| EROS |
Earth Resources Observation and Science |
| ETM+ |
Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus |
| FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| .gdb |
file geodatabase |
| GIS |
geographic information system |
| ISODATA |
Iterative Self-Organizing Data Analysis Technique |
| m |
meter |
| m2 |
square meter |
| μm |
micron |
| km |
kilometer |
| LPGS |
Level 1 Product Generation System |
| OLI |
Operational Land Imager |
| RGB |
red-green-blue |
| TM |
Thematic Mapper |
| TOA |
top of atmosphere |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
| WGS84 |
World Geodetic System of 1984 |
| WRS-2 |
Worldwide Reference System 2 |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey