Many thanks to Dave Soller and Chris Garrity for this. The freehand-drawing capability (which Klokan lacks) is a valuable complement to the Klokan model, and it will be wonderful to have access to USGS topo base maps — they show PLSS section lines! We’ve never had those in Klokan, either.

 

I concur with Paige Andrew that a “MARC 034 field (OCLC DEC)” format would help me maintain my current efficiency in cataloging, and align with the 034 guidance in MAGIRT’s best practices document for map cataloging.

 

On the loss of the extents minor civil divisions in Klokan: Apologies if this has been well-covered already, but my memory is that those disappeared from Klokan at the time Google changed its API. I assume, therefore, that those extents were coming from Google’s boundary set. You can still see the geographic extents in Google Maps: here is Leroy Township, Michigan, for instance. So if Klokan, or any other entity hosting a tool on the Klokan model, were to regain access to the Google API, I suspect that access to those extents would be restored.

 

Thank you—

Tim

 

 

Tim Kiser

Catalog Librarian for Maps

Michigan State University Libraries

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From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Rich, Allison
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 9:47 AM
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Subject: Re: Extent - replacement for kloken bounding box

 

Thank you so much for this.

It's a wonderful tool.

 

 

 

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 9:21 AM Weessies, Kathleen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Thank you for this!

 

How wonderful, thank you NGMDB!

 

One thing we lost through Klokan a few years ago was the ability to search for Michigan Minor Civil Divisions and get accurate geographic extents for them.  We have about 1,200 townships which are actual minor civil divisions that collect property taxes & stuff.  I notice that this NGMDB tool recognizes their existence in the search box,  but doesn’t take the map to the geographic extent. Or maybe does sometimes? I’m still testing.

 

You can search for Onondaga Twp, Michigan but the map takes you to about a 4-square mile extent that doesn’t match the 36-square mile township.  Delhi Twp, however, which is a charter township and has status closer to that of a city government, does seem to go to the correct extent.

 

Counties are working just fine. Cities seem to be going to the correct extent.

 

Not nitpicking, just observing, and I’m thankful for this new tool.

 

Kathleen Weessies

Social Sciences Coordinator; Head, Map Library

Michigan State University

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From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Angela R Cope
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:16 AM
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Subject: Extent - replacement for kloken bounding box

 

Hey all,

 

Ask and you shall receive! Or at least, speak up you never know who's listening!

 

Check this out: https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/extent/ 

 

Dave Soller and Chris Garrity of USGS heard our cries and put this together. 

 

The question for the group - or as Chris calls all y'all - my team - what other formatting types do we need? I need the MARC OCLC formatting type and that's it. What else are people using at bounding box?

 

Chris seems open to other comments or suggestions. Please funnel those through me and I'll share them with him.

 

Angie

 

 

 

Angie Cope 

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