Tag / Victoria
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Parklet map data now available
The crowdsourced map of parklets across Melbourne and Victoria has been up for a few months now. At the time of writing, there are over 300 that people have added! Unfortunately as I’m in the middle of two rather large mapping projects at the moment, I don’t have the time to do this data justice…
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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 am turning to the slightly older but incredibly comprehensive ABS Census to understand how COVID-19 (coronavirus) might impact people and communities. In summary, I have extracted a selection of what…
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![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 Railway Construction Act. This Act of the Victorian Parliament authorised the construction a railway from Alphington along Darebin Creek to the then-brand new public housing estates just east of Reservoir.…
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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 calculated and placed onto the current official PTV Victorian rail network map. The distance data is taken from the Vicsig website’s line guides (which also has a lot of other…
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![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 state has a rich and interesting history of railway maps. Almost all transport maps were geographical rather than schematic up until the 1990s. Only then did we see a shift…
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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 things up! What is a schematic map? Put simply, a schematic map does not necessarily represent geography. Instead, it is designed to show nodes and the connections between them.…
