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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=9 November 2025}}
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 any value to change the website from Google Maps to Google Street View.
- date – date of Street View photography or other map data
- 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 (requires
|date=)
- letter: a letter to append to a date or year for Harvard-style referencing, if necessary (requires
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%20@41.926860,%20-73.912580+to:+RT-308%20@41.970313,%20-73.821096 |access-date= 9 November 2025}}
generates this:
- "Cite Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
Using the optional "title" parameter:
{{Cite Google Maps |url= http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=from:+E%20Market%20St/RT-308%20@41.926860,%20-73.912580+to:+RT-308%20@41.970313,%20-73.821096 |title= Driving directions to RT-308 |access-date= 9 November 2025}}
generates this:
- "Driving directions to RT-308" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
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. August 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
See also
- {{Cite Bing Maps}}, the counterpart to this template for Bing Maps
- {{Cite MapQuest}}, the counterpart to this template for MapQuest
- {{Cite map}}, generic
TemplateData
TemplateData for Cite Google Maps
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| 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 |