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What’s New Version 2.8.3
2.8.3
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
Description
Sun Surveyor Lite takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset and magic hours, helping photographers and filmmakers scout the best locations, plan effectively, and get the perfect shot. Solar Industry (PV) Professionals, architects, real estate agents, and gardeners will also find a wealth of empowering, interactive features.
The 3D Compass and detailed Ephemeris provide a wealth of information about the largest natural light source in the galaxy:
- Predict and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise & sunset
- Visualize the sun's path throughout the day or through the year
Additional features:
- Visual time machine - take a quick glance at the light for a day, or dial in desired compositions easily
- Twilight times - civil, nautical, astronomical
- Solstice and Equinox visualization
- Sun shadow information - calculate the length of shadows cast by objects
- Magnetic declination compensation
Check out the Full Version of Sun Surveyor for more:
- Live Camera View - augmented reality projections of the sun and moon paths, pinpoint the time the sun or moon will be at a particular location in the sky
- Interactive Map View - plan a remote shot or PV array placement, interact with a top-down perspective of sun and moon paths and events
- Street View Panoramas - 360 degree spherical panoramas with selected sun, moon and milky way events overlaid, where available
- Moon Information: moon position, moonrise, moonset, moon phases, apogee, perigee, distance and a Super Moon finder
- Show clients the quality and quantity of seasonal sunlight at a remote location
- Understand potential shade of surroundings and discover any obstructions
- Create images of the summer and winter Solstice & Equinox paths for a site
- Prepare night photography shots with the Milky Way & star trail features
- Offline usage (excludes Map View, Street View) - enter coordinates, save & load locations with no data connection or GPS available
- Measure distance, and difference between elevations, and vertical angle differentials with the Map view
- Import and export Google Earth .kmz/.kml locations
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Version history 25 versions
Build 879438518v2.8.32025-11-08 00:44:43
2.8.3
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
Build 868944853v2.8.22024-10-01 23:01:38
- iOS 18 updates
- iOS 18: added dark mode and tint mode icon artwork
- Fixes for the Mac app experience
- Bugfixes, improvements, and SDK updates.
Build 854647839v2.8.12023-01-29 20:03:37
(2.8.1)
- Crash fix for when trying to upgrade.
(2.8)
- Updated Map and Street View demos with newest visualization engine from full version.
- Minor bugfixes and improvements; SDK updates.
Build 854429326v2.82023-01-23 09:42:40
- Updated Map and Street View demos with newest visualization engine from full version.
- Minor bugfixes and improvements; SDK updates.
Build 852710686v2.6.12022-10-11 18:26:09
2.6.1
- Crash fixes
2.6
- iOS 16 updates
- World Magnetic Model update (2020-2025 version)
- Tweaks for running on Mac with Apple Silicon
- Other minor bugfixes and improvements; SDK updates
Build 830723894v2.62022-10-03 13:55:46
- iOS 16 updates
- World Magnetic Model update (2020-2025 version)
- Tweaks for running on Mac with Apple Silicon
- Other minor bugfixes and improvements; SDK updates
Build 828341127v2.5.22018-09-15 16:17:23
2.5.2
- Performance improvements and fixes for iOS 12
2.5
- Brought over the latest changes from the full version
- Brand new visualization engine - much more detail and faster performance
- (new!) Light Map: shows a filled area of light spanning the Summer and Winter Solstices when Solstice visualization is enabled from the Solstices & Equinoxes info panel; Use this for PV applications and real estate (ex. line it up with a window) -- this area represents where the sun will be throughout the year, anything outside of it, the sun will never be there!
- The Light Map also shows the Solar Analemma - for each hour, the figure-8 looking graph of the sun's position as it appears on every day of the year
- (new!) Display mode button for combinations of the celestial sphere, standard horizontal grid, sun + moon paths below the horizon
- (new!) 3D Compass: added control to toggle motion sensors; when off, you can manually orient the display with finger gestures
Build 828234848v2.52018-08-20 17:20:17
- Brought over the latest changes from the full version
- Brand new visualization engine - much more detail and faster performance
- (new!) Light Map: shows a filled area of light spanning the Summer and Winter Solstices when Solstice visualization is enabled from the Solstices & Equinoxes info panel; Use this for PV applications and real estate (ex. line it up with a window) -- this area represents where the sun will be throughout the year, anything outside of it, the sun will never be there!
- The Light Map also shows the Solar Analemma - for each hour, the figure-8 looking graph of the sun's position as it appears on every day of the year
- (new!) Display mode button for combinations of the celestial sphere, standard horizontal grid, sun + moon paths below the horizon
- (new!) 3D Compass: added control to toggle motion sensors; when off, you can manually orient the display with finger gestures
Build 827219938v2.0.52018-05-21 17:09:50
- SDK Updates; minor bugfixes and improvements
Build 825048100v2.0.42017-11-29 22:13:12
Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
Build 824380185v2.0.32017-11-22 17:11:11
- iOS 11 & iPhone X updates; performance tweaks, SDK & translation updates.
