Category: Otago Central Railway
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Project Development: Aerial Photography Selection
Progress on the OCR maps has been slow this week because of other work. As far as the maps go, work on the Main South Line maps around Dunedin has been a greater priority. I had an enquiry for the maps around Dunedin Locomotive Depot and it was decided at the same time to download…
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Otago Central Railway [61K]: Cromwell-Alexandra 8
Well this series of posts [61] is turning into a series about Cromwell-Alexandra really. There is still a surprising amount of work needed just to finish this first section of the maps as they correspond to the article series. It is being pushed ahead as fast as I can go but I have to admit…
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Otago Central Railway [61J]: Cromwell-Alexandra 7
The following are what the maps for Alexandra will now look like. However the completion will take a few days as the following tasks have to be finished: Review all the plans and data I researched for Alexandra last year. There will not be a historic aerial photo for Fulton Hogan because it is a…
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Otago Central Railway [61I]: Finishing Maps – Cromwell-Alexandra 6
A view of Alexandra in 1958: Facilities like the works depot and the fruit loading shelter did not exist then. The APB site which they had just about taken over from the freezing works, was much less developed. There were still four houses in the precinct, and a trolley shed was located at the Cromwell…
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Otago Central Railway [61H]: Finishing Maps – Cromwell-Alexandra 5
Having moved on to Alexandra, here is a screenshot with the 1983 aerial displayed. The aerials for Alexandra done so far do not need major work done. All that is needed is to adjust the masks to show the oil company sidings and Vacuum Oil on the historic imagery. The other thing is to try…
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Otago Central Railway [61G]: Finishing Maps – Cromwell-Alexandra 4
Having completed the revision of Clyde the focus will now shift to Alexandra. Once this is complete then the full set of maps for Alexandra-Cromwell can be republished on Google Photos via the NZ Rail Maps Volume 12 collection on Google Plus. Here are three views of the second Clyde yard: 1977, 1981 and 2013.…
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Otago Central Railway [61F]: Finishing Maps Cromwell-Alexandra 3
Last time I wrote there were some problems with the aerial photo layer I used to do the Clyde stations. This is a particular hazard with the use of the old aerial photos that are not orthorectified. It was more productive for me to create a completely new aerial photo layer project for Clyde than…
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Otago Central Railway [61E], Main North Line [11L]
So this is what is finalised for the fill styles. These two of Addington show the styles for buildings and structures. This one of the second Clyde station shows the site border styles which are dash-dot patterns. I am working on fixing up the aerial photos which turn out to be correct for 1977 (shown…
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Otago Central Railway [61D]: Finishing Maps – Cromwell-Alexandra 2 / Polygonal Styles 2
Below are two samples of Cromwell and Clyde which show the type of styles I am adopting for buildings, structures and sites. These samples show how the new styles are applied to fills such as sites, buildings and structures. This has come about because whilst I already worked out how to apply a white border…
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Main North Line [11F]: Addington 6; Otago Central Railway [62B]: Km Pegs 2
So Addington is being more or less recreated from scratch. Doing the adjustment in the middle part (Addington North as it is called in my computer) covering the Main North Line going north to Riccarton was actually relatively quick and easy to fix, as with all the linked layers, moving one moved all the others,…