Template:Cite map/doc

This template is used to cite sources in Wikipedia, specifically maps and related products.

Theses template cite specific sources using {{cite map}} as a meta-template:re are also:

• {{Bing maps}}
• {{Google maps}}
• {{Yahoo maps}}

Usage

Copy one of these three blank versions to use. Note that all fields must be lowercase, and remember to use the " |" (pipe) character between each field. Please delete any unused fields to avoid clutter in the edit window.

• {{cite map |publisher= |title= |url= |trans_title= |language= |format= |edition= |year= |cartography= |scale= |series= |page= |section= |inset= |accessdate=02 9, 2026 |isbn= |id= |ref= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}

• {{cite map |publisher= |title= |url= |trans_title= |language= |format= |edition= |date= |year= |cartography= |scale= |series= |page= |pages= |section= |inset= |accessdate= |isbn= |id= |ref= |archiveurl= |archivedate=}}

{{cite map
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Examples

{{Cite map |publisher=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=E.T. Seton Park – OpenStreetMap |url=http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=43.70891&lon=-79.34334&zoom=15&layers=M&way=25480325 |cartography=OpenStreetMap contributors |accessdate=26 November 2011}}

• OpenStreetMap. E.T. Seton Park – OpenStreetMap (Map). Cartography by OpenStreetMap contributors. http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=43.70891&lon=-79.34334&zoom=15&layers=M&way=25480325. Retrieved 26 November 2011. 

{{Cite map |publisher=Skelly Oil Company |title=Highway Map of Oklahoma |cartography=Diversified Map Co |year=1966 |section=11C}}

• Skelly Oil Company (1966). Highway Map of Oklahoma (Map). Cartography by Diversified Map Co. Section 11C. 

{{Cite map |publisher=Rand McNally |title=Discovery Atlas of the United States |year=1993 |page=7 |section=7G}}

• Rand McNally (1993). Discovery Atlas of the United States (Map). p. 7, section 7G. 

{{Cite map |publisher=Stanley Maps |title=Mt. Rainier National Park |scale=1 : 30,000 |year=2000 |edition=Centennial |cartography=Charles B. Kitterman / Kulshan Cartographic Services |isbn=0-9662209-4-3}}

• Stanley Maps (2000). Mt. Rainier National Park (Map). 1 : 30,000. Cartography by Charles B. Kitterman / Kulshan Cartographic Services (Centennial ed.). ISBN 0-9662209-4-3. 

{{Cite map |publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation |title=Official State Transportation Map |url=http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/state-pdf/kansas0708.pdf |format= PDF |edition=2005-2006 |section=F9 |accessdate=2007-03-30}}

• Kansas Department of Transportation (PDF). Official State Transportation Map (Map) (2005-2006 ed.). Section F9. http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/state-pdf/kansas0708.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-30. 

{{Cite map |publisher=[[New Zealand Department of Conservation]] |title=Kepker Track |series=Parkmap |scale=1 : 50,000 |edition=3rd |year=2003 |cartography=GeoSmart (NZ) Ltd}}

• New Zealand Department of Conservation (2003). Kepker Track (Map). 1 : 60,000. Parkmap. Cartography by GeoSmart (NZ) Ltd (3rd ed.). 

{{Cite map |publisher=[[Ordnance Survey Ireland]] |title=Kerry |series=Discovery Series |scale=1 : 60,000 |edition=2nd |year=2000 |isbn=1-901496-59-7}}

• Ordnance Survey Ireland (2000). Kerry (Map). 1 : 50,000. Discovery Series (2nd ed.). ISBN 1-901496-59-7. 

{{Cite map |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]] |title=Mount Adams East Quadrangle - Washington - Yakima Co. |year=1998 |scale=1 : 24,000 |series=7,5 Minute Series (Topographic) |isbn=0-607-92088-2}}

• United States Geological Survey (1998). Mount Adams East Quadrangle - Washington - Yakima Co. (Map). 1 : 24,000. 7,5 Minute Series (Topographic). ISBN 0-607-92088-2. 

Parameters

Syntax

Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters:

• parent
• OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent
  • child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
  • OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used)

Where aliases are listed, only one of the parameters may be defined; if aliased parameters are defined, then only one will show.

This template embeds COinS metadata in the HTML output, allowing reference management software to retrieve bibliographic metadata; see Wikipedia:COinS.

• Be careful using templates within the citation template, as many will add a lot of extraneous HTML or CSS that will be rendered in the meta-data.
  • Known templates that should not be used: {{smallcaps}}.

Description

• publisher: Name of publisher; corporate designations such as "Ltd" or "Inc" are not usually included; may be wikilinked if relevant.
  • location: Geographical place of publication; generally not wikilinked.
  • publication-date: Date of publication; in same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink.

• date: Full date of source being referenced; in same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink. Use only the full date including month, day and year, else the anchor may be malformed.
• OR: year: Year of source being referenced.
  • month: Name of the month of publication. If you also have the day, use date instead; do not wikilink.
  • origyear: Original publication year; displayed after the date or year. For clarity, please supply specifics; example: |origyear=First published 1859 or |origyear=Composed 1904.

