U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 757
| 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 |
