Sun Seeker - Tracker & Compass 4+

Sunrise Sunset Path Surveyor

ozPDA

    • £9.99

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 7.1.1

v7.1.1
* Metadata changes

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
1.6K Ratings

1.6K Ratings

Polyphant ,

Fantastic app, still impresses people after all this time!

I think I’ve been using this app for over 10 years now. I’m a lighting designer for a wide variety of spaces and buildings, museums and visitor experiences through to public realm and landscape.

After all this time (maybe 10+ years) this simple yet accurate app has impressed client and design team, time and time and time again!

Highly recommend for the fact it is such a minimal amount of clicks or bother to really the fastest and best way to review sun paths in the age of the smart phone.

Veenlo ,

Perfect

As a solar panel surveyor this app is used daily. It makes my job so much easier and often allows me to show my customers the sun path to help them understand my panel designs for their properties.
Only gripe I have is the button or touch target for the camera while in 3D view needs to be bigger as I often end up bringing up the share sheet instead and as I’m usually hanging off a ladder while doing this is a pain lol.

Alex Ireton ,

Incredibly handy

I've used this app to plan tent pitching spots, gardening and landscaping projects, to figure out the best times to skate at certain spots (either needing the light or ducking the heat) as well as interior design/furniture layout decision making.
Any time you might want to know where the sun will be that day, another day and at both solstices, it's incredibly helpful.

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 based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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