One of the greatest technological advances of the last 50 years in mapping has been the advent of GPS, the Global Positioning System originated by the US government in 1973. The first GPS satellite was launched in 1978 and since then, the GPS system has offered major benefits for navigation especially with the present day… Continue reading NZRM GPS Projects
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New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – February 2022
Good evening and welcome to the project development report for February 2022. This month the project focus has shifted to Volumes 10 and 11, with Volume 11 getting the most attention this month. This has been done in order to complete research on branch railways around the Canterbury Region in order to inform a proposed… Continue reading New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – February 2022
New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report [2021D]
Good day and welcome to our project development report for July 2021. In future these reports may form the majority of blog posts. More frequent updates can generally be found on our Groups.io group, or on our Facebook page. Currently the main area of progress is in Volume 10 of the maps, where we are… Continue reading New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report [2021D]
NZ Rail Maps Volumes Site Development 2021-06
Since our last blog post some three weeks ago, the focus has been on creating various volumes with the intention of these being uploaded on the Volumes site. Work has been going on for Volume 10, as well as parts of Volume 11, the most notable latter example being the maps which have been created… Continue reading NZ Rail Maps Volumes Site Development 2021-06