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Subject: Re: Natural scale rulers
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:27:30 -0400
From: Nancy Kandoian <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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For approximating scales on old maps that have unusual units of measure
or no bar scale, some of us old map catalogers have often found it
useful to use the 1-degree latitude side of the map scale indicator, and
hold it up to the indicators of degrees of latitude, if they are there,
on the map. But using the approximate equivalence of 1 degree of
latitude equal to 69 miles, you could make use of this in the macro to
calculate a scale, by measuring the length of a degree of latitude in
inches or centimeters near the center of the map, and plugging those
numbers in.
Nancy Kandoian
NYPL Map Div.
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Angie Cope, American Geographical
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Subject: RE: Natural scale rulers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:05:48 -0700
From: Ratliff, Louise <[log in to unmask]
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The dialogue box is what you see when you run the macro in Connexion.
Were you able to run the macro?
By the way, this only works when there is a scale statement on the map
or when you can accurately measure the bar scale in centimeters or
inches.
Louise
Louise Ratliff
Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian
UCLA Cataloging & Metadata Center
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Subject: Re: Natural scale rulers
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Subject: Re: Natural scale rulers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:49:12 -0400
From: Stone, Howard <[log in to unmask]
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The Docushare website says that there's a dialog box, but I can't
figure out how to get to it. Can someone give me a hand?
Thanks,
Howard Stone
Map Cataloger, Brown University.
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Subject: RE: Natural scale rulers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:06:05 +0000
From: Bob Thomas <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Allison,
If you use OCLC's Connexion client software for cataloging, Walter
Nickeson has written the CalcScale macro that replaces the scale
rulers.
Our map catalogers use this (and love it). Just give it the
measurement
of the scale in inches or centimeters, and the length of the
scale in
miles, yards, feet, meters or kilometers, and it converts the
information into a representative fraction. The CalcScale macro is
available at:
http://docushare.lib.__rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/__View/Collection-2556
<http://docushare.lib.rochester.edu/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-2556>
Bob Thomas
Integrated Systems Librarian & Head of Cataloging
Western Washington University Libraries
Bellingham, WA
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Subject: Natural scale rulers
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:55:00 -0400
From: Allison Rich <[log in to unmask]
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Hi All;
We have started to properly catalogue our maps and we are having
a very
difficult time getting natural scale indicator rulers.
On the Western Association of Map Libraries website, it lists:
*Map Scale Indicator Sources* - Clear plastic map scale indicators:
Available for $18.00 (US or Canadian) from Dr. Cliff Wood,
Professor
(Retired), Memorial University, P.O. Box 225, Ilderton, Ontario,
Canada,
N0M 2A0.
We have tried contacting him but there is no answer.
Do we have an old address?
Is there some alternative source for the rulers?
We would be looking for 3 of them.
Thanks for you help,
~Allison
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John Carter Brown Library
Providence, Rhode Island
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