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Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping
GRS80 Geodetic Reference System of 1980
GSD ground sample distance
HEC Hydrologic Engineering Center (USACE)
HMS Hydrologic Modeling System
IFSAR interferometric synthetic aperture radar
IMU inertial measurement unit
InSAR interferometric synthetic aperture radar (also IFSAR)
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
lidar light detection and ranging
LOMA Letter of Map Amendment
LOMR Letter of Map Revision
MAPPS Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors
MHIP Multi-year Flood Hazard Identification Plan
MPIA multiple-pulse-in-the-air
NAD27 North American Datum of 1927
NAD83 North American Datum of 1983
NAIP National Agriculture Imagery Program (USDA)
NAPP National Aerial Photography Program
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVD88 North American Vertical Datum of 1988
NDEP National Digital Elevation Program
NDOP National Digital Orthophoto Program
NED National Elevation Dataset
NFIP National Flood Insurance Program
NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NGS National Geodetic Survey
NGVD29 National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929
NMAS National Map Accuracy Standards
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSGIC National States Geographic Information Council
NSSDA National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy