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Subject: Re: Can world maps be centered on varying coordinates
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:07:04 -0500
From: Grabach, Kenneth <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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I agree with both Paige, and with Susan Moore. However, it would be
pretty unusual to have a world map that splits the continent of North
America, so that the westward and eastward bounds of the map would be at
Longitude W 90! I have a hunch that this record represents error on the
part of the catalogue record.
Ken Grabach
Maps Librarian
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, OH 45056 USA
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical
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Subject: Re: [MAPS-L] Can world maps be centered on varying
coordinates
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:57:59 -0600
From: Susan Moore <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Bojana,
We are definitely used to seeing world maps with the left margin at W
180 degrees and E 180 degrees. But there's no rule that says a
cartographer has to have the map with the Atlantic Ocean in the center
of the map. So it's entirely possible that the record is correct
and the
cartographer used a different center point to more adequately display
what they wanted to get across. The "usual" way of doing a world map
does split the Pacific Ocean in half so if they wanted the Pacific
Ocean
whole, they'd have to not do the "usual".
There's some sentiment that the "usual" way of displaying the world
emphasizes a Western bias and there are several interesting articles
about this. It even got mentioned in the television series "The West
Wing"!
Susan Moore
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical
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Subject: Can world maps be centered on varying coordinates
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:21:34 +0000
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Hi All,
I’m a newbie map cataloger and I have a question about world maps
centered on “atypical” coordinates. I have a map:
Chart of limits of seas and oceans (publ. by Aeronautical
Chart and
Information Center in 1953).
In a copy record, the left margin longitude is stated as W 90°,
and the
right margin longitude is W 90°. (ocm77050953).
Can this be right or is this a cataloging error? Wouldn’t you
expect a
world map to have longitudinal coordinates at W 180° degrees and E
180°?
Or is it the case that a world map can be*centered* in any
longitude
that better serves the cartographer’s purpose?
Thanks for any feedback you have on this J
Bojana
Bojana Skarich
Non-Print Catalog Librarian
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