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I. Island
IA Infrastructure Analyst (BaySys Technologies Inc.); Iowa
IACWD Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data
IADO Instituto Argentino de Oceanografia
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IAEG International Assn. of Engineering Geologists
IAG International Assn. of Geodesy
IAGS Inter-American Geodetic Survey
IAH International Association of Hydrogeologists
IAHS International Assn. of Hydrological Sciences = Assn. Internationaledes Sciences Hydrologiques
IALA International Assn. of Lighthouse Authorities
IALS Idaho Assn. of Land Surveyors
IAMA International Antiquarian Mapsellers Association
IAO Insurers’ Advisory Organization
IAOO International Assn. of Assessing Officers
IASI Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
IASSIST International Association for Social Science Information Service &Technology
IAT Image Annotation Tape; International Atomic Time
IATO Italian atlas assembled to order
IAWPRC International Assn. for Water Pollution Research and Control
IB Isobar
IBC International Boundary Commission (U.S.-Canada)
IBDF Instituto Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Florestal
IBG Inst. of British Geographers
IBGE Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estadistica
IBIS Image-Based Information System
IBM International Business Machines (corp.); International boundarymarker
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WorldBank)
IBSP Idaho Bureau of State Planning
IBWC International Boundary and Water Commission (Mexico-U.S.)
IC Integrated circuit(s)
ICA International Cartographic Assn. = Assn. CartographiqueInternationale
ICACET International Cartographic Assn. Committee on Training
ICAITI Instituto Centro Americano de Investigacion y Tecnica Industrial
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organiztion
ICA-USNC International Cartographic Assn. U.S. National Committee
ICC Institut Cartografic de Catalunya; Interstate Commerce Commission(U.S.); International Cartographic Conference
ICCP Inst. for Certification of Computer Professionals
ICE Information Center for the Environment (UCD)
ICED Intraprofessional Council on Environmental Design
ICES Institution of Civil Engineers (UK); Initial Graphics ExchangeSpecifications
ICEX Ice and Climate Experiment
ICGC Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia
ICGRS Internet-Enabled Continuous Geodetic Reference Station
ICGWM International Clearinghouse for Ground Water Models
ICHC International Conference on the History of Cartography
ICITV Institut de la Carte International du Tapis Vegetale
ICM Instituto Cartografico Militar
ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol
ICMSSR Interagency Committee on Meteorological Services and SupportingResearch
ICONA Instituto Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (Spain)
ICR Intelligent Character Reader
ICT Information and communication technologies
ICW International Computer Works, Inc.
ID Identification; Interface device; Idaho; Island
IDAS Image Data Analysis Systems
IDC International Data Corp.
IDCCC Interior Digital Cartographic Coordination Committee (U.S.)
IDD Information and data dissemination
IDE Imbedded Drive Electronics
IDEN Identification module
IDFG Idaho Dept. of Fish and Game
IDIMS Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System
IDIQ Indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity
IDL Idaho Dept. of Lands; Interactive Data Language; Interface DefinitionLanguage
IDLH Immediately dangerous to life and health
IDOT Illinois Dept. of Transportation
IDR Interface drawing
IDS Information Decision Systems (firm)
IDWO Intelligence Div., War Office (U.K.)
IDWR Idaho Dept. of Water Resources
IEMVT Institut d’Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux
IEP Independent electric plant
IERS International Earth Rotation Service
IES Inst. for Environmental Sciences
IF Frame identification
IfAG Institut fur Angewandte Geodasie
IFF Interchange Format File (Commodore Amiga)
IFLA International Assn. of Library Asociations and Institutions
IFN Service de l’Inventaire Forestier National (France)
IFOV Instantaneous Field of View
IFP Institut Francais de Pondicherry; Institut Francais du Petrole
IFR Instrument Flight Regulation
IFREMER Institut francais de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer
iFS Internet File System (Oracle Corp.)
IFSAR Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
IFSARE Inter-ferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar for Elevation
IG Instytut Geologiczny (Poland)
IGA Istituto Geografico de Agostini
IGAC Instituto Geografico “Agustin Codazzi”
IGBF Institut Geographique de Burkina Faso
IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IGC International Geologic Congress; Intelligent Graphics Controller;Informative Graphics Corp.
