| OPS | Optical sensor(s) |
| OPUS | Online Positioning User Service (US NGS); Online Processing User Service |
| OR | Oregon |
| ORMAP | Oregon Map (organization) |
| OQ | Orthophoto quadrangle |
| ORBIMAGE | Orbital Imaging Corp. |
| Ore. | Oregon |
| ORH | Office of the Regional Hydrologist |
| ORID | Ortho Rectified Image Data |
| ORN | Ontario Road Network |
| ORRH | Office of the Regional Research Hydrologist |
| ORRI | Orthorectified radar imagery |
| ORSER | Office for Remote Sensing of Earth Resources (Penn. State Univ.) |
| ORSTOM | Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre Mer |
| OS | Ordnance Survey (U.K.); Object space; Operating System |
| OSBEELS | Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying |
| OSCAR | Online Satellite Catalog and Request System (NOAA) |
| OSD | Overseas Surveys Directorate (U.K.); Office of the Secretary of Defense (U.S.); On-screen display |
| OSDA | Oregon State Dept. of Agriculture |
| OSDL | Oregon Spatial Data Library |
| OSEC | Ocean Systems Engineering Corp. |
| OSECO | Ogden Surveying Equipment Company |
| OSEDA | Office of Social and Economic Data Analysis (Missouri) |
| OSFD | Oregon State Forestry Dept. |
| OSGB | Ordnance Survey (U.K.) |
| OSI | Ordnance Survey of Ireland; Open Systems Interconnect model; Open Systems Interconnection |
| OSIP | Operational Satellite Improvement Program |
| OSLS | Oklahoma Society of Land Surveyors |
| OSM | Office of Surface Mining; Open Street Map |
| OSNI | Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland |
| OSOA | Optimal Statistical Objective Analysis |
| OSP | Office of State Planning |
| OSPE | Ohio Society of Professional Engineers |
| OSS | Office of Strategic Services (U.S.) |
| OSSI | Optronic Sensor for Stereo Imagery |
| OSSIM | Open Source Software Image Map (ImageLinks) |
| OSTA | Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (NASA) |
| OSTF | Ordnance Survey Transfer Format |
| OSTZ | Osterreichisches Statistisches Zentralamt |
| OSU | Oregon State University |
| OSW | Office of Saline Water; Office of Surface Water |
| OTA | Office of Technology Assessment |
| OTC | Over-the-counter; Office for Topography and Cartography (Tunisia) |
| OTF | On-the-fly |
| OTH | Over the horizon |
| OTHT | Over the horizon targeting |
| O.U. | Open under |
| OUCLS | Ontario Universities' Library Cooperative System |
| OUO | Official use only |
| OVN | Optical visible near-infrared |
| OW | Oil well |
| OWDC | Office of Water Data Coordination |
| OWRD | Oregon Water Resources Dept. |
| OWRR | Office of Water Resources and Research |
| OWRT | Office of Water Research and Technology |
| OWS | OGC Web Services |
P
Return to Index
| P | Precision; Ponente = West |
| Pa. | Pennsylvania |
| PA | Pennsylvania |
| PAA | Priority abatement areas; Provincial Archives of Alberta |
| PAAD | Program Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions |
| PAC | Public Archives of Canada; Photo Annotation/Classification; Publications Advisory Committee (WAML) |
| PACOG | Pueblo Area Council of Governments |
| PACON | Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology |
| PAD | Position Aware Device |
| PADCO | Planning and Development Cooperative International |
| PAGES | Program for the Adjustment of GPS Ephemeris (NGS) |
| PAGIS | Protected Area Geographic Information System (NOAA); Planning and Geographic Information Systems (Hawaii); Pulaski (County, Ark.) Area Geographic Information System |
| PAI | Pacific Air Industries |
| PAIGH | Pan-American Inst. of Geography and History |
| PAL | Prime agricultural lands |
| PALIS | Ponds and Lakes Information System |
| PAM | Port-A-Meter; Point access methods |
| PAN | Polska Akademia Nauk |
| Pan-STARRS | Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System |
| PAPS | Pooled Analytical Plotter System |
| PARC | Palo Alto Research Center (Calif.) |
| PAS | Pacific Aerial Surveys |
| PASDA | Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system |
| PASP | Planning and Analysis Section |
| PASS | Precision Aerial Survey System (3Di) |
| PASSIA | Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs |
| PAT | Polygon Attribute Table |
| PAVE | Package for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental Data |
| Pbf | Personenbahnhof = Passenger railway station |
| PBM | Portable Bitmap (format) |
| PBO | Plate Boundary Observatory; Performance-based organization |
| PBS | Primary Base Series (USFS) |
| PC | Personal Computer; Principal components |
| PCA | Principal components analysis |
| PCC | Professional competency credit; Program for Cooperative Cataloging (Library of Congress) |
| PCD | Practical Cartography Day |
| PC-DOS | Personal Computer-Disc Operating System |
| PCGN | Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use |
| PCH | Professional competency hour; Pacific Coast Highway (Calif.) |
| PCLI | Independent political entity (republic) |
| P-Code | Precise code; Protected code |
| PCS | POS Computer System |
| PCT | Pacific Coast Trail |
| .PCX | PC Paintbrush Export Format |
| PD | Precision digitizing; Publications Div. (USGS) |
| PDA | Personal digital assistant; Portable data access |
| P&DC | Printing & Distribution Center |
| PDEP | Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Projection |
| Platform Data File; Portable Document Format | |
| PDH | Professional development hour |
| PDL | Page Description Language; Positioning Data Link (Pacific Crest Corp.) |
| PDOP | Position dilution of precision |
| PDQ | Public Data Queries, Inc. |
| PDR | Preliminary Design Review (U.S. government) |
| PDS | Photogrammetric Data Services |
| PDT | Pacific Daylight Time; Precision digitizing table; Pliable Display Technology |
| PDU | Professional development unit |
| PDWS | Precision digitizing workstation |
| P.E. | Photogrammetric Engineer; Professional Engineer |
| PECG | Professional Engineers in California Government |
| PEN | Peninsula |
| Penn. | Pennsylvania |
| Pers. | Personen |
| PE&RS | Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (journal) |
| PES | Post enumeration survey |
| Pf. | Pfeiler |
| PFAS | Pennsylvania Facility Analysis System (PDEP) |
| PFLP | Point-feature label placement |
| PFM | Pure File Magic (format) |
| PGD | Personal Geodatabase(s) |
| PGM | Permanent ground monument; Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen; Portable Grayscale Map |
| .PGM | Portable Graymap (format) |
| PGML | Precision Graphics Markup Language |
| PG/S | Product Generation Segment |
| P.H. | Power house |
| PHC | Probable hydrologic consequences |
| PHIGS | Programmer Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System |
| Philada. | Philadelphia |
| Phillips | Phillips, P.L. List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress |
| PHODIS | Photogrammetric Image Processing System (Carl Zeiss Inc.) |
| PI | Pseudo intelligence; Photo interpretation |
| PIC | Public Information Center |
| .PIC | Lotus 1-2-3 Picture Format |
| PICA | Project Integrated Catalogue Automation |
| PICG | Programme International de Correlation Geologique |
| PICS | Pacific Institute of Cartographers Society |
| PID | Photoionization detector; Permanent station identifier |
| PIDL | Polygon ID left |
| PIDR | Polygon ID right |
| PIER | Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk |
| PIG | Panstwowy Instytut Geologiczny (Poland) |
| PIMMA | Pipeline Integrity Management Mapping Application (RSPA) |
| PIN | Parcel identification number |
| PIO | Public Inquiries Office (USGS) |
| PIOS | Polygon Information Overlay System (ESRI) |
| Pixel | Picture element |
| PK | Peak |
| PKM | Penyiasatan Kajimbumi Malaysia; Professional Kansas Mapper |
| PKS | Peaks |
| PL | Programming language; Public law |
| PLAT | Plateau |
| PLF | Point Location File |
| PLGR | Precision lightweight GPS receiver |
| PLI | Precision Laser & Instrument, Inc. |
| PLN | Plain |
| PLOT | Plotting (software) |
| PLQ | Public land quadrangles (Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources) |
| PLS | Professional Land Surveyor |
| PLSC | Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado |
| PLSO | Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon; Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio |
| PLSS | Public Land Survey System (U.S.) |
| P.M. | Prime meridian |
| PMA | Production and Marketing Administration (USDA) |
| PM/S | Production Management Segment |
| PMSA | Primary metropolitan statistical area |
| PMT | Positive media transfer; Photomultiplier tube |
| PND | Pond |
| PNDI | Intermittent pond |
| .PNG | Portable Network Graphics (format) |
| PNRC | Pacific Northwest Regional Commission |
| PNDS | Ponds |
| PNRS | Preliminary Natural Resources Survey |
| PNW | Pacific Northwest |
| PO | Photogrammetric Operations; Post office |
| P&O | Plans & Operations |
| POAM | Polar Ozone and Aerosol Measurement |
| POC | Point of contact; Point of control |
| POD | Print-on-demand |
| POES | Polar-Orbiting Satellites (NOAA) |
| POLYID | Polygon identification number |
| POS | Point-of-scale; Position orientation systems; Position and Orientation System (Applanix) |
| POS LV 220 | Position and Orientation System for Land Vehicles 220 (Applanix) |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments (UNIX) |
| POTS | Pan-only Triangulation System |
| PP | Proof plot; Proof plotter |
| PPA | Provincial Archives of Alberta |
| PPB | Parts per billion |
| PPC | Pocket PC |
| PPDB | Point Positioning Data Base |
| PPGIS | Public participation GIS |
| PPL | Populated place |
| PPM | Portable Pixelmap (format) |
| PPMS | Photogrammetry Production Monitoring System |
| PPNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
| PPNM | Pengarah Pemetaan Negara, Malaysia |
| PPP | Point-to-point (protocol account, for email connections) |
| PPPG | Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Geologi |
| PPS | Performance Planning System; Precise Positioning Service; Photographic Processing System |
| PPSS | Precise Positioning Service Security Module |
| PPWK | Panstwowe Przedsiebiorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych (Poland) |
| PQ | Province Quebec |
| PR | Photo revision; Precipitation Radar; Pattern recognition; Puerto Rico |
| PRF | Point response function; Pulse repetition frequency |
| PRIM | Primary Map (inventory) |
| PRISM | Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model |
| PRO | Public Record Office (U.K.) |
| PROSIX | Production System (USGS) |
| PROSYS | Production System--UNIX (USGS) |
| PRSN | Puget Reference Station Network |
| PRS92 | Philippines Reference System of 92 |
| PS | Plot Services; Point source; PostScript; Paleontological Society; Polar stereographic (projection); Professional Surveyor (journal) |
| PSA | Paciulli, Simmons & Associates Ltd. |
| PSAN | Professional Surveyors Assn. of Nebraska |
| PSCOG | Puget Sound Council of Governments |
| PSD | Perceived spatial dispersions; Programme des services de depot (Canada) |
| PSFM | Professional Society for Forensic Mapping |
| PSI | Planning Systems, Inc. |
| PSLS | Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors |
| PSM | Professional Surveyor Magazine |
| PSMA | Professional Services Management Assn. |
| PSPCI | Professional Surveyors Publishing Company, Inc. |
| PSPE | Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers |
| PSSC | Public Service Satellite Corp. |
| PST | Pacific Standard Time |
| PSU | Primary sampling unit |
| PT | Point |
| PTC | Positive train control |
| Pts. | Points |
| PUBGRF90 | TIGER Geographic Reference File Names, 1990 |
| PUG | Petroleum Users Group (ESRI) |
| PUMA | Public Use Microdata Area (USBC) |
| PUMS | Public Use Micro-Data Sample |
| PURL | Persistent URL software |
| PVT | Position, Velocity and Time |
Q
Return to Index
| QA | Quality assurance |
| QA/QC | Quality assurance/quality control |
| QBS | Quality-based selection |
| QC | Quality control |
| QDF | Queensland Dept. of Forestry |
| QDM | Queensland Dept. of Mines |
| Q.H. | Quadruple hydrant |
| QINSy | Quality Integrated Navigation System (Quality Positioning Services, Inc.) |
| QLID | Queensland Land Information Directory |
| QLIS | Queensland Land Information Strategy |
| QLPS | Quick-Look Processing System |
| qm | Quadratmeter |
| QMSoft | Qualitative Marketing Software Inc. |
| QS | Quadratic splines |
| QSL | Quarter scan line |
| QTM | Quaternary triangular mesh |
| QW | Quality of water |
| QWIFS | Queen's Web Interface for SPSS (Queen's University) |
R
Return to Index
| r. | rechts |
| R | Range; Release; Ruin |
| R&A OSS | Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Strategic Services (U.S.) |
| RA | Rural area (Canada) |
| RAC | Related Accreditation Commission (ABET) |
| RAD | Rapid development application; Rules for Archival Description |
| RADAR | Radio Detecting and Ranging |
| RADEF | Road Administration Data Exchange Format |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks |
| RAIM | Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (GPS) |
| RALI | Resource and Land Information; Resource and Land Investigations (program LIA) |
| RALS | Random access logical subfiles |
| RAM | Random access memory |
| RAMS | Regional Atmospheric Modelins System (ATMET) |
| RAP | Regional applications program |
| RAPID | Rapid Application Planning Implementation and Deployment (GeoData Solutions, Inc.) |
| RAS | Remote Analysis Systems |
| RASC | Royal Australian Survey Corps |
| RASVY | Royal Australian Survey Corps |
| RATP | Regie autonome des transports parisiens |
| RBDS | Radio broadcast data system |
| RBE | Rule-Base Engine |
| RBI | River Basin Investigation |
| RBMS | Relational Database Management System |
| RBV | Return Beam Vidicon |
| RCA | Radio Corporation of America |
| RCC | Regional census center |
| RCH | Reach |
| RCIC | Regional Coastal Information Center |
| RCID | Record ID (Identification) |
| RCMRD | Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (Kenya) |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RCS | Research Camera System |
| RCSSMRS | Regional Centre for Services in Surveying and Mapping and Remote Sensing (Nairobi) |
| RCWD | Rancho California Water District |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RDBMS | Relational database management system |
| RDC | Regional Distribution Centre (Natural Resources Canada); Research Data Centre (Canada) |
| RDGE | Ridge |
| RDI | Resource Data International Inc. |
| RDS | Radio data system |
| RDTS | Research and Development Tracking System (BLM) |
| RE | Royal Engineers (U.K.) |
| REA | Rural Electrification Administration (U.S.) |
| REAP | Regional Environmental Applications Program (N. Dakota) |
| REC | Recompile(d) |
| RE COMP | Recompile |
| RECOMP | Recompilation |
| RECON | Retrospective conversion |
| RECTAS | Regional Center for Training in Aerospace Surveys (Nigeria) |
| REDI | Real Estate Data Inc.; Regional Economic Development Information System (San Diego, Calif.) |
| REGIS | Regional Geographic Information System (Kent County, Mich.) |
| Reichsb | Reichsbahn = National railroad |
| Reichsbf | Reichsbahnhof = National railroad station |
| RELOS | Regional Locator System |
| REMS | Regional Earth Modeling System (NASA) |
| RepCode | Representation Code |
| RESCU | Remote Emergency Satellite Cellular Unit |
| RESTEC | Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan |
| RET | Rotterdamsche Electrische Tram |
| RETSAM | Review, Editing and Tagging Software for Automated Mapping |
| REU | Resources Evaluation Unit (USFS) |
| Rev | Revised |
| REVPG | Revision and Product Generation System |
| RF | Representative fraction; Reef; Radio frequency |
| RfC | Reference concentration |
| RFPMG | Radar Fixed Point Minigraphic |
| RG | Record group |
| RGB | Red-green-blue |
| Rgbf | Rangierbahnhof = Shunting station |
| RGD | Rijks Geologische Dienst (Netherlands) |
| RGS | Royal Geographical Society (U.K.) |
| RH | Regional hydrologist; Relative humidity |
| RI | Rhode Island |
| R.I. | Rhode Island |
| RIAI | Royal Inst. of Architects of Ireland |
| RICS | Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (U.K.) |
| RIG | RETSAM/Intergraph/Giant |
| RIJP | Rijksdienst voor de IJsselmeerpolders (Netherlands) |
| RIN | Realty Information Network |
| RINEX | Receiver Independent Exchange (GPS data format) |
| RIP | Raster Image Processing; Raster Image Processor; Road Inventory Program |
| RIPS | Remote Image Processing System; Remote Information Processing System |
| RIRT | Russian Inst. of Radionavigation and Time |
| RIS | Rapid Imaging Software; Retroreflector in Space |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer |
| RiskMAP | Risk Mapping and Planning (FEMA) |
