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PNGL Maps Update [2B]
Following on from the last post I have updated one of the images in the collection (the one that covers Ormondville). The address again (this time spelt out for those reading this post syndicated to FB): https://plus.google.com/u/1/collection/gLz5TE Basically I have added two points to every font size on the map. The result is much more…
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PNGL Maps Update [2A]
The first set of samples for handheld navigation have been produced for testing. I have tested these with a phone (Nexus 5X) and with a 8″ Samsung Galaxy Tab A tablet. The collection for Volume 5 is located here Here is the first of the maps in the collection. Whilst the maps look good on…
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Otago Central Railway [63J]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 10 (Omakau-Lauder 3)
Due to being busy with a few other things there hasn’t been much done on the Otago Central rail maps lately. I’m working on Lauder again but the mosaic still needs some work before I can actually use it. The interim version of Lauder is below. As you can see there is improved image quality…
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PNGL Maps Update [1]
As I have mentioned on other posts recently I am working towards re-issuing the existing map diagrams for a number of areas where they were available in the past, but have not been online since changing over to Google Photos as a display system.One of the map sections which I am looking to re-issue in…
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Map production update
People who have been following this project for a while know that we did issue map collections for a considerable portion of New Zealand when we were using Flickr to store these collections. As a result of the reorganisation of NZ Rail Maps resources when the website was set up, the Flickr collections were taken…
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Field testing maps
This week we’ve had a bit of a field test of the maps just to evaluate some of the different ways they potentially could be used. Having been both on and off net over the course of a 2000 km trip, and travelling by road most of the time, we’ve had a bit of a…
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North Island Main Trunk [5]: Wellington Station 2
These three views are the same area of Wellington station yard. From 1900, 1938 and 2014. The turntable nearer Thorndon Quay was the one used by the WMR at its depot site.
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Otago Central Railway [63I]: Ranfurly-Alexandra 9 (Omakau-Lauder 2)
As I wrote in my last post I am currently updating the map of Lauder station. These two images are respectively 1938 and 1965 images of Lauder. There is no apparent change in the layout of Lauder between these two periods. At this stage there are no plans to extend the masking as I am…
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North Island Main Trunk [4]: Wellington Station History
While I am at this very moment creating the map tiles (and will have them finished tonight) for the Tawa end of Johnsonville-Tawa, here is some detail of the history of Wellington Station as depicted on a map. (The tiles for J-T at the Tawa end have taken longer to create not because of the…
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North Island Main Trunk [3]: Johnsonville-Tawa 3
Well time for another update on this section. The section of the deviation and former alignment at the Tawa end is covered by this post as I have spent the past few days completing the aerial photo mosaic for Tawa. It still has at this time to be masked and then turned into map tiles…