Index map

It provides geospatial data on either a sheet of paper or a computer display, like a gazetteer, with the location (such as a call number) represented within a grid overlaying the map's surface.

[1] Geospatial data is often preferred to political borders, which often change.

Information is searchable by coordinates, rather than the metadata for a particular country and region that can be entered into a catalog.

In various institutions, maps are cataloged individually or as sets, resulting in various levels of specificity.

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