Hi everyone.
Back in 2007 I started a project called Water Explorer, to provide the first UK GPS based canal maps & "sat nav". This was at a time when phones were running on 2G services, WAP was the most popular mobile tech and the iPhone had only just been launched !
I've had thousands of visitors to the site in the past 15 years, with several thousand route recordings made, covering hundreds of thousands of miles.
The website and Windows application needs a significant rewrite and improvements made to keep up with modern technology and legal requirements.
I don't have the free time to dedicate to this project, so I'm making the reluctant decision to close the site at the end of 2022.
Once again, thank you to everyone who has helped build it, suggest improvements and use it.
I will be retaining the domain name, and in the future I may restart the project using modern tech, but no timescales on that decision!
Regards, Stuart.