| API | Application Programming Interface, here Maps-API | |
| CBD | Central Business District | |
| CMS | Content Management System, software system for content management | |
| DBMS | Database Management System, here synonymous with RDBMS | |
| DOP | Dilution of Precision, error assessment of GPS | |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol | |
| GE | Google Earth | |
| GIS | Geographical Information System | |
| GPS | Global Positioning System | |
| GRN | Geodetic Reference Network | |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology | |
| IS | Information System | |
| ITRF | International Terrestrial Reference Frame | |
| LAN | Local Area Network, cabled computer network | |
| LAP | Land Administration Project | |
| LIS | Land Information System | |
| LUPM | Land Use Planning and Management (Project) | |
| NLIS | National Land Information System, here: umbrella LIS at LAP | |
| NSA | Network Storage Appliance Server | |
| PDA | Personal Digital Assistant, 'pocket PC' | |
| PGIS | Participatory GIS (see footnote in Chapter 2) | |
| PHP | Programming language for dynamic web pages | |
| PND | Portable Navigation Device | |
| QC | Quality Control, internally executed | |
| QA | Quality Assurance, externally executed, also called 'total QC' | |
| RAS | Remote Access Services, VPN technology | |
| RDBMS | Relational Database Management System, synonymous with DBMS | |
| SAG | SAG Systems Ltd, software firm, Kumasi | |
| SQL | Standard Query Language, database language | |
| TCPD | Town and Country Planning Department | |
| UPN | Unique Parcel Number, proposed identifier for parcels | |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network | |
| WAN | Wide Area Network, today often replaced by VPN technology | |
| WGS 84 | World Geodetic System 1984, standard datum and ellipsoid definition |