s. |
Sculpsit (engraver); sudlich = southern, southerly |
S |
Secret; Store; Suden = south |
SA |
Selected availability; Selective availability; Signal accuracy;Situational awareness; Source acquisition |
S&A |
Sampling and analysis |
SAA |
Southern Appalachian Assessment (GIS database) |
SAC |
Sectional aeronautical chart; Satellite Applications Centre(CSIR) |
SACC |
Spatial Analysis Coordinating Committee |
SADIE |
System at Arizona for Digital Information Extraction |
SADL |
South Australia Dept. of Lands |
SADME |
South Australian Dept. of Mines and Energy |
SADR |
Spatial address |
SAE |
Survey Agro Ekonomi (Indonesia) |
SAF |
Society of American Foresters |
SAFOD |
San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth |
SAGA |
Short Arc Geodetic Adjustment (doppler) |
SAGEEP |
Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering andEnvironmental Problems |
SAIC |
Science Applications International Corp. |
SaLIS |
Surveying and Land Information Systems (journal) |
SALT |
Salina |
SAM |
Spatial access methods |
SAMAB |
Southern Appalachian Man and Biosphere (project) |
SAMSOG |
Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia |
SANDAG |
San Diego Association of Governments |
SANAIS |
South African Natural Areas Information System |
SAR |
Synthetic aperture radar |
SARM |
Spatial Auto-Regressive Model |
SA/S |
Source Aquisition Segment |
SAST |
Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (U.S.) |
SAT |
Small area triangulation |
SAW |
Spill analysis workstation; Surface acoustic wave |
SAZU |
Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti = Slovenian Academy ofSciences and Art |
SB |
Survey of Bangladesh |
SBAS |
School Boundary Analysis System (GeoSpatial Technologies) |
SBCDP |
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program (U.S.) |
SBM |
Surveys and Mapping Branch (Manitoba) |
SBUV |
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (spectrometer) |
sc. |
Sculpsit = engraver |
SC |
South Carolina |
S.C. |
South Carolina |
S/C |
Spacecraft |
SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
SCAMP |
Southern California Aerial Mapping Project |
SCAN |
Surface Condition Analyzer (Surface Systems Inc) |
SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
SCB |
Statistika Centralbyran (Sweden) |
SCC |
Servico de Cartografia e Cadastro (Macao); SoftCopy Catalog(USDMA) |
SCCAMA |
Southern California Computer Aided Mapping Assn. |
SCD |
Source Control Drawing; Specification Control Drawing |
SCDOT |
South Carolina Dept. of Transportation |
SCEP |
Servico Cartografico do Exercito (Portugal) |
SCERP |
Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy |
SCGIS |
Sedgwick County (Kans.) GIS Dept. |
SCGP |
Societe Canadienne des Geologique Petroliers |
SCGS |
South Carolina Geological Survey |
Sch |
School |
SCH |
School |
Scheit-elst. |
Scheitelstarke |
Schl. |
Schloss = castle |
SCM |
Supply chair management |
SCO |
State Cartographer’s Office (Wisconsin) |
SCOOP |
Schedule Control of Orthophoto Products |
SCOPE |
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment |
SCR |
Service Cartographique du Rwanda |
SCS |
Soil Conservation Service (USDA) |
SCSA |
Standard Consolidated Statistical Area; Soil Conservation Society ofAmerica |
SCSD |
Street Centerline Spatial Dataset |
SCSI |
Small computer system interface |
SCSMAC |
South Carolina State Mapping Advisory Committee |
SCSPLS |
South Carolina Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
sct. |
Sculpsit (engraver) |
SCTRAP |
South Carolina Toxic Risk Atlas Project |
sculp. |
Sculpsit (engraver) |
SCWRC |
South Carolina Water Resources Commission |
SD |
South Dakota |
S.D. |
South Dakota |
SDB |
Spatial data base |
SDBMS |
Spatial database management system |
SDE |
Spatial Database Engine (ESRI) |
SDES |
Spatial Data Exchange Standard |
SDG |
Survey Dept. Ghana |
SDGS |
South Dakota Geological Survey |
SDH |
Spatial data handling |
SDI |
Selected Dissemination of Information |
SDL |
Survey Dept. of Libya |
SDLC |
Synchronous Data-Like Control; System Development Life Cycle |
SDMG |
Direction des Mines et de la Geologie (Senegal) |
SDNR |
State Dept. of Natural Resources |
SDOI |
Spatial Data Organization Information |
SDPS |
Spatial Data Production System |
SDRW |
Societe de Developpement Regional pour la Wallonie |
SDS |
Swaziland Dept. of Surveys; Simplicial data structure |
SDSB |
Satellite Data Services Branch (NOAA) |
SDSS |
Spatial decision support systems |
SDTP |
Spatial data transfer processor |
SDTS |
Spatial Data Transfer Standard |
SDUK |
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |
SDV |
Soil Data Viewer (NCRS) |
SE |
Southeast |
SEAMS |
Soil, Environmental, and Agricultural Management System (Univ. ofFlorida Dept. of Soil and Water) |
SEASAT |
Sea Satellite (U.S.) |
SEATO |
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization |
SECFT |
Sociedad Espa~nola de Cartografia, Fotogrametria y Teledeteccion |
SECO |
Surveying Equipment Company (later: SECO Manufacturing) |
SEDAC |
Socioeconomic Data and Application Center |
SEDESOL |
Secretaria de Dessarrollo Social (Mexico) |
SEDMS |
Spatially Enabled Document Management System (Intergraph Corp.) |
SEDUE |
Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia (Mexico) |
SEG |
Society of Economic Geologists; Society of ExplorationGeophysicists |
S.E.O.P. |
Secretaria de Estado de Obras Publicas (Argentina) |
SEOS |
Stationary Earth Orbit Satellite |
SEPA |
State Environmental Protection Agency |
SEPM |
Society for Sedimentary Geology |
SERIES |
Satellite Emission Range Inferred Earth Surveying |
Serna- geomin |
Servicio Nacional Geologia y Mineria (Chile)
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SES |
Standalone Edit Stations |
SESCPF |
Service d’Etude des Sols et de la Carte Pedalogique de France |
SEVIRI |
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager |
SEWUG |
Southeastern Water Use Group |
S.F. |
San Francisco |
SfBWW |
Senator fur Bau- und Wonungswesen (Berlin) |
SFHA |
Special Flood Hazard Area |
SFQL |
Structured Full-text Query Language |
SfSU |
Senator fur Stadtentwicklung und Umweltschutz (Berlin) |
SGA |
Societe Geoscientifique de l’Atlantique; State Geologic Agencies;Service Geologique de l’Armee (Syria) |
SGB |
Service Geologique Belgique; Servicio geologico de Bolivia |
SGCB |
State Geodesy and Cartography Board (Mongolia) |
SGD |
Solar Geophysical Data (journal); Symbolized GraphicData; Surveyor General’s Dept. (South West Africa) |
SGE |
Servicio Geografico del Ejercito (Spain) |
SGG |
Service Geologique du Gabon |
SGpK |
Schweizerische Geophysikalische Kommission |
SGI |
Servicio Geologico d’Italia; Silicon Graphics workstation |
SGK |
Schweizerische Geologische Kommission |
SGL |
Service Geologique de Luxembourg |
SGM |
Servicio Geografico Militar (Uruguay) |
SGML |
Standard generalized markup language |
SGN |
Servicio Geologico Nacional (Argentina, Nicaragua); ServiceGeographique National (Laos) |
SGS |
Stanford Geological Survey |
SGtK |
Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission |
SGU |
Sveriges Geologiska Undersokning; Savezna Geodetska Uprava(Yugoslavia) |
SHA |
State Highway Administration (Maryland) |