IGCI Institut Geographique de la Cote d’Ivoire
IGCP International Geological Correlation Program; Instituto Geografico eCadastral (Portugal)
IGDC Interagency Geographic Data Committee (U.S.)
IGDS Interactive Graphics Design System (software); Intergraph DesignSoftware
IGEBU Institut Geographique de Burundi
IGES Initial Graphics Exchange Specification; International GraphicsExchange System
IGF Inset Graphics Format
IGFCOT Institutul de Geodezie, Fotogrammetrie, Cartografie si OrganizareaTeritoriului (Romania)
IGG Institutul de Geologie si Geofizica (Romania)
IGGSP Instituto Geografico e Geologico de S~ao Paulo
IGIF International Geographic Information Foundation
IGIS Integrated Geographic Information System; Intelligent GIS
IGL Interactive Graphics Library
IGLD 85 International Great Lakes Datum of 1985
IGM Instituto Geografico Militar
IGME Inst. of Geology and Mineral Exploration (Greece); Instituto Geologicoy Minero de Espa~na
IGMI Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano
IGN Institut geographique national; Instituto Geografico Nacional
IGNB Institut Geographique National (Belgium)
IGNC Institut Geographique National Congolaise
IGNTG Instituto Geografico Nacional “Tommy Guardia” (Panama)
IGS Information & Graphics Systems Inc.; International GPS Service;Idaho Geological Survey; Indiana Geological Survey; Geological Survey ofIsrael
IGSN71 International Gravity Standardization Net 1971
IGT Integrated GPS Technologies Inc.
IGU International Geographical Union; Instituto Geografico Universitario(Dominican Republic)
IGUG Intergraph Graph Users Group
IGWMC International Ground Water Modeling Center
IGY International Geophysical Year
IGZa Institut Geographique du Zaire
IHA Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada (Chile)
IHAC Instituto Hidrografico de la Armada, Chile
IHB International Hydrographic Bureau
IHD International Hydrological Decade
IHGC International Health Geographics Conference
IHO International Hydrographic Organization
IHP International Hydrologic Program
IHSI Institut Haitien de Statistique de d’Informatique
IIAF Idaho Image Analysis Facility
IICT Instituto de Investigac~ao Cientifica Tropical (Portugal)
IIGS Initial Image Generating System
IIPL Interactive Image Processing Laboratory
IIS Internet Information Server
IJC International Joint Commission (U.S. & Canada)
IKU Institutt for Kontinentalsokkelundersokelse (Norway)
IL Illinois
ILC Interim Library Catalog
ILEX Interactive Landsat Executive (NASA software)
ILH Internationales Landkartenhaus (Stuttgart)
ILI Inst. for Land Information
ILIM Inst. for Land Information Management (University of Toronto)
Ill. Illinois
ILLIAC Illinois Institute for Advanced Computation
ILRIS-3D Intelligent Laser Range Imaging Scanner (Optech)
ILS Intelligent Library System (Lockheed Martin)
ILWIS Integrated Land and Water Information System (ITC)
IM Information management
IMA Intermap Analytic
IMACUAC Information Management and Computer Utilization AdvisoryCommittee
IMAG Information Management Advisory Group
IMACS Integrity Monitoring and Control Software (Javad PositioningSystems)
IMAGE Integrated Mapping and Geographic Encoding System
IMAGE 100 Interactive Multispectral Image Analysis System (GE)
IMAN Image Analysis (system); Intermap Analytic Nucleus
IMAP Input, Management, Analysis, and Presentation
IMC Image Motion Compensator
IMCoS International Map Collectors Society
IMDA International Map Dealers Assn.
.IMG ADRG image format (USDMA)
IMGW Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej (Poland)
IMLS Institute of Museum and Library Services (US)
IMO International Maritime Organization
IMP Integrated Micro Products Inc.
IMPAC Image Analysis Computer Package (Egbert Scientific)
IMS Intermediate map scale; Image Manipulation System; Internet Map Server(ESRI)
IMSI International Microcomputer Software, Inc.
