beno
Master Guide
Reged: 07/02/05
Posts: 1313
Loc: Dunchurch, Warwickshire, UK
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Hi PriceCollins
I've been looking at this and it doesn't exactly match up (for example the Canal goes all of the way into Coventry) - I guess you're correct about data resolution issues. I'm sure that British Waterways would be the best data source.
all the best
Beno
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Panomphaean
Tourist
Reged: 07/12/06
Posts: 11
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Well I just did the Forth & Clyde canal today
Kind Regards,
John Rushworth
http://John.Rushworth.com
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PriceCollins
Inspector Detector
Reged: 08/10/05
Posts: 1635
Loc: Fairfax, VA, USA
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Several European countries, especially the UK, now have enough high reolution areas to make detailed plotting possible. See THIS POSTING to see what's now possible.
Two suggestions:
Start with the newer VERY high resolution.image areas. Their alignment is generally better than the DigitalGlobe areas, requiring less future maintenance.
Spend a little money to acquire Google Earth Plus, so that the routes can be traced. Message edited to reflect that the drawing tools are now reported to be free in the latest Google Earth beta version, if you can use it.
Edited by PriceCollins (11/09/06 07:36 PM)
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HunterSWalsh
First Post
Reged: 08/23/07
Posts: 1
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Here's the Birmingham area, down to Gloucester and the Severn Estuary link in the SW...both links from Birmingham, via Worcester one way and Stratford-upon-Avon the other...east out to Leamington Spa...to Tamworth in the NE...to Wolverhampton and Walsall in the NW...some old, some new and passable...no locks shown, just the routes taken by the canal...enjoy. Keep up the good work chaps.
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PKnight
First Post
Reged: 06/03/08
Posts: 1
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since I am going on a canal holiday I maped out the route we are taking. it does take rather a long time though - say an hour to do this.
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Bushy2006
Tourist
Reged: 06/14/08
Posts: 11
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Hi all
I realise this is an old thread but I had started to plot the Shroppy when I found the thread.
I have found a few other canal mappings listed below but there doesn't seen to be an organised effort to co-ordinate mapping of the whole network:
Kennet and Avon Canal - Parts 1 to 3
Huddersfield Narrow Canal - An Illustrated Trip
Rochdale Canal - An Illustrated Trip
and one of the Thames
My Shroppy file [ now updated and combined with other canals in the SU group on post #1202637] comprises placemarks for each bridge, lock, junction, winding hole for the main line together with a path that connects the placemarks. The path isn't terribly accurate but the placemarks are as accurate as GE. The placemarks have notes in the description for nearby
1.visitor moorings and BW services, displayed in blue;
2.BW stoppage and other navigation notes, displayed in red; and
3. commercial boatyards giving services provided to boaters, water, pump-out, diesel, gas etc.
The information for 1 and 2 is from the BW boaters' guide downloaded from Waterscape
My file was generated by plotting the placemarks on a map, importing into GE and correcting locations. The descriptions were inserted into a downloaded copy of the kml, using an html editor.
Each placemark has a reference incorporated into the name, as one program I am using lists the placemarks in alpha-numeric order.
Developments I'd like to add are:
- Different icons for each feature at a placemark (Tombal's system used on his Huddersfield and Rochdale files works well but I'd like to add coloured pins to represent the presence of services and BW navigation notes).
- Additional points on the path to give a more accurate map of the canal.
I didn't use it for my file but Nick Atty has a full database of the routes of all of the UK inland waterways that he uses for CanalplanAC
Release 8 that is hosted at the above site has the facility to export to various file formats - gpx, csv and some proprietary gps formats. Its not accurate, I think the data is input from a GPS, but could be a starting point..
V9, which is hosted at Canalplan.co.uk doesn't currently have the export feature.
I've got a couple of other files under development - The Llangollen and Montgomery. Has any one produced any others.
Bushy
Edited by Bushy2006 (07/17/08 02:02 PM)
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Bushy2006
Tourist
Reged: 06/14/08
Posts: 11
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I've done a bit of work on my Shroppie file (now using alphabetic icons as used by Tombal) and produced a more complete file for the Llangollen. [Both files now combined into one more detailed file; attached to post #1202637]
Bushy
Edited by Bushy2006 (07/11/08 01:28 PM)
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Bushy2006
Tourist
Reged: 06/14/08
Posts: 11
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On this Llangollen file [now combined with all SU branches into one detailed file attached to post #1202637] I have used different icons for moorings and services - even if the locations I have are the same as a feature.
I will have a go at the Montgomery next - shouldn't take too long.
Bushy
Edited by Bushy2006 (07/11/08 01:31 PM)
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Bushy2006
Tourist
Reged: 06/14/08
Posts: 11
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Hi all
Somebody else is interested in this thread, there have been a couple of downloads while I've been online.
Completed the connected section of the Montgomery [now updated and combined with other canals in the SU group on post #1202637].
Regards
Bushy
Edited by Bushy2006 (07/17/08 02:04 PM)
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Bushy2006
Tourist
Reged: 06/14/08
Posts: 11
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A bit more work on the Montgomery gives an improved path - more closely following the canal route [now updated and combined with other canals in the SU group on post #1202637].
This took a fair amount of work just for this short length. Doing it for say the whole length of the SU Main Line will take several hours. The problem is the time I have to spend on this is when I am travelling and do not have an internet connection.
By the way, anybody interested in the Shropshire Union should look at the SUCS website.
Bushy
Edited by Bushy2006 (07/17/08 02:05 PM)
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