________________________________ From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 11:13 PM To: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. Subject: Re: MAPS-L Digest - 17 Oct 2016 to 18 Oct 2016 (#2016-205) Louise, I don't get attachments in my daily digest, but without having seen the map, Bonne and Lambert (conformal conic) are two different map projections. Presumably this is giving some sort of conversion from one to the other for the y-values (i.e. northings) on an overprinted grid? Brendan Whyte National Library of Australia ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 19:13:10 +0000 From: "Ratliff, Louise" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Need advice about describing a German-language map Hello all, I need some help understanding some projection information on an older map of Belgium that my assistant and I are cataloging: Belgien 1:300000 Verwaltungskarte Umwandlund der Bonneschen Koordinaten in Lambertsche Koordinaten für die Y-Werte I understand the concept, but the map itself shows some lines that I don't know how to describe. A portion of the map is shown in the attached image along with explanatory text. How would I describe this in the bibliographic record? Thanks! Louise Louise Ratliff Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center 11020 Kinross Ave. Box 957230 Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230 (310)206-5853