Template:Cite Google Maps

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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=8 December 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=)

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= 8 December 2025}}

generates this:

• "Cite Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 December 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= 8 December 2025}}

generates this:

• "Driving directions to RT-308" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 8 December 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

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
url	url	the URL for the Google Map	URL	required
access-date	access-date	the full retrieval date Example 2024-08-09	Date	suggested
title	title	Give a title for the map; otherwise, it will be the article name. Example Sydney Opera House	String	optional
Street View	SV	set to "yes" if this is a Street View Example yes	String	optional
Street View date	date	date of Street View photography; only required when citing a Street View Example May 2021	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

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