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This guide is based on the citation styles outlined in the book:
Cartographic Citations by Suzanne M. Clark, Mary Lynette Larsgaard and Cynthia M. Teague.
This guide should be used in conjunction with a standard style guide or manual. Where a standard style guide has a cartographic citation preference that method should be used.Author. Title [format]. Edition. Scale. Place of publication: publisher , Date.
eg. Department of housing. Vermont [cartographic material] 1:4,375,000.Melbourne,Vic.:Commonwealth Government, 1977.
Author. Series Title [format]. Number of sheets within series. Scale, if not included in the title. Place of publication: Publisher , Date.
eg. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. [MMBW 3rd series]| [cartographic material]. [Four hundred]. 1:5,000, Melbourne: MMBW, 1977-1986.
Author. Title [format].Scale. Original place of publication: Original Publisher, Original Date of publication. As reproduced by, Place of publication : Publisher, Date.
eg. Speed, John. The kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland.[facsimile] London: I. Sudbury and George Humble in Popes Head Alley, 1610.As reproduced by London : Geographical magazine, 1986
Inset or ancillary map author. Inset or ancillary title [format].Scale.On: Map author. Map title [Format]. Edition Scale. Series title and /or number. Place of publication: Publisher , Date.
eg. New Zealand Automobile Association Inc.City centre. [cartographic material]1:15,000 .On: New Zealand Automobile Association Inc.Hamilton city [cartographic material]5th ed., partial rev.1:28,000.AA city maps. Auckland [N.Z.] : New Zealand Automobile Association, 2003.
Author. Title [format]. Scale(s). Place of publication: Publisher , Date.
eg. Victoria. Dept. of Sustainability and Environment. Spatial Information Infrastructure. Vicmap 1:50 000 topographic map series - Adjoining Sheet Diagram [cartographic material].1:50,000. East Melbourne : Department of Sustainability and Environment, Spatial Information Infrastructure 2006-
Author. Map Title [format]. Edition. Scale. Place of publication: publisher, Date.
eg. Melway street directory of greater Melbourne [cartographic material]. 1st Ed.. Various Scales. Moorabbin, Vic. : Melway Pub. 1966.
Book Author. Book Title. Edition. Place of Publication : Publisher, Date, Page.
Melway street directory of greater Melbourne. 1st Ed.. Various Scales. Moorabbin: Melway Pub. 1966. p44-45.
Author. Map Title [format]. Edition. Scale. In: Article author. Article title, Journal title, Volume ( Date): Page.
eg. Homem, "Lopo Lopo Homen, mapa mundi"[map]. In John Hewitt. "The terrestrial sphere of 'The Spheres' tapestries", The Globe no.64 2010: 32.
Map Author if different form thesis or dissertation author. Map Title [format]. Scale.
eg. Been, Jumbuck. Middle of Australia [cartographic material] 1.7=300km. Adelaide, S.A.: Moonks, 1925.
Author. Thesis or dissertation title. Type of paper, Name of University, Date of issuance, page or map number if applicable.
eg. Mckay,Patty, Australia wide open space’s. 2nd ed. Adelaide, S.A. : Blacks,1935. p. 17
Author. Title [format]. Edition. Horizontal scale; Place of publication: Publisher, Date.
eg. Litografia artistica cartografica. Victoria [model]. 1:1,000,000. Florence, Italy. Litografia Artistica Cartografica. [1988]
Author. Title [format]. Edition. Scale. Place of publication: Publisher , Date.
eg. Scan-globe, Scanglobe [model]. 1:32,000,000. Denmark: Replogle. [2005].
Author. "Title or frame number(s)" [format]. Scale. Flight title. Place of publication: Publisher, Date of image collection (NOT date of reproduction).
Airborne Sensing Corp. "Aerial Photography, Spring 1985. Photos 62 and 63" [aerial photographs]. 1:5,000. Hamilton: Planning and Development Dept., Hamilton-Wentworth Region, 1985.
