008 - Maps (NR)
MARC 21 Bibliographic - Concise
2007
Character Positions
18-21 - Relief (006/01-04)
Up to four one-character alphabetic codes that indicate the relief type specified
on the item. Codes are recorded in order of their importance to the described
item. If fewer than four codes are assigned, the codes are left justified and each
unused position contains a blank (#).
# - No relief shown
a - Contours
b - Shading
c - Gradient and bathymetric tints
d - Hachures
e - Bathymetry/soundings
f - Form lines
g - Spot heights
i - Pictorially
j - Land forms
k - Bathymetry/isolines
m - Rock drawings
z - Other
|||| - No attempt to code
22-23 - Projection (006/05-06)
Two-character alphabetic code that indicates the projection used in producing the
item.
## - Projection not specified
aa - Aitoff
ab - Gnomic
ac - Lambert's azimuthal equal area
ad - Orthographic
ae - Azimuthal equidistant
af - Stereographic
ag - General vertical near-sided
am - Modified stereographic for Alaska
an - Chamberlin trimetric
ap - Polar stereographic
au - Azimuthal, specific type unknown
az - Azimuthal, other
ba - Gall
bb - Goode's homolographic
bc - Lambert's cylindrical equal area
bd - Mercator
be - Miller
bf - Mollweide
bg - Sinusoidal
bh - Transverse Mercator
bi - Gauss-Kruger
bj - Equirectangular
bo - Oblique Mercator
br - Robinson
bs - Space oblique Mercator
bu - Cylindrical, specific type unknown
bz - Cylindrical, other
ca - Alber's equal area
cb - Bonne
cc - Lambert's conformal conic
ce - Equidistant conic
cp - Polyconic
cu - Conic, specific type unknown
cz - Conic, other
da - Armadillo
db - Butterfly
dc - Eckert
dd - Goode's homolosine
de - Miller's bipolar oblique conformal conic
df - Van Der Grinten
dg - Dimaxion
dh - Cordiform
dl - Lambert conformal
zz - Other
|| - No attempt to code
24 - Undefined (006/07)
Undefined; contains a blank (#) or a fill character (|).
25 - Type of cartographic material (006/08)
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the type of cartographic item
described.
a - Single map
b - Map seriesNumber of related but physically separate and bibliographically distinct
cartographic units intended by the producer(s) or issuing body(s) to form a
single group.
c - Map serialIssued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and
intended to be continued indefinitely.
d - Globe
e - Atlas
f - Separate supplement to another work
g - Bound as part of another work
u - Unknown
z - Other
| - No attempt to code
26-27 - Undefined (006/09-10)
Undefined; each contains a blank (#) or a fill character (|).
28 - Government publication (006/11)
One-character alphabetic code that indicates whether the item is published or
produced by or for an international, national, provincial, state, or local
government agency, or by any subdivision of such a body, and, if so, the
jurisdictional level of the agency.
# - Not a government publication
a - Autonomous or semi-autonomous component
c - Multilocal
f - Federal/national
i - International intergovernmental
l - Local
m - Multistate
o - Government publication-level undetermined
s - State, provincial, territorial, dependent, etc.
u - Unknown if item is government publication
z - Other
| - No attempt to code
29 - Form of item (006/12)
One-character alphabetic code that indicates the form of material for the
item.
# - None of the following
a - Microfilm
b - Microfiche
c - Microopaque
d - Large print
f - Braille
r - Regular print reproductionEye-readable print, such as a photocopy.
s - Electronic
| - No attempt to code
30 - Undefined (006/13)
Undefined; contains a blank (#) or a fill character (|).
31 - Index (006/14)
One-character numeric code that indicates whether the item or accompanying
material includes a location index or gazetteer.
0 - No index
1 - Index present
| - No attempt to code
32 - Undefined (006/15)
Undefined; contains a blank (#) or a fill character (|).
33-34 - Special format characteristics (006/16-17)
Up to two one-character alphabetic codes that indicate the special format
characteristics of the map. Codes are recorded in order of their importance to the
described item. If only one code is assigned, it is left justified and the unused
position contains a blank (#).
# - No specified special format characteristics
e - Manuscript
j - Picture card, post card
k - Calendar
l - Puzzle
n - Game
o - Wall map
p - Playing cards
r - Loose-leaf
z - Other
|| - No attempt to code