IMT Information Management Technologies (Firm); Internet Media Type
IMTA International Map Trade Assn.
IMW International Map of the World
in. Inch; inches
IN Indiana
INC Institut National de Cartographie
INCG Institut National de Cartographie du Gabon; Institut GeographiqueNational Guineen
Ind. Indiana
INDEC Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos (Argentina)
INE Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (Ecuador, Guatemala)
INEAC Institut National pour l’Etude Agronomique du Congo
INEGI Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas, Geografia e Informatica(Mexico)
INETER Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales
INFORM Information Network for Operational Resources Management(Arizona)
INGEMMET Instituto Geologico Minero y Metalurgico (Peru)
INGEO- MINAS Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Geologico-Mineras(Colombia)
INGM Instituto Nacional de Geologia
INLT Inlet
INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite (organization)
INMG Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica (Portugal)
INMH Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia y Hidrologia (Ecuador)
INPE Instituto das Pesquisas Espaciais (Brazil)
INQUA International Union for Quaternary Research
INRA Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (France)
INRAT Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie
INS Inertial Navigation System
InSAR Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
INSEE Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques(France)
INSIDE Interactive Numeric Spatial Information Data Engine (Univ. ofIdaho)
INSMAP International Symposium on Marine Positioning
Inst. Institute
INSTAAR Inst. of Arctic and Alpine Research (Univ. of Colorado)
INTA Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (Argentina)
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite (organization)
INTRISCA Integrated Resource Inventory for South-Central Alaska
INUPAL Informaciones Unidas para America Latina (Chile)
IO Input/output; Interior orientation
I/O Input/output
IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; Initial operationalcapability
ION Institute of Navigation
IOP International Organisation of Palaeobotany
IOS Institute of Oceanographic Science (Great Britain)
IP Internet protocol; Image point
IPA Imagery Product Archive (USDMA)
IPAM Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia
IPCS Image Production Control System
IPE Image processing engine
IPF Image Processing Facility (GSFC)
IPGP Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
IPRG Inst. for Petroleum Resources and Geophysics (Israel)
IPLSA Illinois Professional Land Surveyors Assn.
IPOSTEL Instituto Postal Telegrafico (Venezuela)
IPP Integrated Plotting Package
IPS Image processing system; Inertial Positioning System
IPT Informatica per il Territorio; Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas(Sao Paulo, Brazil); Integrated Product Team
IPX Internet Packet Exchange
IR Imaging Radiometer; Infrared
IRAT Institut de Recherches en Agronomie Tropicale (France)
IRC Intergraph Registered Consultant
IR. CH. Iron chimney
IR. CH.S.A. Iron chimney with spark arrestor
IRD Information Resources Division (Arizona)
IRDB Integrated regional database
IRDS Information Resource Dictionary System
IRF Internal Raster File; Internal Raster Format
IRG Inter-Record Gap
IRICC Interagency Resource Information Coordination Council
IRIS Infrared Interferometer/Spectrometer; Interim Research andIntelligence Service (U.S. Dept. of State); Incorporated ResearchInstitutions for Seismology
IRIS R&A Research and Analysis Branch, Interim Research and IntelligenceService (U.S. Dept. of State)
IRLSA Illinois Registered Land Surveyors Assn.
IRRI International Rice Research Inst.
IRS Internal Revenue Service (U.S.); Information retrieval system; IndianRemote Sensing (Satellite)
IRSA Inst. of Remote Sensing Applications
IRWA International Right of Way Assn.
IRWD Irvine Ranch Water District
Is. Island
IS International Standard
I.S. John Speed
ISA Institute of Surveyors of Australia; Internet StarterApplications
ISABU Institut des Sciences Agronomiques au Burundi
ISAMS Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
ISAPI Internet Server Application Programming Interface
ISBD(CM) International Standard Bibliographic Description for CartographicMaterials
ISBD(ER) International Standard Bibliographic Description for ElectronicResources
ISC Information Systems Council
ISCEM International Society of Curators of Early Maps
ISD Information Services Div.
