Accurate. Beautiful. Convincing. vW Maps

We are awash in data. The challenge is to find, collect, and map it so that it tells your story and convinces your audience. Working in all traditional and new media spatial formats, vW Maps has been transforming information into meaningful, beautiful and convincing maps and data since 1994.

With extensive expertise in many spatial and geographic fields, we focus on problem-based thinking based on a deep understanding of current capabilities and evolving technology trends. We can help you discover the right solutions whether it concerns data acquisition, cleaning or processing; Open Data policies and good practice; virtual cities based on GIS, BIM, and CAD; and the sensors in the Internet of Things and the APIs that connect them.

Whether we work closely with you or manage your project as a fully outsourced solution, vW Maps will clarify your geospatial questions, turn your data into information and knowledge, and help you tell your story in the most compelling way possible.

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How to Drink Australian

Over thirty of our maps illustrate this award-winning book on Australia, its wine regions, and its winemakers
Raised Relief Maps

vW Maps recently designed a vacuum-formed, or thermo-printed, raised relief map of the wine regions of British Columbia, Canada.
Australian Gas Tenements

For the Climate Council, Australia’s leading climate change communications organisation, vW Maps has mapped the areas that governments have provided or are considering providing to gas companies to look for and produce gas.
U.S. Wine Regions in Drought Conditions

A grey expanse shows the huge extent of the drought now affecting much of the United States. Zoom in on the interactive map to see all the American Viticultural Areas, or wine regions.
All the wine regions

The World Wine Regions atlas maps all the wine regions in which grapes are grown and wine is made, both the official as well as the emerging, unofficial regions.
Presenting World Wine Regions

World Wine Regions is an interactive atlas dedicated to the wine regions of the world, from the storied appellations of the Old World to the newly minted regions still building their reputations.
The Definitive Encyclopedia of Sparkling Wine

Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine is by Tom Stevenson and Essi Avellan with maps by vW Maps
Making a Home Elsewhere

We contributed maps and information graphics to the new edition of the National Geographic Atlas of the World. The spread on human migration explores various forces that cause people to flee hardship and crisis.
We Map Wine Regions

In addition to the G.I.S. services we provide to the wine industry, we can design 3D terrain models for your visitor centre or cellar door, or printed maps of a wine region’s terroir to leave a vivid, lasting impression.
Shedding Light on Geographic Knowledge

National Geographic needed new interactive maps for a website and an app.
For the Conservation of Marine Life

A map of Antarctica focuses on the water in which the organisation’s interests lie.
A Walking Tour of Melbourne

A delegation from overseas needed a simple map of the city and they needed it NOW!
Gin & Botanicals Map of Australia & New Zealand

The Gin & Botanicals Map of Australia & New Zealand has 101 gin distillers and producers mapped and ten indigenous botanicals described in words, maps, and illustrations.
Your Motorcycle. Where’s It Made?

To many, there is a nationalistic subtext in motorcycling. But can it really be said these days that BMWs are German, Harleys are from the US and KTMs are Austrian?
Premier’s Design Award Finalist

Our terrain model of the Mornington Peninsula was selected as a finalist in the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Design Awards!
Mapping out Bikeshare Plans

A methodology for implementing urban bikeshare schemes is based on exploratory mapping of census data and then presented to councils as recommendations.
We’re curating another Map Gallery

Martin from vW Maps is curating the Map Gallery at the fourth GeoNext Conference.
Raised Relief Map is a Terroir Explainer

A premium Mornington Peninsula wine producer commissioned a terrain model for use at their restaurant to illustrate the factors that contribute to a vineyard’s terroir.
A freight train of data

A blog about Open Data developments over the last ten years and, in particular, the Australian National Public Toilet Map. The toilet data is complemented by beer brewing locations on a map of Tasmania.
Obesity in Australia

Australia has the fastest-growing rate of obesity in the world. The map of Australia shows the geographic trend of adult obesity in Australia.
Siting vineyards for sparkling wine

vW Maps is proud to have made many maps for Christie’s Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine.
Bicycling around Bayside

The Bayside Cycling trail map shows the on-road and off-road bicycle paths plus amenities of interest to cyclists including bike shops.
A Truly 3-Dimensional Map

Topographically-accurate 3d models bring the geography of a region to life.
Spatial Analysis

Overlaying vineyard locations on a map of Bureau of Meteorology climate data provides insights into the qualities of the wines. A map makes the case for Tasmania’s standing on the world stage by revealing similarities with the climates of famous wine regions in Europe, North and South America and New Zealand.