| RIT | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| RKSW | Rocks in water |
| RKW | Rock in water |
| RL | Rannsoknastofnun Landbunadarins (Iceland) |
| RLE | Run-length encoded |
| RM | Replacement mapping |
| RMA | Reliability, Maintainability and Availability; Risk Management Agency (USDA) |
| RMCA | Road Map Collectors of America |
| RMD | Hans Rudolf Manual Deutsch |
| RMIB | Rudolf Muller International Booksellers |
| RMK | R.M. Keddal & Associates, Inc. |
| RMMC | Rocky Mountain Mapping Center (USGS) |
| RMS | Root mean square |
| RMSE | Root mean squared error |
| RMSI | Risk Management Solutions Inc. |
| RMT | Remotely measured target |
| RNRC | Renewable Natural Resources Center |
| RNRF | Renewable Natural Resources Foundation |
| RO | Range only |
| RODOBRAS | Comiss~ao Especial construc~ao da Rodovia Belem-Brasilia |
| ROM | Read-Only Memory |
| ROMANSE | Road Management System for Europe |
| ROMP | Regional Observation Monitoring (well) Program |
| ROP | Raster operations processor |
| ROW or R-O-W | Right-of-way |
| RP | Reference point |
| RPC | Rational polynomial coefficient |
| RPDS | Rapids |
| RPE | Regional political ecology |
| RPF | Raster product format |
| RPID | Representation module ID |
| RPIE | Replacement Photographic Image Equipment |
| RPMIS | Real Property Management Information System |
| RPP | RBV Preprocessor |
| RPU | Remote positioning unit |
| RQA | River Quality Assessment |
| RRDS | Reduced Resolution Data Set |
| RRH | Regional Research Hydrologist |
| R/S | Remote sensing |
| RSAC | Remote Sensing Application Center (USFS) |
| RSAL | Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory (Univ. of Washington) |
| RSC/TAMU | Remote Sensing Center/Texas A&M Univ. |
| RSGS | Royal Scottish Geographical Society |
| RSI | Remotely Sensed Imagery; RADARSAT International Remote Sensing Institute (S.Dakota State Univ.); Research Systems, Inc. |
| RSIP | Remote Sensing and Image Processing |
| RSPA | Research and Special Programs Administration (USDOT) |
| RSRP | Remote Sensing Research Program (Univ. of Calif., Berkeley) |
| RSRT | Resort |
| RSSC | Remote Sensing Science Council |
| RST | Representation Style Table |
| RSTF | Remote Sensing Task Force |
| RSTN | Railroad station |
| RSV | Reservoir |
| RSVP | Resource reservation protocol |
| RT | Radio tower; Real time; Remote terminal |
| RTA | Regional Transport Authority (Chicago) |
| RTCM | Radio Technical Commission for Maritime (format) |
| RTF | Rich Text Format |
| RT-GPS | Real-time Differential GPS |
| RTK | Real-time kinematic; Right-to-Know Network |
| RTN | Real-time network |
| RTP | Real Time Positioning |
| R&TS | Research & Technical Standards |
| RTSD | Royal Thai Survey Dept. |
| RTSI | Routing Technology Software Inc. |
| RTTK | Real Time TurboKinematic (Allen Obsobne Associates) |
| RTV | Raster to vector |
| RUIN | Ruins |
| RUIS | San Diego Regional Urban Information System |
| RUS | Rest of the U.S. |
| RV | Reise- und Verkehrsverlag |
| R-VIS | Reality Visualization |
| RVP | Raster-to-vector processor; Radar Verification Programme |
S
Return to Index
| s. | Sculpsit (engraver); sudlich = southern, southerly |
| S | Secret; Store; Suden = south |
| SA | Selected availability; Selective availability; Signal accuracy; Situational awareness; Source acquisition |
| S&A | Sampling and analysis |
| SAA | Southern Appalachian Assessment (GIS database) |
| SAC | Sectional aeronautical chart; Satellite Applications Centre (CSIR); Statistical Area Classification (Canada) |
| SACC | Spatial Analysis Coordinating Committee |
| SADIE | System at Arizona for Digital Information Extraction |
| SADL | South Australia Dept. of Lands |
| SADME | South Australian Dept. of Mines and Energy |
| SADR | Spatial address |
| SAE | Survey Agro Ekonomi (Indonesia) |
| SAF | Society of American Foresters |
| SAFOD | San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth |
| SAGA | Short Arc Geodetic Adjustment (doppler) |
| SAGEEP | Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems |
| SaGES | Surveying and Geomatics Educators Society |
| SAIC | Science Applications International Corp. |
| SAL | Stanford Auxiliary Library |
| SaLIS | Surveying and Land Information Systems (journal) |
| SALT | Salina |
| SAM | Spatial access methods |
| SAM Inc | Surveying and Mapping, Inc. |
| SAMAB | Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere (project) |
| SAMSOG | Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia |
| SANAIS | South African Natural Areas Information System |
| SANDAG | San Diego Association of Governments |
| SanGIS | San Diego Geographic Information Source |
| SAR | Synthetic aperture radar |
| SARSAT | Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System |
| SARM | Spatial Auto-Regressive Model |
| SA/S | Source Aquisition Segment |
| SAST | Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (U.S.) |
| SAT | Small area triangulation |
| SAW | Spill analysis workstation; Surface acoustic wave |
| SAZU | Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti = Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art |
| SB | Survey of Bangladesh |
| SBAS | School Boundary Analysis System (GeoSpatial Technologies) |
| SBCDP | Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (U.S.) |
| SBET | Smoothed bed estimate of trajectory |
| SBM | Surveys and Mapping Branch (Manitoba) |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (spectrometer) |
| S.B.V. Adm. | Schulbucher-Verschleiss-Administration (Wien) |
| sc. | Sculpsit = engraver |
| SC | South Carolina |
| S.C. | South Carolina |
| S/C | Spacecraft |
| S.C.A. | Samuel Chapman Armstrong |
| SCADA | Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SCAMP | Southern California Aerial Mapping Project |
| SCAN | Surface Condition Analyzer (Surface Systems Inc) |
| SCAR | Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
| SCB | Statistika Centralbyran (Sweden) |
| SCC | Servico de Cartografia e Cadastro (Macao); SoftCopy Catalog (USDMA) |
| SCCAMA | Southern California Computer Aided Mapping Assn. |
| SCD | Source Control Drawing; Specification Control Drawing |
| SCDOT | South Carolina Dept. of Transportation |
| SCEC | Southern California Earthquake Center |
| SCEP | Servico Cartografico do Exercito (Portugal) |
| SCERP | Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy |
| SCGIS | Sedgwick County (Kans.) GIS Dept. |
| SCGP | Societe Canadienne des Geologique Petroliers |
| SCGS | South Carolina Geological Survey |
| Sch | School |
| SCH | School |
| Scheit-elst. | Scheitelstarke |
| Schl. | Schloss = castle |
| SCM | Supply chair management |
| S.C.M. | Sacrae Caesareae Majestatis = Holy Imperial Majesty (Holy Roman Emperor) |
| SCO | State Cartographer's Office (Wisconsin) |
| SCOOP | Schedule Control of Orthophoto Products |
| SCOPE | Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment |
| SCR | Service Cartographique du Rwanda |
| SCS | Soil Conservation Service (USDA); Soft Copy Search (NIMA) |
| SCSA | Standard Consolidated Statistical Area; Soil Conservation Society of America |
| SCSD | Street Centerline Spatial Dataset |
| SCSI | Small computer system interface |
| SCSMAC | South Carolina State Mapping Advisory Committee |
| SCSPLS | South Carolina Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
| sct. | Sculpsit (engraver) |
| SCTRAP | South Carolina Toxic Risk Atlas Project |
| sculp. | Sculpsit (engraver) |
| SCWRC | South Carolina Water Resources Commission |
| SD | South Dakota |
| S.D. | South Dakota |
| SDA | Spalding DeDecker Associates, Inc.; Survey Document and Analysis (Univ. of California, Berkeley) |
| SDB | Spatial data base |
| SDBMS | Spatial database management system |
| SDDOT | South Dakota Dept. of Transportation |
| SDDP | Spatial Data Discovery Portal (Simon Fraser University ) |
| SDE | Spatial Database Engine (ESRI) |
| SDES | Spatial Data Exchange Standard |
| SDG | Survey Dept. Ghana |
| SDGS | South Dakota Geological Survey |
| SDH | Spatial data handling |
| SDI | Selected Dissemination of Information; Spatial data infrastructure |
| SDL | Survey Dept. of Libya |
| SDLC | Synchronous Data-Like Control; System Development Life Cycle |
| SDMG | Direction des Mines et de la Geologie (Senegal) |
| SDMS | Spatial Data Management System |
| SDNR | State Dept. of Natural Resources |
| SDOI | Spatial Data Organization Information |
