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62 ABBREVIATIONS ACSM American Congress on Surveying and Mapping ALS airborne laser scanning AMG Automated Machine Guidance ASPRS American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing CAD computer-aided design CAIT Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology COGO Coalition of Geospatial Organizations CORS Continuously Operating Reference Stations COTS commercial off the shelf DOQ Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle DOT department of transportation DTM digital terrain model ELMF European LIDAR Mapping Forum FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FGCS Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee FIG International Federation of Surveyors GE Geospatial Enablement GIS geographical information system GIS-T GIS for Transportation GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System GPR ground penetrating radar GPS Global Positioning System GUI graphical user interface HEEP Highway Engineering Exchange Program HLS helicopter laser scanning ICP iterative closest point IDIQ indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity ILMF International LIDAR Mapping Forum IMU inertial measurement unit LIDAR light detection and ranging LRS linear referencing system MLS mobile laser scanning MTLS mobile terrestrial laser scanning MUTCD Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices NACO National Association of Counties NDEP National Digital Elevation Program NGS National Geodetic Survey NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NSSDA National Standards for Spatial Data Accuracy NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration OGC Open Geospatial Consortium PMS pavement management systems PIC pilot-in-command ROI return on investment ROW right of way RTK real-time kinematic SF step-frequency TIGER Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing UAV unmanned airborne vehicle USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers USGS United States Geological Survey
