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Sun Surveyor Lite

Name: Sun Surveyor Lite
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.19 (600 reviews)

Eliminate the guesswork with precision 3D solar tracking. Whether you are scouting a film location, planning a solar installation, or chasing the golden hour, get the exact data you need to succeed.

Key Figures

Downloads

599K+

User Rating

4.2/5

Total Ratings

600

Publisher

Adam Ratana

Master the Light with Precision Tools

From capturing the perfect golden hour to planning solar installations, Sun Surveyor Lite provides the technical solar data you need to eliminate guesswork and scout with confidence.

Capture the Perfect Golden Hour

Get down-to-the-minute predictions for sunrise, sunset, and magic hours to ensure your landscape and portrait photography is always perfectly lit.

Interactive Solar 3D Compass

Visualize the sun’s exact path across the sky for any day of the year. Scout locations remotely and align your gear before the sun even appears.

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App Store

Screenshots

Sun Surveyor Lite - Sun Surveyor Lite 3D compass showing sun path and solar trajectory — Sun Surveyor Lite 3D compass showing sun path and solar trajectory

Sun Surveyor Lite - Sun Surveyor Lite app interface displaying sunrise sunset and golden hour timing data — Sun Surveyor Lite app interface displaying sunrise sunset and golden hour timing data

Sun Surveyor Lite - Sun Surveyor Lite app interface showing 3D sun path trajectories and solstice and equinox dates for New York. — Sun Surveyor Lite app interface showing 3D sun path trajectories and solstice and equinox dates for New York.

Sun Surveyor Lite - Sun Surveyor Lite app interface showing sun path tracking over a city skyline with sunrise and sunset times — Sun Surveyor Lite app interface showing sun path tracking over a city skyline with sunrise and sunset times

Sun Surveyor Lite - Sun Surveyor Lite interactive map scouting sun path in New York City — Sun Surveyor Lite interactive map scouting sun path in New York City

Sun Surveyor Lite - Street View panorama of Petra with sun and moon path overlays for photography planning — Street View panorama of Petra with sun and moon path overlays for photography planning

Description

Sun Surveyor Lite takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset and magic hours, helping photographers and filmmakers scout the best locations, plan effectively, and get the perfect shot. Solar Industry (PV) Professionals, architects, real estate agents, and gardeners will also find a wealth of empowering, interactive features. The 3D Compass and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy: - Predict and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise & sunset - Visualize the sun's path throughout the day or through the year Additional features: - Visual time machine - take a quick glance at the light for a day, or dial in desired compositions easily - Twilight times - civil, nautical, astronomical - Solstice and Equinox visualization - Sun shadow information - calculate the length of shadows cast by objects - Magnetic declination compensation Check out the Full Version of Sun Surveyor for more: - Live Camera View - augmented reality projections of the sun and moon paths, pinpoint the time the sun or moon will be at a particular location in the sky - Interactive Map View - plan a remote shot or PV array placement, interact with a top-down perspective of sun and moon paths and events - Street View Panoramas - 360 degree spherical panoramas with selected sun, moon and milky way events overlaid, where available - Moon Information: moon position, moonrise, moonset, moon phases, apogee, perigee, distance and a Super Moon finder - Show clients the quality and quantity of seasonal sunlight at a remote location - Understand potential shade of surroundings and discover any obstructions - Create images of the summer and winter Solstice & Equinox paths for a site - Prepare night photography shots with the Milky Way & star trail features - Offline usage (excludes Map View, Street View) - enter coordinates, save & load locations with no data connection or GPS available - Measure distance, and difference between elevations, and vertical angle differentials with the Map view - Import and export Google Earth .kmz/.kml locations