| SDPS | Spatial Data Production System |
| SDRW | Societe de Developpement Regional pour la Wallonie |
| SDS | Swaziland Dept. of Surveys; Simplicial data structure |
| SDSB | Satellite Data Services Branch (NOAA) |
| SDSFIE | Spatial Data Standard for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment (Tri-Services) |
| SDSS | Spatial decision support systems |
| SDT | Spatial Data Technologies (Firm) |
| SDTP | Spatial data transfer processor |
| SDTS | Spatial Data Transfer Standard |
| SDUK | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |
| SDV | Soil Data Viewer (NCRS) |
| SE | Southeast |
| SEAMS | Soil, Environmental, and Agricultural Management System (Univ. of Florida Dept. of Soil and Water) |
| SEASAT | Sea Satellite (U.S.) |
| SEATO | Southeast Asia Treaty Organization |
| SECFT | Sociedad Espa~nola de Cartografia, Fotogrametria y Teledeteccion |
| SECO | Surveying Equipment Company (later: SECO Manufacturing) |
| SEDAC | Socioeconomic Data and Application Center |
| SEDESOL | Secretaria de Dessarrollo Social (Mexico) |
| SEDIC | Sudan Engineering & Digital Information Centre |
| SEDMS | Spatially Enabled Document Management System (Intergraph Corp.) |
| SEDUE | Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia (Mexico) |
| SEG | Society of Economic Geologists; Society of Exploration Geophysicists |
| S.E.O.P. | Secretaria de Estado de Obras Publicas (Argentina) |
| SEOS | Stationary Earth Orbit Satellite |
| SEPA | State Environmental Protection Agency |
| SEPM | Society for Sedimentary Geology |
| SERIES | Satellite Emission Range Inferred Earth Surveying |
| Serna- geomin | Servicio Nacional Geologia y Mineria (Chile) |
| SES | Standalone Edit Stations |
| SESCPF | Service d'Etude des Sols et de la Carte Pedalogique de France |
| SESWG | Solid Earth Science Working Group |
| SEVIRI | Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager |
| SEWUG | Southeastern Water Use Group |
| S.F. | San Francisco |
| SfBWW | Senator fur Bau- und Wonungswesen (Berlin) |
| SFHA | Special Flood Hazard Area |
| SFQL | Structured Full-text Query Language |
| SfSU | Senator fur Stadtentwicklung und Umweltschutz (Berlin) |
| SGA | Societe Geoscientifique de l'Atlantique; State Geologic Agencies; Service Geologique de l'Armee (Syria) |
| SGB | Service Geologique Belgique; Servicio geologico de Bolivia |
| SGCB | State Geodesy and Cartography Board (Mongolia) |
| SGD | Solar Geophysical Data (journal); Symbolized Graphic Data; Surveyor General's Dept. (South West Africa) |
| SGE | Servicio Geografico del Ejercito (Spain) |
| SGG | Service Geologique du Gabon |
| SGpK | Schweizerische Geophysikalische Kommission |
| SGI | Servicio Geologico d'Italia; Silicon Graphics workstation |
| SGK | Schweizerische Geologische Kommission |
| SGL | Service Geologique de Luxembourg |
| SGM | Servicio Geografico Militar (Uruguay) |
| SGML | Standard generalized markup language |
| SGN | Servicio Geologico Nacional (Argentina, Nicaragua); Service Geographique National (Laos) |
| SGS | Stanford Geological Survey |
| SGtK | Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission |
| SGU | Sveriges Geologiska Undersokning; Savezna Geodetska Uprava (Yugoslavia) |
| S.H. | School house |
| SHA | State Highway Administration (Maryland) |
| SHAPE | Systematic Horizontol Adjustment of Positional Errors |
| SHC | Service hydrographique du Canada |
| S.H.C. | Surveyor, Hopkins County |
| SHDSL | Symmetric High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
| SHEF | Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format |
| SHIPS | Seizmic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound |
| SHMP | Seizmis Hazard Mapping Program |
| SHN | Servicio de Hidrografia Naval (Argentina) |
| SHOALS | Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne LiDAR System (or Survey -- USCE, Optech) |
| SHOL | Shoal |
| SHOM | Service Hydrographique et Ocenographique de la Marine (France) |
| SHORAN | Short-range Navigation (system) |
| SHS | Surveyors Historical Society |
| SI | Survey of India; Survey of Israel |
| SIAC | Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium |
| SIAMS | Ship Information and Management System |
| SIAN | Service d'information de l'atlas nationale (Canada) |
| SIAT | Special Image Annotation Tape |
| SIB | Solar Indices Bulletin |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
| SICC | Surveying Instrumentation and Coordinate Computation |
| SICO | Schonstedt Intstrument Company |
| SICOM | South Australian Spatial Information Committee |
| SID | Scanned Image Data; South Australian Spatial Information Directory |
| SIF | Standard Interchange Format (Intergraph) |
| SIG | Sistemas de informacion geografica; Special interest group |
| SIGACE | Special Interest Group for the Application of CD-ROM in Education |
| SIGCAT | Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications & Technology (U.S.) |
| SIGGRAPH | Special Interest Group on Graphics (ACM) |
| SIGIT | Swedish Institute for Geographic Information Technology |
| SIGLIT | Special Interest Group on Library Information Technology (U.S.) |
| SIGS | Solomon Islands Geological Survey |
| SIGSA | Sistemas de Informacion Geografica S.A. |
| SILS | Science Information and Libary Services (USGS) |
| SIM | Spatial interaction model |
| SIMAG | Spatial Information Management Advisory Group |
| SIME | Space Imaging Middle East |
| SIP | Scanner Interface Processor |
| SIPES | Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists |
| SIR | Shuttle Imaging Radar; Space Imaging Radar (NASA); Surveys, Investigations and Research (USGS) |
| SIRGAS | Sistema de Referencia Geocentrico para las Americas |
| SIRS | Satellite Infrared Spectrometer |
| SIRU | Soils and Irrigation Research Unit (South Africa) |
| SIS | Standard Indexing System (DOD aerial photography); Spatial Information Systems (Computer Aided Development Corp.) |
| SISMD | Solomon Islands Survey and Mapping Div. |
| SJSU | San Jose State University |
| SK | Survey of Kenya; Slovenska Kartografia |
| SKV | Statens Kartverk (Norway) |
| s.l. | Sine loco = without place (of publication) |
| SLA | Special Libraries Assn.; Singapore Land Authority |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
| SLAGMD | Special Libraries Assn. Geography & Map Div. |
| SLAP | Soils Landscape Analysis Project; Supplemental Low Altitude Photography |
| SLAR | Side-Looking Airborne Radar |
| SLAT | Spacecraft Location/Attitude Tape |
| SLATS | Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (Queensland DNR) |
| SLC | Scan Line Corrector (USGS) |
| SLD | Slope-Line Detection |
| SLDI | Sustainable Land Development International |
| SLD29 | Sea Level Datum of 1929 |
| SLF | Standard Linear Format |
| SLG | Symbolized Line Graph; Synthetic Line Generation |
| SLGSD | Sri Lanka Geological Survey Dept. |
| SLIP | Serial Line Internet Protocol |
| SLM | Structure line model |
| SLNSW | State Library of New South Wales |
| SLP | Slope(s) |
| SLR | Satellite Laser Ranging; Side-looking Radar |
| SLSD | Sri Lanka Survey Dept. |
| SLSI | Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa |
| SLUPD | Swaziland Land Use Planning Dept. |
| sm | Seemeile |
| SM | Survey Manual |
| S.M. | Saw mill |
| SMA | Schweizerische Meteorologische Anstalt |
| SMAC | State Mapping Advisory Committee (or Council) |
| SMART | Spatial Mapping Academic Research Tools |
| SMASCH | Specimen Management System for California Herbaria |
| SMB | Surveys and Mapping Branch (Manitoba) |
| SMC | Special Mapping Center |
| SMCDG | Small Map Collection Discussion Group (MAGERT) |
| SMCRA | surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act |
| SMD | Surveys and Mapping Div. (Tanzania) |
| SME | Softcopy Monoscopic Extraction; Society of Mining Engineers; society for Mining, Metalurgy, and Exploration, Inc. |
| SMGE | Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica |
| SMI | Surveyors Module International (Firm) |
| SMIB | Surveying and Mapping Inst. of Beijing |
| SMIMS | Single MIM-Based Integrated Mapping System (USBC) |
| SMIRR | Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer |
| SMIPS | Small Interactive Image Processing System |
| SMMR | Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
| SMMT | Submilimeter Telescope |
| SMN | Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (Argentina) |
| SMOW | Standard Mead Ocean Water |
| SMS | Synchronous Meteorological Satellite(s) |
| SMSA | Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| S/N | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| s.n. | Sine nomine = without name (of publisher) |
| SNARIL | Social, Natural, and Agricultural Resources Information Laboratory (Univ. of Kentucky) |
| SNB | Service New Brunswick |
| SNCF | Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer (France) |
| SND | Street Network Database |
| SNEP | Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project |
| SNF | Superior National Forest (Minn.) |
| SNGM | Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria (Chile) |
| SNI | Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG |
| SNID | Startnode ID |
| SNIG | Sistema Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica = Portuguese National Infrastructure for Geographic Information |
| SNLCS | Servico Nacional de Levantamento e Conservac~ao de Solos (Brazil) |
| SNM | Square nautical miles |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SNRIM | Subcommittee on Natural Resources |
| SNT | Servicio Nacional de Turismo (Chile) |
| SNWA | Southern Nevada Water Authority |
| SNWS | Southern Nevada Water System |
| SOAP | Simple Object Access Protocal |
| SoC | Society of Cartographers |
| SOCC | Satellite Operations Control Center (NOAA) |
| SODEMI | Societe pour le Developpement Minier de la Cote d'Ivoire |
| SOFRATOP | Societe francais de travaux topographique et photogrammetriques |
| Soft AT | Softcopy Aerotriangulation |
| SOHO | Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Satellite |
| SOI | Survey of India |
| SOLE | Spatial On-Line Editor (ESRI) |
| SOLSE | Shuttle Ozone Limb Scanning Experiment |
| SOM | Space Oblique Mercator (projection); Spatial Object Manager (Smallworld) |
| SONAR | Sound Navigation and Ranging |
| SONATRACH | Societe Nationale de Recherches de l'Explorations Mini`eres (Algeria) |
| SOP | Secretaria de Obras Publicas |
| SORCE | Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment |
| SORSA | Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Assn. |
| SOS | Survey Office System |
| SOWR | Sensitivity of Water Resources (global change hydrology program) |
| SP | Survey of Pakistan |
| SPANS | Spatial Analysis System (TYDAC Technologies) |
| SPARRSO | Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation |
| SPB | Space Planning Bureau |
| SPC | State Plane Coordinate (system or systems) |
| SPC RE | Survey Production Centre, Royal Engineers (U.K.) |
| SPCS | State Plane Coordinate System(s) |
| SPDK | Sistem Pengurusan Data Kadaster (Malaysia) |
| SPEK | Sistem Pengeshan Kualiti = Quality Assurance System (SPDK) |
| SPID | Sistem Pengurusan Imej Dokumen = Certified Plan Image Database (SPDK) |
| SPIE | Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers |
| SPIN-2 | Space Information-2 Meter Data (Russian Space Agency) |
| SPIRE | Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploration |
| SPO | State Planning Office |
| SPOEM | Special Projects Office for Exploitation Modernization (USDMA) |
| SPOT | Syst`eme Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre (satellite) |
| SPOTS | Standard Programming of Telemetry Systems |
| SPRI | Scott Polar Research Inst. (Univ. of Cambridge) |
| SPS | Stichting Planbureau Suriname; Standard Positioning Service |
| SP/S | Source Preparation Segment |
| SPT | Strathclyde Passenger Transport |
| SPVEA | Superintendencia do Plano de Valorizac o Economica da Amazonia (Brazil) |
| SQL | Standard Query Language; Structured Query language |
| SRBC | Susquehanna River Basin Commission |
| SRES OP | Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process |
| SRF | Systematic reconnaissance flights |
| SRI | Spatial Reference Information |
| SRMB | Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch (British Columbia) |
| SROM | Spectro-radiometer for Ocean Monitoring |
| SRTM | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
| SRV | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| SSA | Seismological Society of America |
| SSCC | SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston |
| SSD | Singapore Survey Dept.; Sudan Survey Dept. |
| SSDAN | Social Science Data Analysis Network (University of Michigan) |
| SSE | South Southeast |
| SSEW | Soil Survey of England and Wales |
| SSEOP | Space Shuttle Observation Project (U.S.) |
| SSGN | Service Geographique National (Senegal) |
| SSI | Surface Systems Inc. |
| S-SIG | Sureying Special Interest Group |
| SSK | Stereo Softcopy Kit (Intergraph Corp.) |
| SSM/I | Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
| SSMC | Silver Spring Metro Center (NOAA) |
| SSMS | Spatial statistical modeling service |
| SSS | Side Scan SONAR; Simple "Sight" Survey (Carlson Software) |
| SSSA | Soil Science Society of America |
| SST | Sea-surface temperature |
| SSU | Strategic Services Unit (U.S. War Dept.); Secondary sampling unit; Stratospheric Sounding Unit |
| SSURGO | Soil Survey Geographical (database) |
| SSW | South Southwest |
| SS1 | SpaceShipOne |
| St | Saint; Street |
| STAAC | Space and Terrestrial Applications Advisory Committee |
| STAC | State Technology Applications Centers (NASA) |
| StatsCan | Statistics Canada |
| STATSGO | State Geographic Database (U.S.) |
| Stb. | Steinbruch = stone quarry |
| STC | Standard Telephones & Cables PLC; Stanford Technology Corp. |
| STCB | Survey Technician Certification Board (ASCM) |
| Stde. | Stunde = hour |
| STEPS | Spatial Templates for Emergency Preparedness (PlanGraphics, Inc.) |
| STDM | Social Tenure Domain Model; Stadium |
| STDN | Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network |
| STF | Summary tape file |
| STIA | Spatial Technologies Industry Association |
| STIBOKA | Stichting voor Bodemkartering (Netherlands) |
| STINASU | Stichting Natuurbescherming Suriname |
| STK | Satellite Tool Kit (Analytical Graphics, Inc.); Surveyor's Tool Kit |
| STM | Stream; System test mode; Solid Terrain Modeling; Solid Terrain Modeling, Inc. |
| STMA | Anabranch |
| STMD | Distributary |
| STMI | Intermittent stream |
| STMM | Stream mouth |
| Str. | Strasse = street |
| STRT | Strait |
| STV | Service Topographique (Vanuatu) |
| SU | Standard update; Stanford University; Syracuse University |
| SUC | Society of University Cartographers |
| SUDENE | Superintendencia de Desenvolvimento do Nordeste (Brazil) |
| SuDocs | Superintendent of Documents (U.S.) |
| SUDSS | Spatial understanding and decision support system |
| SUE | Surface utility engineering |
| SUGK | Slovak Office of Geodesy and Cartography |
| SUM | Standard update, monoscopic |
| SUNI | Stockholms Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen |
| SUNMAP | Dept. of Natural Resources (Queensland) and its earlier names: Dept. of Lands; Division of Information, Dept. of Lands; Dept. of Geographic Information; Dept. of Mapping and Surveying |
| Sur. | Surveyor |
| SUS | Standard update, stereoscopic |
| SV | Space vehicle |
| SVC | Scalable Vector Graphics |
| SVD | Singular Value Decomposition |
| SVF | Simple Vector Format |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
| S-VGA | Super Video Graphics Array |
| SVP | Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
| SW | Software; Southwest; Surface water |
| S/W | Software |
| SWA | Super-wide angle |
| SWAB | Southwest Alluvial Basins (project, NM) |
| SWDC | Southwestern Colorado Data Center |
| SWEMP | Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping program |
| SWG | Standards working group |
| SWIR | Short wave infrared |
| SWMD | Selected World Mineral Deposits |
| SWOOP | South Western Ontario Orthophotography Project |
| S.W.P.A. | Southwest Pacific Area (Allied Forces) |
| SYCI | System Corrected Images |
| SYMAP | Synagraphic Mapping System |
| SzBPK | Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz |
| S3 | Satellite Security Systems |
T
Return to Index
| t | Tonne |
| t. | tief = deep |
| T | Township; photogrammetric elevation (measured with stereo plotter); Tramontana, Tramuntana, Triones = North |
| T. | Tiefe = depth |
| TAC | Terrain Analysis Center (USCE); Technology Accreditation Commission (ABET); Topcon America Corporation |
| TACA | Transportes Aereos Centro Americanos |
| TACAN | Tactical Air Navigation |
| TACC | Texas Advanced Computing Center |
| TAG | Tabular and Graphic (system); Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse |
| TAPS | Tennessee Assn. of Professional Surveyors |
| TAR | Tape address register |
| TARA | The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives (UK) |
| TARGA | TrueVision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter |
| TASC | Transportation Administration Service Center (US); The Analytic Sciences Corp. |
| TASMAP | Tasmania Dept. of Lands |
| TAVO | Tubinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients |
| TAZ | Traffic analysis zone |
| TBD | To be determined |
| TBM | Temporary bench mark; Tunnel boring machine |
| TBPLS | Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying |
| TBV | To be verified |
| T.C.H. | Thomas Campanius Holm |
| TCI | Touring Club Italiano |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| TCT | Trans-continental Traverse (U.S.) |
| TD | Thematic data; Topographic Div. (USGS); Total depth; Topographische dienst (Netherlands) |
| TdA | Teledeteccion Aplicada, S.A. |
| TDC | Tennessee Dept. of Conservation |
| TDD | Telecommunications Device for the Deaf |
| TDM | Tasmania Dept. of Mines |
| TDN | Topografische Dienst Nederland |
| TDOA | Time Difference of Arrival |
| TDOT | Tennessee Dept. of Transportation |
| TDR | Time Domain Reflectrometry |
| TDRSS | Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (US DoD) |
| TDS | Tripod Data Systems |
| TDSA | Tribal designated statistical area |
| TDT | Terrestrial Dynamic Time |
| T.E. | Topographical Engineer |
| TEC | The Engineering Center; Topographic Engineering Center (USCE) |
| TEFIS | Transmission Electrical Facilities Information System (Santee Cooper) |
| TEKPLOT | Tektronix Plotting (DLG software) |
| TELEX | Teletypewriter Exchange |
| TELNET | Telecommunications Network |
| Tenn. | Tennessee |
| TERCOM | Terrain Contour Matching |
| TERSS | Tasmanian Earth Resource Satellite Station |
| TES | Terrain Edit System |
| TESC | Tile enclosed elevator with self-closing traps |
| TESEMPS | Terrain Edit Station/Elevation Matrix Processing System |
| Tex. | Texas |
| TEXPLOT | Tektronix Plotting (DLG software) |
| TFC | Forestry Commission Tasmania |
| TFEL | Thin-film electrolumiscent |
| TFH | Technische Fachhoschule (Berlin) |
| TGO | Trimble Geomatics Office |
| TGS | Technicolor Graphic Services, Inc. |
| T.H. | Triple hydrant; Territory of Hawaii |
| THNOC | The Historic New Orleans Collection |
| THSOA | The Hydrographic Society of America |
| TI | Technical instruction; Technical investigation; Texas Instruments; Topographic instruction |
| TIB | Tabula Imperii Byzantini |
| TIC | Technical Information Center (NASA) |
| .TIF | Tagged Image File |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
| TIGA | Texas Instruments Graphics Architecture |
| TIGER | Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing |
| TIGRIS | Topologically Integrated Geographic Resource and Information System |
| TIMS | Therms Infrared Multispectral Scanner |
| TIN | Triangulated irregular network |
| TIR | Thermal infrared ; Tabula Imperii Romani |
| TIROS | Television Infrared Observation Satellite |
| TIRS | Thermal Infrared Scanner |
| TJSA | Tribal jurisdiction statistical area |
| TLI | Terrain Line Interpolation |
| TLID | TIGER/Line Record Identification Number |
| TLM | Telemetry; Topographic Line Map |
| TLSD | Tuvalu Lands and Survey Div. |
| TLUI | Traditional Land Use Inventory (NSB GIS Div.) |
| TLV | Threshold limit value |
| TM | Thematic Mapper (Landsat); Timber management |
| TMAC | Technical Mapping Advisory Council (US) |
| TMC | The Map Collector (journal); Thinking Machines Corp. |
| TMDL | Total maximum daily load |
| TMI | Topographic Mapping Initiatives (NR Can) |
| TMLS | Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources (Tonga); Terrestrial mobile LIDAR scanning |
| TMS | Thematic Mapper Simulator; Topographic Mapping Service (Geomatics Canada); TIGER Mapping Service |
| TN | Tennessee |
| TNA | The National Archives (UK) |
| TNP | Terrain Navigator Pro (Maptech); Transportation Network Profile |
| TNRIS | Texas Natural Resources Information System |
| TNS | TopoNet Server (Maps a la carte, Inc.) |
| T-O | Orbis terrarum (Medieval European map type: Nile and Don rivers and Mediterranean form a "T" surrounded by ocean in the shape of an "O") |
| TOF | Time of flight |
| TOMS | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (NASA) |
| TOPOCOM | U.S. Army Topographic Command |
| TOPS | Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System |
| TOSCA | The Oxford Seminars in Cartography |
| Tp. | Township |
| TPC | Tactical Pilotage Chart; Traverse PC |
| TPM | Theodolitprufmachine |
| TPS | Thin-plate splines; Topcon Positioning Systems |
| TP&W | Texas Parks and Wildlife |
| TQ | Topographic quadrangle |
| TR | Township and Range (public land survey) |
| TRACE | Topographic Resources and Cost Evaluation (system) |
| Trafo | Transformator |
| TRB | Technical Review Board (U.S.) |
| TRE | Topaz Ranch Estates (Nevada) |
| TRF | Terrestrial Reference Frame |
| Trgf. | Tragfahigkeit = Carrying capacity |
| TRI | Toxic Release Inventory (USEPA) |
| TRIM | Terrain Resource Information Management (program, British Columbia) |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| T/RS | Township/Range System |
| TRS | Trimble Reference Station |
| TRSC | Thailand Remote Sensing Center |
| TS | Top secret |
| TSA | Texas Surveyors Association |
| TSARP | Tropical Storm Allison Recovery Project |
| TSC1 | Trimble System Controller |
| TSD | Treatment, storage and disposal sites |
| TSGS | Topographic Section, General Staff (Gt. Brit.) |
| TSI | Teqnical Services Inc. |
| TSIS | Total Solar Irradiance Sensor |
| TSOP | The Society for Organic Petrology |
| TSPS | Texas Society of Professional Surveyors |
| TSS2 | TurboSurvey Software 2 |
| TT | TT Maps & Publications Private Ltd. |
| TTD | Tactical terrain data |
| TTPI | Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands |
| TTY | Teletype |
| TUG | Triuniversity Group |
| TUNS | Technical University of Nova Scotia |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| T.V.K. & Co | Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. |
| TVP | Topological vector profile |
| TWA | Time-weighted average |
| Twp. | Township |
| TWRA | Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency |
| TWRI | Techniques of Water Resources Investigations (USGS) |
| TX | Texas |
| TxDAPA | Texas Digital Aerial Photo Archive |
| TxDOT | Texas Dept. of Transportation |
| TxMAP | Texas Mapping Project |
| TXRTK | Texas RTK Network |
U
Return to Index
| U | Unclassified |
| UA | Urban area (Canada); Urbanized area |
| UAM | United Aerial Mapping; Urban Airshed Model (USEPA) |
| UART | Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter |
| UAS | Urban Area Studies |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UC | Univ. of California |
| UCAID | Univ. Corp. for Advanced Internet Development |
| UCB | Univ. of California, Berkeley |
| UCD | Univ. of California, Davis |
| UCDL | University of California Digital Library |
| UCGIS | Univ. Consortium for GIS |
| UCLGES | Unified Cartographic Line Graph Encoding System |
| UCLS | Utah Council of Land Surveyors |
| UCPTE | Union for the Coordination of the Production and Transport of Electric Power |
| UCS | Uniform Color Space |
| UCSB | Univ. of California, Santa Barbara |
| UDA | User data area |
| UDB | Universal Data Base |
| UDC | Universal Decimal Classification |
| UDF | Universal Data Format |
| uDIG | User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS |
| UDNR | Utah Dept. of Natural Resources |
| UDOGM | Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining |
| UDP | User Datagram Protocol |
| UDS | Urban Data Solutions |
| UDSL | Utah Division of State Lands |
| UDWR | Utah Division of Water Resources |
| UE | Useful elevation |
| UGB | Urban growth boundary |
| UGC | Utility Graphics Consultants |
| UGID | Universal Geographic Identity |
| UGKK SR | Urad geodezie, kartografie e katastra Slovenskej republiky |
| UGS | Utah Geological Survey |
| UGMS | Utah Geological and Mineral Survey |
| UGSMD | Uganda Geological Survey and Mines Dept. |
| UHF | Ultra-high frequency |
| UHGP | Upland Habitat Goals Project (San Francisco Bay Area, California) |
