| D |
Dwelling |
| DA |
Data Acquisition;
Dept. of the Army |
| D/A |
Digital to Analog
(converter) |
| DAAC |
Div. des archives
audiovisuelles et cartographiques, Archives nationales du Canada |
| DAAS |
Defense Automatic
Addressing System (USDMA) |
| DAASC |
Defense Automated
Addressing System Center (USDMA) |
| DAC |
Digital-to-Analog
Converter |
| DACA |
Div. des archives
cartographiques et audio-visuelles, Archives nationales du Canada |
| DACH |
Deputy Assistant
Chief Hydrologist |
| DADS |
Digital Assisted
Data Base System |
| DAESA |
Dual Axis Fourier
Shape Analysis |
| DAG |
Directorate of Geographic
Affairs (Lebanon) |
| DAIS-1 |
Digital Airborne
Imagery System (Space Imaging (Firm)) |
| DAL |
Data Analysis Laboratory |
| DAM |
Detection and mapping |
| DAMES |
Defense Automated
Message Exchange Service (USDMA) |
| DANE |
Departamento Administrativo
Nacional de Estadistica (Colombia) |
| DARDC |
Device for Automatic
Remote Data Collection |
| DARO |
Defense Airborne
Reconnaissance Office (U.S.) |
| DARPA |
Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (U.S.) |
| DAS |
Delaware Assn. of
Surveyors |
| DA&SM |
Data Acquisitions
& Systems Maintenance |
| DAT |
Digital audio tape |
| DATIS |
Digital Airborne
Topographic Imaging System |
| DATPE |
Direction de l'Amernagement
du Territoire et de la Protection de l'Environnement (Haiti) |
| D.A.V. |
Deutscher Alpenverein |
| DB |
Data base |
| DBB |
Deutsche Bundesbahn |
| DBDB |
Digital Bathymetry
Data Base (U.S. government) |
| DBH |
Diameter at breast
height |
| DBI |
Database Indexing |
| DBMS |
Database management
system |
| DBPPWG |
Data Base Population
Planning Working Group |
| DBPWG |
Data Base Population
Working Group |
| DBR |
Dienst Bodemkartering
(Suriname) |
| DBS |
Data Base Specifications;
Direct broadcast satellites |
| DC |
District Chief; District
of Columbia; Div. Chief; Dublin Core |
| D.C. |
District of Columbia |
| DCA |
Dept. of Community
Affairs (Montana) |
| DC&A |
Data Collection and
Analysis |
| DCASS |
Digital Cartographic
Software System |
| DCDB |
Digital Cartographic
Data Base |
| DCDSTF |
Digital Cartographic
Data Standards Task Force (U.S.) |
| DCE |
Data Communication
Equipment; Distributed Computing Environment |
| DCF |
Digital Cartographic
File |
| DCHUM |
Digital Chart Update
Manual (USDMA) |
| DCI |
Differential Corrections,
Inc.; Director of Central Intelligence |
| DCMI |
Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative |
| DCN |
Direccion de Cartografia
Nacional (Venezuela); Document control number |
| DCP |
Dept. of city planning;
Digital Cartographic Production; Data collection platform |
| DCPS |
Digital Cartographic
Production Segment |
| DCR |
Design Concept Review |
| DCS |
Digital Cartography
Section; Digital color separate; Directorate of Colonial Surveys (U.K.);
Data collection system; Digital Cartographic Studio |
| DCSE |
Diba Consulting Software
Engineers |
| DCS/RSE |
Data collection system
receiving site equipment |
| DCST |
Data collection system
tape |
| DCT |
Direction Topographique
et du Cadastre (Congo) |
| DCW |
Digital Chart of
the World (USDMA) |
| DD |
Data dictionary;
Dewey Decimal; Decimal degrees |
| DDA |
Data descriptive
area |
| DDAC |
Deutscher Automobil-Club |
| DDC |
Dewey Decimal classification;
Digital data conversion |
| DDCMP |
Digital Data Communication
Message Protocol |
| DDES |
Digital Data Editing
System |
| DDF |
Data descriptive
file |
| DDI |
Design Data Inc. |
| DDIS |
Depository Distribution
Information System (USGPO) |
| DDL |
Data Definition Language |
| DDM |
Documents Data Miner |
| DDN |
Defense Data Network |
| DDPO |
Defense Dissemination
Program Office (U.S.) |
| DDPS |
Desktop Digital Photogrammetry
System (3D Mapper Pty. Ltd.) |
| DDR |
Data descriptive
record |
| DDS |
Digital Data Storage |
| DE |
Data extraction;
Delaware |
| dec. |
Declination |
| DEC |
Digital Equipment
Corp. |
| DED |
Data Element Dictionary |
| DE-DEM |
Drainage-Enforced
DEM |
| DEIS |
Draft environmental
impact statement |
| del. |
Delineation; delineator |
| Del. |
Delaware |
| delt. |
Delineator |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation
Model; Digital elevation matrix |
| DEM-G |
Digital Elevation
Model--Graphic (coordinates) |
| DEM-P |
Digital Elevation
Model--Planar (coordinates) |
| DEMR |
Dept. of Energy,
Mines and Resources Canada |
| DEMVFY |
Digital Elevation
Model Verify (verification software) |
| Dep. |
Deputy; Departement |
| DEP |
Dept. of Environmental
Protection |
| Dept. |
Department |
| DES |
Digital Editing Station |
| DE/S |
Data Extraction Segment |
| DESI |
Diversified Energy
Services, Inc. |
| DFAD |
Digital Feature Analysis
Data (U.S. government) |
| DFC |
Digital Futures Coalition |
| DFG |
Dept. of Fish and
Game |
| DFLIP |
Digital Flight Information
Publication |
| DFIRM |
Digital Flood Insurance
Rate Map |
| DFW |
Dept. of Fish and
Wildlife |
| DGC |
Direct Geodetic Constraint
(software) |
| DGCM |
Direct Geodetic Constraint
Method |
| DGDF |
Digital Geospatial
Data Files |
| DGEC |
Direccion General
de Estadistica y Censos (Costa Rica) |
| DGF |
Dept. of Game and
Fish |
| DGG |
Direccion General
de Geografia (Mexico) |
| DGGM |
Direccion General
de Geologia y Minas (Colombia) |
| DGGS |
Div. of Geological
and Geophysical Surveys (Alaska); Directorate General of Geological Surveys
(Iraq) |
| DGI |
Direktorat Geologi
(Indonesia) |
| DGIAI |
Direccion General
de Integracion y Analisis de la Informacion (Mexico) |
| DGIS |
Direct Graphics Interface
Standard |
| DGIWG |
Digital Geographic
Information Working Group |
| DGfK |
Deutsche Gesellschaft
fur Kartographie |
| DGK 5 |
Deutsche Grundkarte
1:5 000 |
| DGM |
Div. des Gites Mineraux
de l'Assn. Geologique du Canada; Direction de la Geologie et des Mines
(Burkina Faso); Direccion General de Mineria (Dominican Republic) |
| DGMG |
Direccion General
de Minas y Geologia (Venezuela) |
| DGMP |
Direccion de Geologia,
Minas y Petrolio (Costa Rica) |
| DGN |
Domestic geographic
name |
| DGNR |
Domestic Geographic
Names Report (U.S.) |
| DGO |
Direccion General
de Oceanografia (Mexico) |
| DGP |
Digital Graphic Product |
| DGPA |
Direccion General
de la Produccion Agraria (Spain) |
| DGPS |
Differential Global
Positioning System; Differential Global Positioning Satellite |
| DGRM |
Direccion General
de Recursos Minerales (Panama) |
| DGS |
Dept. of Geological
Survey (Botswana); Delaware Geological Survey |
| DGSE |
Dept. of Geological
Survey and Exploration (Burma) |
| DGU |
Danmarks Geologiske
Undersogelse |
| DH |
Drill hole |
| D.H. |
Double hydrant |
| DHI |
Deutsches Hydrographisches
Institut; Defense Hydrographic Initiative (USDMA) |
| DHN |
Directoria de Hidrografia
e Navegac~ao (Brazil) |
| DI |
Data Integration;
Digital image |
| DIA |
Defence Intelligence
Agency (U.S.); Dept. of Indian Affairs; Dept. of International Affairs |
| DIAL |
Digital Imae Analysis
Laboratory (Univ. of Arizona) |
| diam. |
Diameter |
| DIAM |
Defense Intelligence
Agency Manual |
| DiAP |
Digital Image Analytical
Plotter (ISM) |
| DID |
Data information
delivery; Data information description; Digital Image Data |
| DIDS |
Digital Information
