5.0 CARTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS, GENERAL RULES

5.0A. Preliminary rule

5.0A1. Scope.

The rules in this chapter cover the description of published and unpublished cartographic materials which constitute a fonds or a part thereof as instructed in 1.0A1. Cartographic materials are any documents that represent the whole or part of the earth or any celestial body, normally to scale. Included are two- and three- dimensional maps and plans; aeronautical, navigational, and celestial charts; globes; block diagrams; sections; remote sensing images (e.g., aerial photographs with a cartographic purpose); atlases; and map views.¹

For records falling within the scope of other chapters but presenting cartographic information (e.g., geomatic data sets), consult the rules in this chapter in conjunction with those of the chapter appropriate to the records.

For multilevel description of cartographic materials, see also chapter 1. For multiple media fonds, see chapter 2.

(CM 0A)

5.0B. Sources of information

5.0B1. Chief source of information.

The chief sources of information for cartographic materials are as follows:²

1. for a fonds, all of the material in the fonds;
2. for a series, all of the material in the series;
3. for a file, all the material in the file, including the container, and any label(s) or tag(s) used by the creator to identify the file;
4. for an item, prefer in this order,
   1. the item itself; all the parts including a title sheet or cover;
   2. the container or case, the cradle and stand of a globe, etc.;
   3. in the case of an atlas³, the title page, or if there is no title page, the source from within the atlas used as a substitute for it.

5.0B2. Prescribed sources of information.⁴

The prescribed source(s) of information for each area of description of cartographic materials is set out below. Enclose information taken from outside the prescribed source(s) in square brackets, unless otherwise instructed in specific rules.

5.0C. Punctuation

For the punctuation of the description as a whole, see 1.0C.
For the prescribed punctuation of elements, see the following rules.

5.0D. Levels of detail in the description

See 1.0D.
For the first level of detail for the fonds, series and file levels include only the scale in the mathematical data area.

Title proper / first statement of responsibility⁵. – Edition statement. – Scale. – Dates(s) of creation, or first place of publication, distribution, etc., : name of first publisher, distributor, etc., date(s) of publication, distribution, etc. – Extent of descriptive unit. – (Title proper of series ; numbering within series). – Custodial history. – Scope and content. – Note(s). – Standard number.

At the first and second level of detail, when describing a published cartographic series or file as an item, include the elements prescribed in 1.0D3, if appropriate.

5.0E. Language and script of the description

Follow the instructions in 1.0E1. Give mathematical data in the language and script of the institution providing the description; an original statement of scale, projection, etc., may be transcribed in a note (5.8B9).

(CM 0E, *Application*)

5.0F. Inaccuracies

See 1.0F.

Charlottetown [sic] station

Trace no. 2 from Slater’s nth [i.e. north] shore of Lake Huron : base, meridian & range series

5.0G. Accents and other diacritical marks

See 1.0G.