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APA (7th Edition) Referencing Guide

Guide to APA citation style using the 7th Edition of the APA Style Manual.

Maps

If you are using information from a map, but not reproducing the map as an image or a figure, just use the advice below.

If you are reproducing the map in your work, you also need to check the information on our Images and Figures page.

  • If the author not known, use the copyright owner of the map.
  • If the author of the map is also the publisher, omit the publisher.
  • Because dynamically created maps (e.g., Google Maps) do not have a title, describe the map in square brackets, and include a retrieval date.
Format

Online:

Author, A. A. (Date). Title [Map]. Publisher. URL

Author, A. A. (Date). [Description]. Retrieved Month, Date, Year, from URL

In print:

Author, A. A. (Date). Title [Map]. Publisher.
Examples

Online:

Google. (n.d.). [Cardwell - Google Maps]. Retrieved November 18, 2021, from https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Cardwell+QLD+4849/@-18.266691,146.0237931,14.82z

Department of Lands, N.S.W. (1961). Map of the town of Cowra and suburban and adjacent lands: Parishes of Cowra and Mulyan, Counties of Bathurst and Forbes, Land District of Cowra, N.S.W.  [Map]. Department of Lands, Sydney. https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-241287008/view

In print:

Roberts, C. W. (2005). Australia 1:100 000 geological series: Sheet 8159, Rollingstone, Queensland [Map]. Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines. (2003). Australia 1:100 000 geological series: Sheet 7763, Mungana, Queensland [Map].

 

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