ACRONYMS
ACS
Automated Cartographic System (USGS modernization program)
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ASCS
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, USDA
BLM
Bureau of Land Management, DOI
COE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
DCW
Digital Chart of the World (DMA product)
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DFAD
Digital Feature Analysis Data (DMA product)
DIGEST
Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard
DLG
Digital Line Graph
DMA
Defense Mapping Agency
DOI
Department of the Interior
DOT
Department of Transportation
DPS
Digital Production System (DMA's modernization program)
DTED
Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DMA product)
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ESDD
Earth Science Data Directory
EWRA
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. DOT
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FGCC
Federal Geodetic Coordinating Committee
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FHWA
Federal Highway Administration, U.S. DOT
FICCDC
Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee on Digital Cartography
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
NREN
National Research and Education Network
NRI
National Resource Inventory, SCS
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSF
National Science Foundation
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
PLSS
Public Land Survey System (BLM)
PSU
Primary Sampling Units (SCS's NRI)
QA/QC
Quality assurance and quality control
SCS
Soil Conservation Service, USDA
SCSD
Street Centerline Spatial Data Bases
SDTS
Spatial Data Transfer Standard
TIGER
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system (Bureau of the Census product)
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
URISA
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
USFS
U.S. Forest Service, USDA
USGS
United States Geological Survey, DOI
USPS
U.S. Postal Service
VPF
Vector Product Format
WAIS
Wide Area Information Servers
