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Maps & Geospatial Data Citation Guide
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Citation Guide
It is
important to give proper credit to the data producers & sources when using
digital spatial data (and documents also). There
are several ways to cite maps & spatial information sources depending on the
style guide you choose. Please consult the style guide for the
specific type of citation information. Below are the citation examples from a style guide for cartographic
materials compiled by the American Library Association.
<Source> Clark, Suzanne M., Mary Lynette Larsgaard and Cynthia M. Teague.
Cartographic Citations: A Style Guide. Chicago: American Library
Association, Map and Geography Round Table, MAGERT Circular No. 1, 1992.
(call number: GA108.7 C52 1992t)
Map-data/digital
spatial data
| Author.
Title [format]. Edition. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production.. |
<Example> U.S. Bureau of the Census. TIGER/Line
Precensus FIles, 1990: New England [computer optical disk].
Washington, D.C.: Bureau of the Census, 1990.
Map created from digital
spatial data
| Author.
Map title [format]. Scale. Computer database title [format]. Edition. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production. (May be followed by) Using: Author. Computer software title [format]. Edition. Place of production: Producer, Date of copyright or production. |
<Example1> PC Globe. [Idaho – Elevations]* [computer map]. 1-1/8” = approx. 100 mi. PC USA [computer disk]. Tempe, Ariz.: PC Globe,
1989. * use [ ] for an assumed
title known to you but not stated on the map.
<Example2> U.S. Geological Survey. [Alaska]* [computer map]. Scale not given. 1:2,000,000-Scale Digital Line Graph (DLG) Data [computer optical disk]. Reston, Va.:
USGS, 1990. * use [ ] for an assumed
title known to you but not stated on the map.
Satellite data
| Author.
Title [format]. Place of publication: Producer, Date
when data collected. |
<Example> U.S. National Aeronautics and Space
Administration. [Santa Barbara Region, California]*
E-2 429-17512-4, 5, 7 [computer reel]. Sioux Falls, S. Dak.: EROS
Data Center, 1976. * use [ ] for an
assumed title known to you but not stated on the map.
Aerial photographs
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Author. Title of frame number(s) [format]. Scale. Flight title (if
part of flight). Place of publication: Publisher, Date of
image collection (NOT date of reproduction). |
<Example> Mark Hurd Aerial Surveys. San Miguel Island [aerial photographs].
1:12,000. Goleta, Calif.: Mark Hurd Aerial Survey, 1964.
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