Waterscape.Com

[NB Willawaw]

I seem to remember that Richard Fairhurst was talking some time ago about a new mapping facility on Waterscape.com.

 

Are the maps currently on their website the finished article ??

 

Richard, I know you have a new incarnation now with WW but could you just enlighten me pls ??

[Richard Fairhurst]

Yes, they are finished (in so far as anything on the web is ever finished!). They're zoomable, scrollable, highlight the waterways and have togglable icons.

 

There's an example here (for the Oxford Canal) and you need Flash to see them. I think the Waterscape people might be working on a more rudimentary non-Flash version for the future.

[Webchem]

Very nice!!

 

For a chap into maps these are great!

 

[adam1uk]

These maps are my favourite thing on the Waterscape website. They've kept me amused for hours.

[Richard Fairhurst]

Really glad you like them - that was what I spent a good part of the first half of this year doing!

 

I gave a presentation on them at the Society of Cartographers' Summer School in Cambridge this year, and will be writing the whole experience up for the Society's journal.

[Khayamanzi]

Fantastic maps - now what we want is someone to make them GPS compatible or downloadable! I can't believe noone has yet got into the GPS niche with canal guides.

[CanalWalker]

I have access to online historic OS maps, but unfortunately you need to be either staff or student to get on the site, and I cannot copy them for copyright reasons. It lets you swap between the modern OS map and past maps back to 1850-ish.

Its quite handy for finding out what the ex-bridges you see were. And they help me in my continuing search for mileposts!

 

The whole waterscape website is very well put together.

[mike_modelboater]

for anyone that wants to look up old maps online, heres a really useful website.

 

i found out my house had a great view both sides until someone build more houses in 1850ish, how inconsiderate of them.

 

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/

[Big John]

Would there be any way that Google Earth could be used for canals as well as roads? Flying over the canals would be great - given the detail increases with time.