All prices are in pounds sterling, exclusive of VAT and other local taxes. An annual subscription to the Admiralty Total Tide is £49.00 per area and £343.00 for world coverage. Prices include a second user licence for backup purposes.
Volume Discounts
Admiralty Total Tide is part of the Admiralty Digital Publications (ADP) portfolio, which also includes Admiralty Digital Radio Signals – Volume 6 and Admiralty Digital List of Lights. A single licence is required for each individual ADP product, regardless of how many areas are purchased.
Discounts are available for customers who purchase multiple licences for any combination of products from the Admiralty Digital Publications portfolio. The discounts are applied incrementally, and are calculated as follows:
ADP Licences / Discount
10-19 licences / 5%
20-49 licences / 10%
50-100 licences / 15%
100> licences / 25%
Area data sets
Area 1 to 4 - Europe, Northern waters and Mediterranean
Area 5 - Red Sea, the Gulf & Indian Ocean (northern part)
Area 6 - Singapore to Japan & Philippines
Area 7 - Australia & Borneo
Area 8 - Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, N&S America (W coast)
Area 9 - North America (east coast) & Caribbean
Area 10 - South Atlantic & Indian Ocean (southern part)
Purchasing Additional areas
Additional areas can be purchased during the licence period and will automatically expire on the same date as the original licence. Depending upon the point in the licence period at which the new purchase occurs, the following discounted prices apply:
Elapsed time / Price
0-3 months / £49.00 per area = 100%
4-6 months / £36.75 per area = 75%
7-9 months / £24.50 per area = 50%
10-12 months / £12.25 per area = 25%
Further information
Admiralty Digital List of Lights is available from those distributors who are marked as dealing in digital products in the worldwide listing of Admiralty distributors like MORBAI Charts/Maps & Maritime Supplies when in the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Tel: (632) 5273227
Fax: (632) 5273233
Email:
Check our list of Admiralty distributors worldwide to find a digital products distributor near you.
or contact the UKHO helpdesk:
Tel: +44 (0)1823 723366
Fax: +44 (0)1823 251816
Email:
These tables show the flag states that have approved, or are likely to approve, Admiralty Digital Publications as meeting SOLAS carriage requirements for their paper counterparts. Where available, there are also references / links to relevant IMO circulars or flag state documentation. For more information and guidance on the safe and effective use of digital nautical publications, please click here.
FlagState Approval for Admiralty Total Tide
FlagState / Approval / IMO Notification / Flag Documentation / Comments
Approved for all vessels / Approved for individual vessels on application / Not approved but flag state thought to be positive to enquiries
Antigua and Barbuda / / SLS.14/Circ. 239
Australia / / MO21
Bahamas /
Barbados /
Belgium / / BMI 20 Feb 2009
Bermuda / / SG11/84
Canada /
Cayman Islands /
China /
Cyprus / / Conditions Doc
Denmark / / SLS.14/Circ. 229
Finland /
Germany / / Ship Safety Ordinance Amendment - Article 4
Gibraltar / / CWB/02/30
Greece / / SLS.14/Circ. 302
Hong Kong / / Hong Kong Circular 7 Jan 2009
Ireland / / Marine Notice 9/05
Isle of Man / / Approval Letter
Liberia / / Marine Ops Note 1/05
Malta / / SLS.14/Circ. 299
Netherlands /
Norway / / SLS.14/Circ.213
Singapore / / SLS.14/
Circ. 320
Sweden / / SLS.14/Circ. 265
UK / / MNA 53/10/288
USA / Federal Regulation USCG-2002-13057 / TT may be used in US waters with ship's FS approval. Permission for US flagged vessels awaits legislation.
Frequently asked questions about Admiralty TotalTide
TotalTide SDK
Why is there a TotalTide SDK and what does it consist of?
At an early stage ECS/ECDIS OEMs recognised the potential for using TotalTide within their existing ECDIS and other navigation-related applications. The ability to integrate tidal height and stream outputs of TotalTide directly within their applications to support and enhance existing and new features such as route planning in ECDIS rather than just being graphically displayed in a standalone application is an obvious benefit. UKHO also recognises the benefit of having TotalTide enabled applications on the market.
TotalTide is COM enabled. The main application supports an Automation Interface. In addition there is a low level interface to the calculation engine and a graph control. These services are designed to facilitate integration of TotalTide prediction capabilities into OEM systems. These elements are downloadable from a dedicated TotalTide SDK website.
The website contains additional information (explanatory text, code examples, data files etc) to assist developers in using the SDK and producing a TotalTide enabled application.
The SDK can be used on Windows operating systems Win98, ME, 2000, XP and NT4 SP6a. It requires IE 4.01 or later.
TotalTide SDK Overview
The TotalTide Software Development Kit (SDK) allows Original Equipment Manufacturers OEMs) to integrate TotalTide functionality with other software products. SDK based systems use exactly the same harmonic data, calculation engine and security system as the standard TotalTide product.
