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Otago Central Railway [63S]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 19 (Auripo-Oturehua 2)
Yesterday I wrote about getting new aerial coverage for the stations in the Ida Valley (Auripo, Ida Valley and Oturehua). It has only taken a little bit of time to create or update mosaics for the first two and Oturehua will follow shortly. Once that is completed the maps for all three locations can be…
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Otago Central Railway [61Q]: Alexandra-Cromwell 14
Having been looking at aerial photography in various areas around the Otago Central today, I have discovered the official NZR surveys for both Cromwell and Clyde, which date from 1972. As this is of much higher quality than the 1960s aerials that I previously used for the maps of these stations, I expect to cascade…
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MSL Dunedin [2K]: New aerial photography
In the course of looking at some stuff around Dunedin I have found Retrolens now has aerial photography from 1942, and also the 1960s and what appear to be official NZR surveys from 1972. 1960s coverage varies. Year 1960 coverage is not for the whole railway network in Dunedin, while 1967 coverage is at a…
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Otago Central Railway [64A]: Middlemarch-Ranfurly 1 / OCR Maps From Here
This isn’t a new series as such but it is about adding to the work already done in this sector of mapping the OCR. Yesterday I had a look for new Retrolens aerial photo content for the stations in the Ida Valley area and have obtained a significant amount from recent RL additions. I then…
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Otago Central Railway [63R]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 18 (Auripo-Oturehua 1)
Whilst working on the maps of Oturehua I took a look at Retrolens to see if any different aerial photography of the area was available. It was very pleasing to discover that new imagery from Survey 112 of 1939 has recently been uploaded for Oturehua. There will be a delay in completing these maps while…
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Otago Central Railway [63Q]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 17 (Ida Valley-Wedderburn 2): Ida Valley Ballast Pit
Ida Valley Ballast Pit is located near the 95 mile peg of the Otago Central Railway between Ida Valley and Oturehua. It was open only during the construction era – between 1903 and 1904 – and was a tablet station. Because that latter fact I now have to locate exactly where it was and mark…
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Current maps progress
At the present I am having a lot of computer free time for a break so there will be no progress on maps work until mid October. The station map tiles for the Methven Branch have been completed, while those for the Springburn Branch will be started soon.
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Otago Central Railway [63P]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 16 (Ida Valley-Wedderburn 1)
It’s been a busy week for me with lots of internet issues at home slowing down the work, but I am pushing on with Central Otago and other stuff at the moment. After Ida Valley, we head back to Oturehua, and beyond that, Wedderburn. This is an interesting section because of the climb over the…
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PNGL Maps Update [2C]
Having evaluated some diagrams and produced a full set for the Main North Line, I am expecting to produce a full set for the PNGL fairly soon. This will update the status of the line, as it is being reopened to Wairoa, with Kiwirail work trains active at present. Watch this space for further detail…
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MSL Branches [2G]: Methven Branch 7 / MSL Branches [3D]: Springburn Branch 4
The mosaics for the Methven Branch stations have now all been updated so the next job which will take a little bit of time tomorrow is to render out all the map tiles to be imported into Qgis to start mapping these stations. The next job is to create the station mosaics for the Springburn…