UNIMARC concise bibliographic format
(May 1998)Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC Core Programme
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Last Update: June 3, 1998
120 CODED DATA FIELD: CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS GENERAL (Mandatory, Repeatable)
Indicators: blank
Subfield codes
Subfield codes
$a Cartographic Material Coded Data (General)
$a/0 Colour indicator
Azimuthal projections:
$a/0 Colour indicator
a = one colour
b = multicolour
$a/1 Index indicatorb = multicolour
a = index or name list on cartographic item
itself
b = index or name list accompanying cartographic item in booklet, pamphlet, unattached cover, etc.
c = index or name list present but location not specified
y = no index or name list
$a/2 Narrative text indicatorb = index or name list accompanying cartographic item in booklet, pamphlet, unattached cover, etc.
c = index or name list present but location not specified
y = no index or name list
a = text on cartographic item itself
b = text accompanying cartographic item in booklet, pamphlet, unattached cover, etc.
y = no narrative text
$a/3-6 Relief codesb = text accompanying cartographic item in booklet, pamphlet, unattached cover, etc.
y = no narrative text
a = contours
b = continuous tone shaded relief
c = hypsometric tints layer method
d = hachures
e = bathymetry soundings
f = form lines
g = spot heights
h = other methods in colour (e.g. in the style of Imhof)
i = pictorially
j = landforms (e.g. in the style of Lobeck, Raisz, Fenneman)
k = bathymetry isolines
x = not applicable
z = other methods of relief representation
$a/7-8 Map projectionb = continuous tone shaded relief
c = hypsometric tints layer method
d = hachures
e = bathymetry soundings
f = form lines
g = spot heights
h = other methods in colour (e.g. in the style of Imhof)
i = pictorially
j = landforms (e.g. in the style of Lobeck, Raisz, Fenneman)
k = bathymetry isolines
x = not applicable
z = other methods of relief representation
Azimuthal projections:
aa = Aitoff
ab = gnomonic
ac = Lambert's azimuthal equal area
ad = orthographic
ae = azimuthal equidistant
af = stereographic
ag = azimuthal equal area
au = azimuthal, specific type unknown
az = azimuthal, other known specific type
Conic projections:ab = gnomonic
ac = Lambert's azimuthal equal area
ad = orthographic
ae = azimuthal equidistant
af = stereographic
ag = azimuthal equal area
au = azimuthal, specific type unknown
az = azimuthal, other known specific type
ca = Albers equal area
cb = Bonne
cc = Lambert's conformal conic
cd = conic (simple)
ce = Miller's bipolar oblique conformal conic
cf = De Lisle
cg = projection of the International Map of the World
ch = Tissot's conformal conic
cp = polyconic
cu = conic, specific type unknown
cz = conic, other known specific type
Cylindrical projections:cb = Bonne
cc = Lambert's conformal conic
cd = conic (simple)
ce = Miller's bipolar oblique conformal conic
cf = De Lisle
cg = projection of the International Map of the World
ch = Tissot's conformal conic
cp = polyconic
cu = conic, specific type unknown
cz = conic, other known specific type
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
bj = Plate Carree
bk = Cassini's n
bl = Laborde
bm = Oblique Mercator
bu = cylindrical, specific type unknown
bz = cylindrical, other known specific type
Other projections:bb = Goode's homolographic
