Sun Seeker - Tracker & Compass 4+
Sunrise Sunset Path Surveyor
ozPDA
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- $14.99
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Description
Sun Seeker is a comprehensive solar tracking & compass app. It shows the sun’s hourly direction intervals, its equinoxes, winter & summer solstice paths, sunrise & sunset times, twilight times, shadowed periods, UV Index, solar irradiance, golden and blue hours & more. The app allows you to add sun-event notifications & has a widget and watch app showing the day’s solar data & position on an arc. The 3D View shows the solar direction for each sunlight hour. Sun Seeker has both a flat compass view & a 3D Augmented Reality (AR) view to show the solar position & path.
The app is useful for -
▶ Photographers- to plan shoots according to the golden hour or blue hour & optimal sunlight conditions, sunrise & sunset times & directions.
▶ Cinematographers- enables you to find the solar exposure, directions, shadow, sunrise & sunset times for any location.
▶ Real Estate Buyers- can use the app before buying a property to check the sun's path & to find the solar exposure of properties.
▶ Drivers - Sun Seeker lets you track the sun path & movement during the days & helps drivers know the sun position to find how long the car will remain in the shade at any given parking spot.
▶ Campers & Picnickers- for anyone planning a day out, this app will help in finding where to camp, sit or pitch an umbrella depending on the sunlight & sun direction.
▶ Gardeners- Sun Seeker can also help with finding optimal planting locations & seasonal sunlight hours as a sunrise calendar
▶ Architects & Surveyors- for visualising the spatial variability of the solar angle throughout the year & using the compass app as a sun surveyor & calendar to determine the sunlight directions.
Main Features
* Sun Seeker is a sun locator which uses GPS, magnetometer & gyroscope to find the correct solar position & sun path for your current location.
* Flat compass view shows current solar position, diurnal solar angle & elevation (separated into day & night segments), sun shadow length ratio, atmospheric path thickness.
* 3D augmented reality (AR) camera overlay view shows the sun's current position, and it's path with hour points marked. You can scroll through time to preview changes throughout the year or day, and an optional pointer to guide you towards the current location of the sun & help you find the sun's direction.
* Map view shows solar direction arrows, sun path & elevations for each hour of the day.
* Choose any date to view sun position & path on that day. You can view sunset & sunrise times for each day as well.
* Choose any location on earth (includes 40,000+ cities or custom locations available offline, as well as a comprehensive online map search capability).
* Get additional details including sunrise, sunset & culmination times, maximum elevation, civil, nautical & astronomical twilight periods of the sun.
* Optional device notifications for all manner of sun-related periods & events, such as golden hour or blue hour, various twilight periods, or sun crossing a given compass heading or elevation.
The Sun Seeker app has been featured in numerous high-profile blogs, websites & publications, including Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Sydney Morning Herald etc. "Truly amazing", "Incredible", "Brilliant - the most genuinely useful application of augmented reality - ever!"
Check out our YouTube video here: https://bit.ly/2Rf0CkO
Simply search YouTube for "Sun Seeker app" to find many videos, websites & blogs created by our enthusiastic users
FAQs
* See https://bit.ly/2FIPJq2 - also easily accessible from the app's info screen
Note
* 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. The device’s compass accuracy can be optimised by calibrating it prior to use. See app’s FAQs for more help.
What’s New
Version 7.1
v7.1
* NEW - Clear Sky UV and Solar Irradiance now shown on main screen (can be toggled with path length and shadow length by tapping on them)
* NEW - Tabulation “Max UV and Insolation” - gives Climatological Max Clear Sky UV Index and Daily Incidental Insolation (kWh/m2) by day, for the year.
* NEW - Added a new lock screen widget with solar progress on outer clock ring with UV index in center (similar to existing clock showing solar elevation)
* NEW - Added current UV and Irradiance to large clock widget
* NEW - Added current UV and Irradiance to watch app’s clock view
* IMPROVED - In-app list of cities (available offline) has been refreshed and expanded to include 66,000+ locations, and now includes city altitude.
* IMPROVED - Location altitudes are looked up online whenever user adds a new location from the Map. This is especially useful for improving UV index calculations where the location has a significant altitude above sea level.
* IMPROVED - Now allow tap on “Rose/Sets” titles to toggle display in same way as tapping on the values fields on their right.
* IMPROVED - App icon now has a light, dark and tinted version for iOS 18+.
Ratings and Reviews
IWH
The Sunseeker app is an amazing tool and information source. There is however one MAJOR AND CATASTROPHIC PROBLEM (and it's not the fault of the app developers). Although the app used to work brilliantly on my old iPhone 4s, it is USELESS on an iPhone 7+ because the compass function of the 7+ simply does not work. Despite my strenuous efforts since purchasing the device, including removing its magnetic catch cover, performing every conceivable shaking and calibration technique, having Apple check and even replace the phone, its supposed direction finding function JUST DOES NOT WORK. The compass randomly shows erroneous orientation, often as much as 180 degrees out!
Developer Response ,
This is very untypical behaviour - there may be a hardware issue with your device's sensor. Please use the app's "i" button and choose the "Email Us" button to contact me and I may be able to help further.
Mark
I first bought this app to correctly position my solar ( pv) panels and by getting the position right it has more than paid for itself. This app allows you to track where the sun travels throughout the day for any day of any year so you can see where the sun will be in 6 months time, for example to set out a veggie garden in the best location I find this to be a great app, easy to use and think that anybody who has a use for it could not go wrong.
Great Solar consultation tool
I use this app for consultations with clients. It helps in working out shading losses for my solar designs. It’s also great at working out time of day on satellite images. I believe this is also a great tool for people considering Solar for their home and want to understand the shading impacts and generally how well they can utilise solar energy.
App Privacy
The developer, ozPDA, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Ajnaware Pty Ltd
- Size
- 51.2 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- Apple Watch
- Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Ajnaware Pty Ltd
- Price
- $14.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.