SHAPE |
Systematic Horizontol Adjustment of Positional Errors |
SHDSL |
Symmetric High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line |
SHEF |
Standard Hydrometeorological Exchange Format |
SHIPS |
Seizmic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound |
SHMP |
Seizmis Hazard Mapping Program |
SHN |
Servicio de Hidrografia Naval (Argentina) |
SHOALS |
Scanning Hydrographic Operational Airborne LIDAR System (USCE) |
SHOL |
Shoal |
SHOM |
Service Hydrographique et Ocenographique de la Marine (France) |
SHORAN |
Short-range Navigation (system) |
SHS |
Surveyors Historical Society |
SI |
Survey of India; Survey of Israel |
SIAC |
Spatial Information and Analysis Consortium |
SIAN |
Service d’information de l’atlas nationale (Canada) |
SIAT |
Special Image Annotation Tape |
SIB |
Solar Indices Bulletin |
SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
SICC |
Surveying Instrumentation and Coordinate Computation |
SICO |
Schonstedt Intstrument Company |
SICOM |
South Australian Spatial Information Committee |
SID |
Scanned Image Data; South Australian Spatial InformationDirectory |
SIF |
Standard Interchange Format (Intergraph) |
SIG |
Sistemas de informacion geografica; Special interest group |
SIGACE |
Special Interest Group for the Application of CD-ROM inEducation |
SIGCAT |
Special Interest Group on CD-ROM Applications & Technology(U.S.) |
SIGGRAPH |
Special Interest Group on Graphics (ACM) |
SIGIT |
Swedish Institute for Geographic Information Technology |
SIGLIT |
Special Interest Group on Library Information Technology (U.S.) |
SIGS |
Solomon Islands Geological Survey |
SIGSA |
Sistemas de Informacion Geografica S.A. |
SIM |
Spatial interaction model |
SIP |
Scanner Interface Processor |
SIPES |
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists |
SIR |
Shuttle Imaging Radar; Space Imaging Radar (NASA); Surveys,Investigations and Research (USGS) |
SIRS |
Satellite Infrared Spectrometer |
SIRU |
Soils and Irrigation Research Unit (South Africa) |
SIS |
Standard Indexing System (DOD aerial photography); Spatial InformationSystems (Computer Aided Development Corp.) |
SISMD |
Solomon Islands Survey and Mapping Div. |
SK |
Survey of Kenya; Slovenska Kartografia |
SKV |
Statens Kartverk (Norway) |
s.l. |
Sine loco = without place (of publication) |
SLA |
Special Libraries Assn. |
SLAC |
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |
SLAGMD |
Special Libraries Assn. Geography & Map Div. |
SLAP |
Soils Landscape Analysis Project; Supplemental Low AltitudePhotography |
SLAR |
Side-Looking Airborne Radar |
SLAT |
Spacecraft Location/Attitude Tape |
SLATS |
Statewide Landcover and Trees Study (Queensland DNR) |
SLD |
Slope-Line Detection |
SLD29 |
Sea Level Datum of 1929 |
SLF |
Standard Linear Format |
SLG |
Symbolized Line Graph; Synthetic Line Generation |
SLGSD |
Sri Lanka Geological Survey Dept. |
SLIP |
Serial Line Internet Protocol |
SLM |
Structure line model |
SLP |
Slope(s) |
SLR |
Satellite Laser Ranging; Side-looking Radar |
SLSD |
Sri Lanka Survey Dept. |
SLSI |
Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa |
SLUPD |
Swaziland Land Use Planning Dept. |
sm |
Seemeile |
SM |
Survey Manual |
SMA |
Schweizerische Meteorologische Anstalt |
SMAC |
State Mapping Advisory Committee (or Council) |
SMART |
Spatial Mapping Academic Research Tools |
SMASCH |
Specimen Management System for California Herbaria |
SMB |
Surveys and Mapping Branch (Manitoba) |
SMC |
Special Mapping Center |
SMCRA |
surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act |
SMD |
