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  • Understanding COVID-19 impacts on Victoria using maps

    In the midst of this pandemic, there is not much current data available to know the exact impacts on our communities. As a result, I…

    14 April, 2020
    Quick maps
  • Survey clipboard with a blue pen against a green background with three options from top to bottom - neutral face, smiley face and sad face

    Cartography based on community feedback

    Those who follow me on Twitter or Facebook may have already seen the announcement of my latest and largest mapping project – the Melbourne Transport…

    8 December, 2018
    Map design
  • How the Suburban Rail Loop will transform Melbourne’s transport maps

    See the full project description and download link here. It is difficult to overstate how transformative the recently-announced Suburban Rail Loop will be for Melbourne’s…

    31 August, 2018
    Map design
  • Black and white map showing route of proposed Alphington to East Preston Railway from Alphington to Bolderwood Parade in Reservoir

    Alphington to East Preston Railway

    Recently I was looking through some old documents related to Alphington. Buried within Hansard from 1948 was a document entitled the Alphington to East Preston…

    3 August, 2018
    Quick maps
  • Distances between Melbourne railway stations – a quick map

    I spent a few days putting together a map that shows the distances between railway stations on Melbourne’s metropolitan rail network. The spacing has been…

    23 April, 2018
    Quick maps
  • 1927 railway map showing lines throughout Victoria in blue on a faded white background.

    The evolution of rail maps in Victoria

    Victoria is not well-known for its transport maps in the same way as London or New York. Despite this lack of enduring iconic design, the…

    2 March, 2018
    Map history
  • What are schematic maps?

    After the publication of my schematic public transport map of Chernarus, there was some confusion about its design and purpose. Hopefully this post will clear…

    20 June, 2017
    Map design
  • The beginning

    Every website has to start somewhere. This one is for maps that I create and publish. These have most recently made since I began studying…

    11 June, 2017
    Meta
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