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Glossary of Terms

Glossary is usually defined as an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge. This knowledge base glossary provides a collection of knowledge base documents that define many technical terms. These terms are arranged alphabetically, but you can quickly jump to a specific term by selecting its first letter from the index of the knowledge base glossary below.

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5 Glossary Terms Found.
WAAS
Wide Area Augmentation System. The Americas Satellite Based Augmentation System (see SBAS).
waypoint
A reference point on a track
Wide Area Augmentation System
(WAAS) The Americas Satellite Based Augmentation System (see SBAS).
WMM
World Magnetic Model. The WMM provides an estimated magnetic variation for any position on Earth. The WMM is a product of the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The U.S. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and the British Geological Survey (BGS) produced the WMM with funding provided by NGA in the USA and by the Defence Geographic Imagery and Intelligence Agency (DGIA) in the UK. Please refer to the following web page for additional information: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/WMM/DoDWMM.shtml" http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/WMM/DoDWMM.shtml .
World Magnetic Model
(WMM) The WMM provides an estimated magnetic variation for any position on Earth. The WMM is a product of the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The U.S. National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) and the British Geological Survey (BGS) produced the WMM with funding provided by NGA in the USA and by the Defence Geographic Imagery and Intelligence Agency (DGIA) in the UK. Please refer to the following web page for additional information: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/WMM/DoDWMM.shtml" http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/WMM/DoDWMM.shtml .