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A
- ABCA
- America, Britain, Canada, and Australia
- ABCANZ
- America, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
- ACT
- Allied Command Transformation
- ADRG
- ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
- ADatP
- Allied Data Processing Publication
- AGC
- Army Geospatial Center <USA>
- AGeoP
- Allied Geospatial Publication
- AIS
- Aeronautical Information Exchange Model
- AMD
- Amendment
- AML
- Additional Military Layers
- ANR
- Authorized National Representative
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- ANZLIC
- Australian and New Zealand Spatial Information Council
- AP
- Application Profile
- API
- Application Programming Interface
- APP
- Allied Procedural Publication
- ARC
- Equal Arc-Second Raster Chart
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASPRS
- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- ATS
- Abstract Test Suite
B
- BAG
- Bathymetric Attributed Grid
- BBox
- Bounding Box
- BIIF
- Basic Image Interchange Format
- BMP
- Bitmap
- bps
- Bits per second
C
- C-TP
- Chair of Technical Panel
- C2
- Command and Control
- C2IEDM
- Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model
- C3
- Consultation, Command and Control
- C3I
- Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
- C4I
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
- C4ISR
- Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
- CADRG
- Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics
- CE
- Circular Error
- CEN
- European Committee for Standardization
- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer
- CGM
- Computer Graphic Metafile
- CIMIC
- Civil Military Cooperation
- CIS
- Coverage Implementation Schema
- CM
- Configuration Management
- CMYK
- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (or Black)
- COC
- Coding Style Component
- COD
- Coding Style Default
- CONOPS
- Concept of Operations
- COP
- Common Operational Picture
- CORBA
- Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- CP
- Command Post
- CPS
- Coverage Portrayal Service
- CQL
- Common Query Language
- CRS
- Coordinate Reference System
- CS
- Coordinate System
- CSD
- Coalition Shared Data
- CSM
- Community Sensor Model
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets
- CSS2
- Cascading Style Sheets level 2
- CSS3
- Cascading Style Sheets level 3
- CSV
- Comma Separated Values
- CSW
- Catalog Service for the Web
- CartoCSS
- Cartography Cascading Style Sheets
- CoI
- Community of Interest
D
- DCAT
- Data Catalogue Vocabulary
- DCM
- Defence City Map
- DCP
- Distributed Computing Platform
- DCT
- Discrete Cosine Transform
- DEM
- Digital Elevation Model
- DFDD
- DGIWG Feature Data Directory
- DGFCD
- Defence Geospatial Feature Concept Dictionary
- DGI
- Digital Geographic Information
- DGIF
- Digital Geographic Information Framework
- DGIM
- Digital Geographic Information Model
- DGIWG
- Digital Geographic Information Working Group
- DGRWI
- Defence Geospatial Real World Object Index
- DGSB
- Defence Geospatial Standards Baseline
- DIGEST
- Digital Geographic Information Exchange Standard
- DJOG(A)
- Defence Joint Operations Graphic (Air)
- DMED
- Digital Mean Elevation Data
- DMF
- DGIWG Metadata Foundation
- DMGEM
- Defence Maritime Geospatial Exchange Model
- DNC
- Digital Nautical Chart
- DPS
- Data Product Specification
- DQ
- Data Quality
- DRP
- Defence Raster Product
- DSM
- Digital Surface Model
- DTED
- Digital Terrain Elevation Data
- DTM
- Defence Topographic Map
- DTM50
- Defence Topographic Map for 1:50,000 Scale
- DTOX
- Defence Topographic Exchange
- DTS
- Draft Technical Specification
- DVOF
- Digital Vertical Obstruction File
- DWG
- Domain Working Group <OGC>
- DWT
- Discrete Wavelet Transform
