Waterfall Sun Planner

Prototype field tool for checking the sun's azimuth and elevation against a waterfall viewpoint before a photo trip.

How to Use

Date and Time

Date Local time Time slider: 12:00 PM Time zone

Name

Latitude Longitude

Tip: paste a Google Maps pair into Latitude, such as 35.60190453884639, -82.24750847032819. Longitude will fill automatically.

Water flow azimuth, upstream to downstream: 270 degrees

Enter the point above the falls first, then the point below the falls. You can paste a Google Maps coordinate pair into either latitude field.

Upstream latitude Upstream longitude

Downstream latitude Downstream longitude

Add both GPS points to calculate the water flow azimuth.

Camera azimuth toward falls Reverse azimuth

Camera direction toward falls: 90 degrees

Search, then click or right-click the map to fill the selected coordinate fields.

Calculating

Center marker: waterfall / camera target

Sun azimuth--

Sun elevation--

Camera bearing--

Water flow--

Sun-camera angle--

Face alignment--

Sunrise--

Sunset--

Solar times use the selected date and GPS coordinates.

Sunrise to sunset for the selected date and location, with the selected time shown by the orange marker.

Set a date and time