[Talk-GB] Waterways Map (was invisible)

[Graham Jones]

Hi Folks,

Thanks to Chris for reminding me, I have updated my canals / waterways map -
it should now be up to date as of the early hours of this morning (
http://maps.webhop.net/canals).

It looks like good progress from the last update - much more like a network
now, but there are still some gaps!

The things I noticed from my part of the country is that the River Tyne is
not rendered - must not have a 'boat=yes' tag - does anyone know how far up
the river you can get a boat to add this?
Conversely I am not convinced that the river Wear upstream of Durham is
navigable - I thought it got pretty shallow at Shincliffe?   Also there is
the problem of a Weir, so maybe there are only bits of it downstream that
are navigable too?

This is still running on the computer in my living room so will seem slow
because of my internet connection, but I am working on getting minutely
updating working on a little virtual server, which will seem better from the
outside world - I will be looking for suggestions for other visualisations
to include once I have got that working (adding more is very easy once it is
working), so please think of anything else you would like to see.

Graham.

On 19 January 2011 21:28, Graham Jones <grahamjones139 at 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 <moschris at 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
>>
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> --
> Graham Jones
> Hartlepool, UK.
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Graham Jones
Hartlepool, UK.
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