Cdrew147

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Citing Google Maps

Latest comment: 7 years ago7 comments2 people in discussion

Can you provide a more specific link beyond http://www.maps.google.com ? It's never a good idea to cite the main page of such a website when you could export the URL for the map you actually used. Imzadi 1979 → 01:43, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

I was not quite sure what to use to cite distances. I have seen that link used in other articles. I have been using the directions feature on Google Maps, so do you know any easy way I can cite that for each distance? Cdrew147 (talk) 14:32, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Google Maps for distances is a last resort method. If you are going to use it, you should export the URL from your directions and then us {{google maps}} to create a full citation to the site. Imzadi 1979 → 17:21, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Pardon me asking, but I am new to editing Wikipedia. If Google Maps is unhelpful, then do you have a suggestion for something else to use? Cdrew147 (talk) 21:54, 14 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

We prefer to cite official state DOT sources for distances over Google Maps. Imzadi 1979 → 00:04, 15 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

I have searched around the DOT website and found nothing. Even articles I have found with seemingly good links just show up with errors to me. Is there anything else that I can do? Cdrew147 (talk) 11:36, 15 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

Just a quick follow-on comment, but you should use the |access-date= parameter in {{google maps}} instead of manually typing it out afterwards. The publication date of the map you cite is the same as the access date because that map was dynamically generated when you accessed it. It could vary a bit in the future. Also, if the master CS1 templates ever change how they format the access date, your manual typing would no longer match. That may be unlikely, but why not just use the parameter now and know it will be consistent in the future. Imzadi 1979 → 20:22, 18 February 2017 (UTC)Reply

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