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>From: "B.A.Morris" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Cataloging Maps by Coordinates
>Date: 20 Feb 1996 12:24:49 -0500
 
In <[log in to unmask]>, John Fieber wrote:
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>On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Plumart, Larry wrote:
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>> Do you know if anyone catalogs maps by coordinates (besides the Defense
>> Mapping Agency).  The maps would have to be search retrievable by
>> coordinates, scale, sheet #, edition, etc. Not limited by series.
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>Try my experimental map catalog:
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>  http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/mapfinder
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>At the moment it only allows coordinate queries (but is linked to a name
>database for easy lookup) and the scale information isn't present at the
>moment but should be soon.  Keep in mind that this is just a first
>generation prototype.  I'm working on a second generation prototype where
>both searches and results are graphical and other map attributes such as
>scale, map type, and dates can be used in the search process.
>
>Of course, this all depends on accurate coordinate information. The
>coordinate (and other) data in this database is courtesy of GEODEX.
>
>-john
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Following on from Peter Clark's response:
The civilian version of the UK Military Survey system is CARTONET. It
is currently available in Digital VAX-VMS and PC versions using the
Oracle Relational Database Management System, but other versions are
planned. Catalogue data can be retrieved or loaded in MARC format, if
required. Additional database fields are available and all are
searchable, in any combination with the graphic front end.
This incorporates World Databank II and allows the user to search by
coordinates for maps, any part of which may fall within a given radius
of a point or within a specified rectangle.  Further details from
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>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 16:13:03 +0100
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Subject:  Cataloging Maps by Coordinates (A)
 
Larry,
 
The UK Military Survey in Tolworth has catalogued its one million
plus maps in a programme called MODMAP, which are retrievable by
coordinates and which can produce index-sheets on demand
(map-series, theme, scale etc. of particular regions). It is
built on CARTONET, in the past researched by Manchester
University.
 
Contact either P.J. Parkinson or Michael Ashworth at
 
Military Survey
Directorate of Geographic Information
Block A, Government Buildings
Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 7NB
United Kingdom
 
We ourselves have processed coordinates with some 53,000
catalogued maps. However we lack yet a graphic interface to use
them. Besides they have to be converted to vector-coordinates.
 
Jan Smits
Map Curator Royal Library, National Library of The Netherlands
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