A view of the MSL between Kensington and Caversham in 1986. In the lower part of the picture is Hillside Workshops with Carisbrook Stadium directly above it. In the top left the diversion of the MSL off the 1910 double track embankment onto a new single track route to allow for motorway construction is underway.…

We’ve started mapping and stopped a couple of times to make further adjustments to the aerials, so not much more has been achieved, but it is just starting to happen now. This is because of the amount of tweaking that can still be done to try to get the images to line up better, and…

So here is finally what it looks like loaded into the map software. All the detail was actually drawn from the current maps, so this is really a good starting point to appreciate how much has changed in 40 years in Dunedin. I have decided given the existence of significantly earlier coverage that I won’t…

So the masking is now more or less complete having taken somewhat longer than expected, although mostly this is due to other reasons other than the masking itself. I just have to recheck and then I can put out the geojpegs for Qgis. Which is now 2.18 for working on all my maps – no…

Pretty much like the last one except where you can see upper left, the irregular shaped area that has been masked in. Bits you can see on the edges, on the other hand, are simply overhangs outside the Linz aerial tiles that won’t appear in the finished result (the reason you can see them is…

This is what three historic aerial photos covering the area from Water of Leith to Andersons Bay Road look like. After a long complex process of sizing and rotating I have these all lined up ready for the masks to be done on the 2013 Linz aerial imagery. The masking is complex because rail tracks…

A 1978 view of Wingatui, with the station to the right. The Main South Line can be seen heading into the Wingatui Tunnel upper centre, while to the far left is the old single track route into the Chain Hills tunnel, closed some 65 years previously.

Just another quick update to the earlier article. In 1978, Dunedin Loco’s turntable was opposite the intersection of Cumberland Street and Wolseley Street. Along the edge of Cumberland Street can be seen a pair of wagon turntables. These were a quick and easy way of getting a siding into a premises that was right next…

This is just a quick update to the last post and shows the area of Dunedin I will be starting with. As it is easier to divide things into sections, this part I am calling “City” and it will cover the area between Ravensbourne and Kensington (exclusive).  This shows the rough layout in Gimp (I…

It does seem like a long time but it was only in August that I posted the first article in the Dunedin series. There is now going to be a series of articles covering Mosgiel to Dunedin, starting from the Dunedin end, to link up with the Otago Central maps as they get completed back…