Map on a Single Sheet
Author. "Title" [format]. Edition. Scale. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
Example: Geological Survey (U.S.). " Maps showing hydrocarbon plays of the Florida peninsula, USGS Petroleum Province 50" [map]. 1:1,000,000. Reston VA: The Survey, 1998.
Map in a Topographic Series
Author. Sheet title, Number [format]. Edition. Scale. Series title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
Example: U.S. Geological Survey. Sycamore quadrangle, Florida, [map].Revised 1998. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Reston, Va: United States Department of the Interior, USGS, 1998.
Map in a Series
Author. Sheet title, Number [format]. Edition. Scale. Series title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
Example: U.S. Geological Survey. The North America Tapestry of Time and Terrain [map]. Version 1. 1:8,000,000. Geologic Investigations Series; I-2781. Reston, Va: U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS, 2003.
Atlas Citation
Author. Title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
Example: John Bartholomew and Son. The Times atlas of the world. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1967.
Map from an Atlas
Map Author. Map title [format]. Scale. In: Atlas Author. Atlas title. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, Date. page.
Example: Land cover (1990) [map]. Scale Unknown. In: Doryane Kermel-Torres. Atlas of Thailand: Spatial structures and development. Bangkok, Thailand: O.S. Printing House, 2004. 31.
Map from a Book
Map Author. Map title [format]. Scale. Place of publication: Publisher, Date (if known). In: Book Author. Book title. Edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date, page.
Example: Griffler, Keith P. Underground Railroad [map]. Scale not given. In: Front line of freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2004, page 30
Map from the Web
Author if known. Map Title [map]. Date of map creation if known. Scale. “Title of the Complete Document or Site”. Date posted if known. <URL> (date accessed).
Example: Physical Map of the World [map]. September 2007. 1:35,000,000. “The 2008 World Factbook”. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ (22 April, 2008)
Map from a Periodical
Map Author if known. Map Title [format]. Scale if known. In: Article Author. "Article Title," Journal Title volume (year): page.
Example: Broward County (a) employment and (b) population distribution. [map] Scale Unknown. In: Zhao, Fang and Soon Chung. “Contributing Factors of Annual Average Daily Traffic in a Florida County: Exploration with Geographic Information System and Regression Models,” Transportation Research Record 1769 (2001): 113.
Map Generators
Author or statement of responsibility. Map Title [map]. Data date if known. Scale; Name of person who generated map; Name of software used to generate the map or “Title of the Complete Document or Site”. <URL> (date generated).
Example: United States Census Bureau. Total Person: 2006 Florida By County. Scale undetermined; generated by Jill Uhrovic; using “American FactFinder”. <http://factfinder.census.gov > (22 April, 2008).
CD-ROM or DVD Maps
Author. Title. [format]. Edition. Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
Example: ESRI Ltd. ArcCanada [CD-ROM]. Version 2.0. North York, Ontario: Environmental Systems Research Institute, 1999.
Real Time Maps
Author. Title [format]. Date produced and time if known. Scale. "Title of document or site". <URL> (date accessed).
Example: North Carolina Department of Transportation. Current Wake County Traffic Conditions [map]. 03/10/04, 15:07:20. Scale not given. "North Carolina Department of Transportation". <http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/> (10 March 2004).
Aerial Photos
Source. Title [format]. Scale. Line/roll number. Photo number. Place of publication. Date.
Example: UCLA Department of Geography. Malibu [air photo]. 1:30,000. Photo #17a. L.A., Calif. 1947.
Map Produced Using GIS Software
Author. "Map title" [format]. Scale. Computer database title [format]. Edition. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production. Using: Author. Computer software title [format]. Edition. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production.
Example: Virginia Railway Network. [computer map]. 1:25000. National Transportation Atlas Databases. Washington, D.C.: US Department of Transportation, 2000. Using ArcGIS [GIS software]. Version 8.3. Redlands, CA: Environmental Systems Research Institute, 1992-2004.
*The citation examples above are adapted from:
Clark, Suzanne M., Mary Lynette Larsgaard, and Cynthia M. Teague. Cartographic Citations: A Style Guide, MAGERT Circular No. 1. Chicago: American Library Association, 1992.
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