| n. |
nordlich = northern |
| N |
Norden = North |
| N. |
North |
| NA |
National Archives; National Atlas; Not available; Not applicable |
| NABGG |
National Assn. for Black Geologists and Geophysicists |
| NAC |
NASA Advisory Council |
| NACIS |
North American Cartographic Information Society = Sociedad de
Informacion Cartografica Norte Americana |
| NACo |
National Assn. of Counties |
| NACS |
National Assn. of County Surveyors |
| NAD |
North American Datum |
| NAD 27 |
North American Datum of 1927 |
| NAD 83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
| NADCON |
North American Datum Conversion |
| NADEC |
National Atlas Development Centre (Ghana) |
| NADO |
National Assn. of Development Organizations |
| NAFSMA |
National Assn. of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies |
| NAGT |
National Assn. of Geoscience Teachers |
| NAHSC |
National Automated Highway System Consortium |
| NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
| NAIS |
National Atlas Information Service (Canada) |
| NALMS |
North American Lake Management Society |
| NALS |
Nevada Assn. of Land Surveyors |
| NAMCOR |
National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia |
| NAP |
Northern Affairs Program (Canada) |
| NAPA |
National Academy of Public Administration |
| NAPP |
National Aerial Photography Program (U.S.) |
| NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration (U.S.) |
| NARC |
National Association of Regional Councils |
| NARL |
Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska) |
| NARS |
National Archives and Records Service (U.S.) |
| NARSA |
National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Program |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); National Airspace System
(U.S.) |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) |
| NASBOG |
National Assn. of State Boards of Geology |
| NASDA |
National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
| NATM |
New Austrian Tunnelling Method |
| NATMAP |
Div. of National Mapping (Australia) |
| NATMO |
Indian National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAVD |
North American Vertical Datum |
| NAVD 88 |
North American Vertical Datum 1988 |
| NAVOCEAO |
Naval Oceanographic Office (U.S.) |
| NavSol |
Navigation Solutions LLC |
| Navtech |
Navigation Technology Seminars Inc. |
| NAVTECH |
Navigation Technologies Corp. |
| NAWQUA |
National Water Quality Assessment |
| NB |
Narrow band |
| Nbf |
Nebenbahnhof |
| NBFU |
National Board of Fire Underwriters |
| Nbg. |
Nurnberg |
| NBII |
National Biological Information Infrastructure |
| NBMG |
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
| NBS |
National Biological Survey (U.S.); National Bureau of Standards
(U.S.); National Board of Survey = Maanmittaushallitus (Finland) |
| NBSM |
National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (China) |
| NBTR |
Narrow band tape record(s or -er) |
| NC |
North Carolina |
| N.C. |
North Carolina |
| NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.) |
| NCARB |
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards |
| NCC |
National Cartographic Centre (Iran) |
| NCSA |
National Center for Supercomputer Applications |
| ND |
North Dakota |
| N.D. |
North Dakota |
| NCDCDS |
National Committee for Digital Cartographic Standards (U.S.) |
| NCDS |
National Cartographic Data Standard |
| NCDSB |
National Cartographic Data Standard Base |
| NCE |
North Coast Engineering |
| NCEE |
National Council of Engineering Examiners |
| NCEES |
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying |
| NCGA |
National Computer Graphics Assn. |
| NCGE |
National Council for Geographic Education |
| NCGIA |
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis |
| NC&GS |
National Charting & Geodetic Survey |
| NCGS |
North Carolina Geological Survey |
| NCIC |
National Cartographic Information Center (U.S.) |
| NCITS |
National Committee for Information Technology Standards (USA) |
| NCRDS |
National Coal Resources Data System |
| NCS |
National Cartographic Standards |
| NCSD |
Nebraska Conservation and Survey Div. |
| NCSME |
Service des Mines et de l’Energie (New Caledonia) |
| NCSS |
North Carolina Society of Surveyors |
| ND |
North Dakota |
| N-D |
N-dimensional |
| NDAR |
National Directory of Australian Resources |
| NDCDB |
National Digital Cartographic Data Base (USGS) |
| NDCS |
National Digital Cartographic Standards |
| NDF |
Nevada Division of Forestry |
| NDG |
Northern Development Group Inc. |
| NDGPS |
National Differential GPS Network (U.S.) |
| NDGS |
North Dakota Geological Survey |
| NDL |
National Digital Library (Library of Congress) |
| NDLS |
Nauru Directorate of Lands and Survey |
| NDNRC |
Nevada Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation |
| NDOT |
Nevada Dept. of Transportation |
| NDS |
National Decision Systems |
| NDSL |
Nevada Division of State Lands |
| NDSPLS |
North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
| NE |
Northeast; Nebraska |
| Neb. |
Nebraska |
| NEAR |
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous |
| NED |
National Elevation Dataset (earlier sometimes called
Database)(USGS) |
| NEIS |
National Earthquake Information Service |
| NEL |
National Exploitation Laboratory |
| NEMO |
North East Map Organization |
| NEPAN |
National Environmental Policy Act; National Environmental Protection
Act |
| NERDD |
Networked Electronic Report & Document Distribution |
| NES |
New England Section (ACSM) |
| NESACSM |
New England Section ACSM |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service |
| NESS |
National Environmental Satellite Service |
| NESTA |
National Earth Science Teachers Assn. |
| NET |
New Electronic Titles (US GPO) |
| Nev. |
Nevada |
| NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather Radar |
| NF |
Newfoundland |
| NFAP |
National Forest Applications Program |
| NFDRS |
National Fire Danger Rating System |
| NFFL |
National Forest Fire Laboratory |
| NFIP |
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.) |
| NFIRA |
National Flood Insurance Reform Act (U.S.) |
| Nfld. |
Newfoundland |
| NFS |
National Forest Service (U.S.); National Forest System; Network File
System |
| NFWS |
National Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.) |
| N.G. |
Nicholas Guerard |
| NGBN |
National Gravity Base Net (U.S.) |
| NGCS |
National Geodetic and Cartographic Service (Vietnam) |
| NGDC |
National Geophysical Data Center (U.S.); National Geospatial Data
Clearinghouse |
| NGDF |
National Geospatial Data Files |
| NGGI |
National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (Australia) |
| NGI |
National Geography Inst. = Kungnip Chiriwon (S. Korea) |
| NGIC |
National Geodetic Information Center |
| NGMA |
National Geoscience Mapping Agency (Australia) |
| NGMBD |
National Geologic Map Database (USGS) |
| NGPRP |
Northern Great Plains Resource Program |
| NGRI |
National Geophysical Research Inst. (India) |
| NGRS |
National Geodetic Reference System (U.S.) |
| NGS |
National Geographic Society (U.S.); National Geodetic Survey
(U.S.) |
| NGSP |
National Geodetic Satellite Program |
| NGU |
Norges Geologiske Undersokelse |
| NGVD |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum |
| NGVD29 |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 |
| NGWIC |
National Ground Water Information Center |
| NH |
New Hampshire |
| N.H. |
New Hampshire; New Haven |
| NHAP |
National High Altitude Photography (program) |
| NHD |
National Hydrography Dataset (USGS) |
| NHLSA |
New Hampshire Land Surveyors Assn. |
| NHPN |
National Highway Planning Network (FHWA) |
| NHS |
National Highway System; National Height System (US) |
| NI |
Natturfraedistofnun Islands |
| NICMOS |
Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer |
| NII |
National Information Infrastructure |
| NIIGA |
Nauchno-Issledovatel’skii Institut Geologii Artiki (U.S.S.R.) |
| NILS |
National Integrated Land System (US BLM) |
| NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (U.S.) |
| NIMSA |
National Interest Mapping Service Agreement (UK) |
| NIPR |
National Inst. for Polar Research (Japan) |
| NIS |
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (AHCPR) |
| NIST |
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (U.S.) |
| NIUA |
National Inst. of Urban Affairs (India) |
| NIWAR |
National Inst. of Water and Atmosphere Ltd. (New Zealand) |
| NJ |
New Jersey |
| N.J. |
New Jersey |
| NJDEP |
New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection |
| NJDOT |
New Jersey Dept. of Transportation |
| NJGIN |
New Jersey Geographic Information Network |
| NJGS |
New Jersey Geological Survey |
| NJIT |
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| NJMapp |
New Jersey Mapping Assistance Partnership Program |
| NJSPLS |
New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NJSPS |
New Jersey Society of Professional Surveyors |
| NLA |
National Land Agency (Japan) |
| NLAPS |
National Landsat Archive Production Sytem (USGS) |
| NLCD |
National Land Cover Dataset (USGS & USEPA) |
| NLIS |
National Land Information Service (UK) |
| NLQ |
Near-letter quality |
| NLRB |
National Level Bibliographic Record |
| NLUIS |
Northern Land Use Information Series (Canada) |
| NM |
New Mexico |
| NMAS |
National Map Accuracy Standard(s) |
| NMASM |
New Mexico Assn. of Surveyors and Mappers |
| NMB |
National Mapping Bureau (Papua New Guinea) |
| NMBM&MR |
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
| NMC |
National Map Collection (Canada) |
| NMCC |
National Map Collection of Canada |
| NMD |
National Mapping Div. (USGS) |
| NMF |
Network Mapping Facilities (Firm) |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.) |
| NMMC |
National Map Managers Conference |
| NMP |
National Mapping Program (USGS) |
| NNE |
North northeast |
| NNSS |
Navy Navigational Satellite System |
