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Glossary

(A)
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ALBANY Adjustment of a Large Block of Anything
AMT Above Mean Terrain
ADRG Arc Digitized Raster Graphics
AMT Above Mean Terrair
ASL Above Sea Level
AT Aerotriangulation
AWAR Area Weighted Average Resolution

(B)

(C)
CASPAR (The Camera Station Position & Altitude Record) is a standard format for the file that supplies aerotriangulation adjustment software with estimates of GPS derived positions and altitude data for each frame (photo). There is one file for each mission, e.g., if there are 10 missions there are 10 CASPAR files.
CORS Continuously Operating Reference Stations
CPFF Cost Plus Fixed Fee
CSAH County State Aid Highway

(D)
DAFIF Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
DEM Digital Elevation Model
DLG Digital Line Graph
DMA Defense Mapping Agency
DMM Digital Map Model
DOQ Digital Ortho Quad
DOQQ Digital Ortho Quarter Quadrangle
DRG Digital Raster Graphics
DTED Digital Terrain Elevation Data

(E)
EGM Earth Gravitational Model
EPCRA Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act
EROS Earth Resources Observation Systems
ESRI Environmental Systems Research Institute

(F)
FAAT Fully Analytical AeroTriagulation
FDAAT Fully Digital Analytical AeroTriagulation
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FFP Firm Fixed Price
FLIP Flip Information Publication
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee

(G)
GASP GPS Absolute Sequential Positioning
GFM Government Furnished Material
GIS Geographical Information System
GUI Graphical User Interface

(H)
HARN High Accuracy Relative Network
HAZWOPER Hazardous Waste Operations
HTML Hypertex Markup Language
HTRW Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste

(I)
IDIQ Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
ITRF IERS Terrestrial Reference Frame

(J)
JTR Justifiable Travel Rates (Government Code for Per Diem)

(K)

(L)
LiDAR Light Detection And Ranging
LLC Limited Liability Corporation
LLP Limited Liability Partnership
LU/LC Land Use and Land Cover

(M)

(N)
NAD North American Datum
NAIP National Aerial Imagery Program (through USDA/FSA)
NAPP National Aerial Photography Program (through USGS)
NAVFAC U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command
NDOP National Digital Orthophoto Program
NGS National Geodetic Survey
NIMA National Imagery Mapping Agency
NMAS National Map Accuracy Standards
NOAA National Oceanic and Aeronautic Administration
NSSDA National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy

(O)
OMNIBUS
OSL

(P)
PACS Primary Airport Control Station
PMEL Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory
PDF Portable Document Format

(Q)
QQC Quarter Quad Center

(R)
RGR Raster Graphic Revision
RINEX Receiver Independent Exchange
RMS Root Mean Square
RMSE Root Mean Square Error

(S)
SACS Secondary Airport Control Station
SAST Strategic Assessment and Strategy Team
SDS Spatial Data Standards
SDTS Spatial Data Transfer Standards
SIC Standard Industrial Classification Code
SSK Stereo Softcopy Kit

(T)
TIN Triangulated Irregular Network
TSSDS Tri Service Spatial Data Standards (replaced by SDS)

(U)
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator Projection

(W)
WGS World Geodetic System


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