LUPMIS

Annex 16: Glossary

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 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 & 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

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