LC-PCC policy statements for longitude and latitude
Prerecording
Prerecording
LC/PCC Core.
PCC practice: For rare cartographic resources, additional guidance in determining longitude and latitude may be found in DCRM(C) 3D and Appendix K.
LC/PCC practice: See the Metadata Guidance documentation: Works.
Recording
Recording an unstructured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option.
Recording a structured description
Option
LC/PCC practice: Apply the option. Use two hyphens rather than a single hyphen to separate the west and east coordinates and the north and south coordinates. Do not use a space before or after the two hyphens.
Option
LC practice: Apply the option when the coordinates are presented as decimal degrees on the resource.
LC/PCC practice: Use two hyphens rather than a single hyphen to separate the west and east coordinates and the north and south coordinates. Do not use a space before or after the two hyphens.
Recording an identifier
Recording an IRI
Document Date: 2025/06/09
Document: https://access.rdatoolkit.org/en-US_ala-cfdb5b63-d831-38f5-a9d3-26c8c66a5e40