Difference between revisions of "Glossary"

Revision as of 08:33, 31 January 2014

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APMBC

Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

ArcGIS

It is a software suite developed by ESRI Inc. IMSMA incorporates the ArcGIS Engine to display the geographical data in the map pane

AXO

Abandoned Explosive Ordnance

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CCM

Convention on Cluster Munitions

CCW

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

Centroid

The geometric center of a feature. For line, polygon, or three-dimensional features, it is the center of mass (or center of gravity) and may fall inside the feature or outside the feature.

CHA

Confirmed Hazardous Area

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EOD

Explosive Ordnance Disposal

ERW

Explosive Remnants of War

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GICHD

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

GIS

Geographic Information System

GMAP

Gender and Mine Action Programme

GPS

Global positioning system

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IDP

Internally Displaced Person

IM

Information Management

IMSMA

Information Management System for Mine Action

IMAS

International Mine Action Standards

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MBT

Mine Ban Treaty

MINT

Mine action INTelligence tool

MIQ

Mine action Information management Qualification

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Navigation Window

The IMSMA Navigation window is the main window from which all of IMSMA’s features are accessed. The window contains a menu toolbar, a status bar, and three panes: the country structure pane, map pane, and items pane.

NMAS

National Mine Action Standards

Novetta Solutions

The company currently contracted for IMSMA software development

NTS

Non-Technical Survey

Notification area

a notification area (also system tray or status area) is the portion of the user interface that displays icons for system and program features that have no presence on the desktop as well as the time and the volume icon. It contains mainly icons that show status information, though some programs, use it for minimized windows. By default, this is located in the bottom-right of the primary monitor (or bottom-left on languages of Windows that use right-to-left reading order), or at the bottom of the taskbar if docked vertically.

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QA

Quality Assurance

QC

Quality Control

QM

Quality Management

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Summary Window

A Summary Window displays when you open an object from the IMSMA Navigation window. The Summary Window shows as the term indicate the current state of the object i.e. the result of all Data Entry Forms that builds up the object and furthermore the most important available fields have been selected to be included in the Summary Window. In the toolbar area of the Summary window the number of attachments, number of Data Entry Forms and how many Tasks the object may be included in are shown. You can customise the Summary templates with the Summary Manager found in the Customisation menu.

SHA

Suspected Hazardous Area

SOP

Standard Operating Procedures

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TS

Technical Survey

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UN

United Nations

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

UXO

Unexploded Ordnance

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W

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