Story: Modern mapping and surveying

Whirinaki Forest map

This 1946 Forest Service map of Whirinaki Forest shows types of vegetation. The colour-coded areas of trees are overlaid on the base map, a topographical map produced by the Department of Lands and Survey.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: MapColl 830gcra/1966-1970/Acc. 9351

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Melanie Lovell-Smith, 'Modern mapping and surveying - Mapping and surveying, 1950–1980', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/zoomify/18909/whirinaki-forest-map (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Melanie Lovell-Smith, published 24 Nov 2008, updated 1 Aug 2018