bc = Lambert's cylindrical equal area
bd = Mercator
be = Miller
bf = Mollweide
bg = sinusoidal
bh = transverse Mercator
bi = Gauss
bj = Plate Carree
bk = Cassini's n
bl = Laborde
bm = Oblique Mercator
bu = cylindrical, specific type unknown
bz = cylindrical, other known specific type
da = armadillo
db = butterfly
dc = Eckert
dd = Goode's homolosine
de = Miller's bipolar
df = Van der Griten
dg = dimaxion
dh = cordiform
di = polyhedric
uu = type of projection unknow
xx = not applicable
zz = other known type
$a/9-12 Prime meridiandb = butterfly
dc = Eckert
dd = Goode's homolosine
de = Miller's bipolar
df = Van der Griten
dg = dimaxion
dh = cordiform
di = polyhedric
uu = type of projection unknow
xx = not applicable
zz = other known type
aa = Greenwich, United Kingdom (Internationalprime
meridian)
ab = Amsterdam, Netherlands
ac = Athens, Greece
ad = Batavia (Djakarta) Indonesia
ae = Berne, Switzerland
af = Bogota, Colombia
ag = Bombay, India
ah = Brussels, Belgium
ai = Cadiz, Spain bj
aj = Capetown, South Africa
ak = Caracas, Venezuela
al = Copenhagen, Denmark
am = Cordoba, Argentina
an = Ferro, Canary Islands
ao = Helsinki, Finland
ap = Istanbul, Turkey
aq = Julianehaab, Greenland
ar = Lisbon, Portugal
as = London, United Kingdom
at = Madras, India
ba = Madrid, Spain
bb = Mexico City, Mexico
bc = Moscow, Russia
bd = Munich, Germany
be = Naples, Italy
bf = Oslo (Christiania) Norway
bg = Paris, France
bh = Peking, People's Republic of China
bi = Philadelphia, USA
= Pulkova (Leningrad), Russia
bk = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
bl = Rome, Italy
bm = Santiago, Chile
bn = Stockholm, Sweden
bo = Sydney, Australia
bp = Tirana, Albania
bq = Tokyo, Japan
br = Washington, DC, USA
uu = unknown
zz = other
ab = Amsterdam, Netherlands
ac = Athens, Greece
ad = Batavia (Djakarta) Indonesia
ae = Berne, Switzerland
af = Bogota, Colombia
ag = Bombay, India
ah = Brussels, Belgium
ai = Cadiz, Spain bj
aj = Capetown, South Africa
ak = Caracas, Venezuela
al = Copenhagen, Denmark
am = Cordoba, Argentina
an = Ferro, Canary Islands
ao = Helsinki, Finland
ap = Istanbul, Turkey
aq = Julianehaab, Greenland
ar = Lisbon, Portugal
as = London, United Kingdom
at = Madras, India
ba = Madrid, Spain
bb = Mexico City, Mexico
bc = Moscow, Russia
bd = Munich, Germany
be = Naples, Italy
bf = Oslo (Christiania) Norway
bg = Paris, France
bh = Peking, People's Republic of China
bi = Philadelphia, USA
= Pulkova (Leningrad), Russia
bk = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
bl = Rome, Italy
bm = Santiago, Chile
bn = Stockholm, Sweden
bo = Sydney, Australia
bp = Tirana, Albania
bq = Tokyo, Japan
br = Washington, DC, USA
uu = unknown
zz = other
121 CODED DATA FIELD: CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS: PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES (Not repeatable)
Indicators: blank
Subfield codes
Subfield codes
$a Cartographic Material Coded Data: Physical attributes
(General) (Not repeatable)
$a/0 Physical dimension
$b/0 Altitude of Sensor
A twocharacter code indicates the mean value of the ground resolution. Character position 6 carries either the numeric mean value for the resolution or an indication that it is less than 1 centimetre or greater than 9 kilometres. Character position 7 carries a code for the metric unit used. Applicable only to remote sensing.