Display System (U.S.) |
| DIELOG |
DAASC Integrated
E-Mail Logistics System (USDMA) |
| DIES |
Digital Image Enhancement
System |
| DIF |
Data Integration
Function; Data Interchange Format; Display Information Facility; Document
Interchange Format (U.S. Navy) |
| difSAR |
Differential SAR |
| DIGCAT |
Digital Catalog |
DIGIT
|
Digitally Integrated
Geographic Information Technologies (laboratory, Univ. of Utah Geography
Dept.) |
| DIM |
Digital Image Matching |
| DIME |
Dual Independent
Map Encoding (U.S. Bureau of the Census) |
| Dinageca |
Direcc~ao Nacional
de Geografia e Cadastro (Mozambique) |
| DIP |
Data Integration
Program |
| DIPS |
Digital Image Processing
System |
| DIRS |
Digital Image Rectification/Registration
System |
| DIS |
Distributed Information
System; Draft International Standard (ISO) |
| DISGIS |
Distributed Geographical
Information Systems |
| DISHIDROS |
Dinas Hidro Oceanografi
(Indonesia) |
| Dist. |
District |
| DISTDAHS |
Distributed Satellite
Telemetry Data Handling System |
| Div. |
Division |
| DKDGS |
Det Kongelige Danske
Geografiske Selskab |
| DL |
Data logging |
| DLA |
Diffusion-limited
aggregation |
| DLCW |
Department of Land
and Water Conservation (NSW) |
| DLG |
Digital Line Graph |
| DLG-E |
Digital Line Graph--Enhanced |
| DLGF |
Digital Line Graph--Framework |
| DLG-O |
Digital Line Graph--Optional |
| DLG2DEM |
Digital Line Graph
to Digital Elevation Model (production software) |
| DLG-3 |
Digital Line Graph--level
3 |
| DLI |
Digital Library Initiative
(U.S.); Data Liberation Initiative (Canada) |
| DLL |
Windows Dynamic Link
Library |
| DLMS |
Digital Landmass
System |
| DLNR |
Dept. of Land and
Natural Resources |
| DLO |
Document-like object |
| DLR |
Deutsches Zentrum
fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. |
| DLS |
Dominion Land Survey
(Canada); Dept. of Lands and Survey (Guyana); Dept. of Lands and Surveys
(Cyprus) |
| DLT |
Digital linear tape |
| DLWC |
Dept. of Land and
Water Conservation (Australia) |
| DM |
Departamento de Minas
(Honduras); Data mining |
| DMA |
Defense Mapping Agency
(U.S.); Designated Market Areas (USBC TIGER) |
| DMAAC |
Defense Mapping Agency
Aerospace Center |
| DMAFF |
Defense Mapping Agency
Feature File; Defense Mapping Agency Feature Format |
| DMAHTC |
Defense Mapping Agency
Hydrographic Topographic Center |
| DMAIAGS |
Defense Mapping Agency
Inter-American Geodetic Survey |
| DMAODS |
Defense Mapping Agency
Office of Distribution Services |
| DMASPOEM |
Defense Mapping Agency
Special Program Office for Exploitation Modernization |
| DMA TC |
Defense Mapping Agency
Topographic Center (U.S.) |
| DMATC |
Defense Mapping Agency
Topographic Center (U.S.) |
| DMAUSE |
DMA Utility Software
Environment (USDMA) |
| DMCA |
Digital Millenium
Copyright Act |
| DME |
Distance measuring
equipment; Dept. of Mines and Energy (Nova Scotia) |
| DMMG |
Direccion Nacional
de Mineria y Geologia (Uruguay) |
| DMMR |
Deputy Ministry for
Mineral Resources (Saudi Arabia) |
| DMR |
Dept. of Mineral
Resources (New South Wales) |
| DMRS |
Data Management and
Retrieval System |
| DMRT |
Dept. of Mineral
Resources of Thailand |
DMS
|
Data Management System;
Desktop Mapping System (R-WEL, Inc.); Drawing Management System; Defense
Mapping School (USDMA); Defense Message System (USDoD); Distribution Management
System; Degrees, minutes, seconds |
| DMSI |
Data Management Segment
Interface Control Document |
| DMSO |
Defense Mapping School
Operations Office (USDMA) |
| DMSP |
Defense Meteorological
Satellite Program |
| DMTI |
Desktop Mapping Technologies
Inc.