| UHMS | Urban Hydrology Monitoring System |
| UID | Unique identifier; User identification |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| U.K. | United Kingdom |
| UKMO | United Kingdom Meteorological Office |
| ULCC | Utility Location and Coordination Council |
| ULSD | Uganda Dept. of Lands and Surveys |
| UMAC | Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium |
| UML | Unified Modeling Language |
| UMS | Universal Map Sharing (Traverse PC) |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAM | Universidad Nacional de Mexico |
| UNCLA | Unclassified |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| UNECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNGEGN | United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names |
| UNGIWG | United Nations Geographical Information Working Group |
| UNIMACE | Universal Automated Mapping Compilation Equipment |
| Univ. | University |
| UNR | Univ. of Nevada, Reno |
| UP | Urban planning |
| UPADI | Union Panamerica de Asociaciones de Ingenieros |
| UPC | Universal Product Code |
| UPPS | Universal Projection Plotting System |
| UPRN | Unique Property Reference Number |
| UPRR | Union Pacific Railroad |
| UPS | Universal polar stereographic |
| UQAM | Universite du Quebec a Montreal |
| UR | Universal Rectifier |
| U/R | Urban/rural |
| URISA | Urban and Regional Information Systems Assn. |
| URUID | Unrectified image data |
| URL | Universal Resource Locator; Uniform Resource Locator |
| URPI | Unit for Retail Planning Information Ltd. |
| URS | Unrestricted random sample |
| U.S. | United States of America |
| USA | United States of America; United States Army |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USACERL | U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories |
| USAETL | United States Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USAP | United States Antarctic Program |
| USARP | United States Antarctic Research Program |
| USB | Underwriters' Survey Bureau; Unified S-Band |
| USBC | United States Bureau of the Census |
| USC | Unified soil classification |
| USC&GS | United States Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| USCE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard |
| USCS | United States Customary System |
| USD | Univ. of South Dakota |
| USDA | United States Dept. of Agriculture |
| USDC | United States Dept. of Commerce |
| USDI | United States Dept. of the Interior |
| USDMA | United States Defense Mapping Agency |
| USDOT | U.S. Dept. of Transportation |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| USFS | United States Forest Service |
| USFWS | United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGCRP | U.S. Global Change Research Program |
| USGIF | United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation |
| USGK | Utstredni Sprava Geodezie a Kartografie (Czechoslovakia) |
| USGPO | United States Government Printing Office |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| USGS-MP | United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park |
| USLS | United States Lake Survey |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| USNBS | United States National Biological Survey |
| USN | United States Navy |
| USNCHC | United States National Committee on Scientific Hydrology |
| USNC-ICA | United States National Committee for the ICA |
| USNG | US National Grid |
| USNO | United States Naval Observatory |
| USNOS | United States National Ocean Service (or Survey) |
| USPLSS | U.S. Public Land Survey System |
| USPS | United States Postal Service |
| USR | Universal Space Rectangular (coordinate system) |
| USSCS | United States Soil Conservation Service |
| UST | Underground storage tank |
| UT | Unit terminator; Universal Time; Unorganized territory; Utah |
| UTA | University of Texas at Arlington |
| UTC | Universal Time Coordinated; Urban Traffic Control System (Siemans) |
| UTM | Universal transverse Mercator |
| UTMS | Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems |
| U-TDOA | Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (TruePosition) |
| UUG | Utstredni Ustav Geologicky |
| UURI | Univ. of Utah Research Inst. |
| UV | Ultraviolet; Unit value |
| UW | Univ. of Washington |
| UWM | Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison |
| UVMap | Urban VMap |
| UWCL | Univ. of Wisconsin Cartography Laboratory (Madison) |
| U-2 | A high altitude remote sensing aircraft |
V
Return to Index
| V | Volt |
| Va. | Virginia |
| VA | Visual accumulation; Virginia |
| VABM | Vertical angle elevation bench mark |
| VACP | Virtual active control point |
| VAP | Valley Air Photos (Firm) |
| VARIS | Virginia Resources Information System |
| VAS | Virginia Assn. of Surveyors |
| VBA | Visual Basic for Applications |
| Vbf | Verschriebebahnhof |
| VCGI | Vermont Center for Geographic Information |
| VCR | Video cassette recorder |
| VDMR | Virginia Div. of Mineral Resources |
| VDOT | Virginia Dept. of Transportation |
| VDSL | Very-high speed Digital Subscriber Line |
| VDT | Video display terminal |
| VDU | Video display unit |
| VEDIS | Vallejo [Calif.] Economic Development Information System |
| VegCAMP | Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program (California Dept. of Fish and Game) |
| VEN'D | Brick veneered building |
| VFC | Vector Function Chainer |
| VFR | Visual Flight Rules; Vector Relational Format |
| VGA | Video Graphics Array; Video Graphics Adaptor |
| VGI | Volunteered geographic information |
| VGS | Vermont Geological Survey |
| V/H | Vertical over height ratio |
| VHB | Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. |
| VHF | Very high frequency |
| VHP | Volcano Hazards Program (USGS) |
| VHRR | Very high resolution radiometer |
| VI | Virgin Islands |
| VIAF | Virtual International Authority File |
| VICAR | Video Information Communication and Retrieval (JPL software) |
| VICMAP | Victoria Dept. of Crown Lands and Survey |
| VIIRS | Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite |
| vill. | Village |
| VIMSARS | Video image map storage and retrieval system |
| ViSC | Visualization in Scientific Computing |
| VISG | Visual Information Services Group |
| VISION | Visual Information System Integrating our Neighborhoods (Columbus, Ohio) |
| VITD | VPF Interim Terrain Data |
| VITec | Visual Information Technologies Inc. |
| VLBI | Very long baseline interferometric (or interferometry) |
| VLC | Volcano |
| VLS | Virtual Learning Systems, Inc. |
| VLSI | Very large scale integration |
| VMap | Vector Smart Map |
| VML | Vector Markup Language |
| VMR | Vertical Mapping Resources, Inc. |
| VMS | Voyage Management Sytem |
| VNIR | Visual and near-infrared |
| VNP | Voyageurs National Park |
| Vobf | Vorbahnhof |
| VOC | Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie |
| V.P. | Vertical pipe or stand pipe |
| VP | Vector program |
| VPASS | Video Processor and Sync Separator |
| VPF | Vector Product Format |
| VPFPS | Vector Product Format Production System (Intergraph Federal) |
| VPF/PS | Vector Product Format/Production System (Intergraph Federal) |
| VPN | Virtual private network |
| VRA | Visual Resources Assn. |
| VRML | Virtual Reality Mock-up (or Mark-up or Modeling) Language |
| VRP | Vector-to-raster processor |
| VRS | Virtual Reference Station (Trimble) |
| VSEGEI | Vsesoiuznnoi Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii Geologicheskii Institut (USSR) |
| VSLS | Vermont Society of Land Surveyors |
| Vt. | Vermont |
| VT | Vermont |
| VTA | Valley Transportation Authority (San Jose, Calif.) |
| VTD | Voting district |
| VTIR | Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer |
| VTM | Vegetation Type Map |
| VTR | Video tape recording |
| VTRAK | Vector-to-raster conversion software |
| Vtrans | Vermont Agency of Transportation |
| VVK | Verwaltung Vermessungs und Kartenwesen |
| VVT | Value Valid Table |
W
Return to Index
| w | westlich |
| W | Westen |
| WA | Washington (State) |
| WAAS | Wide area augmentation system (or sites) |
| WAC | World Aeronautical Chart |
| WACMA | Western Australia Central Map Agency |
| WADGPS | Wide Area Differential GPS |
| WADM | Dept. of Mines Western Australia |
| WAG | Wireless Assisted GPS |
| WAGAP | Washington Gap Analysis Program |
| WAGDA | Washington State Geospatial Data Archive |
| WAGN | West Antarctic GPS Network |
