One tap live river conditions

[Rascal Joe]

I have created a new free to download and free to use Shortcut for Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac) that gives you the current non-tidal river conditions.
Simply select the river stretch for which you want the live conditions; or select your preferred stretch as the default and see the current state of that stretch with just one tap.
Instructions on how to download, install and use the Shortcut together with guides on adding a Home Screen link or a Today screen Widget can be found on the dedicated site.

Please. note that the Shortcuts previously provided no longer work following the EA's arbitrary and notice-free withdrawal of their news feed. This new Shortcut circumvents that issue...

 

[Quint]

I accidentally tapped on one stretch of the river now I seem to be stuck and can’t go back to any other stretch. How do I clear it ?

 

[Rascal Joe]

Follow the link at the bottom of the Conditions pop up and tap Reset in the menu for instructions

 

[Quint]

Nightmare !

 

[Rascal Joe]

Please explain your remark

 

[Quint]

I tried several times to clear the unwanted conditions between locks to no avail !
Why is it not possible to just simply see conditions and colour coordination ie Red,Yellow, Green on the entire length of the Upper Thames as it was before ? Without having to go to a specific destination between individual locks .!where the previous app was far more useful on an extended journey on the Upper Thames , coincidentally after several attempts, I still can’t clear the previous search .

 

[Rascal Joe]

The change is because the EA decided, without consulting any river users, to remove the news feed previously providing the full coloured list. The app now displays the EA black and white conditions. The Shortcut will display the selected stretch in colour.
I think you are confusing the app and the shortcut…

 

[Quint]

I take your point, but if that is the case, how is it that the Sheridan Marine App gives as I said the complete colour coordinated River conditions from Lechlade to Teddington ?

 

[Rascal Joe]

Because someone has taken the trouble to write a lot of code. Doing the same for the River Thames Guide app is on my to-do list but , as it’s an unpaid hobby, not everything gets done right away (hence providing the Shortcut as a stop gap).
My app already has over half a million lines of code and will continue to evolve but at a pace that suits my other commitments…

 

[Quint]

Fair enough

 

[Outinthedinghy]

I take your point, but if that is the case, how is it that the Sheridan Marine App gives as I said the complete colour coordinated River conditions from Lechlade to Teddington ?

I don't think the Sheridan Marine site is coded. Someone is checking conditions and manually entering them into their own website.

 

[Outinthedinghy]

I'm not sure how he is doing it but Chris who has the thamesboating.info website does have colour groups on the page and they seem pretty accurate.

River Thames navigation warnings

thamesboating.info/warnings.php