E
- EA
- Enterprise Architect
- EASA
- European Union Aviation Safety Agency
- EBCOT
- Embedded Block Coding with Optimal Truncation
- ECDIS
- Electronic Chart Display and Information System
- ECIB
- Enhanced Controlled Image Base
- ECRG
- Enhanced Compressed Raster Graphic
- EGM
- Earth Gravitational Model
- ENC
- Electronic Navigational Chart
- EO
- Earth Observation
- EOC
- End of Codestream
- EPS
- Encapsulated PostScript
- EPSG
- European Petroleum Survey Group
- ESM
- Elevation Surface Model
- ETL
- Extract, Transform, and Load
- EU
- European Union
- EUMS
- European Union Military Staff
- EUSC
- European Union Satellite Centre
- ebRIM
- electronic business Registry Information Model
F
- FAA
- Federal Aviation Administration <USA>
- FACC
- Feature and Attribute Coding Catalogue
- FD
- Final Draft
- FDD
- Feature Data Directory
- FME
- Feature Manipulation Engine
- FMN
- Federated Mission Networking <NATO>
- FPS
- Feature Portrayal Service
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
G
- GAWG
- Geospatial Aeronautical Working Group
- GCS
- Geographic Coordinate System
- GCSE
- Geographic Coordinate System, Ellipsoid Only
- GEOINT
- Geospatial Intelligence
- GGDM
- Ground-Warfighter Geospatial Data Model
- GI
- Geospatial Information
- GIF
- Graphic Interchange Format
- GIR
- Geospatial Information Requirement
- GIRD
- Geospatial Information Requirement Description
- GIS
- Geographic Information System
- GISMO
- Geospatial Information to Support decision Making in Operations
- GML
- Geography Markup Language
- GMLCOV
- GML Application Schema for Coverages
- GMLJP2
- GML in JPEG 2000
- GMTI
- Ground Moving Target Imagery
- GMTIF
- Ground Moving Target Indicator
- GMWG
- Geospatial Maritime Working Group
- GPHICS
- Resource Graphics
- GPKG
- GeoPackage
- GRWG
- Geospatial Requirements Working Group
- GSD
- Ground Sample Distance
- GSIP
- Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Structure Implementation Profile
- GSS
- Geo Synchronization Service
- GWG
- Geospatial Intelligence Standards Working Group
- GeoCSS
- Geography Cascading Style Sheets
- GeoJSON
- Geospatial JavaScript Object Notation
- GeoPDF
- Geospatial Portable Document Format
- GeoSym
- Geospatial Symbols for Digital Displays
- GeoTIFF
- Geographic Tagged Image File Format
H
- HDF
- Hierarchical Data Format
- HRE
- High Resolution Elevation
- HREGP
- HRE Geographic Product
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- HTML 5
- Hypertext Markup Language 5
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
I
- IA
- Information Assurance
- IANA
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
- IC
- Intelligence Community
- ICAO
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- ICC
- International Colour Consortium
- ICM
- Image City Map
- IEC
- International Electrotechnical Committee
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- IERHWG
- Information Exchange Requirements Harmonization Working Group
- IETF
- Internet Engineering Task Force
- IFD
- Image File Directory
- IGD
- Imagery and Gridded Data
- IGW
- International Geospatial Warehouse
- IHO
- International Hydrographic Organization
- IMO
- International Maritime Organization
- IMWG
- Imagery Working Group
- INSPIRE
- Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community
- IPHG
- International Program for Human Geography
- IR
- infared
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- ISO/TC211
- International Organization for Standardization, Technical Committee 211 (Geographic information/Geomatics)
- ISR
- Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
- IT
- Information Technology
- InSAR
- Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
J
- JCGISR
- Joint Capability Group on Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
