Category: NZ Tekonverse -> NZ Rail Maps Technical

  • Using Qgis Python Scripting in the NZ Rail Maps Project: 3 – Volumes Formatting

    The third area of Qgis scripting for the NZ Rail Maps project is specifically focused on formatting the Volumes layout images and is used to generate a subtitle displayed in the title bar of each Volumes image. This subtitle informs the user of the year of each aerial image view that is part of the…

  • Using Qgis Python Scripting in the NZ Rail Maps Project: 2 – Volumes Creation

    The second and third aspects of Qgis scripting used in the NZ Rail Maps Project are connected with Volume maps creation. In the Volumes website, static map images are used. Each static image is manually composed, by positioning the map in the composer layout window, and combining the selection of different layers, rotation and zoom…

  • Using Qgis Python Scripting in the NZ Rail Maps Project: 1 – WebMaps

    Good evening. As part of the development of the NZ Rail Maps Project, recently custom Python scripting has been incorporated into the main window GUI and Composer / Layout to speed up processing of various aspects. This is summarised in different sections below. In order to create the content of the NZRM WebMaps site, various…

  • Simple PHP Photo Gallery For NZ Rail Maps Volumes Site

    The New Zealand Rail Maps Project aims to create free maps of the present and past national public railway network, which are produced and distributed by a variety of means, through several web sites. One of these is the Volumes site, and it is intended to distribute individual images that each represent a small part…

  • Setting up Apache on Debian

    Apache is a well known webserver that is currently the second most webserver used worldwide. It is only two percent behind nginx at the time of writing, and each has about a third of the webserver market. The remaining third is made up of several products; MS IIS only has a single digit percentage. As…