| COMARC/B | September | 2003 |
This field contains fixed-length coded data generally applicable to cartographic material.
A code indicates whether the item carries an index or name list.
| 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 code indicates whether the item has text.
| a | text on cartographic item itself See example 1. |
| b | text accompanying cartographic item in booklet, pamphlet, unattached cover, etc. |
| y | no narrative text |
A code indicates the types of relief. The most commonly found types are presented.
| a | contours See example 1. |
| b | continuous tone shaded relief |
| c | hypsometric tints - layer method |
| d | hachures See example 2. |
| e | bathymetry - soundings |
| f | form lines |
| g | spot heights |
| h | other methods in colour (e.g. in the style of Imhof) |
| i | pictorially See example 3. |
| j | landforms (e.g. in the style of Lobeck, Raisz, Fenneman) |
| k | bathymetry - isolines |
| z | other methods of relief representation |
A code indicates the type of projection if the projection is on the item.
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A code indicates the prime meridian of the item when it is mentioned or is easily determined.
| aa | Greenwich, United Kingdom International prime meridian (see example 1). |
| 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 |
| aj | Capetown, South Africa |
| ak | Caracas, Venezuela |
| al | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| am | Cordoba, Argentina |
| an | Ferro, Canary Islands See example 2. |
| 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 |
| bj | St. Peterburg, 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 |
120 ⊔⊔ ab by ca da ebd faa (A coloured map has text on it but no index. The projection is Mercator's, relief is shown by contours and the prime meridian is Greenwich.) *
120 ⊔⊔ ab by cy dd fan (A coloured map with no index or narrative text indicator. Relief is shown by hachures and the prime meridian is Ferro on Canary Islands.) * COBISS.net
120 ⊔⊔ ab by cy di ebd (A coloured map with no index or narrative text indicator. The projection is Mercator's and relief is shown pictorially.)