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Three-dimensional model of a beautiful Australian National Park

Martin von Wyss — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:05:34 +0000

Installation by National Park staff

Litchfield National Park, just south of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory, comprises a grassy, sandstone tableland with waterfalls and monsoon rainforest tucked in its escarpments. The dramatic landscape around the edge of the plateau makes the place a fascinating subject for a landscape model.

After digitally mapping this tropical terrain, vW Maps sent the terrain model to 3d specialists RapidPro who printed the model in pieces using cutting-edge 3d printing techniques. Natural History Productions of Darwin then assembled the pieces, rendered the landscape as a solid piece of plaster, and polished and painted the model as a hexagonal relief map of the park measuring 1.2 metres in diameter. It was installed in the very popular information shelter at Tolmer Falls by National Parks staff.

Read more details from Natural History Productions.

3d pieces assembled

Etching rivers

Final model

A Movie Map of the Beechworth Vignerons

Martin von Wyss — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:38:47 +0000

This animated map movie is a detailed introduction to the vineyards of Beechworth, a small but prestigious wine region in Victoria. The narration explains what distinguishes the vineyards using text provided by the association’s 25 members.

The video comprises “a fantastic DVD of the region from an aerial viewpoint, moving vineyard to vineyard and explaining the terroir of each. No wanky shots of vineyards, grinning winemakers with purple hands or dogs doing tricks; it’s brilliant. TKR sends congratulations.” — Tony Keys, The Key Report, 15 November 2012.

A two-fold exaggeration of the relief accentuates the effect of slope and aspect, two important factors that determine how much sun and wind a site receives and how well the soil drains. Watch to learn how the geography of Beechworth creates some of Australia’s finest wines. The featured growers and winemakers are Castagna, Giaconda, Fighting Gully Road, Analemma, Indigo Vineyard, Battely, Sorrenberg, Amulet, Vinelea, Savaterre, Bowman’s Run, Piano Piano, Tinker’s Hill, Serengale, Wahlquist Vineyard, Meeting of Minds, Warner Vineyard, Golden Ball, Weeping Grass Creek, Coats and Keith, The Ninth Mile, Pennyweight, Oxenbury Vineyard and Haldon Vineyard.

Video Production by Julian Castagna and Editing by ESP Productions.

Bicycling around Bayside

Martin von Wyss — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:19:45 +0000

Recommended routes, designated bicycle paths, amenities

Our latest map of the city of Bayside, incorporating the seaside suburbs southeast of Melbourne, is our best yet. The Bayside Cycling Trail Map shows the on-road and off-road bicycle paths, both signed and informal. Six suggested recreational trails are featured with text that reveals local attractions and destinations along the way. Playgrounds and parks, historic buildings and tourist destinations are designed to lure weekend visitors while shopping areas, bike shops, public toilets and public transportation amenities keep it practical for locals. Best of all, the map shows connections through the city and beyond, into neighbouring communities, because everyone who cycles knows it’s great fun to cover lots of ground when exploring the lay of the land.

The map will soon be available for free in Bayside bicycle shops, council offices and libraries.

Bayside Bicycle trail map

Part of map legend

Vines of Tasmania: a website to strengthen the industry

Martin von Wyss — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:40:02 +0000

Click Image to view Vines of Tasmania application

vW Maps was proud to spearhead the development of a browser-based mapping tool that visualises Tasmanian wine grapes’ susceptibility to smoke taint. Commissioned by Wine Tasmania and with funding from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture and the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation, vW Maps and strategic partners VineFinders and Applied Geographics created the map mashup so that authorities can plan fuel-reduction burns away from susceptible grapes. The content of the map is crowd-sourced from the growers themselves, ensuring that the map’s content is locally correct and up-to-date.

Press coverage: New vineyard tool to minimise impacts of smoke

View the Vines of Tasmania website.

Vines of Tasmania application

Map Legend for tasvine.org

Two Vineyards of Beechworth

Martin von Wyss — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:12:05 +0000

This video is intended as an accompaniment to Jane Faulkner’s article on Mark Walpole, Fighting Gully Road Vineyard, and Adrian Rodda, Smiths Vineyards.

vW Maps and The Age are not affiliated.

Tram Tales

Martin von Wyss — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:12:22 +0000

Click Image to View Video Segment

Designed to be viewed on a GPS-enabled smart phone or tablet computer while standing at the eastern end of Collins Street, this video illustrates the power of place-based story telling.

Writer and narrator: Carla Pascoe
Cinematography and sound: Findlay Films

Mahi Wines

Martin von Wyss — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:07:43 +0000

Mahi: First Pass from Martin von Wyss on Vimeo.

Yes, you’re cool. No, you’re not.

Martin von Wyss — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:11:35 +0000

Place cursor over sites to read their elevation, in metres above sea level (masl).
Data provided by VineFinders.

Playing with TileMill

Martin von Wyss — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:48:47 +0000

Thank you!

Martin von Wyss — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:03:06 +0000

Thank you for your purchase! Your transaction has been completed and a receipt for your purchase has been emailed to you. You may log into your account at www.paypal.com/au to view details of this transaction.

Your order will be shipped within a day or two. If you don’t want us to include a receipt from vW Maps with the map, please let us know via our email address that you’ll find in the PayPal receipt. In that case we’ll email the receipt to you instead.