124 Cartographic materials – specific material designstion
This field contains coded data relating to the characteristics of photographic, non-photographic and remote sensing image types of cartographic materials.
Subfields & repeatability
| FIELD/SUBFIELD | REPEATABILITY |
| 124 | | Cartographic materials – specific material designstion | nr |
| a | Character of image | nr |
| b | Form of cartographic item | r |
| c | Presentation technique | r |
| d | Position of platform | r |
| e | Category of satellite | r |
| f | Name of satellite | r |
| g | Recording technique | r |
Indicator values are not defined.
A code indicates the character of an image.
| a | non-photographic image |
| b | photographic image |
| c | remote sensing image |
124b Form of cartographic item
A code indicates the form of cartographic item.
| a | atlas |
| b | diagram |
| c | globe |
| d | map |
| e | model |
| f | profile |
| g | remote sensing image |
| h | section |
| i | view |
| j | plan |
| z | other |
124c Presentation technique
A code indicates the presentation technique.
| aa | anaglyphic |
| ab | polarized |
| ac | planimetric |
| ad | diagram map |
| ae | flowline map, flow map |
| af | dot map |
| ag | diagrammatic map (i.e. cartogram map) |
| ah | choropleth |
| ai | chorochromatic |
| aj | dasymetric |
| ak | isopleth |
| am | anamorphic |
| an | pictorial map |
| ao | spatial model on two dimensional surface |
| ap | mental or cognitive map |
| aq | views with horizon showing (includes bird's eye views and panoramas) |
| ar | views without horizon showing (includes bird's eye views and panoramas) |
| as | map view |
| da | picto map |
| db | random dot map |
| dc | screened |
| dd | not screened |
124d Position of platform
A code indicates the position of a platform.
| a | terrestrial |
| b | aerial |
| c | space |
124e Category of satellite
A code indicates the category of a satellite.
| a | meteorological |
| b | earth resources |
| c | space observing |
A code indicates the name of a satellite.
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METEOROLOGICAL
| | aa | Tiros | | ab | ATS | | ac | NOAA | | ad | Nimbus | | ae | METEOSAT |
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EARTH RESOURCES
| | ga | ERTS | | gb | Landsat I | | gc | Landsat II | | gd | Landsat III | | ge | Seasat | | gf | Skylab | | gg | Spacelab |
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SPACE OBSERVING
| | ma | Explorer I | | mb | Explorer II |
| |
A code indicates recording technique.
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LIGHT EMISSION
|
| aa | video recording |
| ab | false colour photography |
| ac | multispectral photography |
| ad | multispectral scanning |
| av | combination of various light emission techniques |
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THERMAL INFRARED SCANNING
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| da | infrared line scanning |
| dv | combination of various thermal infrared scanning techniques |
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MICROWAVE EMISSION
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| ga | Sidelooking Airborne Radar (SLAR) |
| gb | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) |
| gc | passive microwave mapping |
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| 124 | ⊔⊔ | ab bi cas db |
| | (A Piran photo-guide with aerial shots.) |