by andrew | Oct 6, 2018 | Blog, Updates
Much of the year has passed since my last update, so I thought I’d catch you up on all that’s been happening here at The Map Kiwi! The biggest change for me has been entering full time work as a Geospatial Analyst back in April. This was quite a different...
by andrew | Sep 9, 2018 | Blog, Updates
This week marks the annual Māori Language Week (10-16th September 2018), so to get people interested in Te Reo I thought I’d revisit the maps I’ve made of the Māori place names of New Zealand/Aotearoa! I first became interested in mapping Māori names last...
by andrew | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog, New Maps
As part of the 7 day cartography challenge last year, I created two maps showing Te Reo Māori names of towns and cities names across Aotearoa/New Zealand which were well received. Naturally, I wanted to improve the maps by researching the spelling of place names...
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...
