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Acronyms Used on Our Site

AGI - Association for Geographic Information

CAST - Centre for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas.

DLG - Digital Line Graph

DTP - Desktop Publishing

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

FTP - File Transfer Protocol

GIR - Geographic Information Retrieval

GIS - Geographic Information Systems

GPS - Global Positioning Systems

NSDI - National Spatial Data Infrastructure

PMS - Pantone Matching System

RIP - Rapid Image Processing

RS - Remote Sensing

SAIF - Spatial Archive and Interchange Format

TIFF - Tagged Image File Format, a common {raster} graphic file format

TRIM - Terrain Resource Information Management

URL - Uniform Resource Locator

USGS - United States Geological Survey

UTM - Universal Transverse Mercator

WWW - World Wide Web

Glossaries of GIS Terms

• British Columbia Government, Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks
• University of Edinburgh, Department of Geography and the Association for Geographic Information
• Map Projection Tutorial, British Columbia Government, Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks
• Map Scale, Accuracy and Resolution in GIS, British Columbia Government, Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks