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From Nine To Noon 21 December 2015
1943 Mount Egmont Map – full: this is a map from the first national topographic map series, the NZMS 1. Begun in 1943, this series was completed quickly using painstaking manual techniques amid fears of Japanese invasion during World War Two.
1943 Mount Egmont Map - detail
2014 Opunake/full
2014 Opunake/detail – this 2014 map, covering some of the same area, is from LINZ's current Topo50 series. These are updated electronically.
LINZ Data Service – the data that is used to produce our maps, such as the location of roads, place names and the contour lines of terrain, can be downloaded free of charge from the LINZ Data Service (https://data.linz.govt.nz/). This data can be used to create maps, apps, software and more.
3d Mapping by Geographx – Wellington map design firm Geographx use our data as well as other information to create map products, include 3D maps which are used in publications and for the TV weather report. This image shows Mount Cook as well as the South Island (Image Credit: Geographx)
New Zealand lighthouse chart of general coast and principal harbour lights, 1900 By Augustus Koch Koch. Alexander Turnbull Library
Map of Gallipoli Sheet 2, 1915 By British War Office Alexander Turnbull Library
The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.