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FYI things too far out of the current viewport don't cast shadows, can be annoying for mountains/hills are sun down/set if you're not aware of it.
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Curious how it knows my location despite Safari not prompting and no location services indicator in my menu bar. (Mac, not iOS).I'm not suggesting anything nefarious but it is odd.Nice app/service though well done.
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This tool uses OpenStreetMap data for the buildings and base layer.Unfortunately, it kind of hides that it is doing that, which sucks. Usually the required attribution is placed in a corner of the map. Shade Map has a little information-i there which does appear to list OpenStreetMap according to my browser's dev-tools, but it seems to be broken…
- Yesterday
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ManhattanhengeThere a street in Manhattan that, during a certain time of year the light shines all the way down the grid of buildings. Here's the link to that moment
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I've seen and loved this before but only today I thought to zoom all the way out and see the true terminator affected by elevation. We usually only seen the idealized smooth curve. Very neat!
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My friends and I used this for a camping party's solar panel's placement (for charging a battery). A large campsite with intermixed trees makes it hard to find the optimal spot on our own, but this map helped us keep the party going late into the night before we needed to turn on the generator.
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This is great. I would love a way to simulate something like possible tree placement and how much shade that may generate over the years. There are some parts of my area that are, despite being cut out of a forest, devoid of trees but are supposed to be "outdoor shared spaces".Full sun all day at a dog park in August, for example, just isn't a…