|
| DMU |
Defense Mapping Unit
(Singapore) |
| DMW |
Daft, McCune, Walker |
| DN |
Digital Number |
| DNC |
Digital Nautical
Chart |
| DNPM |
Departamento Nacional
de Produc~ao Mineral (Brazil) |
| DNPCT |
Direction National
de Production Cartographique et Topographique (Mali) |
| DNR |
Dept. of Natural
Resources |
| DNRC |
Dept. of Natural
Resources and Conservation (Montana) |
| DNREP |
Dept. of Natural
Resources and Environmental Protection (Kentucky) |
| DNT |
Direccion Nacional
de Topografia (Uruguay) |
| DNR |
Dept. of Natural
Resources |
| Do. |
Ditto (the same) |
| DO |
Digital Ortho; District
office |
| DOA |
Dept. of Agriculture |
| Doc. |
Document |
| DOC |
Dept. of Commerce |
| DOD |
Dept. of Defense |
| DOE |
Dept. of Energy |
| DOH |
Dept. of Health |
| DOI |
Dept. of the Interior;
Digital object identifier; Document object identifier |
| DOMSAT |
Domestic Communications
Satellite System |
| DOQ |
Digital orthophoto
quadrangle |
| DOQQ |
Digital orthophoto
quarter quadrangle |
| DORIS |
Decision-Oriented
Resource Information System (Ventura County, Calif.); Doppler obitography
and radiopositioning integrated by satellite |
| DOS |
Directorate of Overseas
Surveys (U.K.); Dept. of State; Digital Orthophoto System; Disc Operating
System |
| DOSLI |
Dept. of Survey and
Land Information (New Zealand) |
| DOT |
Dept. of Transportation |
| DP |
Data production;
Digital Photogrammetry |
| DPE |
Data processing environment;
data processing equipment |
| DPED |
Dept. of Planning
and Economic Development |
| dpi |
Dots per inch |
| DPI |
Dots per inch |
| DPIE |
Dept. of Primary
Industries and Energy (Australia) |
| DPL |
Data Programming
Language |
| DPMA |
Data Processing Management
Assn. |
| DPPDB |
Digital Point Positioning
Data Base |
| DPS |
DEM Production System;
Digital Production System (USDMA) |
| Dpt. |
Department |
| DPW |
Dept. of public works |
| DPWS |
Digital Photogrammetric
Work Station |
| DQDB |
Distributed-Queue
Dual Buses |
| DQQ |
Digital Quarter Quadrangle |
| Dr. |
Drive |
| DR |
Data record(s); Direct
Reflex (Trimble) |
| DRBC |
Delaware River Basin
Commission |
| DRF |
Digital Raster File |
| DRG |
Digital Raster Graphic;
Davey Resource Group |
| DRGM |
Direction des Recherches
gologiques et minires (Niger) |
| DRGP |
Digital Representation
of Graphic Products |
| DRGS |
Direct Readout Ground
Station |
| DRO |
Digital Revision
Overlay |
| DS |
Digital subsystem |
| DSD |
Digital Sailing Directions |
| DSDP |
Deep Sea Drilling
Project |
| DSF |
Delivery sequence
file (U.S. Postal Service) |
| DSGM |
Direcc~ao de Servicos
de Geologia e Minas (Angola); Direccion del Servicio Geografico Militar
(Paraguay) |
| DSGZ |
Dept. of the Surveyor
General (Zimbabwe) |
| DSIR |
Dept. of Scientific
and Industrial Research (Australia, New Zealand) |
| DSL |
Dept. of Surveys
and Lands (Botswana); Data Service Laboratory |
| DSM |
Directorate of Surveys
and Mapping (South Africa) |
| DSN |
Deep Space Network;
Dataset Name; Data source name |
| DSNP |
Dassault-Sercel NP |
| DSP |
Dept. of State Planning |
| DSPW |
Digital Photogrammetric
Workstation (USCE) |
| DS/S |
Data Services Segment |
| DSSSL |
Document Style Semantic
and Specification Language |
| DSU |
Digital Standard
Update |
| DTAD |
Digital Terrain Analysis
Data |
| DTD |
Digital Terrain Data;
Document Type Definition |
| DTED |
Digital Terrain Elevation
Data (U.S. government) |
| DTG |
Digital tape generation |
| DTM |
Digital Terrain Model
(or Modeling) |
| DTOP |
Digital Topographic
Data |
| DTS |
Digital transmission
system |
| DTSS-P |
Digital Topographic
Support System Prototype |
| DTW |
Desk-top Workstation |
| DUMC |
Dutch Union Map Catalogue |
| DV |
Daily Value |
| DVD |
Digital video disc;
Digital versatile disc |
| DVNP |
Death Valley National
Park |
| DVP |
Digital Video Plotter |
| DW |
Data warehousing |
| DWD |
Deutscher Wetterdienst |
| DWF |
Drawing Web Format |
| DWR |
Dept. of Water Resources |
| DXF |
Drawing Interchange
File; Digital Exchange Format |
| DySIS |
Dynamic Software
and Integrated Solutions, Inc. |
| D-2 |
National Interest
Lands, Section D-2, Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act |