The Grantham canal round here varies in quality from Being in a pipe under the road for a big stretch Looking like a normal canal but with all the locks missing/ damaged Drained of water and full of weeds Looking like a normal canal but full of algee and other stagnet strenches Oh, and most paths/roads cross on the level with nothing more than a pipe underneath.
The tow paths are generally navigatable by foot, and from plunger ( I think) to the trent by bike in all weathers ( if you ignore the a46 Fosseway crossing which is closed to allow the construction of a dual carridgeway) On 19 Jan 2011 21:29, "Graham Jones" <grahamjones...@gmail.com> wrote: Thank you all for your comments. Dealing with 'disused' was nice and easy - I have deleted disused locks altogether and changed disused canals to a fainter, dotted line (see just north of Carnforth near Lancaster). I am not sure I have ever seen a 'disused' canal - does this mean a ditch, or just an overgrown, impassable canal? I have also prevented locks being shown until you zoom in to zoom level 10. Updated version now rendering at http://maps.webhop.net/canals, using the mapnik style http://maps.webhop.net/canals/canal2.xml.. Adding navigable rivers is a good idea, but will take more doing because my database does not include the 'boat=' tag - I will have to re-import the whole uk, which takes a few hours....... Are there any other waterway specific tags that should be included? What points of interest should a waterways map highlight - I only have locks at the moment, because I remember these being the interesting part of canal boating, but I can add other things - especially if anyone would like to draw an icon for it - otherwise we will end up with another one of my dodgy drawings! Graham. On 19 January 2011 19:24, Chris Moss <mosch...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Thanks Graham and Malcolm, > > Certainly I can see for the first time where the gaps are in the waterway > coverage and it encourages me to explore mapnik and see how everything > works. > > Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > -- Graham Jones Hartlepool, UK. _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
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