Surveys and Mapping Div. (Tanzania) |
SME |
Softcopy Monoscopic Extraction; Society of Mining Engineers; societyfor Mining, Metalurgy, and Exploration, Inc. |
SMI |
Surveyors Module International (Firm) |
SMIB |
Surveying and Mapping Inst. of Beijing |
SMIMS |
Single MIM-Based Integrated Mapping System (USBC) |
SMIRR |
Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer |
SMIPS |
Small Interactive Image Processing System |
SMMR |
Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer |
SMMT |
Submilimeter Telescope |
SMN |
Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (Argentina) |
SMOW |
Standard Mead Ocean Water |
SMS |
Synchronous Meteorological Satellite(s) |
SMSA |
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area |
SMTP |
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
S/N |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
s.n. |
Sine nomine = without name (of publisher) |
SNARIL |
Social, Natural, and Agricultural Resources Information Laboratory(Univ. of Kentucky) |
SNCF |
Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer (France) |
SND |
Street Network Database |
SNEP |
Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project |
SNF |
Superior National Forest (Minn.) |
SNGM |
Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria (Chile) |
SNI |
Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG |
SNID |
Startnode ID |
SNIG |
Sistema Nacional de Informac~ao Geografica = Portuguese NationalInfrastructure for Geographic Information |
SNLCS |
Servico Nacional de Levantamento e Conservac~ao de Solos(Brazil) |
SNM |
Square nautical miles |
SNR |
Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
SNRIM |
Subcommittee on Natural Resources |
SNT |
Servicio Nacional de Turismo (Chile) |
SNWA |
Southern Nevada Water Authority |
SNWS |
Southern Nevada Water System |
SODEMI |
Societe pour le Developpement Minier de la Cote d’Ivoire |
SOFRATOP |
Societe Francais de Travaux Topographique et Photogrammetriques |
SOHO |
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Satellite |
SOI |
Survey of India |
SOLE |
Spatial On-Line Editor (ESRI) |
SOM |
Space Oblique Mercator (projection); Spatial Object Manager(Smallworld) |
SONAR |
Sound Navigation and Ranging |
SONATRACH |
Societe Nationale de Recherches de l’Explorations Mini`eres(Algeria) |
SOP |
Secretaria de Obras Publicas |
SORSA |
Spatially-Oriented Referencing Systems Assn. |
SOS |
Survey Office System |
SOWR |
Sensitivity of Water Resources (global change hydrology program) |
SP |
Survey of Pakistan |
SPANS |
Spatial Analysis System (TYDAC Technologies) |
SPARRSO |
Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation |
SPB |
Space Planning Bureau |
SPC |
State Plane Coordinate (system or systems) |
SPC RE |
Survey Production Centre, Royal Engineers (U.K.) |
SPCS |
State Plane Coordinate System(s) |
SPDK |
Sistem Pengurusan Data Kadaster (Malaysia) |
SPEK |
Sistem Pengeshan Kualiti = Quality Assurance System (SPDK) |
SPID |
Sistem Pengurusan Imej Dokumen = Certified Plan Image Database(SPDK) |
SPIE |
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers |
SPIN-2 |
Space Information-2 Meter Data (Russian Space Agency) |
SPIRE |
Spatial Paradigm for Information Retrieval and Exploration |
SPO |
State Planning Office |
SPOEM |
Special Projects Office for Exploitation Modernization (USDMA) |
SPOT |
Syst`eme Probatoire d’Observation de la Terre (satellite) |
SPOTS |
Standard Programming of Telemetry Systems |
SPRI |
Scott Polar Research Inst. (Univ. of Cambridge) |
SPS |
Stichting Planbureau Suriname; Standard Positioning Service |
SP/S |
