-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Map description Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:34:24 -0400 From: Edward James Redmond <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> While this is not a perfect visual source for identification of map types is LC Map Collections web site which allows for keyword and "core field" searches of bibliographic records while displaying color images of maps. For example: Access http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html and follow the "keyword" search link. Type "blue line" in the search box making sure to select the "as a phrase" option. This result should be 22 maps and the images may assist your identification research. (A caveat: the images appearing in the search outlined above may not fit an "exact" definition of a particular type of map or map reproduction and should not be considered definitive - just an aide in identifying similarly characterized maps. ) Ed "Not a map cataloger" Redmond Ed Redmond Geography & Map Reference Specialist Geography and Map Division Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave, SE Washington, DC 20540-4651 (202) 707-8548 [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------- The views expressed in this message are solely mine and do not necessarily represent those of the Library of Congress. >>> [log in to unmask] 09/22/06 11:40 AM >>> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Map description Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:33:55 -0400 From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> Phyllis, You pose a really interesting question: is there a publication (preferably with illustrations actually showing the different types) of the different physical types of maps, either in print or online, that shows each type and its accompanying descriptive "label" or name? The first thing that leaped into my mind is the glossary in /Cartographic Materials: A Manual of Interpretation for AACR2, 2002 Revision/. Several terms are defined in the glossary relating to the physical output/nature of types of maps, e.g., blueline print is defined, as is Reverse blueline print, blueprint, diazo print, manuscript, annotation etc. The problem here is you have terms but nothing visual to mate them to. In my own book, /Cataloging Sheet Maps, the Basics/ I don't go to this level either since I'm addressing folks cataloging (describing in a bibliographic record) these maps generally have a level of understanding of what the terminology is that is invoked in the field for "physical description." From your brief description it sounds to me like what you have in front of you to organize is a group of blueline prints, maybe some manuscript maps, maybe a few reverse bluelines, and the rest just "maps" that are either b&w or in color (cataloging standards define "color" as meaning that a given item must have two or more colors used to produce the item; if the map is created using all one color of ink, e.g., brown, blue, or green, then is is not considered a colored map). I'd be interested to learn from others if there's a visual resource or guide that would help with your question. If not, maybe I can work with you directly to identify a sample of each kind of map you are dealing with somehow. Let me know. Sincerely, Paige Andrew Maps Cataloging Librarian Pennsylvania State University At 08:58 AM 9/22/2006, A. Cope wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Map description > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:30:47 -0500 > From: Phyllis Von Arb <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > > Hi. I'm an MLIS student doing Fieldwork in a Special Collection Center, > and have been tasked with organizing a collection of mostly old maps of > the area. There are all kinds of maps, many acquired from the City > Clerk's office and so forth. I'm trying to figure out what are the > appropriate terms to use to describe these different maps. There's a > little bit of everything, from old maps that appear to have been drawn > in ink and reproduced somehow (a variety of techniques appear to have > been used), to blueprints, to old road maps in color. Without > completing a doctorate just on this topic (!) is there any general > guidance you can suggest that would help me to describe these things? > Thank you! > > Phyllis Von Arb > [log in to unmask] > Davenport, Iowa