| G |
Geometry |
| G&M |
Geography and Map;
geography and Map Div. |
| G&O |
Greenhorne &
O'Mara Inc. |
| Ga. |
Georgia |
| GA |
Georgia; Geographic
access; Geographical Association |
| GAC |
Geological Assn.
of Canada; Global Area Composite |
| GAF |
Gesellschaft fur
Angewandte Fernerkundung |
| GAP |
Gap Analysis Program
(USNBS); Geographic Application Program |
| GAT |
Geography Assn. of
Thailand |
| GB |
Gigabyte; Geologische
Bundesanstalt (Austria) |
| GBA |
GeoBusiness Assn.;
George Butler Associates, Inc. |
| GBf |
Guterbahnhof = freight
depot |
| GBF |
Geographic Base File |
| GBI |
Green biomass index |
| GBIS |
Geo-Based Information
System; Global Business Intelligence Solutions (IBM) |
| Gbo. |
Grabador = engraver |
| GBS |
Geograpic Base System |
| GCCS |
Global Command, Control
System (USDMA) |
| GCDB |
Geographic Coordinate
Data Base (U.S.) |
| GCDIS |
Global Change Data
and Information System |
| GCG |
Geocartographics
Subdivison (Canada) |
| GCHC |
Gulf Coast Hydroscience
Center (U.S.) |
| GCLI |
GIS in Canadian Libraries
Initiative |
| GCM |
General circulation
model; Global climate model; General Command of Mapping (Turkey) |
| GCP |
Ground control point(s) |
| GCRA |
Geographic and Cartographic
Research and Applications Section |
| GCRS |
Gulf Centre for Remote
Sensing (Firm) |
| GCSS |
Global Combat Support
System |
| GCT |
Greenwich Civil Time |
| GCTP |
General Coordinate
Transformation Package (software); Geographic Coordinate Transformation
Package (software) |
| GD |
Geologic Div. (USGS);
Geospatial data; Graphic digitization |
| GDA |
Geographic Data Analysis
System |
| GDC |
Geographic Data Council |
| GDD |
Graphics Data Display
Manager; GIS Data Depot |
| GDDD |
Geographical Data
Description Directory |
| GDE |
Graphic Developer's
Engine (FCAD Software, Inc.) |
| GDF |
Geographic data file |
| GDHS |
Ground Data Handling
System (GFSC) |
| GDM |
Geospatial data management |
| GDS |
Graphic Data Systems
Corp; Grumman Data Systems; Geo-Data System; Geographic Data Service (U.S.) |
| GDT |
Geographic Data Technology
Inc. |
| GDTA |
Groupement pour le
Developpement de la Teledetection Aerospatiale (France) |
| GE |
General Electric;
Geographic equivalent |
| GEBCO |
General bathymetric
chart of the oceans = Carte generale bathymetrique des oceans |
| GEDS |
General Environmental
Data Base System (Florida) |
| GEGMR |
General Establishment
of Geology and Mineral Resources (Syria) |
| GEM |
Graphical Environment
Manager |
| GEMS |
Global Environment
Monitoring System |
| GEO |
Geospatial Metadata
Application Profile (USA) |
| GEOBAL |
Servicio Geologico
de Bolivia |
| GEO-CAT |
Geographic catalog
of political and statistical areas |
| Geocorr |
Geographic Correspondence
Engine |
| GEODESY |
Geospatial Data and
Exploration System (Harvard Univ.) |
| Geog. |
Geography |
| Geol. |
Geology |
| GEOLAN |
Geological (survey)
local area network |
| GEOREF |
Geological Reference
(system) |
| GEOS |
Geodynamics Experimental
Ocean Satellite |
| GEOSAT |
Geodesy Satellite |
| GEOSEC |
Geographic Security |
| GeoTMS |
Geographic Town Management
System (Des Lauriers & Assoc. Inc.) |
| GEOZAVOD |
Zavod za Geoloska
i Geofizicksa Istrazivanja (Yugoslavia) |
| Ges. |
Gesamt- |
| GES |
Geographic Entry
System |
| gest. |
Gestechen = Engraved |
| gez. |
Gezeichnet = Designed |
| GFDL |
Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.) |
| GGMC |
Guyana Geology and
Mines Commission |
| GGNRA |
Golden Gate National
Recreation Area (Calif.) |
| GGS |
Georgia Geologic
Survey |
| GGU |
Gronlands Geologiske
Undersogelse |
| GI |
Geographic information |
| GIA |
Geographic information
analysis; Geographic information and analysis; GPS International Assn. |
| GIAA |
Geometrics Industry
Assn. of America |
| GIAC |
Geomatics Industry
Assn. of Canada |
| GIAL |
Geographic Information
and Analysis Laboratory (State Univ. of New York, Buffalo) |
