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Appendix F
Acronyms and Abbreviations


ABA

American Bar Association

ACM

Association for Computer Machinery

AFGE

American Federation of Government Employees

AP

Associated Press

APA

Administrative Procedure Act

ARCIMS

Internet Map Server for the ESRI (see below) Arcinfo product

ASCAP

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers


B2B

Business-to-Business

B2G

Business-to-Government

BLM

Bureau of Land Management

BMI

Broadcast Music, Inc.

BTS

Bureau of Transportation Statistics


CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CRADA

cooperative research and development agreement

CSC

Coastal Services Center (NOAA)


DAR

Defense Acquisition Regulations

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DEM

digital elevation model

DMCA

Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

DoD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DOT

Department of Transportation

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: List of Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. Licensing Geographic Data and Services. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11079.
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DQA

Data Quality Act

DRM

digital rights management


EIA

Energy Information Administration

EOSAT

Earth Observation Satellite Company

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESRI

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.

EU

European Union


FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

FAIR

Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulations

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FDL

Federal Depository Libraries

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FGDC

Federal Geographic Data Committee

FHA

Federal Highway Administration

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FRA

Federal Railroad Administration


GDT

Geographic Data Technologies, Inc.

GIS

Geographic Information System

GPO

U.S. Government Printing Office

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSA

General Services Administration


HUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development


INS

International News Service

ISO

International Organization for Standardization


MAF

Master Address File

MAPPS

Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors

MOU

memorandum of understanding


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCCUSL

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws

NCLIS

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

NEXTMap

name of product offered by Intermap Technologies, Inc.

NGA National

Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly NIMA)

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NHTSA

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NIMA

National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now NGA)

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRC

National Research Council

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: List of Acronyms." National Research Council. 2004. Licensing Geographic Data and Services. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11079.
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NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

NRO

National Reconnaissance Office


ODC

Open Data Consortium

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OGC

Open GIS Consortium, Inc. [Open Geospatial Consortium as of September 2004]

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

ORBIMAGE

Orbital Image Corp.


QE2

Queen Elizabeth II (Ocean Liner)


RAM

Random access memory


SeaWiFS

Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor

SPOT

Systeme Probatoire Pour l’Observation de la Terre


TIGER

Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system


UCC

Uniformed Commercial Code

UCITA

Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

URISA

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association

USC

United States Code

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

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Geographic data are used in all sectors of society to support a huge range of applications ranging from emergency response to land-use planning to location-based services. In the past, government agencies typically acquired ownership of such data from private-sector and other data producers and distributed these data without restriction. Licensing--whereby the producer may restrict redistribution--has emerged as an alternative business model that agencies must now consider among a suite of procurement options. The report highlights licensing perspectives and experiences of major stakeholder groups and examines the pros and cons of licensing. It concludes that licensing may be a viable option in some instances and advises agencies on how to best serve societal interests.

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