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#### Thing > CreativeWork > Map

A map.
Usage: Between 10,000 and 50,000 domains

Property | Expected Type | Description
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Properties from Map
`mapType` | MapCategoryType | Indicates the kind of Map, from the MapCategoryType Enumeration.
Properties from CreativeWork
`about` | Thing | The subject matter of the content.
`accessibilityAPI` | Text | Indicates that the resource is compatible with the referenced accessibility API (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
`accessibilityControl` | Text | Identifies input methods that are sufficient to fully control the described resource (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
`accessibilityFeature` | Text | Content features of the resource, such as accessible media, alternatives and supported enhancements for accessibility (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
`accessibilityHazard` | Text | A characteristic of the described resource that is physiologically dangerous to some users. Related to WCAG 2.0 guideline 2.3 (WebSchemas wiki lists possible values).
`accountablePerson` | Person | Specifies the Person that is legally accountable for the CreativeWork.
`aggregateRating` | AggregateRating | The overall rating, based on a collection of reviews or ratings, of the item.
`alternativeHeadline` | Text | A secondary title of the CreativeWork.
`associatedMedia` | MediaObject | A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for encoding.
`audience` | Audience | An intended audience, i.e. a group for whom something was created. Supersedes serviceAudience.
`audio` | AudioObject | An embedded audio object.
`author` | Organization or Person | The author of this content. Please note that author is special in that HTML 5 provides a special mechanism for indicating authorship via the rel tag. That is equivalent to this and may be used interchangeably.
`award` | Text | An award won by or for this item. Supersedes awards.
`character` | Person | Fictional person connected with a creative work.
`citation` | CreativeWork or Text | A citation or reference to another creative work, such as another publication, web page, scholarly article, etc.
`comment` | Comment | Comments, typically from users.
`commentCount` | Integer | The number of comments this CreativeWork (e.g. Article, Question or Answer) has received. This is most applicable to works published in Web sites with commenting system; additional comments may exist elsewhere.
`contentLocation` | Place | The location depicted or described in the content. For example, the location in a photograph or painting.
`contentRating` | Text | Official rating of a piece of content—for example,'MPAA PG-13'.
`contributor` | Organization or Person | A secondary contributor to the CreativeWork or Event.
`copyrightHolder` | Organization or Person | The party holding the legal copyright to the CreativeWork.
`copyrightYear` | Number | The year during which the claimed copyright for the CreativeWork was first asserted.
`creator` | Organization or Person | The creator/author of this CreativeWork. This is the same as the Author property for CreativeWork.
`dateCreated` | Date or DateTime | The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed.
`dateModified` | Date or DateTime | The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item's entry was modified within a DataFeed.
`datePublished` | Date | Date of first broadcast/publication.
`discussionUrl` | URL | A link to the page containing the comments of the CreativeWork.
`editor` | Person | Specifies the Person who edited the CreativeWork.
`educationalAlignment` | AlignmentObject | An alignment to an established educational framework.
`educationalUse` | Text | The purpose of a work in the context of education; for example, 'assignment', 'group work'.
`encoding` | MediaObject | A media object that encodes this CreativeWork. This property is a synonym for associatedMedia. Supersedes encodings.
`exampleOfWork` | CreativeWork | A creative work that this work is an example/instance/realization/derivation of. Inverse property: workExample.
`fileFormat` | Text | Media type (aka MIME format, see IANA site) of the content e.g. application/zip of a SoftwareApplication binary. In cases where a CreativeWork has several media type representations, 'encoding' can be used to indicate each MediaObject alongside particular fileFormat information.
`genre` | Text | Genre of the creative work or group.
`hasPart` | CreativeWork | Indicates a CreativeWork that is (in some sense) a part of this CreativeWork. Inverse property: isPartOf.
`headline` | Text | Headline of the article.
`inLanguage` | Language or Text | The language of the content or performance or used in an action. Please use one of the language codes from the IETF BCP 47 standard. See also availableLanguage. Supersedes language.
`interactionStatistic` | InteractionCounter | The number of interactions for the CreativeWork using the WebSite or SoftwareApplication. The most specific child type of InteractionCounter should be used. Supersedes interactionCount.
`interactivityType` | Text | The predominant mode of learning supported by the learning resource. Acceptable values are 'active', 'expositive', or 'mixed'.
`isBasedOn` | CreativeWork or Product or URL | A resource that was used in the creation of this resource. This term can be repeated for multiple sources. For example, http://example.com/great-multiplication-intro.html. Supersedes isBasedOnUrl.
`isFamilyFriendly` | Boolean | Indicates whether this content is family friendly.
`isPartOf` | CreativeWork | Indicates a CreativeWork that this CreativeWork is (in some sense) part of. Inverse property: hasPart.
`keywords` | Text | Keywords or tags used to describe this content. Multiple entries in a keywords list are typically delimited by commas.
`learningResourceType` | Text | The predominant type or kind characterizing the learning resource. For example, 'presentation', 'handout'.
`license` | CreativeWork or URL | A license document that applies to this content, typically indicated by URL.
`locationCreated` | Place | The location where the CreativeWork was created, which may not be the same as the location depicted in the CreativeWork.
`mainEntity` | Thing | Indicates the primary entity described in some page or other CreativeWork. Inverse property: mainEntityOfPage.
`mentions` | Thing | Indicates that the CreativeWork contains a reference to, but is not necessarily about a concept.
`offers` | Offer | An offer to provide this item—for example, an offer to sell a product, rent the DVD of a movie, perform a service, or give away tickets to an event.
`position` | Integer or Text | The position of an item in a series or sequence of items.
`producer` | Organization or Person | The person or organization who produced the work (e.g. music album, movie, tv/radio series etc.).
`provider` | Organization or Person | The service provider, service operator, or service performer; the goods producer. Another party (a seller) may offer those services or goods on behalf of the provider. A provider may also serve as the seller. Supersedes carrier.
`publication` | PublicationEvent | A publication event associated with the item.
`publisher` | Organization | The publisher of the creative work.
`publishingPrinciples` | URL | Link to page describing the editorial principles of the organization primarily responsible for the creation of the CreativeWork.
`recordedAt` | Event | The Event where the CreativeWork was recorded. The CreativeWork may capture all or part of the event. Inverse property: recordedIn.
`releasedEvent` | PublicationEvent | The place and time the release was issued, expressed as a PublicationEvent.
`review` | Review | A review of the item. Supersedes reviews.
`schemaVersion` | Text or URL | Indicates (by URL or string) a particular version of a schema used in some CreativeWork. For example, a document could declare a schemaVersion using an URL such as http://schema.org/version/2.0/ if precise indication of schema version was required by some application.
`sourceOrganization` | Organization | The Organization on whose behalf the creator was working.
`text` | Text | The textual content of this CreativeWork.
`thumbnailUrl` | URL | A thumbnail image relevant to the Thing.
`timeRequired` | Duration | Approximate or typical time it takes to work with or through this learning resource for the typical intended target audience, e.g. 'P30M', 'P1H25M'.
`translator` | Organization or Person | Organization or person who adapts a creative work to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market, or that translates during some event.
`typicalAgeRange` | Text | The typical expected age range, e.g. '7-9', '11-'.
`version` | Number | The version of the CreativeWork embodied by a specified resource.
`video` | VideoObject | An embedded video object.
`workExample` | CreativeWork | Example/instance/realization/derivation of the concept of this creative work. eg. The paperback edition, first edition, or eBook. Inverse property: exampleOfWork.
Properties from Thing
`additionalType` | URL | An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. In RDFa syntax, it is better to use the native RDFa syntax - the 'typeof' attribute - for multiple types. Schema.org tools may have only weaker understanding of extra types, in particular those defined externally.
`alternateName` | Text | An alias for the item.
`description` | Text | A description of the item.
`disambiguatingDescription` | Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
`image` | ImageObject or URL | An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
`mainEntityOfPage` | CreativeWork or URL | Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details. Inverse property: mainEntity.
`name` | Text | The name of the item.
`potentialAction` | Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
`sameAs` | URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Freebase page, or official website.
`url` | URL | URL of the item.

