-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Latitutde/Longitude point] Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:26:17 -0400 (EDT) From: [log in to unmask] (Velma Parker) Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] ------------------ 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 [log in to unmask] > >-------- 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]> > > > >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: > > > >342 02 Universal transverse Mercator $$p 17N4348491641488 > > > >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? > > > >Thank you for your help. > > > >Virginia > > > >Virginia R. Williams > >Catalog Librarian > >Lewis J. Ort Library > >Frostburg State University > >Frostburg, Md. 21532 > >Phone: 301-687-4884 > >Email: [log in to unmask] > > -- Velma Parker National Archives of Canada [log in to unmask] Internet: [log in to unmask] (613)996-7611 Fax: (613)995-6575