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Maps

AUTHOR/CREATOR SURNAME, First Name or Initials., Year of Publication. Title, Scale. Place of publication: Publisher.

Example: GOAD, C. E., 1898. Insurance Plan of Campbeltown: Key Plan. Scale 1:4800. London: Chas E Goad Limited.

Example of in text citation:

This historic building had a very different use towards the end of the nineteenth century (Goad, 1898).

User generated maps (for instance using Digimap)

EDINA who provide Digimap services recommend a reference format which we have amended to be consistent with our guide.

AUTHOR/CREATOR SURNAME, First Name or Initials., Title [map format], Scale, Product name [data format], Currency of data. Producer. Using: Service. [viewed date]. Available from: http://www...

Example: SMITH, T., Glasgow Regional Transportation [PDF map], Scale 1:200,000, OS Strategi [geospatial data], Updated Jan 2008, Ordnance Survey, GB. Using: EDINA Digimap Ordnance Survey Collection. [viewed 21 June 2009]. Available from: https://digimap.edina.ac.uk/

Example of in text citation:

An area of elevated motorway spans the river Clyde (Ordnance Survey, 2008).