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISEA Icosahedral Snyder equal area (projection)
ISERT Institut Superieur pour les Etudes et Recherches Scientifique etTechniques (Djibouti)
ISGS Illinois State Geological Survey
ISI Image Subsystem Interface; Information Systems Inventory (EPA);Interpretation System, Inc.
I-SITE Intelligent Screening of Imagery for Teleophthalmology
Isl. Island
ISL Island
ISLP Land-tied island
ISLS Islands
ISM Interpretive Structural Modeling
ISMS International Society for Mine Surveying
ISO Imaging Spectrometer Observatory; International StandardsOrganization
ISP Internet service provider
ISPI Intermediate-scale Product Inventory
ISPLS Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors
ISPRS International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
ISR Information Storage and Retrieval
IS&T Information Systems and Technology
ISTAT Istituto Centrale di Statistica (Italy)
ISTD Inter-Services Topographical Dept. (Great Britain)
ISTH Isthmus
ISU International System of Units
ISURL Indiana State Univ. Remote Sensing Laboratory
IT Information technology; Integration Technologies Inc.
I.T. Idaho Territory
ITA Intelligent Traverse Adjustment
ITAA Information Technology Assn. of America
ITC International Inst. for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences(Netherlands; formerly International Training Centre for Aerial Survey);International Trade Commission
ITCA International Topographic Composition Assn.
ITD Interim Terrain Data
ITE Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (Great Britain)
ITF INTERLIS Transfer Format
ITFE Inductive terrain feature extraction
ITRF International Terrestrial Reference Frame
ITRF00 International Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2000
ITRM Information Technology Resouces Management (standard, Virginia)
ITRS International Terrestrial Reference System
ITS Intelligent transportation system
ITSA Independent Travel Stores Assn.
ITU Image Transfer Unit; International Telecommunications Union
IUE International Ultraviolet Explorer
IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences
IUSM International Union for Surveying and Mapping
IVHS Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems
IW Information Warfare
IWARDS Iowa Water Resources Data System
IWIS International Water Information System
IWPC Inst. of Water Pollution Control
IWRA International Water Resources Assn.
I2S International Imaging Systems Inc.

 


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JAGIS Journalism and GIS Interest Group
JALBTCX Joint Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise
JAMP Joint Automated Mapping Project
JATOP Army Topographic Service (Indonesia)
JCCDS Joint Committee on Cartographic Data Standardization (U.S.)
JCP Joint Committee on Printing (U.S. Congress)
JDSF Jackson Demonstration State Forest (Calif.)
JEC John E. Chance & Associates
JECA John E. Chance & Associates
JERS Japanese Earth Resources Satellite
JFA John Frank & Associates
JFIF JPEG File Interchange Format
.jgw JPEG with World File
J.H. Jagerhaus = hunting lodge
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency = Kokusai KyoryokuJigyodan
JIGI Java Interface for Geospatial Information
JISC Joint Information Systems Committee
J&K Jammu and Kashmir
JMC Japan Map Center
JMPC Joint Mapping and Photography Committee (U.S.)
JMT Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson (Firm)
JMTK Joint Mapping Tool Kit
JNC Jet Navigation Chart
JNGC Jordan National Geographic Centre
JOG Joint operations graphic
JOG-A Joint operations graphic–air
JOG-G Joint operations graphic–ground
JOG-R Joint operations graphic–radar
JOIDES Joint Oceanographic Institutions’ Deep Earth Sampling
JOMAR Joint Office for Mapping and Research (USGS-NOAA)
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
.JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group format
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
JPS Javad Positioning Systems, Inc.
Jr HS Junior high school
JRI Jordregisterinstituttet (Norway)
JSC Johnson Space Center
JSD Jamaica Survey Dept.
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
JTU Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur
JWPCF Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation
JWS James W. Sewall Company, Inc.

 


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K 1,000; Kilo
KAM Kansas Assn. of Mappers
Kan. Kansas
KANDIDATS Univ. of Kansas Landsat Software System
KAPS Kentucky Assn. of Land Surveyors
KARS Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (program)
KB Kilobyte
KBPS Kilobytes per second
KCWA Kern County Water Agency (Calif.)
