NZRM has received a supply of historical aerial maps of Palmerston North from Linz and is currently adding them to Volume 2 of NZ Rail Maps. Those which have arrived in the past week are as follows: At this time NZRM is waiting to receive a number of additional aerial surveys from 1941, 1942, 1945… Continue reading New Aerial Photos For Palmerston North
Category: Aerial Photography
New “Gabrielle” Aerial Photography Released from Linz
Linz is currently releasing new aerial photography covering disaster hit areas of the North Island. So far there are two layers available: NZRM would hope to see more at a better resolution, however all of the above will be made use of to the greatest extent possible especially the higher resolution content around Napier. This… Continue reading New “Gabrielle” Aerial Photography Released from Linz
New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – June 2022
During June, the rail maps project slowed down somewhat as resources were put into creating a series of historical maps for Christchurch City for the purposes of other allied blogs, including Transport Safety Blog and Christchurch Transport Blog. This work is ongoing at the time of writing this, but in the last week of the… Continue reading New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – June 2022
Research Notes: Retrolens.nz Site
If you have an interest in old aerial photos of New Zealand, you’ve probably come across the Retrolens.nz site. This site houses a large collection of the bulk of the Crown Aerial Film Archive, which holds around 550,000 aerials flown between 1936 and 2008. The originals are held by Land Information New Zealand (Linz) which… Continue reading Research Notes: Retrolens.nz Site