Instances of Map may appear as values for the following properties

Property | On Types | Description
--- | --- | ---
`hasMap` | Place | A URL to a map of the place. Supersedes map.

#### Available properties in extensions

- For CreativeWork in the bib extension: publisherImprint, translationOfWork, workTranslation
- For CreativeWork in the pending extension: accessMode, accessModeSufficient, accessibilitySummary, contentReferenceTime

Examples
Example 1
Without Markup Microdata RDFa JSON-LD

    <p>
    Welcome to a fictional SF art museum.
    Here is our <a href="/map1234/">venue map</a>
    </p>

    <p itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Museum">
    Welcome to a fictional <span itemprop="name">SF art museum.</name>
    Here is our
    <span itemscope itemprop="hasMap" itemtype="http://schema.org/Map">
    <link itemprop="mapType" href="http://schema.org/VenueMap" />
    <a itemprop="url" href="/map1234/">venue map</a></span>
    </p>

    <p vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="Museum">
    Welcome to a fictional <span property="name">SF art museum.</name>
    Here is our
    <span property="hasMap" typeof="Map">
    <link itemprop="mapType" href="http://schema.org/VenueMap" />
    <a property="url" href="/map1234/">venue map</a></span>
    </p>

    {
     "@context": "http://schema.org/",
     "@type": "Museum",
     "name": "SF art museum",
     "hasMap": {
     "@type": "Map",
       "mapType": { "@id": "http://schema.org/VenueMap" },
       "url":  "http://art-sf.example.com/map1234/"
       }
    }

Schema Version 3.0