Category: Project Development
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Project Development Report [2019F]
Since last time there has been some progress on Volume 1 but not as much as I had expected. There have been delays for two main reasons, both of them related to the migration to version 3.6 of Qgis. These are simply migrating computers to a new version of Debian, and then discovering it caused…
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Project Development Report [2019E] & North Auckland Line [0C]: Progress Report 3
As a result of a lot of hard work I now have practically all of the base aerial photography for Northland which lets me complete the full set of maps for Volume 1. However it looks like I am a bit behind schedule on the timeframe for all 12 volumes for this year and so…
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NZ Rail Maps Project Direction/ Development Proposals [2019D]
This is a more in depth look at what we hope to see developed in the Project in 2019. All of Volumes 1-12 will be developed to a Basic level. In addition the following content is planned to be developed to a Comprehensive level: Volume 1: Selected stations in the Far North. Volume 2: Auckland…
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Main North Line [0B]: Volume 10 Progress Report [1]
As part of the development work on various volumes, I am currently working to get a full set of maps of the Main North Line and mapping a few stations in North Canterbury. You can expect to see some maps soon of Amberley, Glasnevin, Waipara, Culverden and possibly some stations on the Waiau Branch, and…
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NZ Rail Maps Project Direction/ Development Proposals [2019C]
After considering the matters raised in previous posts I have decided to go ahead with creating all 12 volumes simultaneously this year. One of the most significant reasons for this is that I do not have up to date content for a significant number of volumes of the maps and it’s been a consideration on…
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NZ Rail Maps Project Direction/ Development Proposals [2019B]
Following on from my post earlier today, I will be working on the direction proposals over the next few days and probably there will be a conclusion by Friday. The twelve volumes are as follows and the work on each volume to date can be summarised as follows: Volume 1 – North Auckland Line. This…
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NZ Rail Maps Project Direction/ Development Proposals [2019A]
The organisational scheme of work on NZ Rail Maps is currently being reconsidered. At the moment I am considering whether to focus on one volume at a time for publication as I have done so in the project at various times, or work on multiple volumes simultaneously as I have lately. I spent much of…
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Waiau Branch [0A]: Series numbering for Waiau Branch articles
We have decided to produce a series of aerial photos for the stations on the Waiau Branch. This will be spasmodic with no set timetable and will be fitted around our existing production schedule. There was no schedule planned originally but because the stations are so small and simple, I have completed a set of…
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Marton New Plymouth Line [0D]: Project Progress Report [3]
Yesterday’s pause to install a new script to speed up the sectioning of aerial photo layers from Linz turned out to be quite a quick operation to complete, and has enabled the aerial photo selection for the rest of the MNPL project to be sped right up. As a result we now have 99% of…
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Marton New Plymouth Line [0C]: Project Progress Report [2]
Following my last post I have nevertheless pushed on with the maps, making life considerably easier for myself by breaking up the workflows. Instead of having a slow, frustrating and often tedious workflow of doing everything in one go, I have the first pass in pegging out the corridor route, and the second pass filling…