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The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand
This atlas is a collection of 264 topographical maps of New Zealand using the latest digital mapping technology. It gives a fascinating overview of New Zealand’s geography and also provides topographic detail and accuracy as never before. It is a valuable resource. This is an outstanding, top-quality publishing project. The design and production by Craig Potton Publishing are superb. The artwork for the maps is amazing. The total presentation is a delight.
- Judges' Report, 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards

Special Commendation, 2005 Asia Pacific International Map Trade Association awards.

Selected by the New Zealand Cartographic Society to represent New Zealand at the 2007 International Cartographic Exhibition in Moscow, Russia.


ISBN 1 877333 20 4
Pages: 340
Size: 257mm x 354mm
Format: Hardcover with laminated paper cover
Published Revised and reprinted: March 2009
RRP: $79.99
Available from all good bookshops or directly from Craig Potton Publishing.
A Driving Guide to Scenic New Zealand
Including more than 50 full-colour Bird's Eye maps, A Driving Guide to Scenic New Zealand illustrates all the best scenic driving routes, with essential and interesting information that travellers need when they are on the road:

- distances and driving times
- the best scenic stopping points
- what to do and see, including native walks
- a fold-out map of the North & South Islands

If you are setting out to tour any part of New Zealand by road, this will be an invaluable guide while you are travelling, and will make a wonderful keepsake after you finish.

ISBN 978-1877333-94-1
Pages: 146 
Colour photographs and Bird's Eye maps
Size: 210mm x 280mm 
Format: Portrait 
Published: December 2008
RRP: $34.99
Available from all good bookshops or directly from Craig Potton Publishing.
Travelling New Zealand

New Zealand is a traveller's paradise. Boasting beautiful natural areas, diverse landscapes, and a raft of activities and attractions it is no surprise it is regularly voted as one of the globe's top travel destinations. However, with a plethora of websites, brochures and information centres, it's easy to become overloaded with the sheer quantity of information available on what to do. How then, outside of the marketing hype, does someone get the 'real oil' on the best things to do in each key New Zealand location?
Travelling New Zealand solves this problem. Professional guide Simon Henshaw has spent the past 10 years travelling the country, recommending to visitors the best things to do, both on and off the beaten track. He's pulled together his inside knowledge, providing the reader with a concentrated list of 'what's hot' in New Zealand's most rewarding destinations, including everything from walks, scenic spots and lookouts, to activities and attractions.
Travelling New Zealand doesn't try to provide a comprehensive list of everything to do in an area, instead selecting only the finest offerings so the traveller can spend more time enjoying themselves, and less time sorting through the brochures.

ISBN 978-1877333-66-8
Pages: 92 
40 colour digital maps 
Size: 210mm x 280mm 
Format: Portrait 
Published: November 2007
RRP: $19.95
Available from all good bookshops or directly from Craig Potton Publishing.

 
Bird's Eye Guide - Day Walks in New Zealand

Day walks are one of the most popular recreational activities in New Zealand, enjoyed by both New Zealanders and overseas visitors alike. In 2006 nearly half a million tourists completed either a half-day bush walk or a full day of trekking or tramping. This is not surprising given New Zealand hosts a highly accessible network of conservation and reserve areas, offering everything from leisurely 1-2 hour coastal and beach walks, to full-on 8-hour plus days through lush beech forest and alpine areas, and everything in-between.
Day Walks in New Zealand is the latest tramping guide in the innovative, new Bird's Eye Guide series. Written by Shaun Barnett, the best-selling author and photographer of Bird's Eye Guide Tramping in New Zealand Day Walks in New Zealand also uses latest generation 'bird's eye' computer-generated maps, showing a tramping route in three dimensions something unable to be achieved with a conventional topographical map.
Each walk is supported by relevant route information and there are full-colour photographs throughout from Shaun's own photo-library. Walks are selected from the entire country and include day walks suitable for first-timers and families, as well as options for those with a higher level of fitness and experience. The combination of maps, photography and writing from the country's leading tramping writer arguably makes this the best New Zealand day walk book available. Bird's Eye Guides continue to set a new standard in tramping and tourist publications.

ISBN 978-1-877333-67-5
Pages: 188
Size: 205mm x 230mm 
Format: Portrait
Published: December 2007
RRP: $34.95
Available from all good bookshops or directly from Craig Potton Publishing.

 
Bird's Eye Guide - Tramping in New Zealand
Bird's Eye Guide : Tramping in New Zealand is a highly innovative new tramping guide, that has been developed around the latest generation of 'bird's eye' computer-generated maps. These completely accurate panoramic overviews are constructed from map data, but because they can recreate a view of the landscape from any angle or height they provide a remarkably readable and clear way of understanding the lie of the land. For trampers, these bird's eye maps offer a superb way of showing a tramping route in three dimensions, which cannot be done with a conventional topographical map. In this book the 40 most popular tramps in New Zealand are featured, each illustrated with at least one bird's eye map. These have been created by Wellington company Geographx, whose cutting-edge maps feature in the acclaimed New Zealand Geographic Atlas. The maps are also supported by relevant route information and photographs from one of New Zealand's most respected tramping authors, Shaun Barnett. The tramps covered include our best known Great Walks, such as the Milford Track, the Routeburn and the Tongariro Crossing, and many others from both islands, such as the Queen Charlotte Track, the Rees Dart near Queenstown, and appeal combined with the highest quality information and photographs. Bird's Eye Guide : Tramping in New Zealand creates a new benchmark for this kind of guidebook, and is set to become a classic in this popular genre.

ISBN 1877333514
Pages: 144
Size: 205mm x 230mm 
Format: Portrait
Published: October 2006
RRP: $34.95
Available from all good bookshops or directly from Craig Potton Publishing.
Landforms - The Shaping of New Zealand

New Zealand has a fascinating, uniquely diverse landscape. The story of how it came to be is the subject of Landforms - The Shaping of New Zealand. The book is built around 73 full-page digital images of the New Zealand landscape.  Based on the data used to make topographical maps, they have been enhanced to dramatically and beautifully bring to life the shape and form of the landscape. Each image is accompanied by text explaining both the nature of the basement geology and the processes by which the landscape has been formed. The maps cover landforms from all parts of New Zealand, and combine to create an intelligent and insightful overview of how our islands have been shaped.

The text was written by Dr. Les Molloy, a scientist with a wide field knowledge of the natural landscapes of New Zealand. His previous publications include a number of award-winning books on the natural history of New Zealand, including Ancient Island and Fold of the Land.  The maps were created by Geographx.

ISBN 0908802870
Pages: 160 
73 colour digital maps 
Size: 300mm x 250mm 
Format: Softcover with gatefold flaps 
Published: September 2002
RRP: $49.95
Available from all good bookshops or directly from Craig Potton Publishing.

 
Maps and Posters
New Zealand
This poster shows, in fascinating detail, a bare earth New Zealand stripped of its vegetation and human clutter. Faultlines, erosion patterns, glacial and volcanic landforms are all revealed in a complex mosaic. Created from a Geographx 250m digital elevation model, the poster is a duotone print measuring 700mm x 500mm.

Price $10 (plus $5 post & packaging).
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A Visitor’s Guide to Dubious, Dodgy & Dangerous Destinations, South Island, New Zealand
A light-hearted take on those South Island locations with particularly nasty-sounding place names. How would you like to see scenic delights like the Mounds of Misery, the Cesspool, and the Bowels of the Earth on your next travel itinerary? Measures 700mm x 500mm.

Price $10 (plus $5 post & packaging).