Sorry! I was off Friday and not checking my email ... so this one becomes a Tuesday question ... ================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Subject: expanding cutters. Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:31:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Jon Jablonski <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Here's a Friday afternoon classification question for you: As we start to get more organized here at UO, we are finding more and more gaps in our knowledge, and more and more maps that seem to want the same class number. It's no surprise that multiple maps wind up with the same class numbers. But when the author/publisher is the same, how are people expanding cutters to distinguish between 2 different titles. Are they using a work indicator, ala: G 7610 2003 .U5a G 7610 2003 .U5b or are you expanding the cutter according to the table, slowly spelling out United States as the CIA produces each successive ever-so-slightly different map of Iraq: G 7610 2003 .U5 G 7610 2003 .U55 G 7610 2003 .U558 G 7610 2003 .U5584 Inquiring minds want to know. And dusty maps want to be put away. -jon jablonski University of Oregon MAP/GIS Librarian --