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;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.
 
;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.
 
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# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


A

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

B

C

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

D

E

EOD
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
ERW
Explosive Remnants of War

F

G

GICHD
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
GIS
Geographic Information System
GPS
Global positioning system

H

I

IDP
Internally Displaced Person
IMSMA
Information Management System for Mine Action
IMAS
International Mine Action Standards

J

K

L

M

MBT
Mine Ban Treaty
MINT
Mine action INTelligence tool
MIQ
Mine action Information management Qualification

N

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.
Novetta Solutions
The company currently contracted for IMSMA software development
NTS
Non-Technical Survey

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P

Q

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

T

U

UN
United Nations
UXO
Unexploded Ordnance

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