- JGSWG
- Joint Geospatial Standards Working Group
- JMCDM
- Joint METOC Conceptual Data Model
- JOG
- Joint Operations Graphic
- JOG(A)
- Joint Operations Graphic (Air)
- JP2
- JPEG 2000 file format
- JPEG
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- JPEG 2000
- Wavelet compression standard defined by the Joint Photographic Experts Group in 2000
- JPIP
- JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol
- JSON
- JavaScript Object Notation
- JSON-LD
- JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data
- JSP
- Joint Symbology Panel
- JWID
- Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration
K
- KLV
- Key-Length-Value
- KML
- Keyhole Markup Language
- KOS
- Knowledge Organization Systems
- KVP
- Keyword-Value-Pairs
L
- LAN
- Local Area Network
- LCC
- Lambert Conic Conformal
- LE
- Linear Error
- LIDAR
- Light Detection and Ranging
- LZW
- Lempel-Ziv-Welch compression algorithm
M
- MBTiles
- MapBoxTiles
- MC
- Military Committee
- MC&G
- Mapping Charting & Geodesy
- MDA
- Model Driven Architecture
- MDG
- MGCP Derived Graphic
- MDS
- Metadata Schema
- METOC
- Meteorological and Oceanographic
- MGCP
- Multinational Geospatial Co-Production Program
- MGID
- Military Geographic Information & Documentation
- MGRS
- Military Grid Reference System
- MI
- Motion Imagery
- MIM
- MIP Information Model
- MIME
- Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension
- MIP
- Multinational Interoperability Programme
- MISB
- Motion Imagery Standards Board
- MPEG
- Motion Picture Experts Group
- MSL
- Mean Sea Level
- MT02
- Metadata Register Maintenance Team
- MTI
- Moving Target Indicator
- MTM
- MGCP Topographic Map
- MoD
- Ministry of Defence
- MoU
- Memorandum of Understanding
N
- NAS
- NSG Application Schema
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NAVAIDS
- NAVigation AIDS
- NC3A
- NATO Command Control and Consultation Agency
- NCDF
- NATO Core Data Framework
- NCIA
- NATO Communications and Information Agency
- NCMS
- NATO Core Metadata Specification
- NEC
- Network Enabled Capability
- NFDD
- NSG Feature Data Dictionary
- NGB
- NATO Geospatial Board
- NGEC
- NATO Geospatial Entity Catalogue
- NGFCD
- NATO Geospatial Feature Concept Dictionary
- NGIF
- NATO Geospatial Information Framework
- NGIM
- NATO Geospatial Information Model
- NGMP
- NATO Geospatial Metadata Profile
- NGRWI
- NATO Geospatial Real World Object Index
- NIIA
- NATO Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Interoperability Architecture
- NITF
- National Imagery Transmission Format
- NMF
- NSG Metadata Foundation
- NMMT
- NGIF Model Maintenance Team
- NMRR
- NATO Metadata Registry and Repository
- NNEC
- NATO Network Enabled Capability
- NPIF
- NATO Primary Image Format
- NSG
- National System for Geospatial Intelligence
- NSIF
- NATO Secondary Imagery Format
- NSILI
- NATO Standard ISR Library Interface
- NWIP
- New Work Item Proposal
O
- OASIS
- Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
- OCL
- Object Constraint Language
- OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OGC
- Open Geospatial Consortium
- OMG
- Object Management Group
- ONC
- Operational Navigation Chart
- OSM
- Open Street Map
- OTF
- Open Type Font
- OWL
- Web Ontology Language
- OWS
- OGC Web Services
P
- P1
- Vector Panel
- P2
- Imagery and Gridded Data Panel
- P3
- Metadata Panel
- P4
- Portrayal Panel
- P5
- Geospatial Web Services Panel
- PC
- Portrayal Catalogue
- PCRD
- Post Compression Rate Distortion
- Portable Document Format
- PIM
- Platform Independent Model
- PIM
- Platform Independent Model
- PL
- Project Lead
- PL
- Project Lead
- PNG
- Portable Network Graphics
- PNG
- Portable Network Graphic
- PO
- Product Object
- PRD
- Production Reference Document
