tafkam

Please don't feel the need - I am more than happy for people to use it freely.

It was just Paint.net

I popped in to have a look for this, and was surprised to see it discussed just a few months back. If anybody did want to continue to work on and improve the map, the editable png file is attached

I'm pleased that BT has decided to take this on further, and look forward to seeing it develop. I was working with just Paint.Net for the original so was limited in what I could do. I think you've rather missed the point of a schematic map; the intention is to keep to clear straight lines rather than represent geographical accuracy. And while that improvement could perhaps be made, the idea that the existing layout is "incorrect" is to mis-use the map in a sense.

I have adjusted the Rochdale, and have decided to offer you an alternatively coloured Fossdyke. I can't see much mileage in changing Stoke-on-Trent to Etruria though. It will only mean finding extra room to mention the city separately. Notably, the city took the name of Stoke partly because the town of Stoke-upon-Trent had the best connections, including the canal passing through it. http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2890/full...analmapplus.png I also offer up a mere folly of the cruising rings in the same format: http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9865/canalrings.png

A new version showing very rough outline sketches of areas in the BCN network and the fens. http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2890/full...analmapplus.png

Duly corrected, thanks! This is something that has been troubling me. Do folks think it would look better/be more useful if the rough outline of the BCN network were shown in thinner lines, without labelling? It would still need looking at a larger scale map for any detail, but at least would show the elements of the connections? It would, though, run the risk of looking rather spaghetti-like within the coloured box. I shall give it a go and see how it looks. Tafkam

The latest edition: http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/4315/fullscalecanalmap.png

All changes I agree with, and will make!

The conclusion my own research had just led me to. Phew!

Oops! Yes, I'll correct that. Eek, yes! Another colour to find. I'll see what I can do! Has anyone managed to print out a large-scale version yet? How does it look?

Hopefully now complete: http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4315/fullscalecanalmap.png And no updates for a while as we're off on a hire for a few days! By all means copy it and use it as you will - unless you're making money, in which case I want a cut Tafkam

The latest update: http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/7523/trial.png Hopefully including most advised changes, and all end-points and canal junctions. Now just to place intermediate towns, etc. and complete the key.

I've now finished what I think is the network outline at that larger scale. I haven't added any labelling as yet, nor all of the markers. I have changed from using the circular intersection symbol at all junctions, to using it only where there is an interchange between two 'different' canals. How do folk feel about this? I fear the original method showed rather a lot of black circles, but does this method leaves the junctions a little too unclear? http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3779/trialg.png