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New Zealand Rail Maps: NZRM Progress Report 2024-02-24: Volume 6, 7, 8, 9
As outlined in previous posts, Volume 6 is a priority for completion. The main part of updates to Volume 6 is to update the Wairarapa Line suburban stations with recently obtained 1951 aerial photo coverage, and to add all the current stations on the NIMT between Wellington and Palmerston North that aren’t already mosaiced. NZR…
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New Zealand Rail Maps: NZRM Progress Report 2024-12-06: Review of Year’s Work
Towards the end of last year, a blog post suggested where work efforts should be directed for 2024. It referred to four volumes that were nearing completion and were hoped to be completed by the end of 2024. These were volumes 6, 7, 8 and 9. Progress has been made in a number of these…
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New Zealand Rail Maps: Main North Line: Wharanui To Ward
Well good day and here is some stuff from the Main North Line, which is the current ambit of map production. We are currently filling in some small details of Volume 8 which covers the MNL all the way through from Ashley to Picton, and the Nelson Section. Volume 8 is one of those we…
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Blog changes coming
Within the next few months this blog will be changing: This blog, instead of being left in maintenance mode like it has been for the past few months, will stay up but receive no new posts, once the migration has been finalised. It would stay in place until the hosting plan is due for renewal,…
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New Zealand Rail Maps: NZRM Progress Report 2024-11-15: Volume 10, Volume 12, Webmaps
Apologies for the long delay since the last update. October was not an auspicious month for map work for numerous reasons, and work had to be paused for practically the whole month whilst a number of issues were worked through. These have now been overcome, and production has resumed. For the rest of 2024 there…