MARC21-007: Specific material designation of map
atlas
Atlases generally contain maps, related text, and other cartographic information.
d
diagram
Map characterized by simplified, or schematic, representation. Diagrams are graphic representations of numerical data, or of the course or results of an action or process.
g
map
Two-dimensional map. Defined as a representation normally to scale and on a flat medium, of a selection of material or abstract features on, or in relation to, the surface of the earth or of another celestial body.
j
model
Three-dimensional representation of a real object. Object may be the exact size of the original or to scale.
q
other
Specific material designation other than atlas, diagram, map, profile, model, remote-sensing image, section, view.
z
profile
Scale representation of the intersection of a vertical surface (which may or may not be a plane) with the surface of the ground or with that of a conceptual three-dimensional model of phenomena having continuous distribution (e.g., rainfall).
k
remote-sensing image
Image produced by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object under study.
r
section
Scaled representation of a vertical surface (commonly a plane) displaying both the the intersection profile or some conceptual model, and the underlying structures, e.g., geological section.
s
unspecified
Unspecified.
u
view
Perspective representation of the landscape shown as if it were projected onto an oblique plane.
y
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