$b/6 Mean ground resolution values
$a/0 Physical dimension
a = 2dimensional
b = 3dimensional
$a/1-2 Primary cartographic imageb = 3dimensional
a = manually and plotted
b = photographically
c = by computer
d = by active remote sensing techniques
e = by passive remote sensing techniques
Radar remote sensing image is coded: d#
$a/3-4 Physical mediumb = photographically
c = by computer
d = by active remote sensing techniques
e = by passive remote sensing techniques
Radar remote sensing image is coded: d#
aa = paper
ab = wood
ac = stone
ad = metal
ae = synthetics (e.g. plastics, vinyl)
af = skin (e.g. parchment, vellum)
ag = textile including manmade fibre textiles (e.g. silk, cloth, nylon)
ah = magnetic storage medium computer compatible
ai = magnetic storage medium not computer compatible
aj = tracing paper
ak = cardboard
ap = plaster
au = unknown
az = other nonphotographic medium
Photographic medium:
ba = transparent or opaque flexible base positive
bb = transparent or opaque flexible base negative
bc = transparent or opaque nonflexible base positive
bd = transparent or opaque nonflexible base negative
bz = other photographic medium
$a/5 Creation techniqueab = wood
ac = stone
ad = metal
ae = synthetics (e.g. plastics, vinyl)
af = skin (e.g. parchment, vellum)
ag = textile including manmade fibre textiles (e.g. silk, cloth, nylon)
ah = magnetic storage medium computer compatible
ai = magnetic storage medium not computer compatible
aj = tracing paper
ak = cardboard
ap = plaster
au = unknown
az = other nonphotographic medium
Photographic medium:
ba = transparent or opaque flexible base positive
bb = transparent or opaque flexible base negative
bc = transparent or opaque nonflexible base positive
bd = transparent or opaque nonflexible base negative
bz = other photographic medium
a = manuscript
b = printing
c = photocopying
d = microphotography
u = unknown
y = the cartographic item is not a final product but is on a preproduction medium as specified in character positions 34, Physical medium
z = other
$a/6 Form of reproductionb = printing
c = photocopying
d = microphotography
u = unknown
y = the cartographic item is not a final product but is on a preproduction medium as specified in character positions 34, Physical medium
z = other
a = by hand
b = printed
c = photography
d = transfer line print (e.g., Xerox, blueprints, ozalid)
y = not a reproduction
$a/7 Geodetic adjustmentb = printed
c = photography
d = transfer line print (e.g., Xerox, blueprints, ozalid)
y = not a reproduction
a = no adjustment
b = adjusted but without grid system
c = adjusted with grid system
x = not applicable
$a/8 Physical form of publicationb = adjusted but without grid system
c = adjusted with grid system
x = not applicable
a = single
b = in parts
c = atlas including looseleaf published atlas
d = as a separate supplement to a journal, monograph, etc.
e = bound into a journal, monograph, etc.
z = other
$b Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing Coded
Data: Physical Attributesb = in parts
c = atlas including looseleaf published atlas
d = as a separate supplement to a journal, monograph, etc.
e = bound into a journal, monograph, etc.
z = other
$b/0 Altitude of Sensor
a = terrestrial
b = aerial
c = space
$b/1 Attitude of sensorb = aerial
c = space
a = low oblique
b = high oblique
c = vertical
$b/2-3 Spectral bandsb = high oblique
c = vertical
01 to 99 = number of bands
xx = not applicable
$b/4 Quality of imagexx = not applicable
a = poor
b = fair
c = good
d = very good
$b/5 Cloud coverb = fair
c = good
d = very good
1 = 1/8 cover
2 = 2/8 cover
3 = 3/8 cover
4 = 4/8 cover
5 = 5/8 cover
6 = 6/8 cover
7 = 7/8 cover
8 = completely covered by clouds
$b/6-7 Mean value of ground resolution2 = 2/8 cover
3 = 3/8 cover
4 = 4/8 cover
5 = 5/8 cover
6 = 6/8 cover
7 = 7/8 cover
8 = completely covered by clouds
A twocharacter code indicates the mean value of the ground resolution. Character position 6 carries either the numeric mean value for the resolution or an indication that it is less than 1 centimetre or greater than 9 kilometres. Character position 7 carries a code for the metric unit used. Applicable only to remote sensing.
