COLLECTION METADATA FOR 7.5 MINUTE DEM COLLECTION


Title 7.5 Minute DEM Collection.

Short title 7.5 Minute DEM.

Responsible party Map and Imagery Laboratory, Davidson Library, University of California at Santa Barbara, U.S. Geological Survey, Digital Orthophoto Program.

Scope and purpose 7.5 minute DEM native dataset held at the Alexandria Digital Library and USGS EROS Data Center. This data is searchable via ADL and orderable on GLIS and Earth Explorer.

Content type Digital online holdings.

Collection overview

Total item count 45,538 items as of October 17, 2002.

Item types

Thesaurus or authority list for item types The ADL Object Type Thesaurus. .

Type   Count
images   45,538
geospatial works   45,538
cartographic works   45,538
models   45,538

Item formats

Thesaurus or authority list for item formats The item formats are loosely based on RFC 2046, Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)..

Format   Count
Online   45,538
Dataset   45,538
SDTS   45,538

Item metadata

Schema Principally, MARC 21. A locally developed schema, MIL-B, is used for fields that would otherwise be subsumed under MARC 21 field 500 (general note).

Sample record ADL full metadata report for item 7.5 minute DEM (U.S.) of WOODSTOCK SOUTH, VT in XML and HTML.

Supported search buckets

Geographic locations

Description Geographic locations and regions described by latitude/longitude coordinates.

Metadata mapping MARC 21 fields 034 d, e, f, g (coded cartographic mathematical data---coordinates) and 255 c (cartographic mathematical data---statement of coordinates)..

Notes Queries against this bucket are evaluated using a Plate Carre projection, i.e., by treating latitude and longitude as Cartesian coordinates. Thus, query regions may not include the North or South Poles. Additionally, non-rectangular query regions may not intersect the +/-180 meridian.

Dates

Description Dates and date ranges.

Metadata mapping MARC 21 fields 008/07-14 (publication date(s)), 045 (time period of content), 260 c (publication, distribution, etc. (imprint)---date of publication, distribution, etc.), and 260 g (publication, distribution, etc. (imprint)---date of manufacture)..

Types

Description Terms drawn from a collection-dependent controlled vocabulary identifying meaning or content.

Metadata mapping The ADL Catalog item types, which are in turn derived from MARC 21 field 655 a (index term---genre/form)..

Formats

Description Terms drawn from a collection-dependent controlled vocabulary identifying form or representation.

Metadata mapping The ADL Catalog item formats..

Assigned terms

Description Subject-related terms from controlled vocabularies. This bucket is a subset of the "Subject-related text" bucket.

Metadata mapping MARC 21 fields 650 (subject added entry---topical term) and 651 (subject added entry---geographic name), and other 6XX (subject access) fields..

Notes Non-alphanumeric characters are treated as word separators.

Subject-related text

Description Subject-related text, not necessarily from controlled vocabularies. This bucket is a superset of the "Assigned terms" bucket.

Metadata mapping MARC 21 fields 245 (title statement), 500 (general note), 520 (summary, etc.), and others.

Notes Non-alphanumeric characters are treated as word separators.

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Contact

Mary Larsgaard
Assistant Director
Map and Imagery Laboratory, Davidson Library
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California 93106
E-mail: mary@alexandria.ucsb.edu
Phone: 805-893-4049