Welcome to MapMakers Latest News
This is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.Northern Tasmania – Business Confidence 2020 Update
On February 21st 2020, the ABS released the latest Business Count data. The Mapmakers team have analysed the indigestible mass of numbers using their leading edge spatial analytics, turning them into insightful graphics like this update for Northern Tasmania. See the...
Web Mapping
If simply adding a free Google Maps API in your site isn't sufficient, we can customise a web mapping app tailored to your needs, it's a question we get asked more and more. However everyone's requirements are different. This post is a simple first step intended to...
Big maps and multiple page maps
There are some common reasons why you might want a map which is larger than even a big poster-size page, for example: You have a wall in the office and you want to cover it with a physical printed map of your operating area. Your area of interest is large...
We’re all living in cuckooland..
So laments the title track of Welsh rockers Budgie's 2006 album "You're All Living in Cuckooland". Unless you've lived under a heavy rock for most of the 21st century, it's impossible to escape the almost constant media coverage of radical Islamist atrocities, sadly...
Northern Tasmania Business Confidence – 2018 Update
Summary of latest Tasmanian Business Counts 2018
Postcode geography – never a dull moment!
It might not sound like the most riveting subject to discuss over a BBQ beer or plonk, but there's more to it than most of us might think. With Australia's record breaking immigration rates over recent years and consequent eye-watering population growth, all those new...