We do. Such as this 1:100,000 set of Namibia:
http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b9952653~S17a
When it is a paper set the index says whether or not we own the sheet. If it is a licensed digital set of maps, the index links out to the TIF
Thank you to Kasey Wilson.
Kathleen Weessies
Social Sciences Coordinator; Head, Map Library
Michigan State University
517-884-0849
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Subject: spatial index in the ILS/OPAC?
Hi,
Anybody out there in library land display a spatial index in the catalog for a multi-sheet map (or series of maps)?
For ex., Harvard sometimes depicts a bounding box for a single sheet [
http://id.lib.harvard.edu/fgdc/AFRICOVER_SM_MJTOWNS/catalog], or a box for a whole set of topos [http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990044581400203941/catalog],
but I want to depict--and, ideally, label--multiple boxes w/ the same record so that users looking at the record for a multi-sheet topo set can negotiate/navigate that set the way one used to do with print topo sheet indexes.
Anybody seen this, or already doing it?
Thank you.
Michael
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Michael Fry
Collections Manager | Map Library Manager
National Geographic Society Library
202.807.3139
1145 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036
