Sun position plugin V2
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A Windy plugin that shows sun and moon positions on the map and gives details about sunset and sunrise times as well as other sun and moon details. This is a full rewrite of version 1 to work with the new windy plugin api and includes a number of improvements.
To use it on Desktop go to
Menu->Install Windy Plugin->Sun and Moon position->Install plugin. You can then access it by right-clicking on the map and selectingSun Position. The plugin will stay available even after a reload. (Mobile TBD)
Dial
The dial displays the current sun and moon azimuth on the map using a black line from the picker position. Additionally, dashed lines show the azimuth of sunrise and sunset and dotted lines show the azimuth of moonrise and moonset.
Detail pane
The detail pane on the right shows current azimuth and altitude of the sun and moon and their rise and set times. It also shows the current sunlight condition (such as golden hour), and moon phase. Optionally, a timeline can be activated, that shows the timing of astronomical and nautical twilight, and blue and golden hour.
The top of the pane shows a diagram of the sun and moon altitudes over the curse of the current day.
Changelog
See here for the changelog of version 1
v2.0.0-alpha.8 (compared to v0.3.6)
- Completely rewritten plugin for windy plugin api v2.
- Using svelte to make plugin more modular
- more compact design
- the dial is no longer bound to the picker and can be moved independently
- added weather information to the timeline
- separate small mobile ui with 3 tabs
- removed the option to hide specific parts of the timeline
V2.0.0-beta.1
- support for radar and satellite timelines
- fix bug when clicking on nadir time in timeline
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Killer work Jacob! Could I make a request to have the sun and moon lines extend further out? This would be incredible planning sunrise/sunset based on the clouds. For example when you have low clouds if the clouds extend beyond 100 miles the sun can't get underneath them to light up, but if it's under 100 miles you get gap light. Similar with high clouds but those can extend out a few hundred miles. So I would like to see them extend out at least that far, but ideally just extend to the edge of the screen like it does in TPE or Photopills.
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@davidkingham Thank you for the suggestion. The reason I haven't done that is that I also use the length of the line to indicate the altitude of the sun. Also, with very small zoom levels (i.e. when showing large parts of the earth), a straight line is a bit misleading.
I would rather make the lines have a meaningful length, such as the ~100 miles you mentioned when showing low clouds.
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Hi! Change the time zone for Kazakhstan to UTC +5:00, we are now using uniform time.
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Hi Jacobs, would it be possible to add the option to select the date of the year to see the position of the sun?
