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#41
Places / Macclesfield canal, Buxton Roa...
Last post by Chandratal - Mar 17, 2025, 07:08 PMWhile the entry lists a water point in the bridge description, a tap symbol needs appending to the spot. A boater scanning the map quickly would miss such information.
Why does Hall Green's water point merit a symbol on the map while Buxton Road doesn't?
Incidentally, the Nicholson guide also omits any mention of a water point at Buxton Road bridge.
Why does Hall Green's water point merit a symbol on the map while Buxton Road doesn't?
Incidentally, the Nicholson guide also omits any mention of a water point at Buxton Road bridge.
#42
Places / Macclesfield canal, Buxton Roa...
Last post by FLHerne - Mar 17, 2025, 06:32 PMQuote from: ChandratalThere is no indication of the water point at Bridge 68 on Canalplan. This is a useful water point in the old coal wharf. Pressure is excellent, although a CRT workboat often moored at the wharf makes getting in slightly fiddly.
A water point is shown at Bridge 68. This doesn't appear to have been a recent edit. I don't see any problem with the existing data.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/951o
#43
Places / Macclesfield canal, Buxton Roa...
Last post by Chandratal - Mar 17, 2025, 05:10 PMThere is no indication of the water point at Bridge 68 on Canalplan. This is a useful water point in the old coal wharf. Pressure is excellent, although a CRT workboat often moored at the wharf makes getting in slightly fiddly.
#44
General Chat / Rating moorings
Last post by FLHerne - Nov 22, 2024, 10:19 AMI so put some weight on the surroundings - a straight, surfaced, piled bank might be 'tolerable' if it's next to a very loud scrapyard. One with a good view, convenient for shops or a local attraction might be 'good' even if the physical mooring isn't ideal.
In general I use roughly your scale as a cap; a really pretty/convenient mooring that needs spikes is Good but not Excellent.
A good mooring is good compared to those nearby, e.g. the Peak Forest is almost all shallow so making \"not on the bottom\" a hard requirement wouldn't be helpful.
In general I use roughly your scale as a cap; a really pretty/convenient mooring that needs spikes is Good but not Excellent.
A good mooring is good compared to those nearby, e.g. the Peak Forest is almost all shallow so making \"not on the bottom\" a hard requirement wouldn't be helpful.
#45
Canalplan Site issues / Route map direction mismatch
Last post by Stephen Atty - Nov 15, 2024, 04:57 PMBut the map is correct. There is no way of flipping the way the linear maps are displayed .
#46
Canalplan Site issues / New waterway - broken state
Last post by Stephen Atty - Nov 15, 2024, 04:53 PMCan you raise this in the bug tracker.
Nick is aware as we got a swarm of error emails
He's already raised a related bug
https://canalplan.org.uk/bugtrack/view.php?id=1272
Nick is aware as we got a swarm of error emails
He's already raised a related bug
https://canalplan.org.uk/bugtrack/view.php?id=1272
#47
Canalplan Site issues / New waterway - broken state
Last post by FLHerne - Nov 15, 2024, 12:19 PMLast night I added \"River Weaver (Hunt's Lock Back Channel)\", but I got a couple of site errors when submitting actions and the resulting entries don't display correctly.
The waterway:
Appears on the map with some places not shown.
Page renders, but its line diagram is missing some 'places'.
https://canalplan.org.uk/waterway/prdf
Places on it:
Hunt's Lock Weir Entrance:
Pre-existing 'place', junction with the River Weaver (Main Line)
Appears on main map and the line diagrams for both waterways.
Page renders, but shows nothing relating to the Back Channel - no 'junction with' or line diagram for it.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/ta2v
Riversdale Swing Bridge
Appears on main map but not on waterway line diagram, page doesn't render.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/lu2r
Northwich Drydock
Appears on main map and waterway line diagram, page doesn't render.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/ln9m
Northwich Railway Viaduct (Back Channel)
Doesn't appear on either map or line diagram, page doesn't render.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/ntdq
Hunt's Lock Sluices
Appears on main map and waterway line diagram, page doesn't render.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/li7k
I initially added Northwich Drydock as the new isolated 'place' to create the waterway to, then added Hunt's Lock Sluices using 'Add a place beyond...'. My impression was that this was when things started going badly wrong.
