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ICYMI - Super-Site Me: Why are fast-food restaurants located where they are? A lot of research suggests that there is a strong association between neighbourhood deprivation and the location of, or access to, fast-food outlets.   NationalMap’s “Points Of Interest (POI)” database can often help validate or illuminate these types of questions or hypotheses for a New Zealand context.   In this instance, we mapped our fast-food or “Quick Service Restaurants” database against the New Zealand Deprivation Index to see if we could find some answers.   As always, the answer is a little more complex and nuanced than the headlines. It’s also worth noting that this post is now well over a year old, so some change would be expected if we did the same analysis today.   But that’s the beauty of NationalMap of course, the ability to monitor change over time.   You can check out the post and associated infographics here: https://lnkd.in/gUE-Kfvc #GIS #pointsofinterest #geospatialdata

ICYMI - If all the roads in NZ were 100km, here’s what that 100km would look like… There’s well in excess of 100,000 km of drivable roads in New Zealand, so if we were to reduce all that to 100 km, what proportion of those 100 km comprise motorways, or rural roads versus urban?   In 2022, the NationalMap team put together a couple of infographics inspired by this concept to more easily visualise the variables and variability in our nation’s road network. It’s worth noting that the infographics and data in this post are a snapshot in time and part of the power of the NationalMap database is the ability to actually see, compare and understand changes through time and in different historical states. Think speed limits and how much they have changed in the last 2 years. Of course, NationalMap is always on top of the very latest speed limit changes and this is why our data is so widely used in routing and navigation. You can check out the post and associated infographics here: https://lnkd.in/gn9xPPmp #GIS #nzroads #geospatialdata

NationalMap Data Lead Derek Love coordinates all the updates made to our datasets each month. Here’s his product update report for September 2024. ------ NationalMap data has once again been updated on the NationalMap Data Service. Here are a few of my highlights for the month.   ROADS DATASET ·      5,500 edits to the Roads database (includes updates from 2 new and 7 revised Council approved HPMV* permits, national speed limit changes, Otago Rural/Urban, Ashburton Urban and Waitaki Urban 2024 Imagery) ·      34 Roads made live ·      34 new proposed roads added to the database. *HPMV (High Productivity Motor Vehicles) are trucks that are able to operate above the current 44 tonne weight limit under permit.   COMMERCIAL POINTS OF INTEREST (POI’s) As at September 2024, 9,578 Commercial POI’s have been captured in total, across 14 different categories. This includes Financial Services (579), Hospitality (426), Postal Services (786), Quick Service Restaurants (1,287), Retail (1,240), Service Stations (1,693), Supermarkets (695) and many more.   YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR LATEST RELEASE NOTES FOR MORE DETAILS HERE: https://lnkd.in/gqS3QsKJ DID YOU KNOW?   One of the significant updates for September is the Te Ara Pekapeka Bridge in Hamilton. This opened 30 August and is released on the September basemap and our road network.   The bridge connects the new suburb of Peacocke (which is expected to have up to 20,000 future residents) to Hamilton. The four lane bridge caters to public transport, pedestrians, cyclists, and strategic water, wastewater, and stormwater networks. #datafordecisionmakers #nationalmap #nzgeospatial

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New Zealand’s reputation as a premier adventure tourism destination is well-earned. But if you find yourself in a medical emergency in some of our more remote adventure destinations, you might be in for a challenging journey to the nearest Accident and Emergency (A+E) unit. To find out more, check out the latest post (and accompanying visuals) from Andrew Smith, NationalMap’s General Manager here. #geospatialdata #NZroads #GIS #pointsofinterest https://lnkd.in/ghWkbSbp

NationalMap Data Lead Derek Love coordinates all the updates made to our datasets each month. Here’s his product update report for August 2024. ------ NationalMap data has once again been updated on the NationalMap Data Service. Here are a few of my highlights for the month.   ROADS DATASET ·      12,500 edits to the Roads database (includes updates from 12 new and 7 revised Council approved HPMV* permits, national speed limit changes, 50Max** and Bridge Restriction Review + Waimakariri 2024 Imagery) ·      51 Roads made live ·      16 new proposed roads added to the database. *HPMV (High Productivity Motor Vehicles) are trucks that are able to operate above the current 44 tonne weight limit under permit. **50MAX vehicle combinations have one more axle than conventional 44-tonne vehicles combinations. 50MAX gives operators the ability to carry increased payloads on parts of the network that, while economically important to New Zealand, carry lower volumes of freight.   ENHANCED ROADS DATASET   Our Enhanced Road dataset now has 113,728 km of connected, formed roads (as at August 2024). It represents real world road features, such as Roundabouts, Dual Carriageways, Ramps and Slip roads. Turn Restriction (3,330), Level Crossing (1,719), Bridge Crossing (3,269) and Bridge Restriction (1,888) datasets add additional context to the Enhanced Roads dataset.   YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR LATEST RELEASE NOTES FOR MORE DETAILS HERE: https://lnkd.in/gqS3QsKJ DID YOU KNOW?   We have been busy updating the HPMV network as Councils publish their preapproved networks. This now includes nearly 50 Councils and over 5,000 Roads (27,000 links) classed as preapproved. This might sound a lot, but is still only about 5% of our road network! #datafordecisionmakers #nationalmap #nzgeospatial

