New Zealand Rail Maps Project
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Project Diary 2019-11-02: Christchurch Maps
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Project Diary 2019-11-02: Christchurch Maps
Our first blog post for November. Map production this week has been limited to a complex fix for a problem discovered in the Heathcote-Ferrymead maps for 1985. Trying to align two different rail lines in four places simultaneously can be very complex. Cutting the Main South Line out through the back of Ferrymead is a…
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Project DIary 2019-10-26: Christchurch Maps
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Project DIary 2019-10-26: Christchurch Maps
It’s been another busy week of gathering research information and a lot of work pulling out map tiles. As noted in previous posts, we spend a lot of time each week, currently around 6 hours, researching all the stations in the Greater Christchurch area. This will involve viewing around 50 files a week and copying…
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Project Diary 2019-10-18: Christchurch Maps
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Project Diary 2019-10-18: Christchurch Maps
Progress on the maps this week has continued to focus on the Main North Line section of Greater Christchurch. This inches on towards completion with, we estimate, just a week more work to finish it. Quite a bit of work was needed just to add a 1955 aerial image showing the old route between Chaneys…
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Project Diary 2019-10-12: Christchurch Maps
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Project Diary 2019-10-12: Christchurch Maps
Local government election results are in and the unfortunate conclusion is we will not see much that improves Public Transport over the next three years in Greater Christchurch. More about this in Christchurch Transport Blog in the next few days. Meanwhile Greater Christchurch maps are the main focus this week again and in recognition of…
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NZ Rail Maps Project Development Report [2019L]
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NZ Rail Maps Project Development Report [2019L]
After reviewing progress for the year so far, the goals that were set back in January and the progress achieved in them, the following decisions have been reached: The maps for Greater Christchurch to be completed as intended, with multiple map generations, for four sections of line – Christchurch to Lyttelton, Christchurch to Lincoln, Christchurch…