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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 {{tl|cite map}} does, unless {{para|SV|yes}}, in which case it accepts all parameters that {{tl|cite web}} does. This template can also be set to emulate [[Help:Citation Style 2|Citation Style 2]] (CS2) style, via {{para|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 ==
<code><nowiki>{{Cite Google Maps|url= |title= |access-date=</nowiki>{{#time: j F Y}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

=== Parameters ===
* '''url''' – the URL for the map in question
* '''title''' – a "subtitle" for the map. The link text will appear as "&lt;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''' –&nbsp;set to "cs2" to use [[Help:Citation Style 2|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 {{para|date}})

=== Examples ===
Normal usage with automatic inclusion of page title (i.e. "{{BASEPAGENAME}}", which is taken from the template's full page title "{{FULLPAGENAME}}"):
* <code><nowiki>{{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= </nowiki>{{#time: j F Y}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
generates this:
* {{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= {{date}}}}

Using the optional "title" parameter:
* <code><nowiki>{{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= </nowiki>{{#time: j F Y}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
generates this:
* {{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= {{date}}}}

For Google Street View imagery:
* <code><nowiki>{{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}}
</nowiki></code>
generates this:
* {{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}}

== See also ==
*{{tl|Bing maps}}, the counterpart to this template for [[Bing Maps]]
*{{tl|Mapquest}}, the counterpart to this template for [[MapQuest]]
*{{tl|Cite map}}, generic 

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==TemplateData==
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<templatedata>
{
	"params": {
		"url": {
			"label": "url",
			"description": "the URL for the Google Map",
			"type": "url",
			"required": true
		},
		"access-date": {
			"label": "access-date",
			"description": "the full retrieval date",
			"example": "2024-08-09",
			"type": "date",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"title": {
			"label": "title",
			"description": "Give a title for the map; otherwise, it will be the article name.",
			"example": "Sydney Opera House",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"SV": {
			"label": "Street View",
			"description": "set to \"yes\" if this is a Street View",
			"example": "yes",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"date": {
			"label": "Street View date",
			"description": "date of Street View photography; only required when citing a Street View",
			"example": "May 2021",
			"type": "date"
		},
		"letter": {
			"label": "letter",
			"description": "a letter to append to a date or year for Harvard-style referencing, if necessary",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"link": {
			"label": "link",
			"description": "set to \"no\" to unlink the publisher",
			"type": "string"
		}
	},
	"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>