COMARC/A Format for Authorities Data

PDFCOMARC/AMarch2018

123 Coded data for geographical name

This field contains coded data relating to geographical names.

Subfields & repeatability

FIELD/SUBFIELDREPEATABILITY
123Coded data for geographical namer
dCo-ordinates – westernmost longitudenr
eCo-ordinates – easternmost longitudenr
fCo-ordinates – northernmost latitudenr
gCo-ordinates – southernmost latitudenr

Indicators

Indicator values are not defined.

SUBFIELDS

123d Co-ordinates – westernmost longitude
123e Co-ordinates – easternmost longitude
123f Co-ordinates – northernmost latitude
123g Co-ordinates – southernmost latitude

Subfields d, e, f and g contain co-ordinates of points on Earth or other celestial bodies. Each subfield is fixed at 8 characters and contains the following data:

  • hemisphere designation – one character ("w" = west, "e" = east, "n" = north, "s" = south

  • degrees (3 numeric characters)

  • minutes (2 numeric characters)

  • seconds (2 numeric characters)

The numbers are right justified. Unused spaces are filled with zeros.

NOTES ON FIELD CONTENTS

If the area co-ordinates are given for a centre point and not for outside limits, the longitude and latitude of the central axes are each recorded twice, in subfields d and e (dolžino) (longitude) and subfields f and g (latitude).

RELATED FIELDS

215AUTHORIZED ACCESS POINT – TERRITORIAL OR GEOGRAPHICAL NAME

EXAMPLES

  1. 123⊔⊔de0790000 ee0860000 fn0200000 gn0120000
    (India: longitude 79°E to 86°E, latitude 20°N to 12°N.)
  2. 123⊔⊔de0122000 ee0122000 fn0452600 gn0452600
    (Venice: latitude 45°26′N, longitude 12°20′E.)

  3. *

    123⊔⊔de0132300 ee0163600 fn0465300 gn0452500
    215⊔⊔aSlovenija
    (Slovenia: longitude 13°23′E to 16°36′E, latitude 46°53′N to 45°25′N.)

  4. *

    123⊔⊔de0144007 ee0144007 fn0462656 gn0462656
    215⊔⊔aPotočka zijalka (Slovenija)
    (Potočka zijalka: latitude 46°26′56″N, longitude 14°40′7″E.)
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