| 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 |
