| n. |
nordlich = northern |
| N |
Norden = North |
| N. |
North |
| NA |
National Archives;
National Atlas; Not available; Not applicable |
| NABGG |
National Assn. for
Black Geologists and Geophysicists |
| NAC |
NASA Advisory Council |
| NACIS |
North American Cartographic
Information Society = Sociedad de Informacion Cartografica Norte Americana |
| NACo |
National Assn. of
Counties |
| NACS |
National Assn. of
County Surveyors |
| NAD |
North American Datum |
| NAD 27 |
North American Datum
of 1927 |
| NAD 83 |
North American Datum
of 1983 |
| NADCON |
North American Datum
Conversion |
| NADEC |
National Atlas Development
Centre (Ghana) |
| NADO |
National Assn. of
Development Organizations |
| NAFSMA |
National Assn. of
Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies |
| NAGT |
National Assn. of
Geoscience Teachers |
| NAHSC |
National Automated
Highway System Consortium |
| NAICS |
North American Industry
Classification System |
| NAIS |
National Atlas Information
Service (Canada) |
| NALMS |
North American Lake
Management Society |
| NALS |
Nevada Assn. of Land
Surveyors |
| NAMCOR |
National Petroleum
Corporation of Namibia |
| NAP |
Northern Affairs
Program (Canada) |
| NAPA |
National Academy
of Public Administration |
| NAPP |
National Aerial Photography
Program (U.S.) |
| NARA |
National Archives
and Records Administration (U.S.) |
| NARC |
National Association
of Regional Councils |
| NARL |
Naval Arctic Research
Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska) |
| NARS |
National Archives
and Records Service (U.S.) |
| NARSA |
National Advanced
Remote Sensing Applications Program |
| NAS |
National Academy
of Sciences (U.S.); National Airspace System (U.S.) |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (U.S.) |
| NASBOG |
National Assn. of
State Boards of Geology |
| NASDA |
National Space Development
Agency (Japan) |
| NATM |
New Austrian Tunnelling
Method |
| NATMAP |
Div. of National
Mapping (Australia) |
| NATMO |
Indian National Atlas
and Thematic Mapping Organization |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization |
| NAVD |
North American Vertical
Datum |
| NAVD 88 |
North American Vertical
Datum 1988 |
| NAVOCEAO |
Naval Oceanographic
Office (U.S.) |
| NavSol |
Navigation Solutions
LLC |
| Navtech |
Navigation Technology
Seminars Inc. |
| NAVTECH |
Navigation Technologies
Corp. |
| NAWQUA |
National Water Quality
Assessment |
| NB |
Narrow band |
| Nbf |
Nebenbahnhof |
| NBFU |
National Board of
Fire Underwriters |
| Nbg. |
Nurnberg |
| NBII |
National Biological
Information Infrastructure |
| NBMG |
Nevada Bureau of
Mines and Geology |
| NBS |
National Biological
Survey (U.S.); National Bureau of Standards (U.S.); National Board of
Survey = Maanmittaushallitus (Finland) |
| NBSM |
National Bureau of
Surveying and Mapping (China) |
| NBTR |
Narrow band tape
record(s or -er) |
| NC |
North Carolina |
| N.C. |
North Carolina |
| NCAR |
National Center for
Atmospheric Research (U.S.) |
| NCARB |
National Council
of Architectural Registration Boards |
| NCC |
National Cartographic
Centre (Iran) |
| NCSA |
National Center for
Supercomputer Applications |
| ND |
North Dakota |
| N.D. |
North Dakota |
| NCDCDS |
National Committee
for Digital Cartographic Standards (U.S.) |
| NCDS |
National Cartographic
Data Standard |
| NCDSB |
National Cartographic
Data Standard Base |
| NCE |
North Coast Engineering |
| NCEE |
National Council
of Engineering Examiners |
| NCEES |
National Council
of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying |
| NCGA |
National Computer
Graphics Assn. |
| NCGIA |
National Center for
Geographic Information and Analysis |
| NC&GS |
National Charting
& Geodetic Survey |
| NCGS |
North Carolina Geological
Survey |
| NCIC |
National Cartographic
Information Center (U.S.) |
| NCITS |
National Committee
for Information Technology Standards (USA) |
| NCRDS |
National Coal Resources
Data System |
| NCS |
National Cartographic
Standards |
| NCSD |
Nebraska Conservation
and Survey Div. |
| NCSME |
Service des Mines
et de l'Energie (New Caledonia) |
| NCSS |
North Carolina Society