TotalTide supports two OEM interfaces:
- TotalTide Object Model (TOM) is based on an automation interface supported by the TotalTide executable. It has been designed to provide simple, concise and logically consistent access to the prediction capabilities of TotalTide.
- Low level, direct access to the calculation engine. This requires support code to read the S-57 area data files and to associate non-harmonic stations with their reference. It does not contain any search or data formatting facilities.
TotalTide needs to be installed and licensed on every end-user system.
How can I use TotalTide SDK and what constraints are there?
Authorised Developers may use the TotalTide SDK to integrate the Standard Admiralty TotalTide product with their own software applications.
Each OEM product must have the capability to install and run the full TotalTide application, as if in standalone mode, when requested to by the user; however at other times the application or Back-End Server (BES) may be run in the background.
OEMs are encouraged to use the graph control functionality provided in the SDK to generate prediction windows. However, where this facility is insufficient, OEMs may create their own GUI; in this case there should be no Admiralty branding on any windows or graphs produced. Where the application or graph routine provided in the SDK is used then the branding as used in the standard product is to be maintained.
The Developer's application must allow End Users, without the developer's intervention, to load standard TotalTide CD's in order to update TotalTide area datasets and /or revised application.
The TotalTide enabled application must employ the Admiralty TotalTide licensing and security system. This requires the application to provide the end user with access to the TotalTide Licence key wizard and enable them to import and export start up, update and activation keys in a simple manner.
TotalTide enabled products must restrict the prediction window and all copying, printing and data export to a maximum of any consecutive period of 7 days as in TotalTide. Routines to generate longer periods of prediction are not permitted.
For full details of the terms and conditions related to the use of the TotalTide SDK please see the next tab entitled 'License Agreement'.
How to apply
OEMs wishing to integrate TotalTide within their software should email giving current, complete and accurate information about your requirements. Applicants must agree to the full terms and conditions before submitting their application. If you have any questions or concerns with regard to the terms and conditions then you must notify us either by email or by contacting the UKHO Help Desk on +44 (0)1823 723366.
Cost
There is no charge for developers wishing to follow the development model outlined above. If you believe that it would be beneficial both to your company and to the UKHO to develop an application using a different model then please contact us.
Use of the TotalTide SDK Website
OEMs granted authorised developer status will be provided with a user name and password to allow access to the TotalTide SDK website. The Developer is responsible for maintaining confidentiality of this information and will notify the UKHO immediately of any unauthorised access to the TotalTide SDK facility.
The TotalTide SDK Web Site is owned and operated by Chersoft Ltd on behalf of the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). The material on the Site (the 'Content') is protected by Crown Copyright unless otherwise indicated. However, UKHO licences the User to retrieve and display content from the Site and store such pages in electronic form.
The Website homepage contains the most recent information on TotalTide SDK developments and links to all other areas. For those visiting the website for the first time it is suggested that initially you go to the 'About' page; this gives an overview of TotalTide SDK and provides links to other useful starter information.
Support
Developers using TotalTide SDK will be provided with an email-only support service. Support is provided free of charge. UKHO will use best endeavours to respond quickly to queries; however no guarantees of response times can be given. No other support options are offered.
TotalTide SDK License Agreement
An Agreement Between
(1) The UKHO / The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, for and on behalf of the UK Secretary of State for Defence, of Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2DN, United Kingdom.
AND
(2) The Licensee
(together the Parties)
1 / DEFINITIONS
Agreement means this agreement and the licence granted persuant to it.
Effective Date has the meaning given at clause 5.9 of this Agreement.
Licensee means a person accessing the SDK in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
SDK means the Admiralty TotalTide Software Development Kit, a facility available to the Licensee.
2 / GRANT
2.1 / The UKHO grants to the Licensee, and the Licensee agrees to accept, a non-transferable and non-exclusive licence to access and use the SDK for the sole purpose of developing products and services that the Licensee will supply to end users of the Admiralty TotalTide product, subject to the limitations set out in this Clause 2. For the avoidance of doubt this means that the SDK is not to be used in order to develop products for any market other than end users of the Admiralty TotalTide product who use that product for the purpose of aiding marine navigation. The SDK is not to be used to develop any web-based tidal prediction service or other web-based application.
2.2 / The Licensee agrees to ensure that any products and services it develops using the SDK and offers to end users of the Admiralty TotalTide product do not:
2.2.1 / include any facility to enable end users to develop their own web-based tidal prediction service or other web-based application;
2.2.2 / enable any end user to use any such value added service without also using the Admiralty TotalTide product itself;
2.2.3 / compete with any product produced by the UKHO or with any product produced by the UKHO's licensees who are undertakings in which the UK Secretary of State for Defence, acting through the UKHO or Admiralty Holdings Limited, owns shares or otherwise has a proprietary interest;
2.2.4 / require in any way the Licensee's intervention in or facilitation of updating of the Admiralty TotalTide product by end users;
2.2.5 / use the SDK or any information provided in the SDK web site to develop products that prevent or inhibit the use of Admiralty TotalTide;
2.2.6 / prevent or inhibit the use of TotalTide by the end user independently of any of the Licensee's products and services;
2.2.7 / permit display of data generated by the Admiralty TotalTide product at any resolution or accuracy greater than that generated by independent use of that product; or
2.2.8 / circumvent or replace or permit end users to circumvent the Admiralty TotalTide licensing and security system.
