ACWI |
Advisory Committee on Water Information |
AIP |
Architecture Implementation Pilot |
AIXM |
Aeronautical Information Exchange Model |
BEA |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
BGN |
Board on Geographic Names |
BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
BLM |
Bureau of Land Management |
BOEM |
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
BQARP |
Boundary Quality Assessment and Reconcilation Project |
Census Bureau |
U.S. Census Bureau |
CG |
FGDC Coordination Group |
CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
CSDGM |
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata |
DHS |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
DOD |
U.S. Department of Defense |
DOE |
U.S. Department of Energy |
DOI |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
ENOW |
Economics: National Ocean Watch |
EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
FSA |
Farm Service Agency |
FWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
GAO |
U.S. Government Accountability Office |
GCI |
GEOSS Common Infrastructure |
GENC |
Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes |
GEO |
Group on Earth Observations |
GeoCloud |
Geospatial Cloud |
GEOSS |
Global Earth Observation System of Systems |
GGIM |
Global Geospatial Information Management |
GIO |
Geographic Information Officer |
GIRA |
Geospatial Interoperability Reference Architecture |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GML |
Geography Markup Language |
GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite Systems |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GSA |
General Services Agency |
GSDI |
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure |
GSVS |
Geoid Slope Validation Survey |
HIFLD |
Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data |
HSIP |
Homeland Security Infrastructure Program |
HUD |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
INCITS |
International Committee for Information Technology Standards |
INSPIRE |
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community |
ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
LMA |
Lifecycle Maturity Assessment |
MCSD |
Marine and Coastal Spatial Data |
MWG |
Metadata Working Group |
NAD |
National Address Database |
NAIP |
National Agriculture Imagery Program |
NBG |
National Boundaries Group |
NDOP |
National Digital Orthoimagery Program |
NGA |
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
NGAC |
National Geospatial Advisory Committee |
NGDA |
National Geospatial Data Asset |
NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
NHD |
National Hydrography Dataset |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPS |
National Park Service |
NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
NSDI |
National Spatial Data Infrastructure |
NSGIC |
National States Geographic Information Council |
NSRS |
National Spatial Reference System |
NVC |
National Vegetation Classification |
NWI |
National Wetlands Inventory |
NWS |
National Weather Service |
OGC |
Open Geospatial Consortium |
OMB |
Office of Managment and Budget |
OWDI |
Open Water Data Initiative |
PLSS |
Public Land Survey System |
PM-ISE |
Program Manager - Information Sharing Environment |
POD |
Project Open Data |
SSWD |
Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data |
SWG |
Standards Working Group |
TIGER |
Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Reference System |
UHDWG |
Users/Historical Data Working Group |
UN-GGIM |
United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management Working Group |
USACE |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USDOT |
U.S. Department of Transportation |
USFS |
U.S. Forest Service |
USGEO |
U.S. Group on Earth Observations |
USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |
Appendix F