The changelogs actually mentioned „TIN“ in the past already, at least once.
And yes, it was also confusing back then 
It is hard to explain to people what „photogrammetry“ means („No, it‘s not AI based voodoo magic! It‘s objects taken photos of from different angles and those are miraculously stitched together… and no, fine-granular objects are not suitable for this process, unfortunately…“), and throwing in yet another TLA doesn‘t help really