$b/6 Mean ground resolution values
= less than 1 centimetre
19 = numeric value
+ = greater than 9 kilometres
x = not applicable
$b/7 Metric unit codes19 = numeric value
+ = greater than 9 kilometres
x = not applicable
c = centimetres
i = decimetres
m = metres
d = decametres
h = hectametres
k = kilometres
x = not applicable
i = decimetres
m = metres
d = decametres
h = hectametres
k = kilometres
x = not applicable
122 CODED DATA FIELD: TIME PERIOD OF ITEM CONTENT (Repeatable)
Indicator 1: Number of Dates Indicator
0 Singledated item
1 Multiple single dates
2 Range of dates
Indicator 2: blank
Subfield codes1 Multiple single dates
2 Range of dates
Indicator 2: blank
$a Time period, 9999 B.C. to present (Mandatory,
Repeatable)
$a/0 Era identifier
$a/5-6 Month
$a/7-8 Day
$a/9-10 Time
$a/0 Era identifier
c = date falls before the year 1 in the Gregorian
calendar, i.e. B.C.
d = date falls after the year 1 in the Gregorian calendar, i.e. A.D.
$a/1-4 Year (Mandatory.)d = date falls after the year 1 in the Gregorian calendar, i.e. A.D.
$a/5-6 Month
$a/7-8 Day
$a/9-10 Time
123 CODED DATA FIELD: CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS SCALE AND CO-ORDINATES (Mandatory, Repeatable)
Indicator 1: Type of Scale Code Indicator
Subfield codes
0 Scale indeterminable
1 Single scale
2 Multiple scales
3 Range of scales
4 Approximate scale
Indicator 2: blank1 Single scale
2 Multiple scales
3 Range of scales
4 Approximate scale
Subfield codes
$a Type of Scale (Mandatory, Not repeatable)
$c Constant Ratio Linear Vertical Scale (Repeatable)
$d Co-ordinates Westernmost Longitude (Not repeatable)
$e Co-ordinates Easternmost Longitude (Not repeatable)
$f Co-ordinates Northernmost Latitude (Not repeatable)
$g Co-ordinates Southernmost Latitude (Not repeatable)
Each subfield is fixed at 8 characters:
Character position 0
Hemisphere
Degree: 3 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
Character positions 4 to 5
Minute: 2 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
Character positions 6 to 7
Second: 2 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
$h Angular Scale (Repeatable)
A 4 character number right justified and filled with zeros, giving the scale in terms of millimetres to a degree
$i Declination Northern Limit (Not repeatable)
$j Declination Southern Limit (Not repeatable)
$k Right ascension Eastern Limits (Not repeatable)
$m Right ascension Western Limits (Not repeatable)
Character positions 0 to 1
Hour: 2 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
Character positions 2 to 3
Minute: 2 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
Character positions 4 to 5
Second: 2 numeric characters right justified, filled with zeros
$n Equinox (Not repeatable)
$o Epoch (Not repeatable)
a = linear scale
b = angular scale
z = other type of scale (e.g., time scale, quantitative statistical scale)
$b Constant Ratio Linear Horizontal Scale
(Repeatable)b = angular scale
z = other type of scale (e.g., time scale, quantitative statistical scale)
$c Constant Ratio Linear Vertical Scale (Repeatable)
$d Co-ordinates Westernmost Longitude (Not repeatable)
$e Co-ordinates Easternmost Longitude (Not repeatable)
$f Co-ordinates Northernmost Latitude (Not repeatable)
$g Co-ordinates Southernmost Latitude (Not repeatable)
Each subfield is fixed at 8 characters:
Character position 0
Hemisphere
w = west
e = east
n = north
s = south
Character positions 1 to 3e = east
n = north
s = south
Degree: 3 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
Character positions 4 to 5
Minute: 2 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
Character positions 6 to 7
Second: 2 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
$h Angular Scale (Repeatable)
A 4 character number right justified and filled with zeros, giving the scale in terms of millimetres to a degree
