New Zealand’s reputation as a premier adventure tourism destination is well-earned. With our breathtaking landscapes and a huge range of pulse-raising adventure activities to choose from, it’s no wonder the whole country is considered heaven for adrenaline junkies.
A couple of weeks ago, a Radio New Zealand report caught my attention. The report was on some work being done by GNS Sciences that focused on better understanding ice sheet melt processes.
A lot can change in 10 years.And, if we look back into the rearview mirror of our past, then we can see quite clearly that 2014 really was a different place and time, where things were done differently, for example, neither Zoom meetings or Netflix were even really a thing back then.
NationalMap recently worked with a client on identifying the physical attributes, infrastructure and amenities of our cities and towns. The idea being that a resident’s proximity to these features can contribute to their overall health and well-being quite considerably.
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I’m very pleased to announce the release of NationalMap's latest routing product, the Multimodal Routing Network For ArcGIS.
Major international airports and the cities they serve are often intwined in our collective consciousness (think Heathrow and London, or JFK and New York). However, as anyone who has travelled on budget airlines in Europe can attest to, the distance between airports and the cities they purport to be serving can often be many, MANY miles.
Prior to the advent of the motor car most cities were probably by default organised in a way that allowed residents to meet most of their daily needs within a 15-minute walk from their homes. However, the impact of things like motorways, traffic congestion and urban sprawl have meant that for many cities, the distance to essential amenities for its citizens has gradually increased over the years.