Project Category: Featured

NZ Cycleway Network Maps

Christchurch Major Cycle Routes Nelson Urban Cycleways Easy-to-understand maps of cycling networks and routes across cities in New Zealand. These maps are designed to encourage people to ride and demonstrate that it’s a safe, convenient option to get where they

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Te Reo Māori Place Names Map

How to use the map viewer Search box: this can be used to look up and locate English or Reo Māori place names on the map. You can search settlements, rivers, lakes and mountain peaks anywhere in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Gateway to Antarctica

Common air, sea and land routes to the frozen continent. The Southern Hemisphere gateway cities of Christchurch (NZ), Hobart (AUS), Cape Town (SA), Punta Arenas and Ushuaia (South America) are commonly used to access the large number of research stations

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Murky Waters: Unmapped Areas of Seafloor

Featured in the NACIS Atlas of Design (Vol. 6), released in 2022. For this map, the intent was to bring to light data from a different and inverted perspective, revealing interesting patterns in seabed maps. By making use of the

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Historical Tram Route Maps

Christchurch Historic Tram Network Auckland Historic Tram Network Whanganui Historic Tram Network New Plymouth Historic Tram Network Gisborn Historic Tram Network Napier Historic Tram Network Network diagrams showing the extent of street trams in the first half of the 20th

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Far From Any Road

A map of places in New Zealand more than a kilometre from the nearest road. Much of the South Island is bright yellow, while the North Island is mostly as black as the roads that cover it. The pole of

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New Zealand State Highways Metro Map

New Zealand’s State Highways represented in the style of the iconic London Underground Tube map. The map shows New Zealand’s State Highways as routes, with towns and cities along them represented as stops and interchanges. Unlike traditional road maps, this

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