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Subject:        Can world maps be centered on varying coordinates
Date:   Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:21:34 +0000
From:   Skarich, Bojana <[log in to unmask]>
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CC:     Marti, Elida <[log in to unmask]>



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

Michigan State University Libraries

366 W. Circle Drive

East Lansing, MI 48824

517-353-9034

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