The quarter million mapping (QMAP) programme is the national 1:250 000 digital geological mapping project. It is upgrading the national digital coverage of New Zealand 's geology.
GNS Science is publishing the data in a series of 21 regional maps at a rate of between one and two a year. Check on the QMAP progress here .
Digital raster images
Scanned versions of the published QMAP books and maps are now available on CD. Books are stored in the PDF format.
Map images are provided as 8 and 24 bit georeferenced Tiff and high and low resolution MrSid images. These can be viewed in most GIS systems.
Free viewer software is available for MrSid and PDF formats.
| TITLE | AUTHOR | DATE | PRICE | ORDERNO. |
| Geology of the Kaitaia area. | Isaac M.J. (compiler). | 1996 | $30 |  IDF Qm1 |
| Geology of the Auckland area. | Edbrooke S.W. (compiler). | 2002 | $30 |  IDF Qm3 |
| Geology of the Waikato area. | Edbrooke S.W. (compiler). | 2006 | $30 |  IDF Qm4 |
| Geology of the Raukumara area. | Mazengarb C, Speden I.G. (compilers). |
2001 | $30 |  IDF Qm6 |
| Geology of the Nelson area. | Rattenbury M.S., Cooper R.A., Johnston M.R. (compilers). |
1998 | $30 |  IDF Qm9 |
| Geology of the Wellington area. | Begg J.G., Johnston M.R. (compilers). |
2000 | $30 |  IDF Qm10 |
| Geology of the Wairarapa area. | Lee J.A., Begg J.G. (compilers). |
2002 | $30 |  IDF Qm11 |
| Geology of the Greymouth area. | Simon Nathan, Rattenbury M.S., Suggate, R.P.
(compilers). |
2002 | $30 |  IDF Qm12 |
| Geology of Kaikoura area. | Rattenbury M.S., Townsend D.B. (compilers). | 2006 | $30 |  IDF Qm13 |
| Geology of the Aoraki Area. | Cox S.C., Barrell D.J.A. (compilers). |
2007 | $30 |  IDF Qm15 |
| Geology of the Wakatipu area. | Turnbull I.M., (compiler). |
2000 | $30 |  IDF Qm18 |
| Geology of the Waitaki area. | Forsyth P.J. (compiler). |
2002 | $30 |  IDF Qm19 |
| Geology of the Murihiku area. | Turnbull I.M., Allibone A.H. (compilers). |
2003 | $30 |  IDF Qm20 |
| Geology of the Dunedin area. | Bishop D.G., Turnbull I.M. (compilers). |
1996 | $30 |  IDF Qm21 |
You can find out about the hardcopy versions of our maps here, and the digital "vector" versions here.
Price for the raster image and GIS vector CDs is $30.00 each.
All prices in NZ$. Postage & handling extra.
They can be ordered by printing out and filling in the order form , and sending it to:
Publications Sales,
1 Fairway Drive, Avalon
Lower Hutt 5010
PO Box 30368
Lower Hutt 5040
New Zealand
Fax: 64-04-570-4679,
or email to: Sales