Mississippi road map is a template that generates a reference for an official road map of Mississippi produced by the Mississippi State Highway Department, the Mississippi State Highway Commission, or the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The official maps that can be used with this template are available at this page.
Usage edit
This template has one required parameter:
- year: a four-digit year between 1928 and 2014. For map editions that features more than one year, such as 1996–1997, use the first year (1996) in the field. For years that have multiple maps, include the name of the month before the year, such as January 1939.
This template has optional parameters:
- link: to link the department or commission name as author.
- section or sections: one or more map grid sections. On most maps, sections are reference by a letter followed by a number, such as A2. This parameter is used to provide a more specific indication of what part of the map was used. Not all state maps have explicit grid sections.
- inset: one or more areas that are not part of the main map but show a smaller scale version of an area, such as a major city. Example: Jackson and Vicinity
- access-date: date map URL was accessed. (Alternate parameter, accessdate.)
- mode: this template uses {{cite map}} as a base, so therefore it falls into the Citation Style 1 scheme. Set this to "cs2" to emulate the Citation Style 2 scheme, like {{citation}}.
- ref: for use with shortened references like with {{harvnb}} or {{harvp}}.
Examples edit
- Basic use
{{Mississippi road map|year=1970|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}
Mississippi State Highway Department (1970). Official Road Map (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- Multi-year map edition
{{Mississippi road map|year=1996|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}
Mississippi Department of Transportation (1996). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map) (1996–1997 ed.). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- Year with more than one map
{{Mississippi road map|year=January 1939|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}
Mississippi State Highway Commission (January 1939). Official Highway Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- Use of sections
{{Mississippi road map|year=2011|section=B5|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}
Mississippi Department of Transportation (2011). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. § B5. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
{{Mississippi road map|year=2011|sections=B5–B6|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}
Mississippi Department of Transportation (2011). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. §§ B5–B6. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- Use of inset
{{Mississippi road map|year=1991|inset=Jackson and Vicinity|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}
Mississippi State Highway Department (1991). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Jackson and Vicinity inset. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- When no year is entered or a year without a map is entered, the output is blank.
{{Mississippi road map|year=1947|accessdate=October 27, 2014}}