v4 adds 72-hour surge forecasting

Flood maps that reach the people who need them.

Tideline pulls tide gauges, river sensors and satellite data onto one open map — built for coastal councils who need a warning system, not a research grant to run one.

Apache-2.0 · self-hostable · works offline

At a glance

Coverage
Coastal + tidal + river gauge data
Forecast horizon
Up to 72 hours
Update interval
Every 15 minutes
Runs on
Any modern browser, offline-capable
License
Apache-2.0

Deployed at

The toolkit

Warning systems shouldn't need a procurement process.

Most flood-mapping software is licensed to national agencies. Councils and small cities are left refreshing a PDF.

01

One map, every source

Tide gauges, river sensors and satellite imagery merge into a single layer, so you're not tab-switching between three dashboards during a surge.

  • Public and private feed support
  • 15-minute refresh by default
  • Works with sensors you already own

02

Runs without connectivity

The map caches fully offline. A council office with patchy internet during a storm still has the whole picture in front of it.

  • Full offline map cache
  • Syncs automatically when back online
  • Runs on a single low-power server

03

Built with the councils that use it

Every threshold, alert channel and map layer came from a real council asking for it, not a spec written in advance.

  • Used by coastal and river authorities on four continents
  • Apache-2.0, self-hostable, no lock-in
  • Feature requests come from the field

Specification

Data sources
Tide gauges, satellite, local sensors
Map tiles
Self-hostable, no API key required
Alert channels
SMS, email, webhook
Export formats
GeoJSON, CSV, PNG
Offline mode
Full map cache, syncs when back online
License
Apache-2.0

Get started

  1. 01

    Point it at your gauges

    Connect existing tide and river gauge feeds, or use the public data we already mirror.

  2. 02

    Set your thresholds

    Define what counts as a warning for each stretch of coastline you're watching.

  3. 03

    Publish the map

    Embed it on your council site or run it standalone — same toolkit either way.

docker run lmnfrs/tideline

Watch your own coastline.

Councils, civil defence units and river authorities run Tideline on hardware they already own. We'll help you wire up your first gauge for free.