n. |
nordlich = northern |
N |
Norden = North |
N. |
North |
NA |
National Archives; National Atlas; Not available; Not applicable |
NABGG |
National Assn. for Black Geologists and Geophysicists |
NAC |
NASA Advisory Council |
NACIS |
North American Cartographic Information Society = Sociedad de Informacion Cartografica Norte Americana |
NACo |
National Assn. of Counties |
NACS |
National Assn. of County Surveyors |
NAD |
North American Datum |
NAD 27 |
North American Datum of 1927 |
NAD 83 |
North American Datum of 1983 |
NADCON |
North American Datum Conversion |
NADEC |
National Atlas Development Centre (Ghana) |
NADO |
National Assn. of Development Organizations |
NAFSMA |
National Assn. of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies |
NAGT |
National Assn. of Geoscience Teachers |
NAHSC |
National Automated Highway System Consortium |
NAICS |
North American Industry Classification System |
NAIS |
National Atlas Information Service (Canada) |
NALMS |
North American Lake Management Society |
NALS |
Nevada Assn. of Land Surveyors |
NAMCOR |
National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia |
NAP |
Northern Affairs Program (Canada) |
NAPA |
National Academy of Public Administration |
NAPP |
National Aerial Photography Program (U.S.) |
NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration (U.S.) |
NARC |
National Association of Regional Councils |
NARL |
Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (Barrow, Alaska) |
NARS |
National Archives and Records Service (U.S.) |
NARSA |
National Advanced Remote Sensing Applications Program |
NAS |
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.); National Airspace System (U.S.) |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) |
NASBOG |
National Assn. of State Boards of Geology |
NASDA |
National Space Development Agency (Japan) |
NATM |
New Austrian Tunnelling Method |
NATMAP |
Div. of National Mapping (Australia) |
NATMO |
Indian National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization |
NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NAVD |
North American Vertical Datum |
NAVD 88 |
North American Vertical Datum 1988 |
NAVOCEAO |
Naval Oceanographic Office (U.S.) |
NavSol |
Navigation Solutions LLC |
Navtech |
Navigation Technology Seminars Inc. |
NAVTECH |
Navigation Technologies Corp. |
NAWQUA |
National Water Quality Assessment |
NB |
Narrow band |
Nbf |
Nebenbahnhof |
NBFU |
National Board of Fire Underwriters |
Nbg. |
Nurnberg |
NBII |
National Biological Information Infrastructure |
NBMG |
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
NBS |
National Biological Survey (U.S.); National Bureau of Standards (U.S.); National Board of Survey = Maanmittaushallitus (Finland) |
NBSM |
National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (China) |
NBTR |
Narrow band tape record(s or -er) |
NC |
North Carolina |
N.C. |
North Carolina |
NCAR |
National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.) |
NCARB |
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards |
NCC |
National Cartographic Centre (Iran) |
NCSA |
National Center for Supercomputer Applications |
ND |
North Dakota |
N.D. |
North Dakota |
NCDCDS |
National Committee for Digital Cartographic Standards (U.S.) |
NCDS |
National Cartographic Data Standard |
NCDSB |
National Cartographic Data Standard Base |
NCE |
North Coast Engineering |
NCEE |
National Council of Engineering Examiners |
NCEES |
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying |
NCGA |
National Computer Graphics Assn. |
NCGE |
National Council for Geographic Education |
NCGIA |
National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis |
NC&GS |
National Charting & Geodetic Survey |
NCGS |
North Carolina Geological Survey |
NCIC |
National Cartographic Information Center (U.S.) |
NCITS |
National Committee for Information Technology Standards (USA) |
NCRDS |
National Coal Resources Data System |
NCS |
National Cartographic Standards |
NCSD |
Nebraska Conservation and Survey Div. |
NCSME |
Service des Mines et de l’Energie (New Caledonia) |
NCSS |
North Carolina Society of Surveyors |
ND |
North Dakota |
N-D |
N-dimensional |
NDAR |
National Directory of Australian Resources |
NDCDB |
National Digital Cartographic Data Base (USGS) |
NDCS |
National Digital Cartographic Standards |
NDF |
Nevada Division of Forestry |
NDG |
Northern Development Group Inc. |
NDGPS |
National Differential GPS Network (U.S.) |
NDGS |
North Dakota Geological Survey |
NDL |
National Digital Library (Library of Congress) |
NDLS |
Nauru Directorate of Lands and Survey |
NDNRC |
Nevada Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation |
NDOT |
Nevada Dept. of Transportation |
NDS |
National Decision Systems |
NDSL |
Nevada Division of State Lands |