| GIB |
Geographic Information
Board (Florida); Geomagnetic Indices Bulletin; G.I. Barnett
& Son |
| GICC |
Geographic Information
Coordinating Committee (Colorado) |
| GICS |
Geographic Identification
Code Scheme |
| GID |
Geodaetisk Institut
(Denmark) |
| GIDW |
General inverse-distance
weighted interpolation model |
| .GIF |
Graphics Interchange
File; Graphics Interchange Format |
| GIG |
Geologic Inquiries
Group |
| GILS |
Government Information
Locator Service |
| GIMS |
Geographic Information
Management Systems Committee (ASCM/ASPRS) |
| GIO |
Geographic Information
Officer; Geograpic Investigations Office (USGS) |
| GIPS |
Generalized Image
Processing Sytstem |
| GIRAS |
Geographic Information
Retrieval and Analysis System (USGS) |
| GIS |
Geographic(al) information
system(s); Geohydrologic Information System; Geoscience Information Society;
Global Indexing System |
| GISDEX |
Federal Geographic
Information and Spatial Data Exposition and Conference (U.S.) |
| GISIC |
Geographical Information
Systems International Group |
| GISMO |
GIS MOdeling (ERDAS) |
| GISOM |
Generating Information
and Scanning Ohio Maps (Ohio State Univ. Center for Mapping) |
| GISS |
Goddard Institude
of Space Studies |
| GIST |
Geographic Information
System for Transportation |
| GITA |
Geospatial Information
& Technology Assn. |
| GIV |
Geologic Information
Visualization (software) |
| GKP |
Geodeticky a Kartograficky
Podnik v Praze |
| GKS |
Graphics Kernal System |
| Gl. |
Gleis |
| GLAB |
Bayerisches Geologisches
Landesamt |
| GLAB-W |
Geologisches Landesamt
Baden-Wurttemberg |
| GLAI |
Green leaf area index |
| GLAN-W |
Geologisches Landesamt
Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| GLAS |
Geoscience Laser
Altimeter System; Geologisches Landesamt des Saarlandes |
| GLAS-H |
Geologisches Landesamt
Schleswig-Holstein |
| GLI |
Global Imager |
| GLIS |
Geographic Land Information
System (USGS); Geographic and Land Information Society |
| GLM |
General linear model |
| GLO |
General Land Office
(U.S.) |
| GLOBE |
Global Learning and
Observations to Benefit the Environment |
| GLONASS |
Global Orbiting Navigation
Satellite System (Russia) |
| GLOSS |
Global Observation
Surveillance System |
| GLR-P |
Geologisches Landesamt
Rheinland-Pfalz |
| GLRS |
Geoscience Laser
Ranging System |
| GM |
Geography and Map;
Geologic map |
| GMAT |
Greenwich Mean Astronomical
Time |
| GMD |
Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige
Dienst van Suriname |
| GME |
Geohydrologic Map
Editor |
| GML |
Geography Markup
Language |
| GMR |
Government Micro
Resources Inc. |
| GMS |
Geostationary meteorological
satellite(s); Geographic Measurement Systems (Firm) |
G.M.S.I.
|
Ground Modeling Systems
Inc.; Gandalf Mobile Systems Incorporated; GMSI Inc. is a firm (not an
abbreviation) |
| GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time;
Generic Mapping Tools |
| G.M.T. |
Giuseppi Maria Terreni |
| GN |
Grid north |
| GNC |
Geologic Names Committee;
Global navigation chart |
| GNIS |
Geographic Names
Information System (U.S.) |
| GNMP |
Gettysburg National
Military Park |
| GNS |
GEOnet Names Server
(USNIMA) |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation
Satellite System |
| GNU |
Geologic Names Unit
(USGS) |
| GNULEX |
Geologic Names Unit
Lexicon (USGS) |
| GO |
Geometric Operations |
| G&O |
Greenhorne &
O'Mara, Inc. |
| GODORT |
Government Documents
Round Table (ALA) |
| GOES |
Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (NASA) |
| GOME |
Global Ozone Monitoring
Experiment |
| GOMS |
Geostationary Operational
Meteorological Satellite(s) |
| Gov. |
Governor |
| Gov. Gen. |
Governor General |
| GP |
Graphic production;
Graphics processor; Geography Program (USGS) |
| GPF |
Geospatial Prototype
Facility |
| GPG |
Graphic Product Generation |
| GPH |
Geological Publishing
House (China) |
| GPI |
Graphics Programming
Interface |
