NC Geographic Information Coordinating Council Acronym List - By Category Acronym Full Name GICC Committees and Working Groups A Team LGC GIS Advisory Team BGN NC Board on Geographic Names LGC Local Government Committee FIC Federal Interagency Committee GICC Geographic Information Coordinating Council M&O Management and Operations Committee SGUC State Government GIS Users Committee SMAC Statewide Mapping Advisory Committee TAC GIS Technical Advisory Committee WGOP Working Group for Orthophoto Planning WGRT Working Group for Roads and Transportation WGSP Working Group for Seamless Parcels Professional /Related Organizations AAG American Asssociation of Geographers ACSM American Congress on Surveying and Mapping APA American Planning Association ARCED Association of Regional Council Executive Directors ASPRS American Society fo Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing COG Council of Government COGO Coalition of Geospatial Organizations CURISA Carolina Urban & Regional Information Systems Association GISCI GIS Certification Institute LRO Lead Regional Organization MAPPS Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors NCACC NC Association of County Commissioners NCBELS NC Board of Eaxminers for Engineers and Surveyors NCLGISA NC Local Government Information Systems Association NCLM NC League of Municipalities NCPMA NC Property Mappers Association NSGIC National States Geographic Information Council PMA (NC) Property Mappers Association OGC Open Geospatial Consortium UCGIS University Consortium for Geographic Information Science URISA Urban & Regional Information Systems Association 1
State Government AG&CS NC Department of Agruculture and Cosumer Services CGIA NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis DCA NC Division of Community Assistance DCM NC Division of Coastal Management DCR NC Department of Cultural Resources DENR NC Department of Environment & Natural Resources DFR NC Division of Forest Resources DHHS NC Department of Health & Human Services DLR NC Division of Land Resources DMF NC Division of Marine Fisheries DOA NC Department of Administration DOC NC Department of Commerce or DOC NC Department of Corrections DOT NC Department of Transportation DPI NC Department of Public Instruction DPS NC Department of Public Safety DWQ NC Division of Water Quality EEP Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NC) GA General Assembly G.S. General Statute GTM Office of Geospatial & Technology Management in NC DPS FMP Floodplain Mapping Program (NC) LRMP Land Records Management Program (NC) NCCCS NC Community College System NCEM NC Division of Emergency Management NCGS NC Geodetic Survery or NCGS NC Geological Survey OITS NC Office of Information Technology Services OSBM NC Office of State Budget & Management REDC Rural Economic Development Center SCIO NC Office of the State Chief Information Officer SPO NC State Property Office WRC NC Wildlife Resources Commission Federal Agenices / Committees / Programs BOC Bureau of the Census DOA U.S. Department of Agriculture EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FGDC Federal Geographic Advisory Committee LOC Library of Congress NAIP National Agriculture Imagery Program NCDC National Climatic Data Center 2
NGAC NGPO NGP NMFS NOAA NPS NRCS NSDI USFS USFWS USGS National Geospatial Advisory Committee National Geospatial Program Office National Geospatial Platform National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic & Asmospheric Administration National Park Service Natural Resources Conservation Service National Spatial Data Infrastructure U.S. Forest Service U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service U.S. Geological Survey Universities / Academic Institutions / Programs ASU Appalachian State University CPCC Central Piedmont Community College ECU East Carolina University HCC Haywood Community College NC A&T NC A&T State University NCCU North Carolina Central University NCSU North Carolina State University RENCI Renaissance Computing Institute UNCA University of North Carolina Asheville UNC CH University of North Carolina Chapel Hill UNCC University of North Carolina Charlotte UNCG University of North Carolina Greensboro UNCW University of North Carolina Wilmington WSSU Winston Salem State University General Terms / Resources CIR Color Infrared DOI Digital Orthoimagery DEM Digital Elevation Model DTM Digital Terrain Model ELA Enterprise License Agreement GeoMAPP Geospatial Multistate Archive and Preservation Partnership GIS Geographic Information System GISP GIS Professional GPS Global Positioning System HARN High Accuracy Reference Network IT Information Technology LC Land Cover LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging LU Land Use NCOM NC OneMap 3
