Appendix: Acronyms
3Gthird generation
ABSAustralian Bureau of Statistics
ADAaggregate dissemination area
AIartificial intelligence
APIapplication programming interface
ARDanalysis-ready data
AWSAmazon Web Services
BGEBuildings Geographic Database
BLOBbinary large object
CADcomputer-aided design
CAPIcomputer-assisted personal interviewing
CAPMASCentral Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
CARICOMCaribbean Community
CATIcomputer-assisted telephone interviewing
CAWIcomputer-aided web interview
CBBCensus Business Builder
CBSCentral Bureau of Statistics
CEDSCICenter for Enterprise Dissemination Services and Consumer Innovation
CESConference of European Statisticians
CIESINCenter for International Earth Science Information Network
CPDVCensus Program Data Viewer
CPHCensus of Population and Housing
CPUcomputer processing unit
CSDGMContent Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
CSOCentral Statistics Office
CSVcomma-separated values
DBMSdatabase management system
DDIData Documentation Initiative
DEMdigital elevation model
DFdwelling frame
DGGSdiscrete global grid system
DLGdigital line graph
EAenumeration area
ECAEconomic Commission for Africa
ECE/CESEconomic Commission for Europe—Conference of European Statisticians
EG-ISGIExpert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
ELFEuropean Location Framework
EOearth observation
ESAEuropean Space Agency
ETLextract, transform, and load
EUEuropean Union
FGDCFederal Geographic Data Committee
FIS4SDGsFederated Information System for the Sustainable Development Goals
GBDXGeospatial Big Data Platform
GEOGroup on Earth Observations
GeoAIgeospatial artificial intelligence
GFMGeneral Feature Model
GISgeographic information systems
GLONASSRussia’s Global Navigation Satellite System
GMLGeography Markup Language
GNSSGlobal Navigation Satellite System
GPSGlobal Positioning System
GSBPMGeneric Statistical Business Process Model
GSGFGlobal Statistical Geospatial Framework
GSIMGeneric Statistical Information Model
IaaSinfrastructure as a service
IDAIndustrial Development Authority
IHSNInternational Household Survey Network
INSPIREInfrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe
INSTATInstitute of Statistics
IoTInternet of Things
ISOInternational Organization for Standardization
ISO/TCInternational Organization for Standardization Technical Committee
ITUInternational Telecommunications Union
JRCJoint Research Center
LaaSlocation as a service
LASLASer (industry-standard binary-format file used for storing airborne lidar data)
LBSlocation-based services
LDCleast developed country
lidarlight detection and ranging
LoTLocation of Things
LTElong-term evolution
MLmachine learning
NAIPNational Agriculture Imagery Program
NDVInormalized difference vegetation index
NetCDFNetwork Common Data Form
NIRnear-infrared
NMANational Mapping Agency
NSDINational Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSONational Statistical Office
NSTACNational Statistics Center of Japan
OGCOpen Geospatial Consortium
OGPOpen Government Partnership
OODBMSobject-oriented database management system
OSiOrdnance Survey Ireland
PaaSplatform as a service
PAPIpaper-and-pencil interviewing
PCBSPalestine Central Bureau of Statistics
PIIpersonally identifiable information
POIpoints of interest
POPGRID(data consortium hosted by the CIESEN)
PSAPhilippine Statistics Authority
RCMRDRegional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development
RDBMSrelational database management system
RESTRepresentational State Transfer
RFIDradio-frequency identification
ROIreturn on investment
RSremote sensing
SAsupervisory area
SaaSsoftware as a service
SAPSSmall Area Population Statistics
SCStatistics Canada
SDGsSustainable Development Goals
SDIspatial data infrastructure
SDMXStatistical Data and Metadata eXchange
SDTSSpatial Data Transfer Standard
SMSshort message service
SOAPSimple Object Access Protocol
SPStatistics Portugal
SQLStructured Query Language
TINtriangulated irregular network
TJSTable Joining Service
UAVunmanned aerial vehicle
UIDunique identifier
UNUnited Nations
UNECEUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UN-EG-ISGIUN Expert Group on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information
UNGEGNUN Group of Experts on Geographical Names
UN-GGIMUN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management
UNGIWGUN Geographic Information Working Group
UNSCUN Statistical Commission
UNSDUN Statistics Division
UNWDFUnited Nations World Data Forum
URLuniform resource locator
USBuniversal serial bus
VGIvolunteered geographic information
VPFVector Product Format
VPNvirtual private network
WCSWeb Coverage Service
WFPWorld Food Program
WFSWeb Feature Service
WMSWeb Map Service
WMTSWeb Map Tile Service
WPEWorld Population Estimate
WYSIWYGwhat you see is what you get
XMLExtensible Markup Language