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1. Batch edit coordinates

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Michelle Janowiecki edited this page Aug 24, 2020 · 7 revisions

Set-up

Please have the latest version of MarcEditor installed.

Purpose

This step normalizes any bounding box coordinates within your MARC files, ensuring all coordinates are in decimal degrees. It also can reorder them depending on your preferences.

Instructions

  1. Open MarcEditor and select the icon called MarcEditor.
  2. Go to File>Open and select your batch MARC file.
  3. Convert the coordinates in the 034 field from degrees-minutes-seconds, go to Edit>Edit Shortcuts>Math Functions>Convert To Decimal Degrees.
  4. If your coordinates have been entered using the standard d, e, f, g part of the 034 field, accept the defaults.
  5. Go to File>Save As to save your work as a MARC file.

Note: MARC records coordinates in the order W,E,N,S, which is also what the bounding box element requires. However, Step 2 converts the coordinates to W, S, E, N order to match the order of any additional coordinates added manually using the Bounding Box Tool (which records coordinates in the order W, S, E, N). Finally, Step 7 converts them back to the correct W,E,N,S, order.

Instructions for this process adapted from: http://geospatialmetadatalibrarian.blogspot.com/2016/10/transforming-marc-metadata-into.html

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