Tides and Water Levels

Description

Tide Current and Water Level displays tide and water level at stations along Canada coast. Features links to predictions, observed real-time data, observed archived data, and benchmark information.
The periodic rise and fall of the water along ocean coasts is a phenomenon familiar to all of us and it has a profound effect on navigation and harbor construction.

Originator

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)

Use Cases

Source(s)

Description	Source	Format	Date	Update Frequency	Metadata	Cost	Link	Remarks

Description	Source	Format	Date	Update Frequency	Metadata	Cost	Link	Remarks
Tides and Water Levels	DFO	Esri REST	Current	Daily	HNAP	Free	Esri REST	Provided by Canadian Hydrographic Services (CHS)

Remarks

Process for EGIS integration

Esri REST Services:

These web services can be integrated directly into EGIS.

TC Smart Maps:

Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as networklinks, folders, models etc.
Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.
TC Smart Maps KML link: \\tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\Marine-NWP\TideCurrent_WaterLevel\TideCurrent_WaterLevels.kmz

Customization:

Schema transformation: As required.
Denormalization: Not required.
Value coding: Not required.
Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability
Attribute removal: No required.
Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization is recommended to improve visualization.
Format translation: As needed
Language translation: French version not available.