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SV: Adding geographic coordinates to authority records
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        SV: Adding geographic coordinates to authority records
Date:   Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:27:07 +0100
From:   Göran Bäärnhielm <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>



We don't do this ourselves, but they do in France, as I was told by Pierre-Yves Duchemin of the BNF around 1995.
But we are normally interested in the limiting coordinates of an individual map, so we don't find it very useful, except in those rare cases when the limits of the map are also the limits of a specific region.
Kind regards
Göran Bäärnhielm

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Göran Bäärnhielm
Ph.D., Map Curator
Department of Collections
Manuscripts, maps and pictures

Kungl. biblioteket/National Library of Sweden
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Subject:        Adding geographic coordinates to authority records
Date:   Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:41:51 +1100
From:   Carol Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
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I am currently investigating the feasibility of adding geographic
coordinates associated with place to authority records for geographic
subject headings and would like to learn from other library's experiences.

I am interested in hearing from any libraries that have already begun to
add geographic coordinates to authority records in order to find out
what your experiences have been, and in particular, whether you were
able to use automated processes to add this data.

Any information or advice would be gratefully received.

Carol Hamilton

Collection Management Division
National Library of Australia
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