On 17/01/2008 20:51, Gregory wrote: > > "All canals have towpaths" > No. Some canals are now disused so sections of the towpath are gone (now > private land/buildings etc.), some canals aren't for navigation/boats (I > know of one used to supply a fountain by Hampton Court Palace and the > man-made river/canal runs for several miles).
The canals I was sailing on in the Irish Republic last summer didn't have towpaths. Indeed that was a frustration because you couldn't moor just anywhere like you can on the English canals. > I think locks were changed to nodes rather than ways so the gate was > actually marked and so this was helpful on those staircase locks that > have more than one gate. See also http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Lock which has been around since I first joined but not moved forward mainly due to my not pushing it. David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
