| ALCOM | Aquatic Resource Management for Local Community Development Programme |
| BADC | Belgian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| BNA | Atlas GIS file mapping format |
| DCW | Digital Chart of the World |
| DEM | Digital Elevation Model |
| DMA | Defense Mapping Agency |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GSM | Golden Software Map |
| IWQS | Institute for Water Quality Studies (Dpt. of Water Affairs and Forestry, ZA) |
| ONC | Operational Navigation Chart |
| RRSP | Regional Remote Sensing Project |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USFS | United States Forestry Service |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| WRD | Water Resource Database |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
