ANSI |
American National Standards Institute |
ARRA |
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act |
ATO |
Authority to Operate |
BDIA |
Broadband Data Improvement Act |
CAP |
Cooperative Agreements Program |
CLDXF |
Civic Location Data Exchange Format |
CLICK |
Center for LiDAR Information Coordination and Knowledge |
CMECS |
Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard |
CORS |
Continously Operating Reference Stations |
DMT |
Digital Mapping Techniques |
DOI |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
DOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
FSA |
Farm Service Agency |
FWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
FY |
Fiscal Year |
GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
Geospatial LoB |
Geospatial Line of Business |
GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
GIS |
Geospatial Information System |
GNIS |
Geographic Names Information System |
GSA |
General Services Administration |
GSDI |
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure |
GWG |
Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group |
HPMS |
Ho\ighway Performance Monitoring System |
HSIP |
Homeland Security Infrastructure Program |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
LiDAR |
Light Detection and Ranging/span> |
MMC |
Multipurpose Marine Cadastre |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
NAIP |
National Agriculture Imagery Program |
NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration |
NBII |
National Biological Information Infrastructure |
NCDDC |
National Coastal Data Development Center |
NCSS |
National Cooperative Soil Survey |
NDOP |
National Digital Orthophoto Programs (rechartered in 2010 as the National Digital Orthoimagery Program, a subcommittee of the FGDC) |
NED |
National Elevation Dataset |
NENA |
National Emergency Number Association |
NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
NGAC |
National Geospatial Advisory Committee |
NGDA |
National Geospatial Data Asset |
NHD |
National Hydrography Dataset |
NIMS |
National Information Management System |
NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NSDI |
National Spatial Data Infrastructure |
NSGIC |
National States Geographic Information Council |
NSRS |
National Spatial Reference System |
NTIA |
National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
NWI |
National Wetlands Inventory |
OGC |
Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
PLSS |
Public Land Survey System |
POC |
Point of Contact |
RFI |
Request for Information |
SDI |
Spatial Data Infrastructure |
SOA |
Services-Oriented Architecture |
SSURGO |
Soil Survey Geographic Database |
TDTT |
Technical Deployment Task Team |
TFTN |
Transportation for the Nation |
USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
USPS |
U.S. Postal Service |
WBD |
Watershed Boundary Dataset |
WMS |
Web Map Services |
Appendix D