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Application:SHIO (Japanese for Tides)
Latest version:Ver 1.01
Language:English
Development environment:Basic4ppc
VGA-aware:yes
Licence:Donationware
Protection:60-seconds reminder
Tested with:iPAQ hx4700, h2200, Asus A636N, Dell Axim X5
Manual:none
Recommended storage:main memory or storage card
Periphery:Online connection

"Shio" downloads tidal information provided by WWW Tide/Current Predictor and formats the data for Pocket PC screens.

To add your (fishing) site of interest, pick the name of the nearest site listed here and add the site name exactly as it is to the file 'sites.csv' in the Shio application directory and back it up.

1. Gets prediction data for a span of 21 days maximum.
2. Displays tides on a scrollable graphic and text data.
3. Provides a ticker for data and instructions.
4. Shows the Moon phases for midday.
5. Sun rise and set times.
6. Moon rise and set times.
7. Saves last retrieved graph and data for offline viewing.
8. Site can be viewed in Google Maps
9. Selectable English or metric units

Installer PPC:download (400KB)
Installer Desktop:download (400KB)
PPC requirement:.NET Compact Framework 2.0
Desktop requirement:.NET Framework 2.0