Creating an Atlas of Aotearoa with open source software
summary
An atlas of Aotearoa with 87 spreads across eight chapters is produced largely with open source tools: data cleaning in Python, visualisation in QGIS, charts in R and the Tidyverse, interactive bits in d3, and a TileMill → Mapnik workflow to render high‑resolution 600 dpi renders in NZ Transverse Mercator. National park maps combine DOC boundaries, landcover and a 25 m DEM with textured fills, slope‑based shading and exported Mapnik tiles, finished for print in Illustrator/InDesign; CMYK conversion and print proofing remain awkward.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:21Project Overview
- 7:31Land Cover Maps
- 11:34CSS
- 12:08Sketching
- 13:31Slope player
- 16:28Composite image
- 17:33Design feedback
- 19:20Lightning strikes
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