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Acronyms
Symbol
Definition
CNS/ATM
Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic
Management
EIS-Africa
Environmental Information Systems - Africa
EUROGI
European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic
Information
FGDC
U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee
GSDI
Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICSU
International Council for Science
IGBP
International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
IHDP
International Human Dimensions Programme
IP
Intellectual Property
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISCGM
International Steering Committee for Global Mapping
IT
Information technologies
NGO
Non-governmental organization
NMO
National mapping organization
NSDI
National Spatial Data Infrastructure
PC IDEA
Permanent Committee on SDI for the Americas
PCGIAP
Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and
the Pacific
SDI
Spatial Data Infrastructure
START
The Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research, and
Training
UN
United Nations
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization
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UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change
UNRCC-Americas
United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the
Americas
UNRCC-AP
United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for
Asia and the Pacific
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WWW
World Wide Web