When is the Geospatial Data Presentation Form element used?
The Geospatial Data Presentation Form is to identify the (usually
"cartographic") style (if any) with which the originator intended that
the information be presented to the user. For example, a paper map would
have a "map" geospatial presentation form. A scanned image of a map
also has "map" as the geospatial presentation form. Vector data digitized
from a map would not have a presentation form if no particular method of
presenting the data to users was intended by the originator.
What are some examples for the values in the domain of the
Geospatial Data Presentation element?
Most of the examples are taken from Cartographic Materials: A Manual of
Interpretation for AACR2 (Anglo-American Committee on Cataloguing of
Cartographic Materials 1982):
Domain Value
Examples
atlas
boundary atlas; geological atlas; historical atlas; plat book;
road atlas; statistical atlas (collections of maps, geospatial
illustrations, and other information)
diagram
block diagram; fence diagram; reliability diagram; triangulation
diagram (illustrations of specific relationships)
globe
terrestrial globe; celestial globe (physical models of celestial bodies)
map
aeronautical chart; base map; cadastral map; chart; index map;
orthophotomap; plan; plat; relief map; thematic map
model
relief model (other physical models of geospatial data)
profile
(an illustration showing a vertical section of the ground)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form