| NNW |
North north west |
| no |
nordostwarts |
| NO |
Nordosten = northeast |
| N.O. |
New Orleans |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.) |
| NOBS |
Northern Ohio Bibliographic Society |
| NOMS |
Northern Ohio Map Society |
| NOPPA |
National Ocean Pollution Protection Act |
| NORTAD |
North American Transportation Atlas Data |
| NOS |
National Ocean Service (U.S.); National Ocean Survey (U.S.) |
| NOSC |
National Oceans Systems Center |
| NOSS |
National Oceanographic Satellite System (U.S.) |
| NP |
Norsk Polarinstitutt |
| NPF |
Norsk Petroleums-forening = Norwegian Petroleum Society |
| NPIC |
National Photographic Interpretation Center (U.S.) |
| NPOC |
Naval Polar Oceanographic Center (U.S.) |
| NPR |
National Performance Review (U.S.) |
| NPRA |
National Petroleum Reserve (Alaska) |
| NPR-A |
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska |
| NPS |
National Park Service (U.S.); Nonpoint source |
| Nr. |
Nummer = number |
| NRA |
National Recreation Area |
| NRC |
National Research Council; Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.) |
| NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA) |
| NRCT |
National Resources Council of Thailand |
| NRDD |
Natural Resources Data Directory (NSW); National Resources Data
Directory (Australia) |
| NRI |
National Resources Inventory (SCS) |
| NRIC |
National Resource Information Centre (Australia) |
| NRIS |
National Resource Information System |
| NRO |
National Reconnaissance Office (U.S.) |
| NRS |
National Reference System (U.S.) |
| NRSA |
National Remote Sensing Agency (India) |
| NRSC |
National Remote Sensing Centre (U.K.) |
| NRSL |
Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory (Univ. of Alaska) |
| NRWS |
Narrows |
| NS |
Nova Scotia; Not sprinklered |
| NSA |
National Security Agency |
| NSAPI |
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface |
| NSB |
North Slope Borough (Alaska) |
| NSC |
National Space Council (U.S.); National Security Council (U.S.);
National Society of Cartographers |
| NSD |
Nepal Survey Dept. |
| NSDC |
National Spatial Data Council (U.S.) |
| NSDI |
National Spatial Data Infrastructure; National Spatial Data
Information |
| NSDNR |
Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
| NSGIC |
National States Geographic Information Council |
| NSKV |
Norges Sjokartverk |
| NSLAB |
Niedersachsisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung |
| NSLVA |
Niedersachsisches Landesverwaltungsamt |
| NSN |
National Satellite Network |
| NSPE |
National Society of Professional Engineers |
| NSPS |
National Society of Professional Surveyors |
| NSRFC |
Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corp. |
| NSRS |
National Spatial Reference System (NOAA) |
| NSS |
National Soil Survey (Ireland); National Speleological Society;
Navigational Safety System |
| NSSDA |
National Standard for Spatial Database Accuracy |
| NSTB |
National Satellite Test Bed |
| NSTL |
National Space Technology Laboratory |
| NSW |
New South Wales |
| NTAD |
National Transportation Atlas Data (U.S.) |
| NTD |
National Topographic Database (OS) |
| NTDB |
National Topographic Data Base (Canada) |
| NTDL |
Northern Territory Dept. of Lands (Australia) |
| NTDME |
Dept. of Mines and Energy (Northern Territory, Australia) |
| NTF |
National Transfer Format (U.K.) |
| NTIS |
National Technical Information Service (U.S.) |
| NTM |
Notice to Mariners |
| NTPS |
National Transportation Planning System |
|
NTS
|
National Topographic Series (Canada); National Topographic System
(Canada); Navigation Technology Satellite; Nevada Test Site |
| NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.) |
| NUC |
National Union Catalog |
| NUC CM |
National Union Catalog, Cartographic Material |
| NURE |
National Uranium Resources Evaluation (program) |
| NV |
Nevada |
| NVCN |
National Vertical Control Network (U.S.) |
| nw |
nordwestlich |
| NW |
Northwest; Nordwesten |
| N.W. |
Niedrigwasser |
| NWA |
National Water Alliance |
| NWFP |
North West Frontier Province (Pakistan) |
| NWI |
National Wetlands Inventory (USFWS); National Wilderness Inventory
(Australia) |
| NWS |
National Weather Service (NOAA) |
| NWSCA |
National Water and Soil Conservation Authority (New Zealand) |
| NY |
New York |
| N.Y. |
New York |
| N.Y.C. |
New York City |
| NYPL |
New York Public Library |
| NYSAPLS |
New York State Assn. of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NYSDOT |
New York State Dept. of Transportation |
| NYSDT |
New York State Dept. of Transportation |
| NYSGS |
New York Geological State Geological Survey |
| NZ |
New Zealand |
| N.Z. |
New Zealand |
| NZFS |
New Zealand Forest Service |
| NZGD |
New Zealand Geophysics Div. |
| NZGS |
New Zealand Geological Survey |
| NZMG |
New Zealand Map Grid |
| NZMS |
New Zealand Dept. of Lands and Survey |
| NZOI |
New Zealand Oceanographic Inst. |
| NZSB |
New Zealand Soil Survey |
