Coordinate Point Element Help

Definition

Coordinate points contain the spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource, referring to a physical region using coordinates.

Form Element

In the online templates, this element appears as below:

This form element allows the user to enter the coordinate points. Other form elements for entering spatial information include Spatial Coverage

Best Practices

Multiple coordinates can be entered, but none are required.

When entering the coordinates, they should be entered as decimal degrees, and not in standard degree notation with degrees, minutes, and seconds. The degree symbol should also be exluded during entry.

SobekCM / MODS Encoding

Attempts are made to encode these simple coordinate points in the appropriate MODS section. In general, however, the authoritative record of all coordinate information is in a custom <sobekcm:Coordinates> tag within the <sobekcm:bibDesc> metadata section.

<sobekcm:bibDesc>
<sobekcm:Coordinates>
<sobekcm:Point latitude="-66.11948" longitude="18.465732" />
</sobekcm:Coordinates>
</sobekcm:bibDesc>

<mods:subject>
<mods:cartographics>
<mods:coordinates> 30.235833 / -81.680556 </mods:coordinates>
</mods:cartographics>
<mods:cartographics>
<mods:scale>1:2000</mods:scale>
<mods:projection>Conical Projection</mods:projection>
</mods:cartographics>
</mods:subject>

Metadata Mapping

MARC to MODS Mapping

The coordinate information maps from :

255: : |c → Cartographic Mathematical Data

MODS to MARC Mapping

Mapping from the MODS back to MARC is the reverse of the procedure listed above.