KDD Knowledge discovery in databases
KDI Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence
KDMS Kork Digital Mapping System
KDSP Kork Digital Stereo Plotter
K+F Kummerly + Frey AG
Kfz. Kraftfahrzeug
KGPS Kinematic GPS
KGS Kansas Geological Survey; Kentucky Geological Survey
kHz. Kilohertz
KHz. Kilohertz
KIER Korean Inst. of Energy and Resources
Kil. Kilometer
KINDS Knowledge Interfaces to National Data Sets
KKH Karakoram Highway
kl. klein
Kl. Klasse
KL Karhunen-Loeve (transform)
K-L Karhunen-Loeve (transform)
Klbf Kleinbahnhof
Kleinb Kleinbahn = Narrow-guage railroad
Kleinbf Kleinbahnhof
Kls. Kloster = cloister
KLSD Kiribati Land and Survey Div.
km Kilometer
KM Kansas Mapper
KNP Kruger National Park
KNRIS Kentucky Natural Resources Information System
KREMU Kenya Rangeland Ecological Monitoring Unit
KRIS Kentucky Resources Information System
KSNM Thousands (K) of square nautical miles
KU Univ. of Kansas
kV Kilovolt
kW Kilowatt
KW Kilowatt
KWIC Key Word in Context
KWOC Key Word Out of Context
Ky. Kentucky
KY Kentucky

 


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l Liter
l. Links
La. Louisiana
LA Land access; Louisiana
L.A. Los Angeles (Calif.)
LAAS Local Area Augmentation System
LAC Litografia Artistica Cartografica; Local Area Composite
LACIE Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment
LADAR Laser Detection and Ranging
LAGEO Laser Geodynamic Satellite
LAGIC Louisiana Geographic Information Center
LAMP Low Altitude Mapping Photogrammetry
LAMPS Laser-scan Automated Map Production System
LAMS Large Area Mosaicing Software
LAN Local area network
LAND Landmark feature identification number
LANDSAT Land Satellite
LAP Landsat Applications Program (PNW)
LARIS Louisiana Areal Resource Information System
LARS Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (Purdue Univ.)
LARSYS Laboratory of Applications of Remote Sensing Image Data ProcessingSystem (Purdue Univ.)
LAS Land Analysis System
LASS Land Applications Satellite System (ESA)
Lat. Latitude
LAT Large Area Triangulation
LAU Landesamt fur Umweltschutz (Saarland)
LBR Laser Beam Recorder
LC Library of Congress (U.S.); Land cover
L/C Land cover
LCA Land cover analysis
LCC Lambert conformal conic (projection)
LCD Liquid-crystal displays
LCDB Land Cover Database
LCDC Land Conservation and Development
LCGMD Library of Congress Geography and Map Div. (U.S.)
LCS Liberian Cartographic Service
LCTY Locality
LDD Land Development Desktop 2i
LDLS Lesotho Dept. of Lands, Surveys and Physical Planning
LDMG Lesotho Dept. of Mines and Geology
LDNG Landing
LDO Land Development Office (NovaLIS Technologies)
LE Less than or equal
LEAF Land Ecosystem Atmosphere Feedback
LEC Lockheed Electronics Company
LEM Landform Elevation Model; Lunar Escape Module
LEP Linear Error Probable
LES Lincoln Electric System
LF Large format; Line feed
LFC Large format camera
LFI Schweizerisches Landesforstinventar
LFVZ Leichtensteinische Fremdenverkehrszentrale
lg. lang
Lg. Lange
LGN Lagoon
LGS Liberian Geological Survey; Louisiana Geological Survey
LGISC Louisiana Geographic Information Systems Council
LGSOWOG Landsat Ground Station Operations Working Group
lH lichte Hohe
LI Landmaelingar Islands
LIA Land Information and Analysis office (USGS)
LIBER- Gdc Ligue des Biblioth`eques Europeennes de Recherche, Groupe descartothecaires
LICGF Land Information & Computer Graphics Facility (Univ. ofWisconsin-Madison)
LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging
Lieut. Lieutenant
LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
LIM Land identification method; Land Inventory and Management Program(USSCS)
LIMAP Landsat Imagery Analysis Package (S.Dakota)
LIMO Land Information Management Office (Miami County, Kans.)
