Template:Cite Google Maps
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![]() | This template is a Citation Style 1 specific-source template based on {{Cite map}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1. |
This template is used for referencing maps published by Google LLC through their Google Maps service.
The template accepts all parameters that {{cite map}} does, unless |SV=yes
, in which case it accepts all parameters that {{cite web}} does. This template can also be set to emulate Citation Style 2 (CS2) style, via |mode=cs2
.
Note that unlike paper maps, Google offers dynamic sizing at variable scales. Major citation style guides omit a map scale in that situation so this template does not render any scale output.
Usage
{{Cite Google Maps|url= |title= |access-date=4 September 2024}}
Parameters
- url – the URL for the map in question
- title – a "subtitle" for the map. The link text will appear as "<title>" if "title" is used; otherwise, it will be the page name.
- access-date – the full retrieval date.
- SV – set to "yes" to change the website from Google Maps to Google Street View.
- date – date of Street View photography; only required when
|SV=yes
.
- date – date of Street View photography; only required when
- link – set to "no" to unlink the publisher.
- mode – set to "cs2" to use CS2 output (lower case only)
- ref: for Harvard-style referencing, if necessary
- letter: a letter to append to a date or year for Harvard-style referencing, if necessary
- author: set to "yes" to list the author in the citation for consistency with other citations in an article
Examples
Normal usage with automatic inclusion of page title (i.e. "Cite Google Maps", which is taken from the template's full page title "Template:Cite Google Maps"):
{{Cite Google Maps |url= http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=from:+E%20Market%20St/RT-308%[email protected],%20-73.912580+to:+RT-308%[email protected],%20-73.821096 |access-date= 4 September 2024}}
generates this:
- "Cite Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
Using the optional "title" parameter:
{{Cite Google Maps |url= http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=from:+E%20Market%20St/RT-308%[email protected],%20-73.912580+to:+RT-308%[email protected],%20-73.821096 |title= Driving directions to RT-308 |access-date= 4 September 2024}}
generates this:
- "Driving directions to RT-308" (Map). Google Maps. Google. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
For Google Street View imagery:
{{Cite Google Maps |url = https://goo.gl/maps/u5sTx |SV= yes |date= August 2014 |title = Adirondack Northway, Albany, New York |access-date = July 11, 2015}}
generates this:
- "Adirondack Northway, Albany, New York". Google Street View. Google. August 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
See also
- {{Bing maps}}, the counterpart to this template for Bing Maps
- {{Mapquest}}, the counterpart to this template for MapQuest
- {{Cite map}}, generic
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
url | url | the URL for the Google Map | URL | required |
access-date | access-date | the full retrieval date
| Date | suggested |
title | title | Give a title for the map; otherwise, it will be the article name.
| String | optional |
Street View | SV | set to "yes" if this is a Street View
| String | optional |
Street View date | date | date of Street View photography; only required when citing a Street View
| Date | optional |
letter | letter | a letter to append to a date or year for Harvard-style referencing, if necessary | String | optional |
link | link | set to "no" to unlink the publisher | String | optional |