| ACRONYM OR ABBREVIATION |
DEFINITION |
|---|---|
Ala. |
Alabama |
ASCII |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
BASE |
Bathymetry Based on Statistical Error |
BIM |
Barrier Island Monitoring |
Calif. |
California |
CD-ROM |
Compact Disc Read-Only Memory |
cm |
Centimeter |
CORS |
Continuously Operating Reference Station |
DGPS |
Differential Global Positioning System |
DVD |
Digital Versatile Disc |
EAARL |
Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar |
ESRI |
Environmental Systems Research Institute |
FACS |
Field Activity Collection System |
FGDC |
Federal Geographic Data Committee |
Fla. |
Florida |
FRAWG |
Framework Group |
ft |
Foot |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
GUIS |
Gulf Islands National Seashore |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GRS80 |
Geodetic Reference System of 1980 |
GIPSY |
GPS-Inferred Positioning System |
HIPS |
Hydrographic Information Processing System |
HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
in. |
Inch |
ID |
Identification |
Inc. |
Incorporated |
IMU |
Internal Measurement Unit |
JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
KB |
Kilobyte |
kHz |
Kilohertz |
km |
Kilometer |
Lidar |
Light Detection and Ranging |
Ltd. |
Limited |
m |
Meter |
Mass. |
Massachusetts |
Md. |
Maryland |
Miss. |
Mississippi |
MLLW |
Mean Lower Low Water |
ms |
Millisecond |
MSL |
Mean Sea Level |
MsCIP |
Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program |
N |
North |
NAD83 |
North American Datum 1983 |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAVD29 |
North American Vertical Datum 1929 |
NAVD88 |
North American Vertical Datum 1988 |
NAVSTAR |
Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging |
NGS |
National Geodetic Survey |
NGOM |
Northern Gulf of Mexico |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
OPUS |
On-Line Positioning User Service |
PDF |
Portable Document Format |
PDOP |
Percent Dilution of Position |
PID |
Permanent Identifier |
RTK |
Real Time Kinematic |
PPS |
Pulse Per Second |
RMS |
Root Mean Square |
RV |
Research Vessel |
s |
Second |
SANDS |
System for Accurate Nearshore Depth Surveying |
SEA |
Systems Engineering and Assessment |
SCOUT |
Scripps Coordinate Update Tool |
SIPS |
Sonar Information Processing System |
SOS |
Speed of Sound |
SVP |
Sound Velocity Profile |
SVS |
Sound Velocity Sensor |
SXP |
SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Processed File |
SXR |
SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Raw File |
SXS |
SEA Ltd. Swath Processor Session File |
TIFF |
Tagged Image File Format |
USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
UTM |
Universal Transverse Mercator |
WGS84 |
World Geodetic System 1984 |
XML |
Extensible Markup Language |