Tools
- Scale Calculator—for determining scale as a representative fraction
- Scale Finder—a program that can be convert linear scales to representative fractions and vice versa; to download the program, go to the bottom the page Making Map under Utility software
- Degrees, Minutes, Seconds and Decimal Degree Latitude/Longitude Conversions—for converting coordinates
- BoundingBox—for geographic reference
- Extent Helper by the NGNMDB—for geogrpahic reference
Web Resources
- Guidelines for Cataloging Cartographic Resources Using RDA (2020) prepared by the Map and Geospatial Information Round Table Cataloging and Classification Committee’s Task Force on Best Practices
- Map Librarians' Toolbox
- Map Cataloger's Toolbox
- Video: Measuring a Map by Paige Andrew, Pennsylvania State University
- Library of Congress' Geographic Cutter Number Table G1548-G9804
- Library of Congress' Special Instructions and Tables of Subdivisions for Cartographic Materials
- Map Cataloging: Learning the Basics (a PDF copy of a handout from the June 16, 2001, seminar taught by Susan Moore, University of Northern Iowa, and Lucinda Hall, Dartmouth College)
Organizations, Associations, Listservs, etc.
- Map & Geospatial Information Round Table, ALA (MAGIRT)
- North East Map Organization (NEMO)
- Maps-L (Discussion list for map librarians, librarians dealing with cartographic information, cartographers, people working with remote sensing, geographers, and other people interested in cartographic materials. To subscribe, type "subscribe MAPS-L Firstname Lastname" in body of message. To unsubscribe, type "unsubscribe MAPS-L" in body of message. Address: maps-l@uga.cc.uga.edu)
- Maphist-L (Discussion list on historical maps, atlases, globes, and other cartographic formats.It is open to all persons interested in the history of cartography. To subscribe, type "subscribe MAPHIST Firstname Lastname" in body of message. To unsubscribe, type "unsubscribe MAPHIST" in body of message. Address: maphist@geog.uu.nl)
Resources for Geographic Names
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World (access restricted to Yale community)
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) (for places within the United States)
- GEOnet Names Server (GNS) (for places outside the United States)
Cartographic Cataloging in RDA (presentations and training documents)
- OLAC 2020 Basic Cartographic Worshop by Tim Kiser
- OLAC 2020 Advance Cartographic Workshop by Tim Kiser
- Maps the RDA Way! by Paige Andrew and Susan Moore (2013)
- RDA for Cartographic Resources by Katherine Rankin and Mary Lynette Larsgaard (2012)
- RDA and Cartographic Materials: Mapping a New Route by Paige Andrew (2011)
General Information on Maps and Cartography
- Anatomy of map by the University of Texax Arlingtnon Libraries
- Map and Cartography: The Elements of a Map by Ball State University Libraries
- Earth's Coordinate System by Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM)
Comments to: Tachtorn Meier