006–Maps Dialog Box

The 006–Maps dialog box is used to insert information about special aspects of the map, which cannot be inserted in field 008. The 006 Maps dialog box is displayed when you double-click the 006 tag in the MARC Editor and the first position of the fixed field contains ‘f’.

Select from the options in the following boxes to enter data in the 006 tag for a map:

Form of material - Indicates the type of material being described.

Relief - One-character alphabetic codes indicate the relief type specified on the item. The codes used in this box indicate only the relief forms most commonly found on maps and are usually derived from information given in field 500. Up to four codes may be recorded. Codes are recorded in order of their importance to the map being described; the code for the most important relief aspect is given first. If fewer than four codes are assigned, the codes are left-justified and unused positions contain blanks. If more than four codes are appropriate to an item, only the four most important are recorded.

Projection - A two-character alphabetic code indicates the projection used in producing the item.

Type of cartographic material - Indicates the type of cartographic item being described.

Government publication - Indicates whether or not the item is published or produced by or for an international, national, state, or local government agency, or by any subdivision of such a body, and, if so, describes the jurisdictional level of the agency.

Form of item - Specifies the form of material for the item in hand.

Index - Indicates whether or not the item or accompanying material includes a location index or gazetteer. Information for this data element is derived from mention of an index or gazetteer in other parts of the bibliographic record. A map index to adjoining sheets is not considered an index when coding this position. This data element refers only to gazetteers, place name indexes, and other referenced lists.

Special format characteristics - One-character alphabetic codes identify some of the special format characteristics of a map. Up to two codes may be recorded. Codes are recorded in order of their importance to the map being described. The code for the most important special format characteristic is given first. If only one code is assigned, it is left-justified and the unused position contains a blank. If more than two characteristics are appropriate to an item, only the two most important are recorded.