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Subject:        RE: Question of possibility of a note in map cataloging to
show source of coordinates
Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:25:02 -0800
From:   Pat Horn Fell <[log in to unmask]>
To:     'Moorhouse, Violet' <[log in to unmask]>, <[log in to unmask]>
CC:     <[log in to unmask]>


I solved my original problem by repeating the latitude and longitude in 034
$e and $g. Connexion was fine with that. This solution was offered by my map
cataloging maven (who is also my boss, so it must be the locally correct
way-to-go).

The coordinates I'm using are from a gazetteer of California place names. A
note citing the gazetteer might be useful but more so would be some way of
indicating that these are central, not bounding coordinates.

Thanks for your thoughtful responses.

Cheers,

Pat Fell


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From: Moorhouse, Violet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:46 AM
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Subject: Question of possibility of a note in map cataloging to show source
of coordinates



    Dear Pat Fell and Mary:

Would  Connection (Web) allow us to use the fact that for large maps which
it is
not  possible  to establish all four sets of coordinates by comparison with
a map
that  includes all these coordinates; we can record the latitude and
longitude as given
in a gazetteer.  For example: the coordinates for the Bugaboo Glacier,
British
Columbia are:  (W 116 45 /N 50 40 ).

I found this in  Cartographic materials, 2nd ed.  p. 3-15,   3D1(7).

It could fit in with Mary's  suggestion of showing the source of
coordinates by a note of
the central ones drawn  from a gazetteer.  Although most of the time, this
type of use has
been understood and not covered by a note.  We (GPO) have used this central
coordinates
method not only for  a large area such as a glacier, but also to show the
very specific
spot of a small area.

Mary is right, this is an interesting question.

Vi Moorhouse, a GPO map cataloger.