Tides in your calendar/diary 2019

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We have seen this before, but it appears that mobilegeographics have made a technical change for 2019.

So for those who havent tried it, this is the way to get your local tides for the full 2019.

Go to
https://tides.mobilegeographics.com/

Search for your local port/harbour. There are now many many wordwide.
DO NOT click on it.
Hover over it, and read the popup URL (usually bottom left of your browser), and make a note of the 4 digit code at the end of the URL.

This code changes each calendar year, as they add more locations.
EG for 2019, Portsmouth is 6451, Southampton is 7666

Then copy the following URL.

webcal://tides.mobilegeographics.com/ical/nnnn.ics

Then in your diary open the dialogue for 'add calendar'.
Paste the URL, and then BEFORE you click OK/Add, overtype the nnnn with the 4 digit code for your location.
For me, this works for ical, outlook and google diaries.
Each has a different way to 'add external/URL calendar', and I suggest you google it if you dont already know.

No guarantees from me, so O&EE.
Enjoy.
 
Thanks for the tip Airscrew.

I put both Oban and Greenock into my icalendar. Very easy and it automatically creates two calendars with different colour codes. I just select Oban or Greenock and get the data displayed. When I go to day view and select both calendars it shows the height of tide, depth and moon phase in the appropriate colour code.
 
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Airscrew said:
We have seen this before, but it appears that mobilegeographics have made a technical change for 2019.

So for those who havent tried it, this is the way to get your local tides for the full 2019.

Go to
https://tides.mobilegeographics.com/

Search for your local port/harbour. There are now many many wordwide.
DO NOT click on it.
Hover over it, and read the popup URL (usually bottom left of your browser), and make a note of the 4 digit code at the end of the URL.

This code changes each calendar year, as they add more locations.
EG for 2019, Portsmouth is 6451, Southampton is 7666

Then copy the following URL.

webcal://tides.mobilegeographics.com/ical/nnnn.ics

Then in your diary open the dialogue for 'add calendar'.
Paste the URL, and then BEFORE you click OK/Add, overtype the nnnn with the 4 digit code for your location.
For me, this works for ical, outlook and google diaries.
Each has a different way to 'add external/URL calendar', and I suggest you google it if you dont already know.

No guarantees from me, so O&EE.
Enjoy.
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Would it not be easier just to look it up in Reeds?
You go to the index in the back, etc etc etc ,..............Works every time
The battery does not go flat & the screen does not turn off just as you get there
 
Daydream believer said:
Would it not be easier just to look it up in Reeds?
You go to the index in the back, etc etc etc ,..............Works every time
The battery does not go flat & the screen does not turn off just as you get there
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Guess which is faster: clicking on your phone and looking at the day in your calendar that shows (in my case) Dover, Greenock and Oban times and heights for the tide, including moon phase, all displayed together, or your solution. Time it, phone on the desk, Reeds on the desk, it took me less than 4 seconds to have all 3 tides for the day staring me in the face. Easy peasy.

I think it would not be easier to just look it up in Reeds. Good idea for a back up though.
 
BlowingOldBoots said:
Guess which is faster: clicking on your phone and looking at the day in your calendar that shows (in my case) Dover, Greenock and Oban times and heights for the tide, including moon phase, all displayed together, or your solution. Time it, phone on the desk, Reeds on the desk, it took me less than 4 seconds to have all 3 tides for the day staring me in the face. Easy peasy.

I think it would not be easier to just look it up in Reeds. Good idea for a back up though.
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You are joking!!!
all that p..sing about with url's clicking this & that.noting 4 digit codes etc etc. I got lost just after the bit where it said "go to"
Plus I just use my phone for doing phone calls. Unusual concept I suppose!!!.
Stays in my pocket & on the boat it lives in a locker with the off button operated
As for smart keys (yes I have heard of those but do not have any), I have a number of sticky labels on the pages (coloured of course)
I know the phase of the moon because mother in law goes a bit bonkers ( more than usual)
 
Daydream believer said:
Would it not be easier just to look it up in Reeds?
You go to the index in the back, etc etc etc ,..............Works every time
The battery does not go flat & the screen does not turn off just as you get there
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For me, Reeds is always on the yacht, where it should be.
Not all of us want to have two copies...or carry it to the office and back :) :)
 
Worked perfectly for me. Now I've got Dover high tides, and I can add any others as I need them.
Thank you for this, Airscrew.
(... and I still have Reeds for use on the boat when the battery dies..)
 
Is there any chance one of you knowledgeable people could set out, in English, instructions on how to do this on my I Phone? Please remember you are writing these instructions for someone who thinks a megabite is what you take out of a bar of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.

Thanks in advance.
 
Daydream believer said:
You are joking!!!
all that p..sing about with url's clicking this & that.noting 4 digit codes etc etc. ....
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You do realise that you just do the 'p. sing about' just once per port, then it's on your device for the year? You can clearly read, the instructions are not hard to follow, it takes zero knowledge of coding or how how computers work. You can think of it as the digital equivalent of looking up the index of Reeds, then when you open your calendar, the digital equivalent of flipping the pages to the date of interest.

Obviously, if you just use your phone for making calls, then you might not actually have a smart phone and as such I agree you would just be 'p. sing about'. If you do have a smart phone and only use it for calls, then you are really wasting your money and subscription on a device. A bit like owning a sailing yacht and motoring everywhere.
 
Pinnacle said:
Is there any chance one of you knowledgeable people could set out, in English, instructions on how to do this on my I Phone? Please remember you are writing these instructions for someone who thinks a megabite is what you take out of a bar of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.

Thanks in advance.
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I've no special skills but I looked up how to add an url calendar, i.e. a calendar from the internet. This worked on my iPhone 6s.

1) Follow Airscrew's instructions down to the bit where he talks about you setting up your calendar.
2) On your iPhone go to settings, Passwords & Accounts, Add Account, Other, Add Subscribed Calendar.
3) Where it asks for a server, type in (or copy in) the following URL as described by Airscrew:
webcal://tides.mobilegeographics.com/ical/2089.ics
where 2089 is the 4-digit code for Dover
4) Enter, check it is the calendar you wanted, then Save
5) Open your calendars and there it is!

(That worked for me, I hope I've got all the steps ..)
 
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BlowingOldBoots said:
Obviously, if you just use your phone for making calls, then you might not actually have a smart phone and as such I agree you would just be 'p. sing about'. If you do have a smart phone and only use it for calls, then you are really wasting your money and subscription on a device. A bit like owning a sailing yacht and motoring everywhere.
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After the 4Th go at getting the first bit typed in I got " no internet" so that was 6 minutes wasted.

I really really hate b..dy smart phones --especially on the Dengie area where one might be better off with 2 coke cans & a bit of string
 
chriss999 said:
I've no special skills but I looked up how to add an url calendar, i.e. a calendar from the internet. This worked on my iPhone 6s.

1) Follow Airscrew's instructions down to the bit where he talks about you setting up your calendar.
2) On your iPhone go to settings, Passwords & Accounts, Add Account, Other, Add Subscribed Calendar.
3) Where it asks for a server, type in (or copy in) the following URL as described by Airscrew:
webcam://tides.mobilegeographics.com/ical/2089.ics
where 2089 is the 4-digit code for Dover
4) Enter, check it is the calendar you wanted, then Save
5) Open your calendars and there it is!

(That worked for me, I hope I've got all the steps ..)
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webcal, not webcam ... :)
 
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