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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

new sun path program

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Simon Baechler

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Update: The iPhone Version is out! Get it here
Update: The PC and Mac versions are out! Get yours here!



Hi

I was out of work last two weeks and decided to write a small tool for cinematographers that shows the position of the sun during the day for a given location. I wasn't too happy with the page that sunpath produces so I decided to write my own program.

It uses Google Earth for displaying the position of the Sun.

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I'ts now available as a beta version. Anyone who is interested is welcome to try it out.

http://www.westfilm.ch/sonnenstand/Site/English.html

Regards
Simon
 
Simon,

This is too cool for words! The program works as described. We have used other devices over the years, but this one is VERY useful. Now if there would be some way to have this on my iPhone so when we're out in a field somewhere...

Thank you very much for creating and sharing your great idea.

Best,
Mark
 
iPhone version please :)
 
Well it looks like it could, but it's not in the app store yet. What would be really snazzy is to be able to have the map move as you moved the iPhone, so it sync'd with your location. Don't know if Google Earth has that kind of functionality, but would be a neat trick with your software added.
 
Thank You

Thank You

Very nice program, I tried it out and it truly vizualizes the sun. Any updates to do the moon? You are gifted and talented, and being selfish, I hope you are out of work again sometime. You are following the greats out there, sharing and colaborating talents.
 
Please Please Please

Please Please Please

I have spent hours trying to figure out how to get this program to work.... I am not a wizard on a computer and no matter what I do I cannot get past the first window. Input file, Output file and so on.

I think my problem is with the Input File

In 'Google Earth' I am right clicking at a location and selecting 'save as'.

I save the file as a 'kml' file to my desktop.

I then click the '?' button to the right of the Sonnenstand window and a Browser window appears.

Here I select the 'kml' file.

When I select 'start' I get a window saying 'The input file doesn't exist!'

I have also tried 'copy & paste'. This gives me a somewhat large text file.

This also doesn't work.

What am I doing wrong?

I am also not sure what to enter into the 'Output File' box. I guessed that this is where you save information to.... so I opened a folder and linked this selection to it.

Sorry for asking something that is probably really obvious when you know how.

Clearly if you have written the program you are a computer wizard.

Please take pity on us mere mortals.......

Thanks a lot and good luck........

Mac....
 
I figured it out.....

I figured it out.....

Please forget the last post.... I figured it out.... My problem was entering information into the 'Output File' box.

When I selected the correct 'kml' file in the 'Input File' box, no information was automatically entered into the 'Output File' box. Because it was full.

Anyway....... Thanks a million..... Looks great all ready......

Mac.......
 
thanks, please a windows mobile 6.1 version
 
Wow, this looks pretty amazing. Can you do something like this for the Milky Way/Moon?

How do I get started with this whole sunpath thing? I have never used it.
 
sbaechler said:
My program runs on the iPhone. The question is, will Google Earth? ;-)
Click to expand...

Google Earth is working on the iPhone now so how about an App Store version of Sonnenstand? It would be very handy to be able to use this in the field (3G signal permitting). Great program by the way, seems to be absolutely spot on.
 
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