Lunar Photography and Cartography Committee (LPACC)

(glossary entry)

Description

A user's group formed by NASA in 1974 "to provide sensible guidelines" for lunar mapping (Whitaker, p. 182).

Since planetary mapping and naming conventions are established by the IAU, it would appear that this committee could never have had any more than an informal advisory role. - Jim Mosher
According to a note by Whitaker, it was the LPACC that convinced the IAU to restrict the Latin feature-type names used on the Moon to a small list.
According to Whitaker's book, the name was later changed to Lunar and Planetary Photography and Cartography Committee (LPPACC).
It is not clear if the LPPACC continues to exist. There seems to be no record of it after 1978. - Jim Mosher