Andrew Tyrrell
@southarrowmaps.co.nz
🗺🇳🇿🇨🇦🏔 NZ-based cartographer, actually now Canada-based. Blender, QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, Illustrator. Partial to a good mountain.
southarrowmaps.co.nz
southarrowmaps.co.nz
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Here’s hoping 2026 is another great year to be a freelance cartographer!
Now I’m based in Vancouver, I hope to create all sorts of maps of Canada, and to work with some awesome Canadian clients.
If you, or someone you know, needs a map, get in touch!
I’ll continue to love making maps of NZ too!
Now I’m based in Vancouver, I hope to create all sorts of maps of Canada, and to work with some awesome Canadian clients.
If you, or someone you know, needs a map, get in touch!
I’ll continue to love making maps of NZ too!
Final #MapsOnDrinks of 2025
“Shuswap Lake” West Coast IPA by A-Frame Brewing Company, Squamish
All their beers are named after BC lakes. So far I’ve visited more than I’ve tasted. In 2026, I’ll visit and taste them all…
“Shuswap Lake” West Coast IPA by A-Frame Brewing Company, Squamish
All their beers are named after BC lakes. So far I’ve visited more than I’ve tasted. In 2026, I’ll visit and taste them all…
January 1, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Final #MapsOnDrinks of 2025
“Shuswap Lake” West Coast IPA by A-Frame Brewing Company, Squamish
All their beers are named after BC lakes. So far I’ve visited more than I’ve tasted. In 2026, I’ll visit and taste them all…
“Shuswap Lake” West Coast IPA by A-Frame Brewing Company, Squamish
All their beers are named after BC lakes. So far I’ve visited more than I’ve tasted. In 2026, I’ll visit and taste them all…
South Arrow Maps Wrapped for 2025:
🗃️ Projects: 21
🥸 Clients: 9
🗺️ Maps: 31
💵 Income: NZ$9,200
🌏 Countries mapped: 5*
⏱️ Total hours: 129**
*mainly NZ (28), plus Germany/Austria-Hungary, England, and one global map
**ish. I don’t track my hours as I go, so this is a retrospective estimate.
🗃️ Projects: 21
🥸 Clients: 9
🗺️ Maps: 31
💵 Income: NZ$9,200
🌏 Countries mapped: 5*
⏱️ Total hours: 129**
*mainly NZ (28), plus Germany/Austria-Hungary, England, and one global map
**ish. I don’t track my hours as I go, so this is a retrospective estimate.
December 31, 2025 at 6:20 AM
South Arrow Maps Wrapped for 2025:
🗃️ Projects: 21
🥸 Clients: 9
🗺️ Maps: 31
💵 Income: NZ$9,200
🌏 Countries mapped: 5*
⏱️ Total hours: 129**
*mainly NZ (28), plus Germany/Austria-Hungary, England, and one global map
**ish. I don’t track my hours as I go, so this is a retrospective estimate.
🗃️ Projects: 21
🥸 Clients: 9
🗺️ Maps: 31
💵 Income: NZ$9,200
🌏 Countries mapped: 5*
⏱️ Total hours: 129**
*mainly NZ (28), plus Germany/Austria-Hungary, England, and one global map
**ish. I don’t track my hours as I go, so this is a retrospective estimate.
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You could do this but with maps.
Man Methodically Explains Origin Behind Every Poster Hanging In Apartment https://theonion.com/man-methodically-explains-origin-behind-every-poster-ha-1831235494/
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You could do this but with maps.
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The 14th Mountain Cartography Workshop will be held April 22–26, in Harrachov, Czechia. I've been twice and it's a great gathering. Hoping to be able to attend & present my auto-hachures to terrain-minded colleagues. Perhaps I'll see you there?
mountaincartography.icaci.org/activities/w...
mountaincartography.icaci.org/activities/w...
XIV Mountain Cartography Workshop
mountaincartography.icaci.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The 14th Mountain Cartography Workshop will be held April 22–26, in Harrachov, Czechia. I've been twice and it's a great gathering. Hoping to be able to attend & present my auto-hachures to terrain-minded colleagues. Perhaps I'll see you there?
mountaincartography.icaci.org/activities/w...
mountaincartography.icaci.org/activities/w...
Today I finally “met” a distant relative, and several very, very distant relatives…
Andrew Tyrrell (1988–)
Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1858–1957)
Albertosaurus (71–68 Ma)
Andrew Tyrrell (1988–)
Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1858–1957)
Albertosaurus (71–68 Ma)
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Today I finally “met” a distant relative, and several very, very distant relatives…
Andrew Tyrrell (1988–)
Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1858–1957)
Albertosaurus (71–68 Ma)
Andrew Tyrrell (1988–)
Joseph Burr Tyrrell (1858–1957)
Albertosaurus (71–68 Ma)
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Transit Study I
Nine gel pens on 24x32cm black paper.
New item in the shop! Adding more this weekend.
www.timwallace.art/product/tran...
Nine gel pens on 24x32cm black paper.
New item in the shop! Adding more this weekend.
www.timwallace.art/product/tran...
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Transit Study I
Nine gel pens on 24x32cm black paper.
New item in the shop! Adding more this weekend.
www.timwallace.art/product/tran...
Nine gel pens on 24x32cm black paper.
New item in the shop! Adding more this weekend.
www.timwallace.art/product/tran...
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Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
December 10, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Adobe users: it’s the most beautiful time of the year, where you can threaten to cancel your plan and get the price cut down from $59.99 to $29.99 for the next 12 months ✨
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
Manage plan-> cancel my plan -> continue and then you get this offer: (more)
Oooh, #NACIS2025 talks are out! Love ‘em or hate ‘em!
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Oooh, #NACIS2025 talks are out! Love ‘em or hate ‘em!
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Paul McCartney's cartography career never took off because he kept mixing up his lat-heyjude and long-heyjude.
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Paul McCartney's cartography career never took off because he kept mixing up his lat-heyjude and long-heyjude.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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As a general reminder: if you see an item in my portfolio (somethingaboutmaps.com/Client-Work), and you want to know more about how I made it, I can usually send my Illustrator/Photoshop files to you for dissection.
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
As a general reminder: if you see an item in my portfolio (somethingaboutmaps.com/Client-Work), and you want to know more about how I made it, I can usually send my Illustrator/Photoshop files to you for dissection.
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Further gratuitous #Papyrus in the wild, on a map in Squamish illustrating the altered course of the Mamquam River. Featuring four separate “You Are Here” markers.
Flora thinks she could have done a better job herself
Flora thinks she could have done a better job herself
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Further gratuitous #Papyrus in the wild, on a map in Squamish illustrating the altered course of the Mamquam River. Featuring four separate “You Are Here” markers.
Flora thinks she could have done a better job herself
Flora thinks she could have done a better job herself
YAY: Version 6.0 of the NZ Land Cover Database has been released.
NAY: A change from "or" to "and" in the names of two categories means some interesting colours in my maps...
NAY: A change from "or" to "and" in the names of two categories means some interesting colours in my maps...
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
YAY: Version 6.0 of the NZ Land Cover Database has been released.
NAY: A change from "or" to "and" in the names of two categories means some interesting colours in my maps...
NAY: A change from "or" to "and" in the names of two categories means some interesting colours in my maps...
Terrible video, but last night’s brewery in #Penticton, BC, had a paper scrollable cadastral map on the wall.
#MapsInTheWild
#MapsInTheWild
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Terrible video, but last night’s brewery in #Penticton, BC, had a paper scrollable cadastral map on the wall.
#MapsInTheWild
#MapsInTheWild
Honoured to be considered co-author with Daniel for this.
Daniel asked me to review the instructions for this method and *specifically asked* I don’t suggest fundamental changes to the method itself.
I couldn’t help but get carried away with Blender nodes and vector maths, and here we are…
Daniel asked me to review the instructions for this method and *specifically asked* I don’t suggest fundamental changes to the method itself.
I couldn’t help but get carried away with Blender nodes and vector maths, and here we are…
It's been a long journey (>1 year since I began), but there's finallt a public release of the oblique hachures method. With many thanks to @southarrowmaps.co.nz, who significantly refined the methodology from what I began with.
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Honoured to be considered co-author with Daniel for this.
Daniel asked me to review the instructions for this method and *specifically asked* I don’t suggest fundamental changes to the method itself.
I couldn’t help but get carried away with Blender nodes and vector maths, and here we are…
Daniel asked me to review the instructions for this method and *specifically asked* I don’t suggest fundamental changes to the method itself.
I couldn’t help but get carried away with Blender nodes and vector maths, and here we are…
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It's been a long journey (>1 year since I began), but there's finallt a public release of the oblique hachures method. With many thanks to @southarrowmaps.co.nz, who significantly refined the methodology from what I began with.
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It's been a long journey (>1 year since I began), but there's finallt a public release of the oblique hachures method. With many thanks to @southarrowmaps.co.nz, who significantly refined the methodology from what I began with.
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Writeup (w/ a link to the script): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
October 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Print edition @theonion.com ads don’t miss
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I can't begin to explain what it's like here. So I won't bother.
October 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I can't begin to explain what it's like here. So I won't bother.
Just some gratuitous #Papyrus typeface on this official map from the District of West Vancouver, where I’m currently dog sitting and researching dog-friendly walking trails.
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just some gratuitous #Papyrus typeface on this official map from the District of West Vancouver, where I’m currently dog sitting and researching dog-friendly walking trails.
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Average person: “So how do you actually make maps?”
Me:
Me:
October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Average person: “So how do you actually make maps?”
Me:
Me:
