Sun and shade analysers
George Koulomzin (Mon, 30 Dec 2019 14:14:11 PST)

Jo -

What a great explanation of the problem!   The app that David Pilling
posted *_Sun and Shade Analyzer (_**SASHA*
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/…>*_)_*essentially
solves the problem you describe.  I actually did not know the term "Sun
Window" when I started writing the app - yours is the first response to
my marketing of the app which shows an in-depth understanding of the
issues involved.

It would be relatively easy to plot such a "shade map" (which is what I
called the same concept) by using the app to take measurements at many
different points, plotting them, and interpolating to get average
sunlight isometrics.   This would be far simpler and more accurate than
any of the manual methods you describe.  I encourage you to get the app
and try it out -- right now, it's quite cheap.

The question I have for you is the following:  How many
gardeners/landscapers would actually do this?  I.e. would it be worth
the effort to add support to the app?  It would work something like
this:  A gardener would have to 1) lay out a grid on the proposed
gardening site, 2) use the app to take a reading at every intersection
in  the grid and enter the intersection's coordinates.  The app could
then generate a map indicating the shade density at every location in
the site by interpolation.   It would look like a topographical map, but
the curvy lines would indicate hours of direct sunlight.

Thanks
__*__*

--
George Koulomzin
Hook Mountain Software Development, Inc.
7 Bridge Hill Lane,
PO Box 781
Bridgehampton, NY, 11932
(c) 914-393-6179
george@HookMountain.com

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