Build 822810943v2.0.22017-07-07 21:04:41
- Ephemeris: added listing of sun rise and set times for the year with day length and daylight gain or loss
- 3D Compass: when displaying Solstices + Equinoxes, displays the rise and set lines
- Swedish (Svensk) translation by Samuel Andersson, many thanks!
- SDK Updates; minor bugfixes and improvements
Build 817878385v2.0.12016-06-25 12:19:16
2.0.1
- iOS 9+: Added 3D-touch quick actions for the home screen icon
- Minor bugfixes and improvements
- If you like Sun Surveyor Lite, please consider leaving a review!
2.0
- Sun Surveyor Lite has been redesigned to provide a better user experience!
- Time Machine Slider - now a continuous slider with a visualization of the daylight
- Configurable Info Panels - interactive panels for quick and easy toggling of sun and moon event visualization, with panels for golden hour and blue hour times, twilight times, solstices & equinoxes, and more
- New Date / Time behavior - will act as a "clock" until the date/time is manually adjusted
- Shadow Length Calculator - input object height to determine the object's shadow length for a given time of day
- Sun Surveyor Lite now includes demos of the full version's Interactive Map and Street View features
- Removed ads
- Additional localizations
- Many other updates, fixes and improvements
Build 817558135v2.02016-06-07 18:17:42
- Sun Surveyor Lite has been redesigned to provide a better user experience!
- Time Machine Slider - now a continuous slider with a visualization of the daylight
- Configurable Info Panels - interactive panels for quick and easy toggling of sun and moon event visualization, with panels for golden hour and blue hour times, twilight times, solstices & equinoxes, and more
- New Date / Time behavior - will act as a "clock" until the date/time is manually adjusted
- Shadow Length Calculator - input object height to determine the object's shadow length for a given time of day
- Sun Surveyor Lite now includes demos of the full version's Interactive Map and Street View features
- Removed ads
- Additional localizations
- Many other updates, fixes and improvements
Build 150582636v1.4.12013-11-21 04:10:34
- fix for crash with Russian Localization, updated SDKs
Build 55252644v1.42013-09-26 06:05:58
- iOS 7 update
- Localization: bug fix for certain Chinese regional date/time displays
- new app icon
Build 16454062v1.3.32013-08-26 22:54:47
- Details View: moved Sun summary to top, location information to bottom
- Settings: moved "Show Items" to the top
- Default all Sun items to selected for new users
- SDK updates
Build 15882739v1.3.22013-07-24 23:15:31
- languages: Spanish lite translation by Juan A. Gonzalez Sanz, many thanks!
Build 15837429v1.3.12013-07-18 08:56:25
- languages: 한국어 (Korean) translation by 고은영 (Emily Ko)
Build 15574025v1.32013-06-13 00:57:53
- languages: 中文（简体）- Chinese (Simplified) translation by Lincol Lin, many thanks!
- various UI updates
Build 15432082v1.2.32013-05-22 22:36:00
- languages: 中文（繁體）- Chinese (Traditional) translation by Lincol Lin, many thanks!
- fix for iPad date/time picker to respect device locale
Build 15374987v1.2.22013-05-15 20:42:01
- languages: French Translation by Vincent Lootens
- languages: Italian Translation by Walter Tross, Samuele Tovagli
- languages: русский (Russian) translation by Никита Сидоров, Сергей Лукс (Nikita Sidorov, Sergey Louks)
- calculation: fix for calculating day length in extreme regions of the world where there may not be a sunrise or sunset
Build 15182901v1.2.12013-04-29 01:03:31
- languages: Japanese (日本語) Translation by Shuhei Okumura, PhD
- languages: German Translation by Marco Götze
- languages: Norsk (bokmål) [Norwegian] translation by Håvard Bartnes
- languages: Dutch translation by Thibaud Taudin Chabot
- languages: Türkçe (Turkish) Translation by Ramazan Şen
- date/time picker: (ios 6 fix) date/time picker respects device locale as with previous ios versions
Build 14188763v1.22013-02-22 22:47:16
- Details: big update: added Blue Hour times, Golden Hour times, Solar Noon from Full Version
- Date/Time Input: added toggle (Date/Time, Date, Time) button to allow input of year
- Ads: added Admob Ads (Main Menu only)
Build 12892236v1.12012-12-12 02:07:20
- iPhone 5/Retina 4" support
- iOS 6+ fixes for iPad screen rotations
- Flurry SDK
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| Region | Language | Price | Ratings | Avg | Version |
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| US | en-US | Free | 37 | 4.1 | 2.8.3 |
Change log 29 changes · US
✎
releaseNotes updated
2.8.3
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
✎
description updated
Sun Surveyor Lite takes the mystery out of the sunrise, sunset and magic hours, helping photographers and filmmakers scout the best locations, plan effectively,
✎
subtitle updated
Your Personal Guide to the Sun
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name updated
Sun Surveyor Lite
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Version 2.8.3 released
2.8.3
- SDK updates, minor fixes and tweaks.
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Version 2.8.2 released
- iOS 18 updates
- iOS 18: added dark mode and tint mode icon artwork
- Fixes for the Mac app experience
- Bugfixes, improvements, and SDK updates.
◆
Version 2.8.1 released
(2.8.1)
- Crash fix for when trying to upgrade.
(2.8)
- Updated Map and Street View demos with newest visualization engine from full version.
- Minor bugfixes and improvements; SDK updates.
◆
Version 2.8 released
- Updated Map and Street View demos with newest visualization engine from full version.
- Minor bugfixes and improvements; SDK updates.
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Version 2.6.1 released
2.6.1
- Crash fixes
2.6
- iOS 16 updates
- World Magnetic Model update (2020-2025 version)
- Tweaks for running on Mac with Apple Silicon
- Other minor bugfixes and improvements; SDK updates
◆
Version 2.6 released
- iOS 16 updates
- World Magnetic Model update (2020-2025 version)
- Tweaks for running on Mac with Apple Silicon
- Other minor bugfixes and improvements; SDK updates
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Version 2.5.2 released
2.5.2
- Performance improvements and fixes for iOS 12
2.5
- Brought over the latest changes from the full version
- Brand new visualization engine - much more detail and faster performance
- (new!) Light Map: shows a filled area of light s
◆
Version 2.5 released
- Brought over the latest changes from the full version
- Brand new visualization engine - much more detail and faster performance
- (new!) Light Map: shows a filled area of light spanning the Summer and Winter Solstices when Solstice visua
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Version 2.0.5 released
- SDK Updates; minor bugfixes and improvements
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Version 2.0.4 released
Minor bugfixes and performance improvements
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Version 2.0.3 released
- iOS 11 & iPhone X updates; performance tweaks, SDK & translation updates.
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Version 2.0.2 released
- Ephemeris: added listing of sun rise and set times for the year with day length and daylight gain or loss
- 3D Compass: when displaying Solstices + Equinoxes, displays the rise and set lines
- Swedish (Svensk) translation by Samuel Anders
◆
Version 2.0.1 released
2.0.1
- iOS 9+: Added 3D-touch quick actions for the home screen icon
- Minor bugfixes and improvements
- If you like Sun Surveyor Lite, please consider leaving a review!
2.0
- Sun Surveyor Lite has been redesigned to provide a better user
◆
Version 2.0 released
- Sun Surveyor Lite has been redesigned to provide a better user experience!
- Time Machine Slider - now a continuous slider with a visualization of the daylight
- Configurable Info Panels - interactive panels for quick and easy toggling of
◆
Version 1.4.1 released
- fix for crash with Russian Localization, updated SDKs
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Version 1.4 released
- iOS 7 update
- Localization: bug fix for certain Chinese regional date/time displays
- new app icon
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Version 1.3.3 released
- Details View: moved Sun summary to top, location information to bottom
- Settings: moved "Show Items" to the top
- Default all Sun items to selected for new users
- SDK updates
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Version 1.3.2 released
- languages: Spanish lite translation by Juan A. Gonzalez Sanz, many thanks!
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Version 1.3.1 released
- languages: 한국어 (Korean) translation by 고은영 (Emily Ko)
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Version 1.3 released
- languages: 中文（简体）- Chinese (Simplified) translation by Lincol Lin, many thanks!
- various UI updates
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Version 1.2.3 released
- languages: 中文（繁體）- Chinese (Traditional) translation by Lincol Lin, many thanks!
- fix for iPad date/time picker to respect device locale
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Version 1.2.2 released
- languages: French Translation by Vincent Lootens
- languages: Italian Translation by Walter Tross, Samuele Tovagli
- languages: русский (Russian) translation by Никита Сидоров, Сергей Лукс (Nikita Sidorov, Sergey Louks)
- calculation: fix
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Version 1.2.1 released
- languages: Japanese (日本語) Translation by Shuhei Okumura, PhD
- languages: German Translation by Marco Götze
- languages: Norsk (bokmål) [Norwegian] translation by Håvard Bartnes
- languages: Dutch translation by Thibaud Taudin Chabot
-
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Version 1.2 released
- Details: big update: added Blue Hour times, Golden Hour times, Solar Noon from Full Version
- Date/Time Input: added toggle (Date/Time, Date, Time) button to allow input of year
- Ads: added Admob Ads (Main Menu only)
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Version 1.1 released
- iPhone 5/Retina 4" support
- iOS 6+ fixes for iPad screen rotations
- Flurry SDK