Appendix D - Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms

 

AAG

Association of American Geographers

ACSM

American Congress on Surveying and Mapping

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

ARRA

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

BLM

Bureau of Land Management

BTS

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

CAP

Cooperative Agreements Program

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CSWG

Common Services Work Group

CUAC

Cartographic Users Advisory Council

DHS

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

DOC

U.S. Department of Commerce

DOI

U.S. Department of the Interior

DOT

U.S. Department of Transportation

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

GCWG

Grants and Contracts Workgroup

GDM

Geospatial Data Model

GEBWG

Geo-Enabled Business Work Group

GEO

Group on Earth Observations

Geospatial LoB

Geospatial Line of Business

GEOSS

Global Earth Observation System of Systems

GITA

Geospatial Information and Technology Association

GOS

Geospatial One-Stop

GSA

General Services Administration

GSDI

Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

HMDA

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

HSIP

Homeland Security Infrastructure Program

HSWG

Homeland Security Working Group

HUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development

ICMA

International City/County Management Association

IfSAR

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar

IFTN

Imagery for the Nation

INCITS

International Committee for Information Technology Standards

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

LCWG

Lifecycle Management Work Group

MMC

Multipurpose Marine Cadastre

MMS

Minerals Management Service

MWG

Metadata Working Group

NACo

National Association of Counties

NAIP

National Agriculture Imagery Program

NAP

North American Profile

NARA

National Archives and Records Administration

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASCIO

National Association of State Chief Information Officers

NCAI

National Congress of American Indians

NCSS

National Cooperative Soil Survey

NDOP

National Digital Orthophoto Programs

NED

National Elevation Dataset

NGA

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NGAC

National Geospatial Advisory Committee

NHD

National Hydrography Dataset

NIEM

National Information Exchange Model

NLC

National League of Cities

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

NSDI

National Spatial Data Infrastructure

NSGIC

National States Geographic Information Council

OGC

Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

PLSS

Public Land Survey System

RATB

Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board

RMA

Risk Management Agency

SLAMM

Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model

SSURGO

Soil Survey Geographic Database

SWG

Standards Working Group

TAWG

Technical Architecture Work Group

UCGIS

University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

URISA

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association

USCB

U.S. Census Bureau

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

WBD

Watershed Boundary Dataset

WGA

Western Governors’ Association

 


 

Main Report

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D