- PSM
- Platform Specific Models
- PoI
- Point of Interest
- PoW
- Program of Work
- PubSub
- Publish/Subscribe
Q
- QA
- Quality Assurance
R
- RD
- Ratification Draft
- RDF
- Resource Description Framework
- REP
- Recognized Environmental Picture
- REST
- Representational State Transfer
- REV
- Revision
- RFC
- Request for Comments
- RFI
- Request for Information
- RGB
- Red, Green, Blue
- RPF
- Raster Product Format
- RSS
- Really Simple Syndication
- RWO
- Real World Object
- RegML
- Register Markup Language
S
- S-DGIWG
- Secretary/Secretariat of DGIWG
- SAR
- Synthetic Aperture Radar
- SBVR
- Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules
- SCOTS
- Standards-based Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
- SDI
- Spatial Data Infrastructure
- SE
- Symbology Encoding
- SHACL
- Shapes Constraint Language
- SI
- International System of Units
- SICD
- Sensor Independent Complex Data
- SIDD
- Sensor Independent Derived Data
- SKOS
- Simple Knowledge Organization System
- SLD
- Styled Layer Descriptor
- SME
- Subject Matter Expert
- SML
- Sensor Model Language
- SOA
- Service Oriented Architecture
- SOAP
- Simple Object Access Protocol
- SOLAS
- Safety Of Life At Sea
- SOP
- Standard Operating Procedure
- SOS
- Sensor Observation Service
- SPS
- Sensor Planning Service
- SQL
- Structured Query Language
- SRD
- Standards Related Document
- SRIM
- Semantic Registry Information Model
- STANAG
- Standardization Agreement
- SVG
- Scalable Vector Graphics
- SWE
- Sensor Web Enablement
- SWG
- Standards Working Group
- SensorML
- Sensor Model Language
- sRGB
- Standard Red Green Blue
T
- TC
- Technical Committee
- TC-DGIWG
- Technical Coordinator of DGIWG
- TDS
- Topographic Data Store
- TEM
- Terrain Elevation Model
- TG
- Technical Group
- TIFF
- Tagged Image File Format
- TIN
- Triangulated Irregular Network
- TM
- Topographic Map
- TM50
- Topographic Map for 1:50,000 Scale
- TML
- Transducer Markup Language
- TPC
- Tactical Pilotage Chart
- TRD
- Technical Reference Document
- TRE
- Tagged Record Extension
- TREx
- TanDEM-X high Resolution Elevation Data Exchange
- TS
- Technical Specification
- ToR
- Terms of Reference
U
- UI
- User Interface
- UML
- Unified Modeling Language
- UN
- United Nations
- UPS
- Universal Polar Stereographic
- URI
- Uniform Resource Indicator
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator
- URN
- Uniform Resource Name
- UTC
- Coordinated Universal Time
- UTF-8
- Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit
- UTM
- Universal Transverse Mercator
- UUID
- Universally Unique Identifier
- UoM
- Units of Measure
V
- VMST
- Vector Models and Schema Team
- VMap
- Vector Map
- VPF
- Vector Product Format
- VRF
- Vector Relational Format
W
- W3C
- World Wide Web Consortium
- WAN
- Wide Area Network
- WCPS
- Web Coverage Processing Service
- WCS
- Web Coverage Service
- WECDIS
- Warship Electronic Chard Display and Information System
- WFS
- Web Feature Service
- WFS-G
- Web Feature Service – Gazetteer Profile
- WG
- Working Group
- WGS
- World Geodetic System
- WGS 84
- World Geodetic System 1984
- WMO
- World Meteorological Organization
- WMS
- Web Map Service
- WMTS
- Web Map Tile Service
- WNS
- Web Notification Service
- WPS
- Web Processing Service
- WSDL
- Web Services Description Language
- WSTP
- Web Services Technical Panel
- WWW
- World Wide Web
X
- XHTML
- Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
- XMG
- XML Maintenance Group <ISO>
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language
- XNDR
- XML Naming and Design Rules
- XPM
- X PixMap
- XSD
- XML Schema Definition
- XSL
- eXtensible Stylesheet Language
- XSLT
- eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation
Y
- YCbCr
- Luminance; Chroma:Blue; Chroma: Red
Z