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Subject:	Re: Cataloging question for scale with decimal point
From:	"Andrew, Paige G." <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc.
Date:	Tue, 4 Jun 2019 13:47:32 +0000
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I'd use Option 2 myself. In such cases I round up or down, thankfully it is rare.





Paige



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From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Angela R Cope <[log in to unmask]>

Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 9:40 AM

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Subject: Cataloging question for scale with decimal point



I have a map that includes the scale as a representative fraction and with a decimal(see attached photo) as 1/41436,6. This is an 1891 Russian government nautical chart.



I calculated the scale and the 414,363 is approximately correct.



The MARC record will not allow me to list the scale in the 034 as 414363.6.



Possible options as I see it:



Option 1

034  414363

255 Scale 1:414,363.6



Option 2

034 414364

255 Scale approximately 1:414,364.

500 "Masshtabʺ 1/414363,6 ... ."





How would you catalogers handle this?



Thanks.



Angie

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