So far all the maps that I have produced with QGIS have been screen dumps saved as bitmaps, which is directly supported from within the application (Google Earth has a similar feature). These are then pasted into Word documents, whereby other content is added to the document and it is then saved as both Word…

In the last few posts I have looked at whether it becomes feasible to replace the current maps of the NZ Railway and Tramway Atlas (which are based on hand drawn originals) with electronically sourced maps, in other words maps that have been generated using a GIS, such as the maps I am currently drawing…

Here are 2 pictures to illustrate what was discussed last time. A small scale QGIS map The equivalent page of the NZ Railway and Tramway Atlas 4th Edition. At a quick comparison there appear to be some geographical differences (apart from detail) between the QGIS sourced map and the Quail sourced map. Which leads me…

This is a good time to be thinking about the different uses (or markets) which exist for maps in a printed format, which is the format that the majority of users are likely to relate to. Electronic format can be handled with GPS which is a different strand of interest and is not presently a…

When I first put together the NZ Rail Maps website (the old one) I had a development strategy for the project. For this second edition there will also be a strategy. Maps will be developed at three levels. Each level will be reflected in the major version number of the map (the part before the…