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Toward a Coordinated Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Nation
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard
FLIP
Flight Information Product (DMA product)
FSA
Food Security Act
FWS
Fish and Wildlife Service, DOI
GBF/DIME
Geographic Base File/Dual Independent Map Encoding File
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
GLIS
Global Land Information System
GNIS
Geographic Names Information System
GPS
Global Positioning System
GRIDS
Geographic Resources Information and Data System (EPA system)
ISDN
Integrated-services networks
ISO
International Standards Organization
IVHS
Intelligent Vehicle-Highway System
LRMP
Land Records Management Program, North Carolina
MARC
MAchine Readable Cataloguing, Library of Congress
MC&G
Mapping, charting, and geodetic data (DMA)
MSC
Mapping Science Committee
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASS
National Agricultural Statistical Service
NAVD 88
North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NAWQA
National Water-Quality Assessment (USGS program)
NCGIA
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
NDCDB
National Digital Cartographic Data Base
NGDS
National Geographic Data System
NGRS
National Geodetic Reference System
NGS
National Geodetic Survey, NOAA
NISO
National Information Standards Organization
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
NMD
National Mapping Division, USGS
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce