Map Collections at UCD and on the Web: Citing / Referencing

Printed sheet map

Author(s) or Compiler(s) or Producer(s) name, initial(s).of map (year of publication). Title of map [map], Edition, sheet number, scale, Place of Publication: Publisher (Series).

Ordnance Survey (1882) Co. Dublin, Rathmines and Rathgar township, [map], sheet XXII.16,  5 feet to 1 mile, Dublin

Ordnance Survey Ireland (2005) Clare,Limerick,Tipperary [map], 2nd edition, sheet 65, 1:50,000, Dublin: Ordnance Survey Ireland (Discovery Series)

Gill, Valentine (1811) A new map of the county of Wexford, from actual survey [reproduction map]. 4 sheets, scale Irish miles: 54 miles 4 furlongs 34 perches 2 yards to a degree. London, V.Gill

Rocque, John (1756) An exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin [facsimile map]. 4 sheets, scale 200 feet to an inch, London, England: 1756. As reproduced by: Harry Margary, Lympe Castle, Kent, 1977.

Map printed from OSI e-commerce system:

Author/Cartographer/Producer Name (year of publication) Title of map [Location of map] [map], scale, [accessed date].

Ordnance Survey Ireland (2013) Urban/Rural PLACE map [Portmarnock, Co. Dublin] [map], scale 1:5,000, [Accessed 9 June 2014].

Electronic Map from Website:

Author(s) or Compiler(s) or Producer(s) name, initial(s). of map (year of publication) Title of map [map online], scale, available: web address [accessed date].

Ordnance Survey Ireland (2013) Limerick [map online], 1:25,000, available: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,558481,656919,4,10 [accessed 08 Jul 2014].

Map printed from OSI MapGenie:

Basic Form of Citation: Author(s) or Compiler(s) or Producer(s) name, Product name [map online], Scale, Title, Date of Publication, Available: OSI MapGenie Service, Date downloaded.

Note on Product Name:  Use the Projection and Name listed in the table MapGenie Mapping Series, e.g. IG Basemap Premium   libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/MapGenie
Note on Scale:  Give the scale that the map was exported / printed at.
Note on Title:  If no title exists create a short one and put square brackets around it.
Note on Date:  If you have several maps published in different years then give the dates of the earliest and latest maps, e.g. 1898-1924

Sample Citation:

Ordnance Survey Ireland, ITM Historic Map 6 inch B&W [map online], Scale 1:6,000, [Arklow], Published 1907, Available: OSI MapGenie Service, [Accessed 06 May 2014].

Acknowledgement for maps from sheet collections or MapGenie

Includes data reproduced courtesy of Ordnance Survey Ireland

Acknowledgement for maps from e-commerce

Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSi Licence number xxxx.

(see details here about obtaining the OSi licence number: http://libguides.ucd.ie/findingmaps/mapscopyright