by andrew | May 11, 2020 | Blog, Portfolio Work
This post was written at the end of March 2020 about my experience taking part in Guerilla Cartography‘s ‘Atlas in a Day’ 24 hour event in October 2019 and how the map now relates to the current pandemic. As a remote cartographer working from...
by andrew | May 5, 2019 | Blog, Portfolio Work
Recently I was working to update my Te Reo Maori Map of New Zealand with a new background. I learnt a couple of things while making it, so I thought it might be interesting to quickly share the process. The map uses the wonderful NZ wide 10m cloud-free Sentinel...
by andrew | May 11, 2018 | New Maps, Portfolio Work
A follow up from the 2016 Christchurch map, the Auckland Typography map is a new print beautifully representing central Auckland’s streets, motorways, rail lines, parks and more in flowing street names and places. Check it out below: This design was more...
by andrew | Dec 15, 2017 | Blog, Portfolio Work
With 4.6 million people spread out over 268,021 km², New Zealand is not a crowded place when compared to more densely populated countries such as Japan and the UK. The below map shows just how much land is uninhabited per square kilometre, making up 78.21% of our...
by andrew | Nov 5, 2017 | Blog, Metro Maps, Portfolio Work
Trams used to rule the streets of New Zealand in the first half of the 20th Century, with Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and more all developing extensive tram networks. Sadly, as car use became more widespread and service running costs increased, these...
by andrew | Jun 8, 2017 | Blog, New Maps, Portfolio Work
A little while ago, I set myself a challenge of creating seven maps over the period of a week, posting a new map each day on my Facebook and Twitter. It was challenging to complete each resulting map within the short space of a day, but were well worth the positive...
