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1) Would be really helpful when moving into a new house. It takes a bit of time to figure out how big the shadows from trees are, how it varies by season, what
by DavidPeiffer 5y ago
1) Would be really helpful when moving into a new house. It takes a bit of time to figure out how big the shadows from trees are, how it varies by season, what time a garden area gets shaded by a fence, etc.
I've looked into if there are any sunlight simulators available, but my Google-fu has been lacking. Even if I had a tool that told me "on this date and time, at your location, a 1 meter tall stick casts a shadow _x_ meters in length in _y_ direction", that would be workable.
- frayesto 5y agoThis is relatively simple to create yourself. There are closed form equations that can be used for the angular position of the sun, which will be more than accurate for this purpose. Then it's mostly some simple trig to determine areas that have a line of sight to the sun. I have this on my to-do list because in my bedroom on a full moon the light will come through one specific window onto our pillows. i wanted to automate either curtains or something to predict when it'll happen. Maybe eventually I'll get around to something like this