The Canal & River Trust are trialing a novel national map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland canal network. You tin preview the novel map here in addition to furnish feedback in addition to aid amend the map past times completing a brusk questionnaire.
Where the novel map improves on the quondam Canal & River Trust map is inwards the treatment of map markers in addition to labels. In the quondam map a numbered marking clustering organisation is employed. This plant reasonably well. However unlike features (locks, bridges, services) are all bundled inwards together inside the disclose clustering hence the numbers themselves furnish no indication of the map features until you lot zoom inwards on the map.
The novel map uses a much clearer marking in addition to labeling system. Each characteristic gets its ain marking in addition to equally you lot zoom inwards on the novel map to a greater extent than item is added to the map, including the names in addition to numbers of the locks in addition to bridges. If you lot zoom inwards on an ’S’ icon (for services) icons for each private service (showers, water, toilets etc) volition appear. Zoom inwards farther yet in addition to you'll run across a tap for each H2O indicate in addition to a bollard for each visitor mooring.
The novel map equally good shows towpaths for the commencement time. This is especially useful where towpaths are missing from the canals. The novel map shows where you lot tin bring together or hold upwards out the towpath in addition to ofttimes shows a road to operate around missing sections of the towpath.
If you lot desire to compare the case Canal & River Trust map alongside the quondam map you lot tin persuasion the electrical current canal map here.
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