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U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 757

Abbreviations



ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
CMGDS Coastal and Marine Geoscience Data System
CMGP Coastal and Marine Geology Program
DAPS Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage
DGPS Differential Global Positioning System
E East
FGDC Federal Geographic Data Committee
GMA GeoMapApp
GMRT Global Multi-Resolution Topography
GNIS Geographic Names Information System
GPS Global Positioning System
ID identifier
ISO International Organization for Standardization
kHz kilohertz
lat latitude
lon longitude
Loran long range aids to navigation
m meter(s)
MB megabyte(s)
N north
NGDC National Geophysical Data Center
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RHO-RHO range-range
s second(s)
S south
SINS Shipboard Integrated Navigation System
VO Virtual Ocean
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
W west
WGS84 World Geodetic System 1984
XML extensible markup language


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