Others on the list may know of better sources, but the following work:
"Cartographic Citations: A Style Guide", by Suzanne M. Clark, Mary
Lynette Larsgaard, and Cynthia M. Teague (American Library Association,
1992).
...and its supplement in 1998
(http://www.lib.washington.edu/maps/classes/ext/lectures/carcite.doc )
contains examples of citing cartographic digital data in line with the
Chicago / MLA / Turabian style guide.
Just by Googling this title, several map libraries have also developed
other examples based on this, eg.
http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/mapcite.htm
Chris
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Subject: Re: Referencing digital maps
The logical source for information in describing digital map files is to
extract it from metadata which should be maintained for it. For example,
the UK Gemini metadata standard includes fields such as title, source,
etc.
With digital data, resolution is more significant than scale, although
this may not always be easy to determine. If the source mapping is
known, it would be possible to make a simple statement such as 'derived
from 1:50,000 mapping'.
David
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Sent: Sat, 18/10/2008 11:29
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Subject: Re: Referencing digital maps
A preliminary thought: does scale enter into it? I should have thought
an entry would be along the following lines:
Ordnance Survey / (c) 2008, MasterMap data [Southampton: Ordnance
Survey]
Although the LandLine and MasterMap data is maintained to a standard
appropriate to 1:1250/2500/10,000 according to terrain, there are going
to be instances where an extract or printout straddles two standards of
accuracy. (The same happens in practice on a 'compiled' semi-analogue
map such as the 1:25,000 Explorer, but the fact isn't paraded!) If it is
in digital form, there seems no point in quoting scale: just the data.
If it's hard-copy printout, then scale should be quoted.
Richard Oliver
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Dear all
I've been asked to produce a standard for referencing digital maps in a
bibliography. Our current standard for paper maps is as follows:
Originator/s (Year) Title, Scale. Place of publication: Publisher.
The obvious problem with applying this is that digital maps will have no
particular title.
Edina digimap's help suggests the following acknowledgement:
? Crown Copyright/database right 20(yy). An Ordnance Survey/EDINA
supplied
service
but this wouldn't serve one purpose of a reference ie allowing the
reader to
trace the source.
I would be grateful for any suggestions as to how to proceed.
Thanking you in advance
Sarah George
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