iOS – Sun Surveyor – New
Sun Surveyor has been available for Android for sometime and has proven to be a very popular photographer’s tool app. Now, it has just become available for iOS and looks to be just as popular. Sun Surveyor predicts Sun & Moon positions (azimuth, altitude, time) with a 3D Compass, Map View, Augmented Reality View and a Details Ephemeris. Sun Surveyor is useful for film and photo location scouting, architecture, solar panel positioning, gardening, real estate, film grips, Earth Science geekery, and more! Plan for every sunrise and sunset.
You can read more about this app below, it retails for $5.99/£3.99 and you can download it here.
Interactive Controls To:
– Visualize and plan for the golden hour, blue hour and every sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset
– Find the time of year and angle to shoot a location at Sunrise or Sunset, or compositions involving the Moon
– 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
– Visualize the Sun and Moon throughout the day or over a year for any location on the earth
– Observe the Summer and Winter Solstice paths for any location
Features
– Sun & Moon Bearing and Altitude, Sunrise & Sunset, Shadow Ratio, Moon Rise & Set, Moon Phase & Illumination %, Twilight Times (Civil, Nautical, Astronomical), Summer and Winter Solstice Paths, Golden Hour and Blue Hour Times
– 3D Compass – A 3D projection of Sun and Moon positions and events overlaid onto a compass representing the device’s bearing and orientation in the world
– Augmented Reality View – View through the device’s camera, visualize where the sun and moon will be in the sky, or when they will move behind a building
– Map View – A top-down view of Sun and Moon event positions overlaid onto an interactive map
– Time Machine Slider – Visualize events for a single day, or watch the days get longer and shorter and the Moon’s path get further and closer throughout a year
– Offline Usage (excludes Map View)
– Enter Coordinates, Save & Load Locations with no data connection or GPS available
– Send screenshots and details
– Sun shadow ratio and projection, visualize the shadows cast from the Sun
– Local, Auto-Detect and Manual TimeZone selection
– Compensation for Magnetic Declination
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
