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Project development: Work programme for 2019
In my last few posts I have talked about the PNGL mapping I am working on. I have just about completed downloading the base aerial photography, and are working on mosaics for almost every station on the line. This is Volume 5 of the 12 volume map series and the PNGL and its branches is…
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Palmerston North Gisborne Line [0C]: PNGL maps update project [3]
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Palmerston North Gisborne Line [0C]: PNGL maps update project [3]
The most complex task of assembling a collection of aerial photography to support a NZ Rail Maps project is almost complete. This one is extremely complex because it has been necessary to access multiple generations of base aerial photography for the same location, simply because after six years of closure much of the current aerials…
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Palmerston North Gisborne Line [0B]: PNGL maps update project [2]
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Palmerston North Gisborne Line [0B]: PNGL maps update project [2]
The PNGL map revision project is currently making good progress and has been the subject of a lot of work over the past few days. I am now in the process of downloading the base aerial photography for the entire route from Napier to Gisborne. This will be followed at a later date by obtaining…
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Otago Central Railway [64C]: Middlemarch-Ranfurly 3 – Ranfurly 1
Click here to view this article on NZ Rail Maps Blog Otago Central Railway [64C]: Middlemarch-Ranfurly 3 – Ranfurly 1
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Otago Central Railway [64C]: Middlemarch-Ranfurly 3 – Ranfurly 1
Ranfurly using the 1973 aerial survey as a background. Ranfurly is a nice little railway precinct with virtually all the buildings intact except for the first goods shed and the first engine shed, and is a complete contrast to Alexandra where only the station platform remains. At the moment I am busy downloading all the…
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Palmerston North Gisborne Line [0A]: PNGL maps revision project commencement
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Palmerston North Gisborne Line [0A]: PNGL maps revision project commencement
It’s been four years since I published the maps for this section (Volume 8 in the old volume numbering scheme) and having road tripped the entire length of the route in June this year it’s time for both updates to the core maps and a more user friendly format for use in the field, especially…
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Otago Central Railway [64B]: Middlemarch-Ranfurly 2 – Waipiata 1
Click here to view this article on NZ Rail Maps Blog Otago Central Railway [64B]: Middlemarch-Ranfurly 2 – Waipiata 1