of Surveyors |
| ND |
North Dakota |
| N-D |
N-dimensional |
| NDAR |
National Directory
of Australian Resources |
| NDCDB |
National Digital
Cartographic Data Base (USGS) |
| NDCS |
National Digital
Cartographic Standards |
| NDF |
Nevada Division of
Forestry |
| NDG |
Northern Development
Group Inc. |
| NDGPS |
National Differential
GPS Network (U.S.) |
| NDGS |
North Dakota Geological
Survey |
| NDL |
National Digital
Library (Library of Congress) |
| NDLS |
Nauru Directorate
of Lands and Survey |
| NDNRC |
Nevada Dept. of Natural
Resources and Conservation |
| NDOT |
Nevada Dept. of Transportation |
| NDS |
National Decision
Systems |
| NDSL |
Nevada Division of
State Lands |
| NDSPLS |
North Dakota Society
of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NDVI |
Normalized Difference
Vegetation Index |
| NE |
Northeast; Nebraska |
| Neb. |
Nebraska |
| NEAR |
Near Earth Asteroid
Rendezvous |
| NED |
National Elevation
Dataset (earlier sometimes called Database)(USGS) |
| NEIS |
National Earthquake
Information Service |
| NEL |
National Exploitation
Laboratory |
| NEMO |
North East Map Organization |
| NEPAN |
National Environmental
Policy Act; National Environmental Protection Act |
| NERDD |
Networked Electronic
Report & Document Distribution |
| NES |
New England Section
(ACSM) |
| NESACSM |
New England Section
ACSM |
| NESDIS |
National Environmental
Satellite Data and Information Service |
| NESS |
National Environmental
Satellite Service |
| NESTA |
National Earth Science
Teachers Assn. |
| NET |
New Electronic Titles
(US GPO) |
| Nev. |
Nevada |
| NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather
Radar |
| NFAP |
National Forest Applications
Program |
| NFDRS |
National Fire Danger
Rating System |
| NFFL |
National Forest Fire
Laboratory |
| NFIP |
National Flood Insurance
Program (U.S.) |
| NFIRA |
National Flood Insurance
Reform Act (U.S.) |
| NFS |
National Forest Service
(U.S.); National Forest System; Network File System |
| NFWS |
National Fish and
Wildlife Service (U.S.) |
| NGBN |
National Gravity
Base Net (U.S.) |
| NGCS |
National Geodetic
and Cartographic Service (Vietnam) |
| NGDC |
National Geophysical
Data Center (U.S.); National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse |
| NGDF |
National Geospatial
Data Files |
| NGGI |
National Greenhouse
Gas Inventory (Australia) |
| NGI |
National Geography
Inst. = Kungnip Chiriwon (S. Korea) |
| NGIC |
National Geodetic
Information Center |
| NGMA |
National Geoscience
Mapping Agency (Australia) |
| NGMBD |
National Geologic
Map Database (USGS) |
| NGPRP |
Northern Great Plains
Resource Program |
| NGRI |
National Geophysical
Research Inst. (India) |
| NGRS |
National Geodetic
Reference System (U.S.) |
| NGS |
National Geographic
Society (U.S.); National Geodetic Survey (U.S.) |
| NGSP |
National Geodetic
Satellite Program |
| NGU |
Norges Geologiske
Undersokelse |
| NGVD |
National Geodetic
Vertical Datum |
| NGVD29 |
National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929 |
| NGWIC |
National Ground Water
Information Center |
| NH |
New Hampshire |
| N.H. |
New Hampshire |
| NHAP |
National High Altitude
Photography (program) |
| NHD |
National Hydrography
Dataset (USGS) |
| NHLSA |
New Hampshire Land
Surveyors Assn. |
| NHPN |
National Highway
Planning Network (FHWA) |
| NHS |
National Highway
System; National Height System (US) |
| NI |
Natturfraedistofnun
Islands |
| NICMOS |
Near-Infrared Camera
and Multi-Object Spectrometer |
| NII |
National Information
Infrastructure |
| NIIGA |
Nauchno-Issledovatel'skii
Institut Geologii Artiki (U.S.S.R.) |
| NILS |
National Integrated
Land System (US BLM) |
| NIMA |
National Imagery
and Mapping Agency (U.S.) |
| NIMSA |
National Interest
Mapping Service Agreement (UK) |
| NIPR |
National Inst. for
Polar Research (Japan) |
| NIS |
Nationwide Inpatient
Sample (AHCPR) |
| NIST |
National Inst. of
Standards and Technology (U.S.) |
| NIUA |
National Inst. of
Urban Affairs (India) |
| NIWAR |
National Inst. of
Water and Atmosphere Ltd. (New Zealand) |
| NJ |
New Jersey |
| N.J. |
New Jersey |
| NJDEP |
New Jersey Dept.
of Environmental Protection |
| NJDOT |
New Jersey Dept.
of Transportation |
| NJGS |
New Jersey Geological
Survey |
| NJIT |
New Jersey Institute
of Technology |
| NJSPLS |
New Jersey Society
of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NJSPS |
New Jersey Society
of Professional Surveyors |
| NLA |
National Land Agency
(Japan) |
| NLAPS |
National Landsat
Archive Production Sytem (USGS) |
| NLCD |
National Land Cover
Dataset (USGS & USEPA) |
| NLIS |
National Land Information
Service (UK) |
| NLQ |
Near-letter quality |
| NLRB |
National Level Bibliographic
Record |
| NLUIS |
Northern Land Use
Information Series (Canada) |
| NM |
New Mexico |
| NMAS |
National Map Accuracy
Standard(s) |
| NMASM |
New Mexico Assn.
of Surveyors and Mappers |
| NMB |
National Mapping
Bureau (Papua New Guinea) |
| NMBM&MR |
New Mexico Bureau
of Mines and Mineral Resources |
| NMC |
National Map Collection
(Canada) |
| NMCC |
National Map Collection
of Canada |
| NMD |
National Mapping
Div. (USGS) |
| NMF |
Network Mapping Facilities
(Firm) |
| NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries
Service (U.S.) |
| NMMC |
National Map Managers
Conference |
| NMP |
National Mapping
Program (USGS) |
| NNE |
North northeast |
| NNSS |
Navy Navigational
Satellite System |
| NNW |
North north west |
| no |
nordostwarts |
| NO |
Nordosten = northeast |
| N.O. |
New Orleans |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.) |
| NOBS |
Northern Ohio Bibliographic
Society |
| NOMS |
Northern Ohio Map
Society |
| NOPPA |
National Ocean Pollution
Protection Act |
| NORTAD |
North American Transportation
Atlas Data |
| NOS |
National Ocean Service
(U.S.); National Ocean Survey (U.S.) |
| NOSC |
National Oceans Systems
Center |
| NOSS |
National Oceanographic
Satellite System (U.S.) |
| NP |
Norsk Polarinstitutt |
| NPF |
Norsk Petroleums-forening
= Norwegian Petroleum Society |
| NPIC |
National Photographic
Interpretation Center (U.S.) |
| NPOC |
Naval Polar Oceanographic
Center (U.S.) |
| NPR |
National Performance
Review (U.S.) |
| NPRA |
National Petroleum
Reserve (Alaska) |
| NPR-A |
National Petroleum
Reserve-Alaska |
| NPS |
National Park Service
(U.S.); Nonpoint source |
| Nr. |
Nummer = number |
| NRA |
National Recreation
Area |
| NRC |
National Research
Council; Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.) |
| NRCS |
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (USDA) |
| NRCT |
National Resources
Council of Thailand |
| NRDD |
Natural Resources
Data Directory (NSW); National Resources Data Directory (Australia) |
| NRI |
National Resources
Inventory (SCS) |
| NRIC |
National Resource
Information Centre (Australia) |
| NRIS |
National Resource
Information System |
| NRO |
National Reconnaissance
Office (U.S.) |
| NRS |
National Reference
System (U.S.) |
| NRSA |
National Remote Sensing
Agency (India) |
| NRSC |
National Remote Sensing
Centre (U.K.) |
| NRSL |
Northern Remote Sensing
Laboratory (Univ. of Alaska) |
| NRWS |
Narrows |
| NS |
Not sprinklered |
| NSA |
National Security
Agency |
| NSAPI |
Netscape Server Application
Programming Interface |
| NSB |
North Slope Borough
(Alaska) |
| NSC |
National Space Council
(U.S.); National Security Council (U.S.); National Society of Cartographers |
| NSD |
Nepal Survey Dept. |
| NSDC |
National Spatial
Data Council (U.S.) |
| NSDI |
National Spatial
Data Infrastructure; National Spatial Data Information |
| NSDNR |
Nova Scotia Dept.
