In this section we will review possible scenarios that can occur when deciding what geographic authority and metadata to use when cataloguing for a particular collection or when developing blanket procedures. Use cases comprise of a set of possible considerations and goals.
Examples of use case scenarios are as follows:
National Parks Collections:
Goals:
- Harvested by regional consortium and DPLA.
- Including mapping features on collection website.
- Exact, item-level locations for bulk of collection desired.
Considerations:
- Collection has many natural feature locations in the United States. Mountains, creeks, trails, balds, etc.
- Coordinates data needed for GIS features.
- Regional consortium requires LCSH county data mapped to dcterms:spatial.
Goals:
- To display county outlines instead of just a point in the middle of the county. Regional areas where someone needs to express information about the Bear River Watershed. (Importing boundary box county information)
Considerations:
- Historic place names.
- Must map location data to dcterms:spatial.
What are some scenarios in which you've had a a complex set of considerations when making geospatial metadata decisions?
Are you currently grappling with geospatial metadata decisions for your collections?
Thinking creatively, what are some complex scenarios you could encounter?
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Historic Mine Collection: