Template talk:Cite Google Maps/Archive 1
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Updated template
Since {{Cite map}}, which this template calls, only allows for linked retrieval dates, now inconsistent with the current preference at MOS:NUM, I've added provisions for unlinked retrieval dates using the parameter "accessyear" in conjunction with either "accessdaymonth" or "accessmonthday". I created template documentation with the usage options and tested the changes in Template:Google maps/sandbox and at here. If this change has caused any unforeseen problem, please revert it and let me know. — Bellhalla (talk) 23:53, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
Coord
My addition, to the documentation of a reference to {{Coord}} has been reverted by two editors, coincidentally both of whom I have an ongoing dispute with elsewhere. no credible reason for its removal has been given, and it's an obvious alternative for editors who may be thinking of using this template to link to maps where a generic coordinate link would be more appropriate. I contend that it should be restored. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 23:55, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
Location
I don't get it; Where in an article is the template placed? The example doesn't illustrate this point... אנבה (talk) 17:42, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
- @אנבה: the template is used for citations, so it's place within the
<ref>...</ref>used to create a footnote. Imzadi 1979 → 18:03, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
Can't get multiple map markers
{{Google maps | url = http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=27.9507,82.3096&z=10&&q=28.0659,82.3096+(Dang+Valley)| accessdate = 2020-05-07 | title = Dang and Deukhuri valleys}}>}}
gives me a map with one marker, but I want two markers and I can't seem to find a way to get them. Am I information-challenged or is this a limitation of the template? If the latter, can it be changed? LADave (talk) 18:52, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
- @LADave: if you export a link from Google for a set of driving directions from Point A to Point B, for instance, and then use that link within the template, then you'd have a link to a map with a line. So basically, if you can set up a link with two map markers within Google Maps, then that link can be used here. It's not a limitation of our template so much as it is a limitation of Google. Imzadi 1979 → 18:05, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
sfn link
@Imzadi1979. Hope you don't mind the ping, but would you happen to know how to get the gmap sfn to link to the reference? Hope you're well! Cheers, ——SerialNumber54129 15:49, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
- @Serial Number 54129: until I just edited the template, it wouldn't work because this template didn't support the
|ref=parameter necessary. (If there are multiple citations with the same year, you'll need to use|letter=as well to differentiate them.) You'll need to use{{harvp|Google|year}}(or similar with the other template options) to get it to work. Unlike a book or a paper map, you wouldn't have an in-source location (page number, grid reference or inset) to include though. Imzadi 1979 → 23:03, 7 October 2018 (UTC)- I think I've got that ;) many thanks for going to the trouble of changing the template, Imzadi1979, that's much appreciated! Worked a treat now! Cheers, ——SerialNumber54129 17:36, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
Excessive credit given to Google?
Am I the only one who thinks it's a bit excessive that Google is credited as author (with a link), again as Google Maps (which should be sufficient, I think) and yet again as the publisher (with "Google.")? Why three separate times in one citation? Shouldn't Google Maps be sufficient? Even if some may think they do also deserve the Publisher credit, the linked author credit is definitely over the top. 1980fast (talk) 05:18, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
- They are the author and the publisher of their cartography and mapping service. That they also named the service after themselves cannot be helped either. Imzadi 1979 → 05:26, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
Repeating publisher as author
Greetings,
is it necessary for the template to repeat publisher and author? It's both Google, right? This came up here. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:25, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
- It's fairly standard to cite the source(s) of the cartography for a map or mapping service as an author, even when it's redundant to the publisher. Previous to an update to {{cite map}} in 2015, that template put the name of the publisher, when input in
|publisher=, in the author location unless a separate author was specified because so many maps are corporately authored and cited to the corporation like that. Of course not all map citations appear so redundantly; Bing Maps is authored by Microsoft and Nokia, and published by Microsoft, resulting in only partial overlap between authors and publisher. Imzadi 1979 → 01:54, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
misuse of |map= parameter
At a discussion elsewhere, I discovered that this template is likely misusing {{cite map}}.
|map= is treated by {{cite map}} in the same way that {{cite book}} treats |chapter=; the citation using |map= is a citation of a 'map' in a 'book'. Google maps is not a book so {{cite map}} in {{google maps}} should not use |map=.
Instead, this:
should be changed to something like this (not tested):
—Trappist the monk (talk) 20:48, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
Done. Tested this, and the visual appearance is the same, so I implemented the basic change. Imzadi 1979 → 00:16, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
