Sun Surveyor

Sun Surveyor: Augmented Reality Solar Access Visualization

Sun Surveyor is an augmented reality app for visualizing solar access. It shows how sunlight falls on a site throughout the day and year so you can design optimal solar access. Useful for architects, landscape architects, solar installers, or homeowners.

What is Sun Surveyor?

Sun Surveyor is an augmented reality software application used for solar site analysis and visualization. It allows users to see how sunlight interacts with a specific location on the Earth's surface. Using the camera on your mobile device, Sun Surveyor overlays a map showing solar access and shading effects based on the position of the sun throughout the day and year.

Key features of Sun Surveyor include:

• Visualize how sunlight reaches your site for any given time and date
• Model shadows cast by existing buildings/trees or proposed structures
• Study impacts over the whole year to understand seasonal solar access
• Calculate metrics like sunlight hours and solar exposure
• Simulate local horizon and obstacles to see their solar effects
• View solar paths from both orthographic overhead and perspective viewpoints

Sun Surveyor is designed to assist solar site analysis for applications such as optimal photovoltaic system placement, passive solar building orientation, shading studies for architectural sites, urban planning scenarios, habitat analyses, and visual impact assessments. Its augmented reality features allow much more rapid 3D analysis compared to traditional computer-aided design software simulations.

With straightforward controls and visual output, Sun Surveyor is usable by experts and novices alike. Typical users include solar installers, architects, landscape architects, building designers, students, real estate developers, urban planners, environmental designers, and homeowners. Anyone wanting to understand patterns of sunlight on a site will find Sun Surveyor a handy solar analysis tool.

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