Research Opportunities in Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey (2002)
Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms
Appendix C
Acronyms
AVHRR
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
BGN
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
BTS
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CTM
Cooperative Mapping
DAAC
Distributed Active Archive Center
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DLG
Digital Line Graphs
DOC
Department of Commerce
DOD
Department of Defense
DOE
Department of Energy
DOI
Department of Interior
DRG
Digital Raster Graphics
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EROS
Earth Resources Observation Systems
ETM+
Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard
FY
Fiscal Year
GAM
Geographic Analysis and Monitoring
GAP
Gap Analysis Program
GeoMAC
Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination Group
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
GIScience
Geographic Information Science
GNIS
Geographic Names Information System
GPS
Global Positioning System
GS
General Schedule
HRV
Historical Range Of Variation
InSAR
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
LIDAR
Light Detection and Ranging
LP DAAC
Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
LRS
Land Remote Sensing
MSS
Multispectral Scanner
NALC
North American Landcover
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NDEP
National Digital Elevation Program
NED
National Elevation Dataset
NHD
National Hydrography Dataset
NIH
National Institutes of Health
NIMA
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NLCD
National Land Cover Dataset
NMFS
National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NRC
National Research Council
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSF
National Science Foundation
NWIS
National Water Information Service
SCT
Strategic Change Team
SDTS
Spatial Data Transfer Standard
TM
Thematic Mapper
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
UTM
Universal Transverse Mercator Grid
