A different New Zealand: Looking back 10 years in the rear-view mirror

May 28, 2024 12:09:49 PM / by Andrew Smith

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.

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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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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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Location, Location, Location: Housing Development & Infrastructure

Sep 27, 2021 10:52:18 AM / by Derek Love, Data Lead

A proposed housing development south of Auckland got me thinking about the location of new housing

 

My expertise is mapping…..mapping the above ground, or ‘viewable world’, but there is a whole other world in underground services, which is vital to our everyday as we know it.

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Change is constant – make sure you’re always up to speed with NationalMap data

May 21, 2021 12:20:28 PM / by Andrew Smith

Far reaching school zoning and speed limit changes (planned and proposed by the Ministry of Education and Waka Kotahi respectively) have been very much in the news recently

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Forbes sees AI & location intelligence as guiding the future of business

Jun 25, 2020 1:48:22 PM / by Andrew Smith

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