Template:Cite DOT map/doc

This wrapper template is used for referencing road maps published by a state department of transportation (or a provincial or territorial equivalent) or its predecessor agencies for the 69 jurisdictions in the United States and Canada. This template will call the appropriate specific map template and fill out the appropriate details for each map in that template's listing. For more specific information, see the documentation for the template for the state, province or territory desired.

This template is based on {{Cite map}}.

Usage

{{cite DOT map |state = |date = |year = |section = |sections = |inset = |link = |c-link = }}

Parameters

• state: the two-letter postal code for the state, province or territory; required or the template cannot find the desired map template to call.
• Either of the following parameters is required, or the citation will display an error.
  • date: the date of the map
  • year: the year of the map
• side: the side of the map, when they are hosted as separate files online
• link: to link the department name as author
  • c-link: to link the cartographer where it appears for an edition of a map
  • v-link: to link the name of the archive hosting the map, if appropriate
• section: to indicate the map section. Output is preceded by "§", the standard abbreviation for "section".
  • sections: to indicate the map sections, if plural. Output is preceded by "§§", the standard abbreviation for "sections".
• inset: to indicate the map inset. Output is followed by "inset".
• at: a free-form location, useful for citing the map legend or the full map as well as complicated combinations of insets and map sections. Please observe the standard output formats above for consistency.
• access-date: to set the date the map was accessed from an online source
• author-mask: to optionally render the author as a set of dashes when using multiple sources in the same bibliographic list; set equal to the number of dashes to display (normally 3)
• ref: for Harvard-style referencing, if necessary
  • letter: a letter to append to a date or year for Harvard-style referencing, if necessary
• oclc: the OCLC identifier, if needed for a specific state's template

Examples

• {{cite DOT map |state = IA |year = 2014 |section = A1|link=yes}}
  • Iowa Department of Transportation (2014). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. § A1.
• {{cite DOT map |state = MI |date = 1919-07-01U |link=yes}}
  • Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Upper Peninsula sheet. OCLC 15607244 – via Michigan State University Libraries.