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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Latitutde/Longitude point]
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:26:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: [log in to unmask] (Velma Parker)
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Hi
You may record single point locations in MARC tag 255.  It would read as
follows (You have to imagine the degree symbol):  255 $aScale 1:X XXX$c(W
79 31'35"/N 39 16'34").  The tricky bit comes with tag 034.  This one is
coded as follows:  034 1  $aa$bXXXX$dW0793135$eW0793135$fN0793135$gN0793135

Hope this helps.

Velma Parker
Library and Archives Canada
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Original Message -------- >Subject:        Latitutde/Longitude point
>Date:   Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:11:01 -0400
>From:   Virginia Williams <[log in to unmask]>
>To:     MAPS Discussion Group <[log in to unmask]>
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>I’m cataloging coal mine maps for a special project and I need some help
>with some of the MARC tagging.  The project staff decided that the UTM
>coordinate and its corresponding Latitude and Longitude coordinate needs
>to be in the MARC record.  I’ve entered the UTM coordinate in the 342
>tag.  Can I use a second 342 for the point’s longitude and latitude?  If
>so, how?  I looked at the OCLC guidelines for this tag but couldn’t
>figure out how to record this longitude and latitude information.  I
>thought I could enter this information in the 255 tag. After looking at
>the kind of information included in the 255, it didn’t make sense to me
>to enter the coordinates for just one point on the map.  It seems to me
>that a different type of coordinates, to give the borders of the map, is
>recorded in this MARC tag.
>
>
>
>The 342 will read:
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>342 02  Universal transverse Mercator $$p 17N4348491641488
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>
>
>What would you recommend I do to include the point’s coordinate ( N 39
>degrees, 16 minutes 34 seconds, W 79 degrees 21 minutes 35 seconds) on
>the MARC record?
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>
>
>Thank you for your help.
>
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>Virginia
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>Virginia R. Williams
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>Catalog Librarian
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>Lewis J. Ort Library
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>Frostburg State University
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>Frostburg, Md. 21532
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>Phone: 301-687-4884
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>Email: [log in to unmask]
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Velma Parker
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