Cataloging & Processing

Extent Helper can be used to create MARC-compliant bounding boxes for the 034 and 255 fields of a catalog record.

Klokan Bounding Box Tool – can be used to outline an area on a map to generate the latitude and longitude of a map for the 034 and 255 fields of a catalog record.

Geographic Cutters (complete)- A .pdf file (3000 pages long) with cutter numbers for administrative divisions, geographic regions and cities maintained by the Library of Congress.

Cutter Numbers for California – Cutter numbers for California Regions (G 4362) and Cities (G 4364) and a list of common LC Map Call Numbers used at Stanford and UC Libraries are available on the Web.

Cutter Numbers for Geographic AREAS – Cutter numbers for administrative divisions, geographic regions and cities can be found in Geographic Cutters (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1988) or by doing a guided keyword search for the the name of the place or region as a geographic subject heading in the Library of Congress Catalog. If the area appears to have no cutter, contact the Library of Congress’ Geography & Map Division.

• Geographic Area Codes – Lists of MARC Geographic Area Codes are available from:
  • Library of Congress
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland (Wayback Machine link; archived Feb. 18, 2015)

Geographic Subject Headings – Subject headings for geographic entities can be searched in the Library of Congress Authorities List and the Library of Congress Linked Data Service.

Canadian tools and tips from ACMLA.

Cataloging Toolbox for U.S. Federal Government Information – Resources for processing US Government Documents.

Map Cataloging Bibliography– List of resources related to Map Cataloging by Kathy Rankin. [NOT FOUND 2024-06-13]

Map Dates: Date Codes for Road Maps – Linda Zellmer is now maintaining the web site with information and links on dating road maps that Phil Hoehn originally compiled. This information is provided on the Map Date Codes web page.

Mathematical data for bibliographic descriptions of cartographic materials and spatial data – by Jan Smits at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. Now hosted by the ICA Commission on Map Projections.

RDA Presentation – by Mary Larsgaard and Kathy Rankin at WAML Hawaii 2012.

• Online Calculators
  • Degrees Minutes Seconds (DMS) to Decimal Degrees and Lat Long (Decimal Degrees) to DMS convertors
  • Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculator – Enter latitude and longitude of two points to compute distance between them
  • Map Scale and Distance Calculator – Calculate scale, map distance, or real distance (enter two values and the third will be calculated)

Online Catalogues and Advice on Scale, Cataloguing and Conservation – lists of resources (Section 2 of The Map Curators’ Toolbox by the British Cartographic Society)

• Romanization Guides – Contributed by Larry Cruse, UCSD.
  • Romanization Systems and Roman-Script Spelling Conventions – prepared by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Foreign Names Committee Staff, 1994. (Links to PDF files)
  • Romanization Systems – by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use, and the US Board on Geographic Names, 2000.
  • Glossary of Terms for the Standardization of Geographical Names – by the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN), 2002.

Scale Finder Program – A program that can convert linear scales to representative fractions and vice-versa can be downloaded under “Map Scales and Coordinates” on this page or via this direct link.

Slavic Cataloging Manual (SCM 2.0) – from the Slavic & East European Section of ACRL. Includes resources for transliteration and abbreviations.

• State and County Coordinates – 4-corner latitudes and longitudes for States and selected counties are available on the MAGIRT web site.
  • Arizona – Arizona County Coordinates
  • California – California County Coordinates by R. Bruce Robertson, 1984
  • Hawaii – Hawaii County Coordinates: Including Major Islands and National Parks by James A. Baldwin, 1987 – Data missing as of 2/2011
  • Illinois – Illinois County Coordinates by Alex Wenner and Marian Hunter, 1985
  • Indiana – Indiana County Coordinates by James A. Baldwin, 1990
  • Iowa – Iowa County Coordinates by Casey Kohrt 2002
  • Michigan – Michigan County Coordinates (including public lands) by Michael McDonnell, 1989
  • Minnesota – Minnesota County Coordinates by John A. Olson, 1991
  • Missouri – Missouri County Coordinates by Allen P. Wilson, 1988
  • Nevada – Nevada County Coordinates
  • Ohio – Ohio County Coordinates by Evron S. Collins, 1989
  • Utah – Utah County Coordinates by R. Bruce Robertson, 1984
  • Wyoming – Wyoming County Coordinates: Including National Parks and Monuments, and Wind River Indian Reservation by Jim Walsh, 1986

Superseded Nautical Chart Conversion Table – A list of charts issued by the National Ocean Survey, National Ocean Service, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, U.S. Coast Survey) and by the U.S. Lake Service from Branner Earth Sciences Library and the University of California-Berkeley. (Archived version from Berkeley.)

Why Catalog Maps?, by Kathy Rankin. [NOT FOUND 2024-06-13]

Links checked 2024-06-13. -LKM