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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2003. Using Remote Sensing in State and Local Government: Information for Management and Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10648.
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Acronyms


ASPRS

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

AVHRR

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer


BAA

Broad Agency [Research] Announcement

BASIC

Boulder Area Spatial Information Cooperative


DEM

digital elevation model

DFIRM

Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps

DNR

Department of Natural Resources


EOSDIS

Earth Observing System Data and Information System

EROS

Earth Resources Observation Systems


FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act


GIS

geographic information system

GPS

Global Positioning System


IRS

Indian Remote Sensing Satellite


lidar

light detection and ranging


MODIS

Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2003. Using Remote Sensing in State and Local Government: Information for Management and Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10648.
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NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCDC

National Climate Data Center

NESDIS

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPOESS

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NRC

National Research Council


RESAC

Regional Earth Science Applications Center

RFP

request for proposal

RLIS

Regional Land Information System


SPOT

Système pour l’Observation de la Terre


USGS

United States Geological Survey


WAGIC

Washington State Geographic Information Council

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2003. Using Remote Sensing in State and Local Government: Information for Management and Decision Making. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10648.
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Advances in spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution over the past several years have greatly expanded opportunities for practical applications of remote sensing data. To explore the implications of these possibilities, the NRC held a series of three workshops on different facets of remote sensing applications. This report is on the third of those workshops: the development and use of remote sensing data and information by state, local, and regional governments.

The steering committee was asked to examine the opportunities, potential challenges, and policy issues associated with the application of remote sensing data in the public sector including approaches and procedures for government agencies to use such data and barriers to development and use of the applications. The resulting report is addressed primarily to non-technical managers and decisions makers at all levels of government below the federal level.

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