LINZ Land Information New Zealand
LIS Land information system(s); Landsat Information System; LighteningImaging Sensor
LISCOM Land Information Systems Committee (So. Australia)
LIT Land Information Toronto
Lith. Lithographed; lithographer
LK Lake
LKB Lockwood, Kessler & Bartlett Inc.
LKC Crater lake
LKI Intermittent lake
LKS Lakes
LKSC Crater lakes
LL Line-by-line
LLA Adjusted line length
LLC Line length code
LLV Low Light Visibility
LMCTF Land Managers Cooperative Task Force (Alaska)
LMIC Land Management Information Center
LMP Land Management Planning
LMS Large-scale mapping system
LMV Statens Lantmateriverket (Sweden)
LO Located object
L&O Limnology & Oceanography (journal)
LOC Library of Congress; Landsat Oversight Committee (Colorado)
LOGIC Loveland Geographic Information/Cartographic System
LOMA Letters of map amendment
LOMC Letters of map correction
LOMR Letters of map revision
Lon. Longitude
Long. Longitude
LORAN Long Range Navigation (system)
LOS Land Observation Satellite (Japan); Line-of-sight
LP Line printer
LPI Lines per inch; Lunar and Planetary Institute
LPM Load point marker
LPS Library Programs Service (USGPO); Local positioning systems
LQ Letter quality
LR Laser Retroflector
LRD Low resolution data
LRDA Land Resources Data Analysis
LRDB Low Resolution Data Base
LRDC Land Resources Development Centre
LRIDP Land Resources Inventory Demonstration Project (PNW)
LRIS Land Registration and Information Service (Maritime Provinces); LandResource Information System (S. Dakota and N. Carolina)
LRITF Land Resources Inventory Task Force
LRM Linear Referencing Method
LRR Laser Retro-reflector
LRS Linear Referencing System
LRU Line Replaceable Unit; Line Replacement Unit
LRUD Left, right, up, down
L/S Landsat
LSAW Land Surveyors’ Assn. of Washington
LSD Land Surface Datum; Lands and Survey Div. (Trinidad and Tobago)
LSDP Landsat Signature Development Program (software)
LSI LiDAR Services International
LSIT Land surveyor in training
LSN Linear scaling number
LSO Land Surveyors Online
LSPS Louisiana Society of Professional Surveyors
LSR Local Space Rectangular
LSRP Laser Printer
Lst Ladestelle
LST Local Standard Time
Lt. Lieutenant
LT Less than; Local Time; Linear triangulation
LTC Light transfer characteristics
LTE Less than or equal
LTTM Longterm Terrain Model
LTO Land Title Office (New Zealand)
LTU Line Transfer Unit
LU Land units
L/U Land use
LUCCAS Land Use and Cover Change Analysis System (Pacific MeridianResources)
LUDA Land Use and Data Analysis (program); Land use developmentassistance
LU/LC Land use, land cover
LUM Limited update, monoscopic
LUMIS Land Use Management Information System (JPL software)
LUMS Land Use Management System
LUNHA Land Use History of North America (USGS)
LUNR Land Use and Natural Resource Information System (N.Y.)
LUPIN Land Use Planning Information Network (CERES)
LUS Limited update, stereo
LUST Leaking underground storage tank
LUT Land utilization type
LVAB-W Landesvermessungsamt Baden-Wurttemberg
LVAN-W Landesvermessungsamt Nordrhein-Westfalen
LVAR-P Landesvermessungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz
LVAS Landesvermessungsamt des Saarlandes
LVAS-H Landesvermessungsamt Schleswig-Holstein
LVVWD Las Vegas Valley Water District
lW lichte Weite
LWD Littoral Warfare Data

GIS Abbreviations: I-L

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GIS commonly used terminology abbreviations:

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