Sun Seeker - Tracker, Surveyor
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navigation | $9.99 | Ajnaware Pty Ltd | iPhone, iPad |
Featured in numerous high-profile blogs, websites, and publications, including Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Sydney Morning Herald etc. "Truly amazing", "Incredible", "Brilliant" - the most genuinely useful application of augmented reality - ever!
Ideal for
▶ Photographers - for planning optimal light conditions, sunrise/sunset directions, golden and blue hour times
▶ Cinematographers - to find exact sun exposure, directions and times for any location
▶ Real Estate Buyers - to find the sun exposure of properties you are considering
▶ Drivers - find how long your car will remain in the shade at any given parking spot
▶ Campers and Picnickers - for finding where to camp, sit, pitch an umbrella
▶ Gardeners - for finding optimal planting locations and seasonal sunlight hours
▶ Architects - for visualising the spatial variability of the solar angle throughout the year
▶ All Sun Lovers! To find the sun, even when it is hidden by clouds or walls
Main Features
* Uses GPS, magnetometer and gyroscope to find the correct solar position and path for your current location
* Flat compass view showing current solar position, diurnal solar angle and elevation (separated into day & night segments), shadow length ratio, atmospheric path thickness
* 3D augmented reality camera overlay view showing the sun's current position, its path with hour points marked
* Camera view also has an optional pointer to guide you towards the current location of the sun
* Map view showing solar direction arrows and elevations for each hour of the day
* Ability to choose any date and view solar path for that day
* Ability to choose any location on earth (includes 40,000+ cities or custom locations)
* Additional details including rise, set and culmination times, maximum elevation, civil, nautical and astronomical twilight times
* Optional device notifications for all manner of sun-related periods and events, such as golden or blue hours, various twilight periods, or sun at a given compass heading or above a given elevation.
* User option to include summer and winter solstice paths on both flat compass view and camera view
Videos, videos, videos
* Check out our YouTube video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3ENGG6Drww
* Search YouTube for "Sun Seeker app" for many other videos, websites and blogs created by enthusiastic users
FAQs
* See http://www.ozpda.com/sunseeker/faqs.html - also easily accessible from the app's info screen
Notes
* IMPORTANT - Please ensure that Settings / Location Services / System Settings / Compass Calibration is switched ON. The app's 3D view cannot work without it!
* The compass accuracy depends on having an undistorted magnetic field around your device. If you use it close to metallic objects or electrical equipment, directional accuracy may be impaired.
Reviews
Photographer’s/Real Estate must have
Ivan Machiz
You would not think this powerful tool inside your pocket/cell phone could be so useful, but it truly is. As a professional photographer/videographer, I use it all the time to find The lighting I want for my shop. Especially on low budget shoots where they do not want to pay for my time to scout the location in advance, I can still know when to show up for the best lighting. As a REALTOR®,Many of my clients are seeking homes that face a particular direction. Sun Seeker absolutely helps with that. From inside a location I can tell clients where to look for the sun from any point in the house at any time of the year. Want to know if your rear deck will be too hot to eat at the height of summer?, I can tell you that. Want to know the best place to plant your garden? No problem. Want to know if a building is going to block the sun from you next December when the sun is lower on the horizon? No problem. Sunseeker is my go to application for this and so much more. I highly recommend it.
A must-have for any kind of event planning!
JohnnyLaw
I downloaded this app for helping to plan my wife’s and my outdoor wedding. I use it for so much more, can see where the sun will be at any time of day during each time of year, helps me manage our property now.
Cinematographer’s best friend
BeenJammin219
I love this app and use it on every scout and every job. Must have.
Great photography and solar panel tool
JaronStaal
As well as determining lighting for photography at a later date, this app was indispensable on my solar panel install. I didn’t have enough roof space to place all panels on the southern exposure, but I was able to discover with the AR function that for most of the year, my western exposure would have longer light and placed the remaining panels more efficiently.
Love this sun tracking app!
Curtjn
As a photographer I especially appreciate knowing where the sun will be on any given day in any given time. This app does a number of beautiful things to help me get that data. Love this app!
Sun seeker app
Sunny Chip Model
The sun seeker app is a very good app and I love the way that you can share screen shots of the exact position and location of the sun
Great UI!
Jefferson Rush
This app manages to put all the details I need into an intuitive user experience. Love it!
Paris
Parisian tourist
Downloaded Sun Seeker to determine when the sun would be visible setting through the through the Arc de Triomphe from my location on the Champs Élysées! worked great.
