I guess you are building the tool mostly (is this right?), but what sort of things are/do you imagine your users using it for? Is it granular enough to help, like, help plan a home solar installation?
It would be a neat, if slightly over-the-top, flex to have this in a flight simulator.
I think it's granular enough for solar. I put a tool together for annual sunlight[1] charts but haven't calculated the energy potential yet.
Some personal problems it solves for me:
- I hike/ski/climb a lot and want to know how late I can sleep in and still avoid the worst of the sun [2]
- I'm getting married this year and had wedding photos taken in a meadow in the mountains and we needed to set a time to meet with the photographer for a 2 hour session where we would still get sun but as late in the evening as possible.
- We're getting married in a back yard and want to place tables in a shady location for 5pm dinner
- I have a car I use occasionally and want to park it in a location that receives very little sun so the rubber/paint doesn't deteriorate as fast [3]
- We have a small van we take to the mountains and want to park it in the shade to keep it cool or sun to charge solar panels.
- etc, etc, etc
All these use-cases would be enhanced by trees and I can do it on my local machine but want to share if other people have similar needs.
I have also used shademaps for my project on assessing walkability! While coverage for my country is pretty patchy, it helps looking at things at a glance. I used some maps to analyze correlation between urban heat islands, and the effect of tree presence and artificial shade.
I guess you are building the tool mostly (is this right?), but what sort of things are/do you imagine your users using it for? Is it granular enough to help, like, help plan a home solar installation?
It would be a neat, if slightly over-the-top, flex to have this in a flight simulator.