| GPIP |
General Purpose Image
Processor |
| GPM |
Gestalt Photo Mapper |
| GP.MC |
Geoprocessing Map
Call |
| GP.MCD |
Geoprocessing Map
Call Deamon program |
| GPO |
Government Printing
Office |
| GPOS |
Government Printing
Office Style Manual |
| GPPU |
Graphic Polygon Processing
Utilities |
| GPR |
Ground-Penetrating
Radar |
| GPS |
Global positioning
system(s) |
| GPSDR |
Global positioning
system demonstration receiver |
| GPSIC |
Global Positioning
System Information Center (U.S. Coast Guard); GPS Industry Council |
| GPST |
Global positioning
system time |
| GQ |
Geologic quadrangle |
| GQL |
Graphical Query Language |
| gr. |
gross |
| Gr. |
Grosse |
| GRAMPS |
Graphic Map Production
System |
| GRASS |
Geographic Resource
Analysis Support System |
| GRC |
Generation of reproducible
copy; Geoscience Research Corp. |
| GRD |
Ground Resolved Distance |
| GRDL |
Geodetic Research
and Development Laboratory |
| GRF-N |
Geographic Reference
File-Names |
| GRIDS |
Grid Referenced Information
Display System; Gridded Resource Inventory Data System |
| GRS |
Geodetic Reference
System |
| GRS 80 |
Geodetic Reference
System of 1980 |
| GRSU |
Geography Remote
Sensing Unit (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) |
| GS |
Geological Survey
(U.S.); Gray scale |
| GSA |
General Services
Administration (U.S.); Geological Society of America; Geological Survey
of Alabama |
| GSC |
Geological Survey
of Canada; Geographic Systems Corp.; Geotronics Service Center; Geocode
Service Center (HUD) |
| GSD |
Ground sample distance;
Geological Survey Dept. (Malawi); Geological Survey Div. (Jamaica); Geodetic
Survey Div. (Natural Resources Canada) |
| GSDI |
Global Spatial Data
Infrastructure |
| GSDM |
Global Spatial Data
Model |
| GSDS |
Global spatial data
system |
| GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight
Center (NASA) |
| GSGS |
Geographical Section,
General Staff (U.K.) |
| GSHAP |
Global Seismic Hazard
Assessment Program |
| GSI |
Geodetic Survey Inst.
(Japan); Geophysical Services Inc.; Geological Survey of India; Geological
Survey of Iran; Geolical Survey Inst. (Japan); Geological Survey of Ireland |
| GSJ |
Geological Survey
of Japan |
| GSK |
Geological Survey
of Kenya |
| GSL |
Geographic Sciences
Laboratory (USCE) |
| GSM |
Graphic Standard
Metafile |
| GSMD |
Geological Survey
and Mines Dept. (Swaziland) |
| GSN |
Geological Survey
of Namibia |
| GSNI |
Geological Survey
of Northern Ireland |
| GSP |
Geological Survey
of Pakistan; Geographical statistics program |
| GSPB |
Geodetic Satellite
Policy Board |
| GSPNG |
Geological Survey
Papua New Guinea |
| GSRC |
Geological Survey
Research Committee |
| GSS |
Geographic support
system |
| GSSA |
Geological Survey
South Africa |
| GSW |
Geological Survey
of Wyoming |
| GSWA |
Geological Survey
of Western Australia |
| GSZ |
Geological Survey
of Zambia |
| GT |
Geometry and topology;
Greater than; Geologian Tutkimuskeskus = Geological Survey of Finland |
| G.T. |
Gas tank |
| GTE |
Greater than or equal |
| GTI |
GIS Technology Inc. |
| GTS |
GPS Timing Simulator
(NovAtel Inc.); Great Trigonometrical Survey of India |
| GTUB |
Geographic tabulation
unit base |
| GU |
Government unit;
Guam |
| GUDS |
Geologicky ustav
Dionyz Stur |
| GUGK |
Glavnoe Upravlenie
Geodezii i Kartografii (USSR) |
| GUGKK |
Glavno Upravlenie
po Geodezia I Kartografia y Kadaster (Bulgaria) |
| GUI |
Graphical User Interface |
| GUID |
Globally unique identifier |
| GUNI |
Goteborgs Universitet
Naturgeografiska Institutionen |
| GUNO |
Glavnoe Upravlenie
Navigatsii i Okeanografii (USSR) |
| GVF |
Goodness of variance
fit |
| GVI |
Green vegetation
index |
| GVis |
Geographic Visualization |
| GVIS |
Geographic Visualization |
| GW |
Gas well (natural);
Ground water |
| GWE |
Global Weather Experiment |
| GWEN |
Ground Wave Emergency
Network (U.S.) |
| GWSI |
Groundwater site
inventory |