2.3 / The Licensee agrees to ensure that any products and services it develops using the SDK and offers to end users of the Admiralty TotalTide product do:
2.3.1 / where OEM systems are sold with Admiralty TotalTide pre-installed be subject to end user licences that identify the end user as the licensee in order that the UKHO can identify, via the Licensee if necessary, end users to whom Admiralty TotalTide data corrections and software patches can be issued;
2.3.2 / restrict to a maximum of seven days the Admiralty TotalTide prediction window and all analogue output and digital data exported;
2.3.3 / ensure that the heights and rates generated by the product or service are subject to appropriate mathematical rounding prior to display and are the same as those that would be generated by the Admiralty TotalTide product for the same input data.;
2.3.4 / if they enable end users to display values in units other than the SI values employed by the Admiralty TotalTide product ensure that conversion factors are correct;
2.3.5 / where they use any vertical or horizontal datums other then those employed by the Admiralty TotalTide product ensure that any datum adjustment is brought to the attention of the end user along with an appropriate warning notice;
2.3.6 / where displaying times of time zones other than the standard UTC employed by the Admiralty TotalTide product ensure that conversions of such times are correct
2.3.7 / ensure access to the Admiralty TotalTide licence key wizard and the ability to export and import keys in a simple manner;
2.3.8 / at application startup and thereafter at no less a frequency than every fifteen minutes check for warning messages relating to the correct operation of Admiralty TotalTide (but excluding warnings relating to licence expiry) and ensure that any such warning messages are displayed clearly and unambiguously; and
2.3.9 / display licence expiry and grace period messages that mirror those employed by the Admiralty TotalTide product and ensure that end users can at any time access details of the end user licence and details of its expiry date and procedures for its renewal or extension as the case may be.
3 / PAYMENT
3.1 / Access to the SDK is not subject to any payment by the Licensee.
4 / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND MARKETING
4.1 / The Licensee warrants its understanding that all intellectual property rights in the SDK and the website at which it is accessible are the valuable property of the UKHO or its licensors. The Licensee further warrants its understanding that it shall acquire no intellectual property rights in the SDK or anything else contained on the website.
4.2 / The Licensee shall not without the express written permission of the UKHO incorporate any part of the SDK into any product or service developed by the Licensee under this Agreement, nor shall the Licensee make any copy of the SDK or any part of it otherwise than as necessary to exercise rights granted at Clause 2 above.
4.3 / The Licensee undertakes that all material belonging to or under the control of the UKHO to which the Licensee gains access or receives directly or indirectly as a result of the operation of this Agreement shall not be used by the Licensee or accessed by any of its employees or any other person acting on its behalf for any purpose other than strictly as necessary to exercise its rights or perform its obligations under this Agreement, nor shall any such material be disclosed by the Licensee to any party not referred to in this clause 4.3.
4.4 / The Licensee shall give prompt notice to the UKHO if the Licensee its employees or any other person acting on its behalf becomes aware of any unauthorised use or exploitation of the whole or any part of the SDK by any third party.
4.5 / The Licensee shall ensure that any products or services it develops using the SDK and offers to end users of the Admiralty TotalTide product do not incorporate any feature that may cause third parties to believe that such services are provided or approved of by the UKHO. In particular, but without prejudice to any other rights of the UKHO, the Licensee shall not in any circumstances be entitled to use any trademark, service mark, brand, logotype or any other identifying feature of the UKHO or its Admiralty brand save either as otherwise provided in this Agreement or agreed in writing by the UKHO.
4.6 / The Licensee shall ensure that any product or service developed by it using the SDK and offered to end users shall be marketed or advertised as being 'compatible with Admiralty TotalTide' or 'created using the Admiralty TotalTide Software Development Kit'.
5 / TERM, TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
5.1 / This Agreement shall come into force when the Licensee first accesses the SDK and shall continue in force for one year or until terminated in accordance with this clause 5. Thereafter this Agreement shall continue in force until so terminated.
5.2 / 5.2 The Parties may terminate this Agreement at any time by mutual written agreement.
5.3 / The Licensee may terminate this agreement at any time by giving the UKHO written notice of its intention to terminate and termination shall be effective from the date of such notice.
5.4 / The UKHO may terminate this Agreement forthwith at any time if the Licensee shall commit any material breach of this Agreement. Otherwise the UKHO shall not terminate this agreement be entitled to terminate this agreement during the first year but thereafter may do so by giving the Licensee three months' written notice of its intention to terminate.
5.5 / Upon termination or expiry of this Agreement the Licensee shall destroy or procure others to destroy all copies, including partial copies, of the SDK made by it in accordance with Clause 4.2 above.