As the regular updates show, we continue to make considerable progress on the Volume 5 basic maps. Since yesterday all of the historical map mosaics for this volume have been completed with projects generated for Terrace End (Palmerston North), Woodville, Waipukurau and Dannevirke in addition to the ones already put together for the Gisborne area.…

We are continuing to progress the completion of Volume 5 as quickly as possible. This currently requires a number of steps: The first 92 aerial maps plus a few of individual stations after this point need to be regenerated in the new styles. This is well under way and should be completed shortly. Historic map…

We have now completed the generation of maps of the Palmerston North Gisborne Line mainline corridor. Compared with the progress reported yesterday in progress update 8, Day 5 progress is now a total distance from 228 to 390 km in 5.5 hours, which in comparison to Day 4 is a marathon rate of output.  However…

In addition to the production of the maps themselves, a lot of changes have been made to the amount of detail displayed particularly on the aerial maps and in terms of generations of aerial maps. For certain areas we have chosen to produce multiple generations of historical map tiles. This means that some of the…

On January 4th we commenced production of maps for the main line corridor of Volume 5, which is the Palmerston North Gisborne Line (PNGL) being 390 km from Palmerston North. Progress rates so far has been as follows: Day 1: 0 – 26 km in 1 hour Day 2: 27 – 50 km in 1…