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Canalplan Site issues / Identifying locks in data geoj...

Last post by FLHerne - Apr 18, 2026, 04:48 PM

I've been experimenting with using the geojson data for a personal project.

I had expected that filtering places with {"layer": "locks"}  would give me a complete set of locks, and it /almost/ does.
Unfortunately not quite though, for example this lock at Audlem is also tagged as having a milepost  which puts it into "layer: "features".

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{
    "type":"Feature",
    "geometry": {
        "type":"Point",
        "coordinates":[-2.50950643793115,52.977414618419999]
    },
    "id":451117,
    "properties": {
           "title": "Audlem Lock No 17",
           "cp_id":"9o31",
           "icon":"cp-milepost",
           "layer":"facilities",
           "cp_rotate":0
    }
}

That seems to make it impossible to identify or label all locks from the data files - to determine which are actually locks it would be necessary to individually scrape each location page which would be antisocial.

In general a lot of information about places that I was hoping to use is omitted from the geojson data. Would it be possible to export a bit more?

Thanks,
Francis H

#2

Canalplan Site issues / Re: problem generating PDFs of...

Last post by Stephen Atty - Feb 26, 2026, 07:00 PM

I had it but they were turned on for me so I turned them off, did a save (permanent) and logged out and logged back in.

PDF code generation hasn't changed recently so not sure why this is happening.

#3

Canalplan Site issues / Re: problem generating PDFs of...

Last post by daguerrotype - Feb 26, 2026, 10:58 AM

Happened to me again today!!

#4

Canalplan Site issues / Re: Misplaced place

Last post by Stephen Atty - Jan 26, 2026, 07:33 PM

We've got an error being thrown in to the background processor log so I've raised it as a bug

https://canalplan.org.uk/bugtrack/view.php?id=1344

#5

Canalplan Site issues / Misplaced place

Last post by Shultzy - Jan 26, 2026, 02:00 PM

My screen shows the marker for [Pitstone Wharf] in a different place to the canal line. Also a bridge symbol is shown but the place information shows no bridge selected. I've regenerated the database but no change. Do I need to post it as a bug?

#6

Canalplan Site issues / Re: RSS Feed

Last post by Stephen Atty - Jan 11, 2026, 07:10 PM

Don't forget the RSS feed only contains changes for the past few days - if you need to keep a longer history then you'll need to set a specific retention period on your RSS reader

#7

Canalplan Site issues / Re: RSS Feed

Last post by Stephen Atty - Jan 11, 2026, 07:07 PM

I'm seeing changes from 7 Jan onwards

New photo added to Greens Lock Field Bridge No 116

Latest is

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:39:01 GM

An amenity (Matts Plaice) was added at Romiley Road Bridge No 14

#8

Canalplan Site issues / Re: RSS Feed

Last post by Shultzy - Jan 11, 2026, 02:41 PM

I'm only seeing 3 changes on the feed, is it out of your control?

#9

Canalplan Site issues / Re: RSS Feed

Last post by Shultzy - Dec 20, 2025, 02:56 PM

Looks ok now

#10

Canalplan Site issues / Re: RSS Feed

Last post by Stephen Atty - Dec 20, 2025, 10:55 AM

OK so basically nothing has been going on and the Data Changes page had stalled as it should age out.