ICYMI - How the private sector adds value to government data   Many New Zealand Local and Central Government agencies do a great job of providing free public access to the data they collect and create. But what value can private sector data companies add to public data?   Although this post was written some time ago and NationalMap’s road attribute data has since been enhanced with layers such as our 3D Road dataset, its message remains evergreen. The core message is that by concentrating on real-world, commercial use cases, private sector data companies can significantly enhance the value of publicly available data. #GIS #nzroads #geospatialdata https://lnkd.in/gggnApnQ

There is credible icesheet modelling that indicates a possibility of a 5 metre sea-level rise in the coming years if Paris Agreement targets are not met.   The NationalMap team thought it might be useful to visualise roads in some of New Zealand’s main centres that could be impacted in a 5 metre sea-level rise scenario.   You can check out the visualisations that accompany the latest post by Andrew Smith, NationalMap’s General Manager here. #sealevelrise #climatechange #infrastructure #NZroads https://lnkd.in/gwww_ZaD

NationalMap Data Lead Derek Love coordinates all the updates made to our datasets each month. Here’s his product update report for July 2024. ------ NationalMap data has once again been updated on the NationalMap Data Service. Here are a few of my highlights for the month.   ROADS DATASET · 5,600 edits to the Roads database (includes updates from 3 new and 1 revised Council approved HPMV* permits, a 50MAX* and Bridge Restriction review, as well as national speed limit changes) · 49 Roads made live · 33 new proposed roads added to the database. *HPMV (High Productivity Motor Vehicles) are trucks that are able to operate above the current 44 tonne weight limit under permit. **50MAX vehicle combinations have one more axle than conventional 44-tonne vehicles combinations. 50MAX gives operators the ability to carry increased payloads on parts of the network that, while economically important to New Zealand, carry lower volumes of freight.   REVIEW OF GREAT RIDES OF NEW ZEALAND - CYCLE TRAILS   Further work on the Great Rides of New Zealand - Cycle Trails includes capturing off road sections of the following:   · The Wineries Ride (Hastings) · Great Lakes Trail (Taupo) · Mountains to Sea (Ruapehu/Whanganui) · Great Taste Trail (Tasman) · Old Ghost Road (West Coast) · St James Trail (Hanmer Springs).   YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR LATEST RELEASE NOTES FOR MORE DETAILS HERE:   https://lnkd.in/gqS3QsKJ DID YOU KNOW?   A lot can change in 10 years. We have recently built a "Looking back" side-by-side map comparison tool for anyone interested in seeing how our built environment has changed over the last 10 years. It includes an option to compare speed limit changes over that period too. https://lnkd.in/g5XyqSDM #datafordecisionmakers #nationalmap #nzgeospatial

NationalMap Data Lead Derek Love coordinates all the updates made to our datasets each month. Here’s his product update report for June 2024. ------ NationalMap data has once again been updated on the NationalMap Data Service. Here are a few of my highlights for the month.   ROADS DATASET · 5,200 edits to the Roads database (includes updates from 2 new and 2 revised Council approved HPMV permits, as well as national speed limit changes) · 74 Roads made live · 27 new proposed roads added to the database. *HPMV (High Productivity Motor Vehicles) are trucks that are able to operate above the current 44 tonne weight limit under permit.   COMMERCIAL POINTS OF INTEREST (POI) REVIEW   1,700 POIs reviewed including NZ Post outlets, Independent Pharmacies and Cinemas.   YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR LATEST RELEASE NOTES FOR MORE DETAILS HERE: https://lnkd.in/gqS3QsKJ DID YOU KNOW?   We have added more NZ Great Cycle Trails to our network. The Alps2Ocean (Mt Cook to Oamaru), Lake Dunstan Trail and Te Awa River Ride (Ngaruawahia to Lake Karapiro) which combined is about 280km of off-road trails. #datafordecisionmakers #nationalmap #nzgeospatial