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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Toward a Coordinated Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Nation Weaving a National Map:Review of the U.S. Geological Survey Concept of The National Map Other Related Titles A Data Foundation For The National Spatial Data Infrastructure (1995) Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "ACRONYMS." A Data Foundation For The National Spatial Data Infrastructure. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1995. Please select a format: Page 45   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. ACRONYMS ASCS Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service BAS Boundary and Annexation Survey, Bureau of the Census CD-ROM Compact disk, read only memory DEM Digital Elevation Matrix DOQ Digital Orthophoto Quarterquad DTM Digital Terrain Model EPA Environmental Protection Agency FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard GIS Geographic Information Systems GPS Global Positioning System MSC Mapping Science Committee NAD-83 North American Datum of 1983 NAVD-88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NGS National Geodetic Survey, NOAA NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce NRI National Resource Inventory NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure OMB Office of Management and Budget PLSS Public Land Survey System SCS Soil Conservation Service. USDA SCSD Street Centerline Spatial Data Bases SDTS Spatial Data Transfer Standard TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system TIN Triangulated Irregular Network USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USGS U.S. Geological Survey, DOI Page 45 FRONT MATTER (R1-R8) CONTENTS (R9-R10) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-4) 1 INTRODUCTION (5-14) 2 NSDI FOUNDATION (15-23) 3 FROM FOUNDATION TO FRAMEWORK (24-40) 4 RECOMMENDATIONS (41-44) ACRONYMS (45-45)

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A DATA FOUNDATION FOR THE NATIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE ACRONYMS ASCS Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service BAS Boundary and Annexation Survey, Bureau of the Census CD-ROM Compact disk, read only memory DEM Digital Elevation Matrix DOQ Digital Orthophoto Quarterquad DTM Digital Terrain Model EPA Environmental Protection Agency FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard GIS Geographic Information Systems GPS Global Positioning System MSC Mapping Science Committee NAD-83 North American Datum of 1983 NAVD-88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NGS National Geodetic Survey, NOAA NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce NRI National Resource Inventory NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure OMB Office of Management and Budget PLSS Public Land Survey System SCS Soil Conservation Service. USDA SCSD Street Centerline Spatial Data Bases SDTS Spatial Data Transfer Standard TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system TIN Triangulated Irregular Network USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USGS U.S. Geological Survey, DOI

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