The part of my life that pays the bills (not the fishing part) includes working with and advising people in the area of mapping and related technologies.  Today I came across a cool mapping application that shows tidal information for various locations around the world.  While there are lots of places to get tidal information, this site has an interesting interface.

From a technical standpoint (for those of you who care) some of the interesting things Lindsay Wright has built into the site include:

• the incorporation of dynamic data (both tide and solar information) into a mashup environment
• information rich pop up windows with user control of which data to view
• simple user tools to modify how the data is presented
• tools that allow users to customize the how information is presented and search tools for finding specific locations
• nifty little location markers which at the local level show whether the tide is rising or falling and change color in accordance with the tide level

Given my inland location, I don’t get too many opportunities to fish the salt but for those of you who do, have a look at Tidespy. I’d like to hear what you think of the site.