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DESCRIPTION

Mr. Tides is a Universal application for Mac OS X 10.4 that displays tides and currents for locations around the world. Written completely in Objective-C, Mr. Tides 3 is compatible with both Intel and PPC Macintosh computers.

Mr. Tides 3 has several changes over the previous version. It uses the Sparkle update engine for seamless updating and the latest XTIDE database engine for access to the harmonics data files. The views are simpler, the database uses Core Data for speed and robustness, and Core Animation is used in the Day view. The maps are now satellite images that can be zoomed for easy station location.

You can still export tides and astronomical information to iCal, and now station locations can be exported to MacENC and GPSNavX via an XML file. Open stations are now documents that can be saved to any location.

WHAT'S NEW
Version 3.0 release 16:
  • Updated the harmonics files to remove duplicate stations caused by importing all the old NOAA stations. They changed a lot of the station names, so there were a lot of duplicates. Unfortunately, this will affect some saved stations - they won’t be found in the databases and so won’t open.
  • Current substations compute their slack times correctly now. Before, in certain cases the slack times were out of order and caused Mr. Tides to either crash or not display any data.
  • Fixed a bug when the first entry in the text view was astronomical, it would show the tide events under a duplicated date after the astronomical entry.
  • Text view now finds the correct top three maximum and minimum events.
  • Printer settings for orientation and scale are now saved for the Day, Calendar, and Text views (Clock view can't be printed. If you try, it will just return to the application and not do anything.)
  • Changing the printer settings no longer asks twice if you want to save the changes.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:August Hahn
Downloads:16,558
  - Version d/l:735
Education:Science
License:Free
Date:15 Apr 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
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    Mr. Tides User Reviews (16 posts)Write A Review
    Jul 28 2007
    *****

    MATCHKA  Great product. I have used (and donated) for previous versions. We use it all the time to keep of the bottom.

    Cheers and thanks.  (Version 3.0r10)

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    Mar 30 2007

    UMIJIN  I've been using this app for several years and have really found it useful, not only to plan my field work, but as an educational tool for students in my oceanography or marine biology courses.

    Unfortunately, the newest version has taken a step backwards, in my opinion. The satellite images are a nice visual touch, but take some time to load (10s?) when you are switching views. Please consider returning to a faster or less graphic intensive mode.

    Second, the calendar view of 'month' is much less informative that in the previous version, at least graphically. In the previous version, the colors for rising/falling/neagive tides were displayed on the month view. In the current version, the calendar view graphics have been simplified and there isn't a way to display these colors. This was useful in showing students the changes in a month at a glance and makes it easier to find that elusive minus tide. You can still see the colors in the DAY view, but no longer the calendar month view. Please consider providing the colors as an option on the calendar view. (And gimme back those old moon phase icons - they were cool!).

    Lastly - what happened to the "X" in the app name?

    In any case, I hope you will consider my suggestions and continue to improve the app.  (Version 3.0r8)

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    Mar 30 2007

    MACUPDATE ADMIN  Works better than ever now that it is an Objective-C app and not REALbasic. Looks better too, but that is because 'brushed metal' doesn't bother me.  (Version 3.0r8)

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    Jan 19 2006
    *****

    O5220803  A top-notch tides tracker. We live near the Jersey Shore and use this app. to accurately track tides at multiple locations. The author is very responsive to suggestions and provides quick-turnaround on bug fixes. An excellent piece of work.   (Version 2.5.4.2)

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