NDSPLS |
North Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
NDVI |
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index |
NE |
Northeast; Nebraska |
Neb. |
Nebraska |
NEAR |
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous |
NED |
National Elevation Dataset (earlier sometimes called Database)(USGS) |
NEIS |
National Earthquake Information Service |
NEL |
National Exploitation Laboratory |
NEMO |
North East Map Organization |
NEPAN |
National Environmental Policy Act; National Environmental Protection Act |
NERDD |
Networked Electronic Report & Document Distribution |
NES |
New England Section (ACSM) |
NESACSM |
New England Section ACSM |
NESDIS |
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service |
NESS |
National Environmental Satellite Service |
NESTA |
National Earth Science Teachers Assn. |
NET |
New Electronic Titles (US GPO) |
Nev. |
Nevada |
NEXRAD |
Next Generation Weather Radar |
NF |
Newfoundland |
NFAP |
National Forest Applications Program |
NFDRS |
National Fire Danger Rating System |
NFFL |
National Forest Fire Laboratory |
NFIP |
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.) |
NFIRA |
National Flood Insurance Reform Act (U.S.) |
Nfld. |
Newfoundland |
NFS |
National Forest Service (U.S.); National Forest System; Network File System |
NFWS |
National Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.) |
N.G. |
Nicholas Guerard |
NGBN |
National Gravity Base Net (U.S.) |
NGCS |
National Geodetic and Cartographic Service (Vietnam) |
NGDC |
National Geophysical Data Center (U.S.); National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse |
NGDF |
National Geospatial Data Files |
NGGI |
National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (Australia) |
NGI |
National Geography Inst. = Kungnip Chiriwon (S. Korea) |
NGIC |
National Geodetic Information Center |
NGMA |
National Geoscience Mapping Agency (Australia) |
NGMBD |
National Geologic Map Database (USGS) |
NGPRP |
Northern Great Plains Resource Program |
NGRI |
National Geophysical Research Inst. (India) |
NGRS |
National Geodetic Reference System (U.S.) |
NGS |
National Geographic Society (U.S.); National Geodetic Survey (U.S.) |
NGSP |
National Geodetic Satellite Program |
NGU |
Norges Geologiske Undersokelse |
NGVD |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum |
NGVD29 |
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 |
NGWIC |
National Ground Water Information Center |
NH |
New Hampshire |
N.H. |
New Hampshire; New Haven |
NHAP |
National High Altitude Photography (program) |
NHD |
National Hydrography Dataset (USGS) |
NHLSA |
New Hampshire Land Surveyors Assn. |
NHPN |
National Highway Planning Network (FHWA) |
NHS |
National Highway System; National Height System (US) |
NI |
Natturfraedistofnun Islands |
NICMOS |
Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer |
NII |
National Information Infrastructure |
NIIGA |
Nauchno-Issledovatel’skii Institut Geologii Artiki (U.S.S.R.) |
NILS |
National Integrated Land System (US BLM) |
NIMA |
National Imagery and Mapping Agency (U.S.) |
NIMSA |
National Interest Mapping Service Agreement (UK) |
NIPR |
National Inst. for Polar Research (Japan) |
NIS |
Nationwide Inpatient Sample (AHCPR) |
NIST |
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (U.S.) |
NIUA |
National Inst. of Urban Affairs (India) |
NIWAR |
National Inst. of Water and Atmosphere Ltd. (New Zealand) |
NJ |
New Jersey |
N.J. |
New Jersey |
NJDEP |
New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection |
NJDOT |
New Jersey Dept. of Transportation |
NJGIN |
New Jersey Geographic Information Network |
NJGS |
New Jersey Geological Survey |
NJIT |
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
NJMapp |
New Jersey Mapping Assistance Partnership Program |
NJSPLS |
New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors |
NJSPS |
New Jersey Society of Professional Surveyors |
NLA |
National Land Agency (Japan) |
NLAPS |
National Landsat Archive Production Sytem (USGS) |
NLCD |
National Land Cover Dataset (USGS & USEPA) |
NLIS |
National Land Information Service (UK) |
NLQ |
Near-letter quality |
NLRB |
National Level Bibliographic Record |
NLUIS |
Northern Land Use Information Series (Canada) |
NM |
New Mexico |
NMAS |
National Map Accuracy Standard(s) |
NMASM |
New Mexico Assn. of Surveyors and Mappers |
NMB |
National Mapping Bureau (Papua New Guinea) |
NMBM&MR |
New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
NMC |
National Map Collection (Canada) |
NMCC |
National Map Collection of Canada |
NMD |
National Mapping Div. (USGS) |
NMF |
Network Mapping Facilities (Firm) |
NMFS |
National Marine Fisheries Service (U.S.) |
NMMC |
National Map Managers Conference |
NMP |
National Mapping Program (USGS) |
NNE |
