Enhancement xtide

[SpudGunMan]

Can this project refactor the current 'tide' command in modules/locationdata.py

And optimally use Linux local program xtide for data calculations offline

https://flaterco.com/xtide/

Ideally this would be a new module xtide.py and the current method can determine if enabled and use it versus the API

Config.ini have a section to enable

Here is an example of it being used in a similar project https://github.com/chaunceygardiner/weewx-xtide/blob/main/bin/user/xtide.py

[SpudGunMan]

I would like to have tide data for as global as possible see

https://github.com/windcrusader/tidepredict

Perhaps an option for xtide or this

[SpudGunMan]

I'm not sure if https://github.com/sam-cox/pytides

Will globally work well or not

I do know this may have more requirements and so a new xtide module is for sure good to minimally impact the project overall

Consideration for which modules to include should be no regex and well maintained secure imports

[SpudGunMan]

Another one to consider

https://github.com/pyTMD/pyTMD

[g7kse]

xtide probably isn't the answer as it doesn't work outside the US and the others are a bit of a mixed bag. Tidepredict looks pretty simple though. Simple is good

[SpudGunMan]

xtide probably isn't the answer as it doesn't work outside the US and the others are a bit of a mixed bag. Tidepredict looks pretty simple though. Simple is good

Thanks

So https://github.com/windcrusader/tidepredict

Might be the best for global use

[SpudGunMan]

xtide probably isn't the answer as it doesn't work outside the US and the others are a bit of a mixed bag. Tidepredict looks pretty simple though. Simple is good

@g7kse can you test this branch and let me know what you think

I was concerned the data isn't good ? I might have bad timezone?

#248

[g7kse]

I tried a fresh install and was getting an error with the install script. didn't seem to clear itself from an aborted install so manually removed the config.ini

Meshing Around Installer
########################

This script will try and install the Meshing Around Bot and its dependencies.
Installer works best in raspian/debian/ubuntu or foxbuntu embedded systems.
If there is a problem, try running the installer again.

Checking for dependencies...

Detected existing installation, please backup and remove existing installation before proceeding```

[g7kse]

Ok.. another little pest

you have to use pip install tidepredict --break-system-packages with RPi otherwise it throws an error. I do this all the time on single use machines but can you confirm that you got tidepredict to work with an arm board?

      error: command 'aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed: No such file or directory
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for timezonefinder
Failed to build timezonefinder
ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (timezonefinder)```

[g7kse]

Last one. Tried to install on Ubuntu machine and the error is to do with tidepredict python: can't open file '/home/alex/tidepredict': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

So nothing to do with meshbot, but to do with the library

[SpudGunMan]

Last one. Tried to install on Ubuntu machine and the error is to do with tidepredict python: can't open file '/home/alex/tidepredict': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

So nothing to do with meshbot, but to do with the library

Correct I am not installing the package and it needs installed with pip or pipx

It's about 500mb

Documents here as well https://github.com/SpudGunMan/meshing-around/blob/copilot/refactor-tide-command-xtide/modules/xtide.md