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ACRONYMS 81 Acronyms CAP Cooperative Agreements Program CFIP Community-Federal Information Partnerships CRADAs Cooperative Research and Development Agreements CSDGM Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute FDPP Framework Demonstration Project Program FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard GI Geographic Information GIS Geographic Information System GPS Global Positioning System GSDI Global Spatial Data Infrastructure LIDAR Light Detection And Ranging LSDI Local Spatial Data Infrastructure MSC Mapping Science Committee NACo National Association of Counties NAD 83 North American Datum, 1983 NAPA National Academy of Public Administration NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAVD 88 North American Vertical Datum, 1988 NERR National Estuarine Research Reserve NGDC National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse NGO Non-government Organization NIST National Institute of Science and Technology NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPR National Partnership for Reinventing Government NRC National Research Council
ACRONYMS 82 NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure NSGIC National States Geographic Information Council OGC Open GIS Consortium OMB Office of Management and Budget PLSS Public Lands Survey System SCSD Street Centerline Spatial Database SDTS Spatial Data Transfer Standard SPC State Plane Coordinate SSDI State Spatial Data Infrastructure TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system UCGIS University Consortium for Geographic Information Science UDRP Urban Dynamics Research Program USGS U.S. Geological Survey