North northeast |
NNSS |
Navy Navigational Satellite System |
NNW |
North north west |
no |
nordostwarts |
NO |
Nordosten = northeast |
N.O. |
New Orleans |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S.) |
NOBS |
Northern Ohio Bibliographic Society |
NOMS |
Northern Ohio Map Society |
NOPPA |
National Ocean Pollution Protection Act |
NORTAD |
North American Transportation Atlas Data |
NOS |
National Ocean Service (U.S.); National Ocean Survey (U.S.) |
NOSC |
National Oceans Systems Center |
NOSS |
National Oceanographic Satellite System (U.S.) |
NP |
Norsk Polarinstitutt |
NPF |
Norsk Petroleums-forening = Norwegian Petroleum Society |
NPIC |
National Photographic Interpretation Center (U.S.) |
NPOC |
Naval Polar Oceanographic Center (U.S.) |
NPR |
National Performance Review (U.S.) |
NPRA |
National Petroleum Reserve (Alaska) |
NPR-A |
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska |
NPS |
National Park Service (U.S.); Nonpoint source |
Nr. |
Nummer = number |
NRA |
National Recreation Area |
NRC |
National Research Council; Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.) |
NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA) |
NRCT |
National Resources Council of Thailand |
NRDD |
Natural Resources Data Directory (NSW); National Resources Data Directory (Australia) |
NRI |
National Resources Inventory (SCS) |
NRIC |
National Resource Information Centre (Australia) |
NRIS |
National Resource Information System |
NRO |
National Reconnaissance Office (U.S.) |
NRS |
National Reference System (U.S.) |
NRSA |
National Remote Sensing Agency (India) |
NRSC |
National Remote Sensing Centre (U.K.) |
NRSL |
Northern Remote Sensing Laboratory (Univ. of Alaska) |
NRWS |
Narrows |
NS |
Nova Scotia; Not sprinklered |
NSA |
National Security Agency |
NSAPI |
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface |
NSB |
North Slope Borough (Alaska) |
NSC |
National Space Council (U.S.); National Security Council (U.S.); National Society of Cartographers |
NSD |
Nepal Survey Dept. |
NSDC |
National Spatial Data Council (U.S.) |
NSDI |
National Spatial Data Infrastructure; National Spatial Data Information |
NSDNR |
Nova Scotia Dept. of Natural Resources |
NSF |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) |
NSGIC |
National States Geographic Information Council |
NSKV |
Norges Sjokartverk |
NSLAB |
Niedersachsisches Landesamt fur Bodenforschung |
NSLVA |
Niedersachsisches Landesverwaltungsamt |
NSN |
National Satellite Network |
NSPE |
National Society of Professional Engineers |
NSPS |
National Society of Professional Surveyors |
NSRFC |
Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corp. |
NSRS |
National Spatial Reference System (NOAA) |
NSS |
National Soil Survey (Ireland); National Speleological Society; Navigational Safety System |
NSSDA |
National Standard for Spatial Database Accuracy |
NSTB |
National Satellite Test Bed |
NSTL |
National Space Technology Laboratory |
NSW |
New South Wales |
NTAD |
National Transportation Atlas Data (U.S.) |
NTD |
National Topographic Database (OS) |
NTDB |
National Topographic Data Base (Canada) |
NTDL |
Northern Territory Dept. of Lands (Australia) |
NTDME |
Dept. of Mines and Energy (Northern Territory, Australia) |
NTF |
National Transfer Format (U.K.) |
NTIS |
National Technical Information Service (U.S.) |
NTM |
Notice to Mariners |
NTPS |
National Transportation Planning System |
NTS
|
National Topographic Series (Canada); National Topographic System (Canada); Navigation Technology Satellite; Nevada Test Site |
NTSB |
National Transportation Safety Board (U.S.) |
NUC |
National Union Catalog |
NUC CM |
National Union Catalog, Cartographic Material |
NURE |
National Uranium Resources Evaluation (program) |
NV |
Nevada |
NVCN |
National Vertical Control Network (U.S.) |
nw |
nordwestlich |
NW |
Northwest; Nordwesten |
N.W. |
Niedrigwasser |
NWA |
National Water Alliance |
NWFP |
North West Frontier Province (Pakistan) |
NWI |
National Wetlands Inventory (USFWS); National Wilderness Inventory (Australia) |
NWS |
National Weather Service (NOAA) |
NWSCA |
National Water and Soil Conservation Authority (New Zealand) |
NY |
New York |
N.Y. |
New York |
N.Y.C. |
New York City |
NYPL |
New York Public Library |
NYSAPLS |
New York State Assn. of Professional Land Surveyors |
NYSDOT |
New York State Dept. of Transportation |
NYSDT |
New York State Dept. of Transportation |
NYSGS |
New York Geological State Geological Survey |
NZ |
New Zealand |
N.Z. |
New Zealand |
NZFS |
New Zealand Forest Service |
NZGD |
New Zealand Geophysics Div. |
NZGS |
New Zealand Geological Survey |
NZMG |
New Zealand Map Grid |
NZMS |
New Zealand Dept. of Lands and Survey |
NZOI |
New Zealand Oceanographic Inst. |
NZSB |
New Zealand Soil Survey |