National Spatial Data Infrastructure Partnership Programs: Rethinking the Focus (2001)
Chapter: Acronyms
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
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