• title: Title of source. Can be wikilinked to an existing Wikipedia article or url may be used to add an external link, but not both. Formatted in italics.
  • trans_title: If the source cited is in a foreign language, an English translation of the title can be given here. The template will display this in square brackets after the title field and it will link to the url field, if used. Use of the language parameter is recommended.

Titles containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded.

newline	[	]	|
space	[	]	|

• language: The language the source is written in, if not English. Formatted in parentheses with "in" before the language name. Use the full language name; do not use icons or templates.

• type: Provides additional information about the media type of the source; format in sentence case; appears in parentheses following the title; defaults to Map.

• url: URL of an online location where the text of the publication can be found. Cannot be used if title is wikilinked. If applicable, the link may point to the specific page(s) referenced. Do not link to any commercial booksellers such as Amazon.com; see WP:BOOKLINKS.
  • accessdate: Full date when URL was accessed; use the same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink.
  • archiveurl: The URL of an archived copy of a web page, if or in case the url becomes unavailable. Typically used to refer to services like WebCite and the Internet Archive; requires archivedate.
    • archivedate: Date when the item was archived; use the same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink; requires archiveurl.
    • deadurl: To change the order with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end, set |deadurl=no.
  • template doc demo: The archive parameters have error checking to ensure that all the required parameters are included, else {{citation error}} is invoked. On errors, main, help and template pages are placed into Category:Articles with incorrect citation syntax. Set |template doc demo=true to disable categorization; mainly used for documentation where the error is demonstrated.
• format: Format of the work referred to by url; examples: PDF, DOC, XLS; HTML is implied and should not be specified; displayed in parentheses after title.

URLs must begin with a supported URI scheme: http:// and https:// will be supported by all browsers; irc://, ircs://, ftp://, news:, mailto: and gopher:// will require a plugin or an external application. IPv6 host-names are currently not supported.

URLs containing certain characters will display and link incorrectly unless those characters are encoded. For example, a space must be replaced by %20. To encode the URL, replace these characters:

sp	"	,	'	;	<	>	?	[	]	\	.	:	!	?	)
%20	%22	%2c	%3a	%3b	%3c	%3e	%3f	%5b	%5d	%5c	%2e	%3a	%21	%3f	%29

• edition: When the publication has more than one edition; for example: "2nd", "Revised" etc. Displays " ed." after this field, so |edition=2nd produces "2nd ed."

• page: Page in the source that supports the content; overridden by at.
• OR: pages: Pages in the source that supports the content; separate page ranges with an en dash (–); separate non-sequential pages with a comma (,); do not use to indicate the total number of pages in the source.
• OR: at: For sources where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient.

Examples: page (p.) or pages (pp.); section (Section), inset or other custom location on the map or in the atlas.

• scale: Scale of map.
• series: Title of map series.
• version: Version of map.
• cartography: Person or entity that did the cartography; shows as "Cartography by cartography."

• section: The map section of the feature referenced; example: 6A, 9B, 11L, etc.
• inset: The name of the focused inset referenced; example: Downtown Fooburg.

• arxiv: ArXiv; do not wikilink.
• asin: Amazon Standard Identification Number; do not wikilink.
  • asin-tld: ASIN top-level domain for Amazon sites other than the US; valid values: co.jp, co.uk, ca, cn, fr, de, it, es
• bibcode: Bibcode; used by a number of astronomical data systems; example: 1924MNRAS..84..308E; do not wikilink.
• doi: Digital object identifier; example: 10.1038/news070508-7; do not wikilink; checked to ensure it begins with <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">​10.​</syntaxhighlight>; if not an error shows and the page is placed in Category:Pages with DOI errors.
  • doi_brokendate: Date the DOI is broken; use the same format as other dates in the article; do not wikilink.
• isbn: International Standard Book Number such as 978-0812695939; see Wikipedia:ISBN and ISBN. Dashes in the ISBN are optional, but preferred. Use the 13-digit ISBN where possible; this can normally be found beneath the barcode as a number beginning 978 or 979. For sources with the older 9 digit SBN system, prefix the number with a zero; thus SBN 812695-93-3 should be entered as |isbn=0812695-93-3; do not wikilink.
• issn: International Standard Serial Number; eight characters may be split into two groups of four using a hyphen, but not an N-dash or a space; do not wikilink.
• jfm: Jahrbuch über die Fortschritte der Mathematik; do not wikilink.
• jstor: JSTOR; mainly for use as part of an id option in a {{cite journal}} reference; do not wikilink.
• lccn: Library of Congress Control Number; do not wikilink.
• mr: Mathematical Reviews; do not wikilink.
• oclc: Online Computer Library Center; do not wikilink.
• ol: Open Library; do not wikilink.
• osti: Office of Scientific and Technical Information; do not wikilink.
• pmc: PubMed Central article number for full-text free repository of an article; do not wikilink.
• pmid: PubMed Unique Identifier; do not wikilink.
• rfc: Request for Comments; do not wikilink.
• ssrn: Social Science Research Network; do not wikilink.
• zbl: Zentralblatt MATH; do not wikilink.

• quote: Relevant text quoted from the source; enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote needs to include terminating punctuation.

• ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value |ref=ID generates an anchor with the given ID; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing. The special value |ref=harv generates an anchor suitable for the {{harv}} template; see anchors for Harvard referencing templates.

This template produces COinS metadata; see COinS in Wikipedia for background information.