[after=15041]
Since the above post, the place pages have begun rendering but are missing a lot of content; all information/maps relating to the waterway is missing.
The waterway:
Appears on the map with some places not shown.
Page renders, but its line diagram is missing some 'places'.
https://canalplan.org.uk/waterway/prdf
Places on it:
Hunt's Lock Weir Entrance:
Pre-existing 'place', junction with the River Weaver (Main Line)
Appears on main map and the line diagrams for both waterways.
Page renders, but shows nothing relating to the Back Channel - no 'junction with' or line diagram for it.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/ta2v
Riversdale Swing Bridge
Appears on main map but not on waterway line diagram, page doesn't render.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/lu2r
Northwich Drydock
Appears on main map and waterway line diagram, page doesn't render.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/ln9m
Northwich Railway Viaduct (Back Channel)
Doesn't appear on either map or line diagram, page doesn't render.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/ntdq
Hunt's Lock Sluices
Appears on main map and waterway line diagram, page doesn't render.
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/li7k
I initially added Northwich Drydock as the new isolated 'place' to create the waterway to, then added Hunt's Lock Sluices using 'Add a place beyond...'. My impression was that this was when things started going badly wrong.
[after=15041]
Since the above post, the place pages have begun rendering but are missing a lot of content; all information/maps relating to the waterway is missing.
#48
Canalplan Site issues / Route map direction mismatch
Last post by FLHerne - Nov 14, 2024, 10:34 PM(in hindsight I clearly should have filed this under 'Places')
I clearly didn't explain sufficiently.
The up/down direction of the lock is correct and consistent.
The problem is that it's the boundary between two waterways which both use it as the first 'place' rather than running first->last in the same direction. That leads to it appearing in the diagram twice, non-adjacent, with the same direction in screen-space representing opposite directions in the real world. This is confusing to the viewer and looks daft.
Compare the identical situation at Horseway Lock, where the directions match and so the diagrams fit together much better:
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/6cdt
I think I need to either reverse the 'first place'<->'last place' direction of Frodsham Cut, ideally without deleting and re-entering the whole thing, or perhaps use some magic flag to alter the diagram rendering.
Quote from: StephenAttyYou should just be able to edit the waterway and there is an option about which way the first lock goes.
I clearly didn't explain sufficiently.
The up/down direction of the lock is correct and consistent.
The problem is that it's the boundary between two waterways which both use it as the first 'place' rather than running first->last in the same direction. That leads to it appearing in the diagram twice, non-adjacent, with the same direction in screen-space representing opposite directions in the real world. This is confusing to the viewer and looks daft.
Compare the identical situation at Horseway Lock, where the directions match and so the diagrams fit together much better:
https://canalplan.org.uk/place/6cdt
I think I need to either reverse the 'first place'<->'last place' direction of Frodsham Cut, ideally without deleting and re-entering the whole thing, or perhaps use some magic flag to alter the diagram rendering.
#49
Canalplan Site issues / Route map direction mismatch
Last post by Stephen Atty - Nov 14, 2024, 06:52 PMYou should just be able to edit the waterway and there is an option about which way the first lock goes.
#50
Places / Forty Foot River
Last post by FLHerne - Nov 14, 2024, 05:27 PMI have altered the map to reflect the status quo:
40 Foot Drain drain split into two sections:
- navigable from the Old River Nene to Horseway Lock, made routeable.
- unnavigable from Horseway Lock to Welches Dam Lock (inclusive), still unrouteable
Old Bedford River and Counter Drain marked as unroutable. A few boats have battled their way up there (although the last time I'm aware of was 2018) but it's not at all usable for ordinary/sane boaters.
40 Foot Drain drain split into two sections:
- navigable from the Old River Nene to Horseway Lock, made routeable.
- unnavigable from Horseway Lock to Welches Dam Lock (inclusive), still unrouteable
Old Bedford River and Counter Drain marked as unroutable. A few boats have battled their way up there (although the last time I'm aware of was 2018) but it's not at all usable for ordinary/sane boaters.