Licensing Geographic Data and Services (2004)
Chapter: Appendix F: List of Acronyms
Appendix F
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ABA
American Bar Association
ACM
Association for Computer Machinery
AFGE
American Federation of Government Employees
AP
Associated Press
APA
Administrative Procedure Act
ARCIMS
Internet Map Server for the ESRI (see below) Arcinfo product
ASCAP
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
B2B
Business-to-Business
B2G
Business-to-Government
BLM
Bureau of Land Management
BMI
Broadcast Music, Inc.
BTS
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CRADA
cooperative research and development agreement
CSC
Coastal Services Center (NOAA)
DAR
Defense Acquisition Regulations
DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DEM
digital elevation model
DMCA
Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998
DoD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DOT
Department of Transportation
DQA
Data Quality Act
DRM
digital rights management
EIA
Energy Information Administration
EOSAT
Earth Observation Satellite Company
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
ESRI
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
EU
European Union
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
FAIR
Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulations
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FDL
Federal Depository Libraries
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FHA
Federal Highway Administration
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FRA
Federal Railroad Administration
GDT
Geographic Data Technologies, Inc.
GIS
Geographic Information System
GPO
U.S. Government Printing Office
GPS
Global Positioning System
GSA
General Services Administration
HUD
Department of Housing and Urban Development
INS
International News Service
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
MAF
Master Address File
MAPPS
Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors
MOU
memorandum of understanding
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCCUSL
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
NCLIS
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
NEXTMap
name of product offered by Intermap Technologies, Inc.
NGA National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly NIMA)
NGO
nongovernmental organization
NHTSA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now NGA)
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRO
National Reconnaissance Office
ODC
Open Data Consortium
OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGC
Open GIS Consortium, Inc. [Open Geospatial Consortium as of September 2004]
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
ORBIMAGE
Orbital Image Corp.
QE2
Queen Elizabeth II (Ocean Liner)
RAM
Random access memory
SeaWiFS
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor
SPOT
Systeme Probatoire Pour l’Observation de la Terre
TIGER
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing system
UCC
Uniformed Commercial Code
UCITA
Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
URISA
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
USC
United States Code
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