NHD QBS USNG WFS WMS National Hydrography Database Qualifications Based Selection US National Grid Web Feature Service Web Map Service 4
NC Geographic Information Coordinating Council Acronym List - Alphabetically A Team AAG ACSM AG&CS APA ARCED ASPRS ASU BGN BOC CGIA CIR COG COGO CPCC CURISA DCA DCM DCR DEM DENR DFR DHHS DLR DMF DOA DOA DOC DOC DOI DOT DPI DPS DTM DWQ ECU EEP ELA EPA FEMA FGDC LGC GIS Advisory Team American Asssociation of Geographers American Congress on Surveying and Mapping NC Department of Agruculture and Cosumer Services American Planning Association Association of Regional Council Executive Directors American Society fo Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Appalachian State University NC Board on Geographic Names Bureau of the Census NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis Color Infrared Council of Government Coalition of Geospatial Organizations Central Piedmont Community College Carolina Urban & Regional Information Systems Association NC Division of Community Assistance NC Division of Coastal Management NC Department of Cultural Resources Digital Elevation Model NC Department of Environment & Natural Resources NC Division of Forest Resources NC Department of Health & Human Services NC Division of Land Resources NC Division of Marine Fisheries NC Department of Administration U.S. Department of Agriculture NC Department of Commerce or NC Department of Corrections Digital Orthoimagery NC Department of Transportation NC Department of Public Instruction NC Department of Public Safety Digital Terrain Model NC Division of Water Quality East Carolina University Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NC) Enterprise License Agreement U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal Geographic Advisory Committee 5
FIC FMP G.S. GA GeoMAPP GICC GIS GISCI GISP GPS GTM HARN HCC IT LC LGC LIDAR LOC LRMP LRO LU M&O MAPPS NAIP NC A&T NCACC NCBELS NCCCS NCCU NCDC NCEM NCGS NCGS NCLGISA NCLM NCOM NCPMA NCSU NGAC NGP NGPO NHD NMFS NOAA Federal Interagency Committee Floodplain Mapping Program (NC) General Statute General Assembly Geospatial Multistate Archive and Preservation Partnership Geographic Information Coordinating Council Geographic Information System GIS Certification Institute GIS Professional Global Positioning System Office of Geospatial & Technology Management in NC CCPS High Accuracy Reference Network Haywood Community College Information Technology Land Cover Local Government Committee Light Detection and Ranging Library of Congress Land Records Management Program (NC) Lead Regional Organization Land Use Management and Operations Committee Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors National Agriculture Imagery Program NC A&T State University NC Association of County Commissioners NC Board of Eaxminers for Engineers and Surveyors NC Community College System North Carolina Central University National Climatic Data Center NC Division of Emergency Management NC Geodetic Survery or NC Geological Survey NC Local Government Information Systems Association NC League of Municipalities NC OneMap NC Property Mappers Association North Carolina State University National Geospatial Advisory Committee National Geospatial Platform National Geospatial Program Office National Hydrography Database National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic & Asmospheric Administration 6
NPS NRCS NSDI NSGIC OGC OITS OSBM PMA QBS REDC RENCI SCIO SGUC SMAC SPO TAC UCGIS UNC CH UNCA UNCC UNCG UNCW URISA USFS USFWS USGS USNG WFS WGOP WGRT WGSP WMS WRC WSSU National Park Service Natural Resources Conservation Service National Spatial Data Infrastructure National States Geographic Information Council Open Geospatial Consortium NC Office of Information Technology Services NC Office of State Budget & Management (NC) Property Mappers Association Qualifications Based Selection Rural Economic Development Center Renaissance Computing Institute NC Office of the State Chief Information Officer State Government GIS Users Committee Statewide Mapping Advisory Committee NC State Property Office GIS Technical Advisory Committee University Consortium for Geographic Information Science University of North Carolina Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Asheville University of North Carolina Charlotte University of North Carolina Greensboro University of North Carolina Wilmington Urban & Regional Information Systems Association U.S. Forest Service U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service U.S. Geological Survey US National Grid Web Feature Service Working Group for Orthophoto Planning Working Group for Roads and Transportation Working Group for Seamless Parcels Web Map Service NC Wildlife Resources Commission Winston Salem State University 7