Investigation of Tools and Technology for Roadside Vegetation Asset Management (2025)
Chapter: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Symbols
Abbreviations, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Symbols
AI – Artificial Intelligence
AMG – Automated Machine Guidance
AR – Augmented Reality
AVL – Automatic Vehicle Locator
BCC – Breiman Cutler Classifications
BIM – Building Information Modeling
BVLOS – Beyond Visual Line of Sight
CAD software – Computer-Aided Design software
Caltrans – California Department of Transportation
CNN – Convolutional neural network
COTS – Commercial off-the-shelf
DOT – Department of Transportation
ESRI™ – Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
FAST Act – Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act
FHWA – Federal Highway Administration
GIS – Geographic Information System
GPS/AVL – Global Positioning System / Automatic Vehicle Locator
GPS – Global Positioning System
Guidebook – Tools and Technology for Roadside Vegetation Asset Management Guidebook
HATS – Highway Activity Tracking System
IIJA – Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
IT – Information Technology
LiDAR – Light Detection and Ranging
MAP-21 – The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
Monarch CCAA – Monarch Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances
NCHRP – National Cooperative Highway Research Program
NHS – National Highway System
ODOT – Ohio Department of Transportation
PCCA software – Proprietary Configurations of Commercially Available software
PGR – Plant Growth Regulator
RGB – Red-Green-Blue
RLAM – Roadside Landscape Asset Management
RMP – Recommended Management Practice
ROI – Return on Investment
ROW – Right-of-Way
RVAM – Roadside Vegetation Asset Management
STP – Surface Transportation Program
T&E Species – Threatened and Endangered Species
TAMP – Transportation Asset Management Plan
TDOT – Tennessee Department of Transportation
TRB – Transportation Research Board
UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
VR – Virtual Reality
WisDOT – Wisconsin Department of Transportation
WSDOT – Washington State Department of Transportation
