Database of the digitized map collections
map collections outside the Czech Republic
Map and Geospatial Information Center. Lewis Science Library. The Princeton University |
| Name of the digital map collection: Map and Geospatial Information Center |
| Web address of digitized cartographic documents: https://maps.princeton.edu/ |
| National identifier of the collection (if available): |
| The main thematic content/s of the collection: World wide |
| The collection departmental code: GEOGRAPHY |
Contact |
| Address: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 |
| Name of contact person: Tsering Wangyal Shawa |
| Phone to contact person: |
| Contact person's email shawatw@princeton.edu |
Information about the collection |
| The most important printed publications about the map collection: We are Federal Depository Library that means we get most of maps published by the United States government agencies. |
Other important information about the collection: http://library.princeton.edu/collections/pumagic https://catalog.princeton.edu/ and maps.princeton.edu |
The physical fund of the collection |
| The total size of the physical fund (also not processed): 300.000 |
| The number of processed units in the electronic catalogue: 84.500 |
| The number of physical units of old cartographic materials: |
| The typology of old cartographic materials: |
| Expected final processing of the collection: After 5 and more years |
The digital fund of the map collection |
| The total number of individual digitized images (also unpublished): 10.000 |
| Of this number is already published: 7.808 |
| The collection is published: on-line; |
| The number of files in the databases of images (i.e. voluminous maps or atlases, so more objects joined in one): |
| The number of accessible 3D objects (globes, models, etc.): 0 |
Descriptive metadata |
| Library or archive programs used for cataloging: GeoBlackLight; |
| Standards used for metadata descriptions: others; |
| Rules used to create metadata: AACR2/R; others; |
| Methodologies used for the description: |
| Indexing by: key words; subject entries; chronological entries; geographical entries; |
| Are the before mentioned selection terms exported into metadata? yes |
| Additional information on the method and scope of the description: Software: GeoBlackLight S tandards to describe metadata: FGDC |
Services offered with digitized maps |
| Georeferencing (ground controlling) of maps: No |
| Map selection from map layouts: No |
| Search by map markers: Yes |
| Reading old fonts in the OCR: No |
| Full text search from legends: No |
| Digitization of maps on request: No |
| Other services: http://library.princeton.edu/collections/pumagic Further data access: GeoBlackLight Users of data: universities, public |
Aggregation into higher units |
| Digitalized cartographic documents are eported into superior aggregates: GeoBlackLight; |
Last data update 23/02/2021 22:23:51 by the user novotna