| ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| BGAN |
Broadband Global Area Network |
| cm |
centimeter |
| CORS |
Continuously Operating Reference Stations |
| CSV |
Comma Separated Values |
| CTD |
conductivity, temperature, and depth |
| DEM |
digital elevation model |
| FAN |
Field Activity Number |
| FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
| GeoTiff |
Georeferenced Tagged Image File Format |
| GIS |
Geographic Information Systems |
| GNSS |
Global Navigation Satellite System |
| GPS |
global positioning system |
| Hz |
hertz |
| kHz |
kilohertz |
| KB |
kilobyte |
| km |
kilometer |
| m |
meter |
| m/s |
meters per second |
| MB |
megabyte |
| MHW |
mean high water |
| NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 |
| NAD83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
| NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
| N.Y. |
New York |
| OPUS |
On-Line Positioning User Service |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
| PID |
Permanent Identification Number |
| PWC |
personal watercraft |
| RMS |
root mean square |
| SPCMSC |
St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center |
| TIN |
Triangulated Irregular Network |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey