1. Sun Surveyor takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset, and moon phases, allowing photographers and filmmakers to scout the best locations, plan effectively, and get the perfect shot. - Photo Opportunities (new! - Position Search (new! - Import and export Google Earth . kmz/. ** NOTE: the Live View and 3D Compass portions of this app make use of your device's compass.
2. Some devices may not have a compass.
1. I am a professional photographer with 40+ years experience - now 'legally' retired and often realize that thanks to apps like Sunsurveyor I can make better photos where in the past even after a lot of endless calculations - I could just just missing 'the moment' the Moon for instance showed its face over a mountain.
2. One way for example, the shadow length tool,can be used to find the height of a tall object, or predicting where it's shadow will be at any given time or where it was, on any date and time in past history .
3. Also great for aerial mapping to pick high contrast times and shadow length.Very helpful for planning timelapse sequences for upcoming sunrises & sunsets.
4. The calibration mode is so great to have since compasses are often affected in the city or in buildings, and when worse comes to worst, the street map mode gives practical confirmation of uncertain observations.
5. This was true for other apps that use a compass setting, and quite easy to do via the "Calibrate the compass" setting in Google Maps.The sensors in my new Pixel 4XL are much better at keeping the compass accurate.
6. Developer talent and passion combined!This has been my "go to" tool for planning milky way photography for several years.
7. I would have given 5 stars, but one of my favourite features was the ability to write notes of an area so you could read these if wanting to return, the map reference was saved to so click it & your note & reference were there.
8. ThxThis app is like Antikythera mechanism combined with alien technology from Area 51! I know it's supposed to be for photography but I use it for various building tasks in which it is important to know the position of the sun at different times of the year.
9. Only upgrade might be to allow enlarging hour indicators or change their color/give a opaque window, because when looking at the sun in live view, sometimes it's very difficult to read the hours.
10. All the information required to read and adjust settings in one screen without ever having to hop from screen to screen and back is just such a time saver.
11. I LOVE the fact that permissions are NOT at all invasive or unnecessary!I have been using Sunsurveyor for iPad for many years.