| WAIS | Wide-area Information Server (or Service or System); Western Antarctic Ice Sheet |
| WALIS | Western Australian Land Information System |
| WAM | Western Air Maps, Inc. |
| WAML | Western Assn. of Map Libraries |
| WAML IB | Western Assn. of Map Libraries Information Bulletin |
| WAN | Wide area network |
| WAP | Wireless Application Protocol |
| WASP | Wildfire Airborne Sensor Program |
| Wash. | Washington (State) |
| WAT | Weighted-average toxicity |
| WB | World Bank |
| WBVT | Wide-band video tape |
| WBVTR | Wide-band video tape recorder |
| WCB | Workshop Certification Board (ACSM) |
| WCCS | Washington Council of County Surveyors; Wisconsin County Coordinate System |
| WCMC | World Conservation Monitoring Center |
| WCRP | World Climate Research Program |
| WCS | World Construction Set (Questar Productions); World coordinate system |
| WCWMC | William C. Wonders Map Collection (Univ. of Alberta) |
| WC2N | Western Canadian Cryospheric Network |
| WD | Working Draft (ISO) |
| WDB I | World Data Bank I (US CIA) |
| WDB II | World Data Base II |
| WDDES | World Digital Database for Environmental Science (ICA/IGU) |
| WDG | Washington Dept. of Game |
| WDGER | Washington Div. of Geology and Earth Resources |
| Wdlg. | Widerlager |
| W.D.M.C. | War Dept. Map Collection (U.S.) |
| WDMS | Watershed Data Management System |
| WDNR | Washington Dept. of Natural Resources |
| WDOE | Washington Dept. of Ecology |
| WEF | Water Environment Federation |
| WELU | Western Energy Land Use Team |
| WESTFED | Western Federation of Professional Surveyors |
| WET | Wetland Evaluation Technique |
| WFPLS | Western Federation of Professional Land Surveyors |
| WFPS | Western Federation of Professional Surveyors |
| W.G. | Wired glass skylight |
| WGMG | Working Group on Map Generalization (ICA) |
| WGNHS | Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey |
| WGS | World Geodetic System; World Geodetic Survey |
| WGS 84 | World Geodetic System of 1984 |
| W.H. | Wirtshaus = public house, inn; William Harrison |
| WI | Wisconsin |
| WIC | Westindische Compagnie |
| WIMS | Weather Information Management System |
| Wis. | Wisconsin |
| WIS | Watershed Information System |
| WISCLAND | Wisconsin Initiative for Statewide Cooperation on Landscape Analysis and Data |
| WISE | Women Investigating Sciences and Environment (Univ. of Nebraska) |
| WLA | William Lettis and Associates, Inc. |
| WLIA | Wisconsin Land Information Society |
| WLS | Weighted least squares |
| WLU | World Land-use Survey |
| WMATA | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
| WMC | Western Mapping Center (USGS) |
| WMD | Water management district |
| WME | Window to My Environment (US EPA) |
| .WMF | Windows Metafile Format |
| WML | Wireless markup language |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization; Wilkinson Microwave Anistropy Probe |
| WMP | World Mapping Project |
| WMS | Washington (D.C.) Map Society; Web Map Server; Web Map Service (Open GIS Consortium); Work Management System; World Mapping System; World Market Strategies Ltd. |
| WNRO | GPS Week Number Roll Over |
| WNW | West northwest |
| WO | Welsh Office |
| WOM | Web Object Management |
| WORM | Write Once, Read Many |
| WP | Word processor |
| WPCF | Water Pollution Control Federation |
| .WPG | WordPerfect Graphic format |
| WPU | Wilayah Pembangunan Utama |
| WQM | Water quality monitor |
| WR | Water Resources; Western Region |
| WRAP | Western Regional Applications Program (NASA) |
| WRCB | Water Resources Control Board |
| WRD | Water Resources Div. (USGS); Water Resources Dept. |
| WRI | Water Resources Investigations (USGS) |
| WRIDS | Wildland Resources Information Display System |
| WRIP | Water Resources Information Project (Ontario) |
| WRIR | Water Resources Investigation Report |
| WRIS | Wildland Resources Information System |
| WRRI | Water Resources Research Inst. |
| WRS | World Reference System (Landsat) |
| WRSIC | Water Resources Scientific Information Center |
| WS | Work station |
| WSC | Water Survey of Canada |
| WSDOT | Washington State Dept. of Transportation |
| WSG | Wine Specialty Group (Assn. of American Geographers) |
| WSGS | Wyoming State Geological Survey |
| WSLD | Western Samoa Lands and Survey Dept. |
| WSLS | Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors |
| WSM | Widener Surveying and Mapping (Firm) |
| WSP | Water-supply Paper |
| WSPS | Western Society of Professional Surveyors |
| WSRN | Washington State Reference Network |
| WSU | Washington State Univ. |
| WSUCSC | Washington State Univ. Computing Service Center |
| WSW | West southwest |
| W.T. | Water tank; Washington Territory |
| WTCD | Deltaic watercourse |
| WT&H | Woodward, Tiernan & Hale |
| WTUSM | Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping |
| WV | West Virginia |
| W. Va | West Virginia |
| WVALS | West Virginia Assn. of Land Surveyors |
| WVGES | West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey |
| WVS | World Vector Shoreline (USDMA) |
| WVS+ | World Vector Shoreline Plus |
| WVSPLUS | World Vector Shoreline Plus |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| WY | Wyoming |
| Wyo. | Wyoming |
| WYSDOT | Washington State Dept. of Transportation |
| WYSIWYG | What you see is what you get |
| W3C | World Wide Web Consortium |
X Y Z
Return to Index
| XDS | eXternal Data Source |
| XMI | XML Metadata Interchange |
| XML | eXtensible Markup Language |
| XWD | X-Window screen dump |
| XMP | Extensible Metadata Platform (format) |
| YK | Yukon |
| Y2K | Year 2000 (problem) |
| ZCTA | ZipCode Tabulation Area |
| ZGI | Zentrales Geologisches Institut (German Democratic Republic) |
| ZGS | Zambia Geological Survey Dept. |
| ZIMAS | Zoning Information and Map Access System (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| ZLI | Zia Landform Images |
| ZMA | Zone Map Automation (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| ZPS | ZEH plotting software |
| ZRC | Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center (Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti) |
| ZS | Zambia Survey Dept. |
| ZSE | Zaenkert Surveying Essentials (Firm) |
| ZTS | Zoom Transfer Scope |
Numbers
Return to Index
| 3D | Three-dimensional |
Other Sources
- Search the abbreviation or acronym in your favorite Web search engine or online library catalog
- All-Acronyms.com
- BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms
- ComputerUser High-Tech Dictionary
- OneLook Dictionaries
- Acronym Finder
- GIS Dictionary - List of Acronyms / AGI
- Orbis Latinus / Dr. J. G. Th. Graesse (1909) Click on "Abkürzungen"
- An English Translation of Words Abbreviated in Ritter's Lexikon. Compiled by Robert P. Loeffler and Nancy Kandoian
- Globemaster Dictionary
Acknowledgements
The compilers wish to thank Bryon D.H. Ellingson for the approximately 1,100 names we were allowed to incorporate into this dictionary from his unpublished Acronyms & Abbreviations (6th ed., 1995), and for contributions by Chris Bledsoe, Richard A. Buggelli, John Creaser, Peter De Vincentis, Alice Drew, Rodney Evans Garrett, Ryan Goodpasture, Cristina Gouveia, Linda Grover, Peter Grueschow, Jim Guthrie, Greg Hajic, Alex Irving, David Irving, Ron Jones, Khaleel Khan, Doug Kibbe, Bob Kilmer, Mark Leitzell, Rick Lorenz, Mike Molloy, Philip Mulholland, Kevin J. Newland, Mike Oimoen, Uriel Perez, Abram Pointet, Beverly Ryan, Steve Scamp, Rich Soares, Joan Steber, J Steele, Cristina P. Tanzi, Zoltan Vekerdy, David R.W. Wadsworth, Bob Ware, M.G. Quill Williams and Alberta Wood. NASA-Ames Research Center Technology Applications Branch's Acronyms Reference Guide (1981) was an invaluable source.
Return to
Earth Sciences & Map
Library's Home Page
![[ HELP/FAQ
]](/Images/helpgr.gif)
![[
CATALOGS ]](/Images/catalogsgr.gif)
![[
COMMENTS ]](/Images/commentsgr.gif)
![[ HOME ]](/Images/homegr.gif)
Copyright © 2011 The Regents of the University
of California.
All rights reserved.
Document maintained on server by: Earth Sciences & Map
Library
1996. Last updated 1/10/2011.
gr.gif" ALT="[
CATALOGS ]">
Copyright © 2011 The Regents of the University
of California.
All rights reserved.
Document maintained on server by:
All rights reserved.
Document maintained on server by: Earth Sciences & Map Library
1996. Last updated 1/10/2011.
All rights reserved.
Document maintained on server by: