[OSM-talk] Mapping canals

David Earl david at frankieandshadow.com
Thu Jan 17 21:14:01 GMT 2008


On 17/01/2008 20:51, Gregory wrote:
> 
> "All canals have towpaths"
> No. Some canals are now disused so sections of the towpath are gone (now 
> private land/buildings etc.), some canals aren't for navigation/boats (I 
> know of one used to supply a fountain by Hampton Court Palace and the 
> man-made river/canal runs for several miles).

The canals I was sailing on in the Irish Republic last summer didn't 
have towpaths. Indeed that was a frustration because you couldn't moor 
just anywhere like you can on the English canals.


> I think locks were changed to nodes rather than ways so the gate was 
> actually marked and so this was helpful on those staircase locks that 
> have more than one gate.

See also
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Lock
which has been around since I first joined but not moved forward mainly 
due to my not pushing it.

David





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