Author. Title or Scene ID, Satellite and sensor name (as appropriate) [format]. Scale. Place of publication: Publisher, Date or image collection (NOT date of reproduction).
eg. Australian Landsat Station."Australia 1:250,000 satellite imagery sheets" [cartographic material]. 1:250,000. Canberra : Australian Landsat Station, 1982-1985
Author. Flight Title [format].Scale. Place of publication: Publisher , Date of image collection (NOT date of reproduction).
eg. Victoria. Division of Survey and Mapping. "Mt. Buller" [aerial photographs]. 1:5,000. Melbourne : Division of Survey and Mapping, 1992.
Author. Title or frame number(s) [format].Scale. Flight title (if part of flight), Place of publication: Publisher , Date of image collection (NOT date of reproduction).
eg. Victoria. Dept. of Property and Services.Melbourne 1989 : project no. 2004 : 4275-6 [aerial photographs].1:15,000. Run 15W, Melbourne:Dept.of Property and Services,1989.
Author if known. Title [format]. Scale if accuracy is known. Place of production: Producer, Date when data collected.
eg. Natural Earth Data.Natural Earth[web site]. 1:10m, 1:50m, and 1:110m scales. 2011
Author if known. Map Title [format]. Scale. Computer database title [format]. Edition. Producer. Date of copyright or production.
eg. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Cdata2001 [computer map].1:5,000. Census Population and Housing [computer optical disk]. 2001
Author if known. Title [format]. Edition. Scale. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production.
eg. U.S. Geological Survey. The National Map [website].Scale not given.Reston. U.S. Geological Survey.2011.
Author if known. Title [format]. Edition. Scale. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production.
eg. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory .EPICsoftware [software].Scale not given.Seattle: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 2006.
Author if known. Title [format]. Scale. Place of production: Producer, Date when data collected.
eg. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). ALOS Satellite Data.[image] Scale not given.Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). 2010.
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).
eg. Population Reference Bureau. The World at 7 Billion: A PRB Interactive Map [map]. 2011.Scale not given. <http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2011/world-population-data-sheet/world-map.aspx#/map/population> (generated August 10, 2011)
Google, Inc. Your Map Title. [map]. Generated by [Jane Smith] [generated date]; using Google Earth [version]
eg. Google, Inc. Brunswick East VIC, Australia [map]. Generated by [Jane Smith] {generated August 10, 2011]; using Google Earth [version 6.0.3.2197]
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).
eg. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Median Household Income [map]. 2010. "Interactive Map : 2010 Section 8 Income Limits". <http://www.huduser.org/tmaps/incomeLimits/il.html>(generated August 10, 2011)
Author or statement of responsibility. Title [format]. Date produced and time if known. Scale. “Title of Complete Document or Site”. <URL> (date accessed).
eg. Auinfo.com. Three Time Zones [map]. August 10, 2011. 4:49pm. "Season Dashboard & Day Light Indicator" <http://www.auinfo.com/Australia_Time_zones.asp> (accessed August 10, 2011)
Any photograph taken from the air.
A smaller map appearing on the same sheet as the primary map but outside the neat line.
A special purpose map generally designed for nautical or aeronautical navigation or for other particular purposes, in which essential map information is combined with various other data critical to the intended use.
Files containing digital information which may be used to create maps.
A representation of an area as if it were cut off at right angles to an axis.
Line drawing which explains rather than represents.
A spherical representation of the earth and other planetary body.
A chart showing depths of water, nature of the bottom, contours of bottom and coastline, and tides and currents in a given sea and land area. Also called a nautical chart.
A smaller map placed within the neatline of the primary map.
The original drawing of a map also a map which has been reproduced in limited fashion but not published.
A group of map sheets usually having the same scale and cartographic specifications and collectively identified by the producing agency. May be identified by a name, number or a combination of both.
A general category which denotes any three dimensional representation of an object or geographical area.
See hydrographic chart.
Line separating the body of a map from the map margin.
A photo map made from an assembly of orthophotographs, which are aerial photographs that have been corrected for distortion.
A map which shows only the horizontal positions of features represented, does not show relief.
A vertical section of the surface of the ground, or of underlying strata, or both, along any fixed line.
A topographic map moulded into a three-dimensional form.
Image created from satellite data.
Map which presents the horizontal and vertical position of the features represented distinguished from a planimetric map by the addition of relief in measurable form.
A pictorial representation of a scene or prospect.
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