$i Declination Northern Limit (Not repeatable)
$j Declination Southern Limit (Not repeatable)
$k Right ascension Eastern Limits (Not repeatable)
$m Right ascension Western Limits (Not repeatable)
Character positions 0 to 1
Hour: 2 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
Character positions 2 to 3
Minute: 2 numeric characters, right justified, filled with zeros
Character positions 4 to 5
Second: 2 numeric characters right justified, filled with zeros
$n Equinox (Not repeatable)
$o Epoch (Not repeatable)
124 CODED DATA FIELD: CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALSSPECIFIC MATERIAL DESIGNATION ANALYSIS (Not repeatable)
Indicators: blank
Subfield codes
Subfield codes
$a Character of Image (Not repeatable)
Meteorological
Light emission
a = nonphotographic image
b = photographic image
c = remote sensing image
$b Form of Cartographic Item (Repeatable)b = photographic image
c = remote sensing image
a = atlas
b = diagram
c = globe
d = map
e = model
f = profile
g = remote sensing image
h = section
i = view
j = plan
z = other
$c Presentation Technique for Photographic or
NonPhotographic Image (Repeatable)b = diagram
c = globe
d = map
e = model
f = profile
g = remote sensing image
h = section
i = view
j = plan
z = other
aa = anaglyphic
ab = polarized
ac = planimetric
ad = diagram map
ae = flowline map, flow map
af = dot map
ag = diagrammatric map (i.e. cartogram map)
ah = choropleth
ai = chorochromatic
aj = dasymetric
ak = isopleth
am = anamorphic
an = pictorial map
ao = spatial model on two dimensional surface
ap = mental or cognitive map
aq = views with horizon showing (includes bird's eye views and panoramas)
ar = views without horizon showing (includes bird's eye views and panoramas)
as = map view
da = picto map
db = random dot map
dc = screened
dd = not screened
$d Position of Platform for Photographic or Remote
Sensing Image (Repeatable)ab = polarized
ac = planimetric
ad = diagram map
ae = flowline map, flow map
af = dot map
ag = diagrammatric map (i.e. cartogram map)
ah = choropleth
ai = chorochromatic
aj = dasymetric
ak = isopleth
am = anamorphic
an = pictorial map
ao = spatial model on two dimensional surface
ap = mental or cognitive map
aq = views with horizon showing (includes bird's eye views and panoramas)
ar = views without horizon showing (includes bird's eye views and panoramas)
as = map view
da = picto map
db = random dot map
dc = screened
dd = not screened
a = terrestrial
b = aerial
c = space
$e Category of Satellite for Remote Sensing Image
(Repeatable)b = aerial
c = space
a = meteorological
b = earth resources
c = space observing
$f Name of Satellite for Remote Sensing Image
(Repeatable)b = earth resources
c = space observing
Meteorological
aa = Tiros
ab = ATS
ac = NOAA
ad = Nimbus
ae = METEOSAT
Earth resourcesab = ATS
ac = NOAA
ad = Nimbus
ae = METEOSAT
ga = ERTS
gb = Landsat I
gc = Landsat II
gd = Landsat III
ge = Seasat
gf = Skylab
gg = Spacelab
Space observinggb = Landsat I
gc = Landsat II
gd = Landsat III
ge = Seasat
gf = Skylab
gg = Spacelab
ma = Explorer I
mb = Explorer II
$g Recording Technique for Remote Sensing Image
(Repeatable)mb = Explorer II
Light emission
aa = video recording
ab = false colour photography
ac = multispectral photography
ad = multispectral scanning
av = combination of various light emission techniques
Thermal infrared scanningab = false colour photography
ac = multispectral photography
ad = multispectral scanning
av = combination of various light emission techniques
da = infrared line scanning
dv = combination of various thermal infrared scanning techniques
Microwave emissiondv = combination of various thermal infrared scanning techniques
ga = Sidelooking Airborne Radar (SLAR)
gb = Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
gc = passive microwave mapping