Source Preparation Segment |
SPT |
Strathclyde Passenger Transport |
SPVEA |
Superintendencia do Plano de Valorizac o Economica da Amazonia(Brazil) |
SQL |
Standard Query Language; Structured Query language |
SRBC |
Susquehanna River Basin Commission |
SRES OP |
Special Report on Emission Scenarios Open Process |
SRF |
Systematic reconnaissance flights |
SRI |
Spatial Reference Information |
SRMB |
Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch (British Columbia) |
SROM |
Spectro-radiometer for Ocean Monitoring |
SRTM |
Shuttle Radar Toporaphy Mission |
SRV |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
SSA |
Seismological Society of America |
SSCC |
SPAWAR Systems Center, Charleston |
SSSA |
Soil Science Society of America |
SSD |
Singapore Survey Dept.; Sudan Survey Dept. |
SSDAN |
Social Science Data Analysis Network (University of Michigan) |
SSE |
South Southeast |
SSEW |
Soil Survey of England and Wales |
SSEOP |
Space Shuttle Observation Project (U.S.) |
SSGN |
Service Geographique National (Senegal) |
SSI |
Surface Systems Inc. |
SSK |
Stereo Softcopy Kit (Intergraph Corp.) |
SSMC |
Silver Spring Metro Center (NOAA) |
SSMS |
Spatial statistical modeling service |
SSS |
Side Scan SONAR |
SSU |
Strategic Services Unit (U.S. War Dept.); Secondary samplingunit |
SSURGO |
Soil Survey Geographical (database) |
SSW |
South Southwest |
St |
Saint; Street |
STAAC |
Space and Terrestrial Applications Advisory Committee |
STAC |
State Technology Applications Centers (NASA) |
StatsCan |
Statistics Canada |
STATSGO |
State Geographic Database (U.S.) |
Stb. |
Steinbruch = stone quarry |
STC |
Standard Telephones & Cables PLC; Stanford Technology Corp. |
STCB |
Survey Technician Certification Board (ASCM) |
Stde. |
Stunde = hour |
STDM |
Stadium |
STDN |
Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network |
STF |
Summary tape file |
STIBOKA |
Stichting voor Bodemkartering (Netherlands) |
STINASU |
Stichting Natuurbescherming Suriname |
STK |
Satellite Tool Kit (Analytical Graphics, Inc.) |
STM |
Stream; System test mode; Solid Terrain Modeling; Solid TerrainModeling, Inc. |
STMA |
Anabranch |
STMD |
Distributary |
STMI |
Intermittent stream |
STMM |
Stream mouth |
Str. |
Strasse = street |
STRT |
Strait |
STV |
Service Topographique (Vanuatu) |
SU |
Standard update; Stanford University |
SUC |
Society of University Cartographers |
SUDENE |
Superintendencia de Desenvolvimento do Nordeste (Brazil) |
SuDocs |
Superintendent of Documents (U.S.) |
SUDSS |
Spatial understanding and decision support system |
SUGK |
Slovak Office of Geodesy and Cartography |
SUM |
Standard update, monoscopic |
SUNI |
Stockholms Universitet Naturgeografiska Institutionen |
SUNMAP |
Dept. of Natural Resources (Queensland) and its earlier names: Dept.of Lands; Division of Information, Dept. of Lands; Dept. of GeographicInformation; Dept. of Mapping and Surveying |
Sur. |
Surveyor |
SUS |
Standard update, stereoscopic |
SV |
Space vehicle |
SVD |
Singular Value Decomposition |
SVF |
Simple Vector Format |
SVG |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
S-VGA |
Super Video Graphics Array |
SVP |
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology |
SW |
Software; Southwest; Surface water |
S/W |
Software |
SWA |
Super-wide angle |
SWAB |
Southwest Alluvial Basins (project, NM) |
SWDC |
Southwestern Colorado Data Center |
SWEMP |
Southwest Exotic Plant Mapping program |
SWG |
Standards working group |
S.W.P.A. |
Southwest Pacific Area (Allied Forces) |
SYCI |
System Corrected Images |
SYMAP |
Synagraphic Mapping System |