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Subject: Re: MAPS-L: geographic code indexing
Date: Thurs, 18 Aug 2005
From: Terry Haugen <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
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Hello, I'm not sure if this is what you were asking but www.itsmarc.com
explains the 052 geographic classification code and its functions.
Terry

At 08:13 AM 8/16/2005, you wrote:
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>Subject: geographic code indexing
>Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005
>From: Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
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>Hello, colleagues.
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>I have a question for a group of you among the map catalogers who use the
>LC Classification schedule G for maps and atlases.  Specifically, anyone
>whose catalog has an index for the MARC 052, Geographic Classification.
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>I would welcome any information on how this index functions, what type of
>index it is.  I can describe to my colleagues what this number represents,
>and how it might be derived.  I can convey a sense of its potential value
>for a searchable index of the catalog, as it can be more precise and
>concise to convey a geographical area covered by a map, and can
>distinguish between a general and a thematic map of the same major area.
>But I am at a loss to give any of the technical information about how this
>would actually be indexed.
>
>Ken
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>Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]>
>Maps Librarian                         Phone: 513-529-1726
>Miami University Libraries
>Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA
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