Life in the fast lane: where can you find New Zealand’s fastest (and slowest) towns?

Nov 30, 2023 10:10:10 AM / by Andrew Smith

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Just how big are New Zealand’s national parks?

Sep 19, 2023 11:50:29 AM / by Andrew Smith

 

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Flying high, or flying under the radar: How proximity to an airport can impact a town and its residents' well-being

Jul 26, 2023 8:39:34 AM / by Andrew Smith

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. 

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The humble road traffic roundabout: A celebration for enthusiasts

Jun 28, 2023 1:03:18 PM / by Andrew Smith

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15-minute cities in New Zealand: A visualisation

Apr 13, 2023 4:18:57 PM / by Andrew Smith

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.

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If all the roads in NZ were 100km, here’s what that 100km would look like…

Dec 14, 2022 10:32:40 AM / by Andrew Smith

 

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Super-Site Me: Why are fast-food restaurants located where they are?

Nov 3, 2022 2:14:51 PM / by Andrew Smith

For the third blog in our series on the relationship between people and their proximity to amenities (for which we use one or more of our extensive points of interest POI data sets) we have focused on fast-food or “quick service restaurants”.

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The twilight zone(s): Where are Kiwis retiring to spend their twilight years?

Sep 20, 2022 7:50:51 AM / by Andrew Smith

For the second blog in our series on the relationship between people and their proximity to amenities (for which we use one or more of our extensive points of interest POI data sets) we have focused on retirement villages and resthomes.

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Our proximity to infrastructure and amenities: The green, green grass of home

Jul 7, 2022 4:18:27 PM / by Andrew Smith

Over the last few weeks, the NationalMap team have been working on a project for a client that is largely based around identifying the physical attributes, infrastructure and amenities of our cities and towns.

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NZ’s Emissions Reduction Plan: How accurate, fit-for-purpose road mapping data is already helping us get to net-zero emissions (and reduce costs)

May 26, 2022 1:34:26 PM / by Andrew Smith

Last week the Government released New Zealand’s first Emissions Reduction Plan. There’s a lot to absorb (it’s 350 pages long), but with the biggest section of the plan dedicated to transport, it’s very clear that the transport sector has a huge role to play in getting New Zealand to net-zero emissions by 2050.

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