of Natural Resources |
| NSF |
National Science
Foundation (U.S.) |
| NSGIC |
National States Geographic
Information Council |
| NSKV |
Norges Sjokartverk |
| NSLAB |
Niedersachsisches
Landesamt fur Bodenforschung |
| NSLVA |
Niedersachsisches
Landesverwaltungsamt |
| NSN |
National Satellite
Network |
| NSPE |
National Society
of Professional Engineers |
| NSPS |
National Society
of Professional Surveyors |
| NSRFC |
Nova Scotia Research
Foundation Corp. |
| NSRS |
National Spatial
Reference System (NOAA) |
| NSS |
National Soil Survey
(Ireland); National Speleological Society; Navigational Safety System |
| NSSDA |
National Standard
for Spatial Database Accuracy |
| NSTB |
National Satellite
Test Bed |
| NSTL |
National Space Technology
Laboratory |
| NSW |
New South Wales |
| NTAD |
National Transportation
Atlas Data (U.S.) |
| NTD |
National Topographic
Database (OS) |
| NTDB |
National Topographic
Data Base (Canada) |
| NTDL |
Northern Territory
Dept. of Lands (Australia) |
| NTDME |
Dept. of Mines and
Energy (Northern Territory, Australia) |
| NTF |
National Transfer
Format (U.K.) |
| NTIS |
National Technical
Information Service (U.S.) |
| NTM |
Notice to Mariners |
| NTPS |
National Transportation
Planning System |
NTS
|
National Topographic
Series (Canada); National Topographic System (Canada); Navigation Technology
Satellite; Nevada Test Site |
| NTSB |
National Transportation
Safety Board (U.S.) |
| NUC |
National Union Catalog |
| NUC CM |
National Union Catalog,
Cartographic Material |
| NURE |
National Uranium
Resources Evaluation (program) |
| NV |
Nevada |
| NVCN |
National Vertical
Control Network (U.S.) |
| nw |
nordwestlich |
| NW |
Northwest; Nordwesten |
| N.W. |
Niedrigwasser |
| NWA |
National Water Alliance |
| NWFP |
North West Frontier
Province (Pakistan) |
| NWI |
National Wetlands
Inventory (USFWS); National Wilderness Inventory (Australia) |
| NWS |
National Weather
Service (NOAA) |
| NWSCA |
National Water and
Soil Conservation Authority (New Zealand) |
| NY |
New York |
| N.Y. |
New York |
| N.Y.C. |
New York City |
| NYPL |
New York Public Library |
| NYSAPLS |
New York State Assn.
of Professional Land Surveyors |
| NYSDOT |
New York State Dept.
of Transportation |
| NYSDT |
New York State Dept.
of Transportation |
| NYSGS |
New York Geological
State Geological Survey |
| NZ |
New Zealand |
| N.Z. |
New Zealand |
| NZFS |
New Zealand Forest
Service |
| NZGD |
New Zealand Geophysics
Div. |
| NZGS |
New Zealand Geological
Survey |
| NZMG |
New Zealand Map Grid |
| NZMS |
New Zealand Dept.
of Lands and Survey |
| NZOI |
New Zealand Oceanographic
Inst. |
| NZSB |
New Zealand Soil
Survey |