What it feels like
cool51.8°F
Felt temperature · 18 on the reporting scale
It feels about 14 degrees cooler than the air, near 52°F.
What is doing it
- −8.4°
How much sky is overhead
- −2.6°
Air movement
Chicago (demonstration)
The strip along the fence where nothing fills out
DemonstrationEdit the plan
When at the base of a young plant is open for growing things
Each month read on its 15th · 2026- Works
- Tight
- No
- Unanswered
Rings run from 6 am at the centre to 8 pm at the edge.
At the base of a young plant cannot be read for growing things in any month yet.
- All year: cannot be answered, because usable light has not been recorded here.
The same year as a table
| Month | Open | Usable hours | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| February | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| March | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| April | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| May | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| June | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| July | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| August | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| September | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| October | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| November | — | — | Usable light closes it |
| December | — | — | Usable light closes it |
BuildingNot yoursCanopyShadow nowCan see inProposed
Reading at
8:34 PM·September
11:34 AM2:07 PM
The same day as a table
| Hour | Sun | Verdict | Confidence | Sun position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | dark | — | — | |
| 3:00 AM | dark | — | — | |
| 6:00 AM | dark | — | — | |
| 7:00 AM | shaded by The house | — | — | 5° up, bearing 90° |
| 8:00 AM | shaded by The house | — | — | 16° up, bearing 100° |
| 9:00 AM | shaded by The house | — | — | 27° up, bearing 111° |
| 10:00 AM | shaded by The house | — | — | 36° up, bearing 125° |
| 11:00 AM | shaded by The house | — | — | 45° up, bearing 141° |
| 12:00 PM | in sun | — | — | 50° up, bearing 162° |
| 1:00 PM | in sun | — | — | 51° up, bearing 186° |
| 2:00 PM | in sun | — | — | 48° up, bearing 208° |
| 3:00 PM | shaded by Neighbour's fence | — | — | 41° up, bearing 227° |
| 4:00 PM | shaded by Neighbour's fence | — | — | 32° up, bearing 242° |
| 5:00 PM | shaded by Neighbour's fence | — | — | 22° up, bearing 254° |
| 6:00 PM | shaded by Neighbour's fence | — | — | 11° up, bearing 265° |
| 7:00 PM | shaded by Neighbour's fence | — | — | 0° up, bearing 275° |
| 9:00 PM | dark | — | — |
Not full sun or shade. How much usable light actually arrives across a day, and whether the spot ever dries.
Something growing here
At the base of a young plant does not work for growing things on a day like this, and how long it stays wet is why.
How long it stays wet is14h over— 24h against at most 10h
Roots and foliage sitting wet kill more plants than the wrong hardiness zone does.
Confidence medium (60%). Enough to point in a direction, not enough to buy against.
What this answer was built from
How well this place is described
Mapped- Quick
- Mapped
- Annotated
- Measured
Shade, sky view and daily light are computed from real geometry rather than assumed. This is the rung at which the product starts telling you things you did not already know.
It cannot answer who can see in, and it cannot tell you whether the heights it is using are the real ones.
To reach Annotated
- Photographs of the actual place: None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one.
- Photographs that know where they were taken from: No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
- Who can see in: Nobody marked. Privacy is a question about who sees in from where, and the product will not invent one.
What that buys: The privacy question, and a check on the geometry. Most inferred heights are wrong by enough to matter, and a photograph settles it in a minute.
Everything that was checked
- Quick A place on the earth: Chicago (demonstration), with a time zone, which is what makes an hour an hour.
- Quick Somewhere to read: 1 spot marked. A reading is a height at a place, and moving it moves the answer.
- Mapped The things in the way: 3 objects drawn. The house counts, and so does the neighbour's.
- Mapped What is underfoot: 1 of 1 readings sit on a mapped surface.
- Mapped Where the property ends: Drawn, so the product can tell you when the cheapest fix stands on someone else's land.
- Annotated Photographs of the actual place: None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one.
- Annotated Photographs that know where they were taken from: No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
- Annotated Who can see in: Nobody marked. Privacy is a question about who sees in from where, and the product will not invent one.
- Measured Heights off a tape: 1 of 3 objects are measured. The remaining 2 are this product's own inference, so no figure here is a survey figure yet.
- Measured Something checked against the day: Nothing has been checked against a real afternoon. The model is unopposed, which is not the same as being right.
What to measure next
Ranked by how far the answer moves, not by a checklist- 1Who can actually see inSit in the chair
Sit where you actually sit and look around. Mark the one window or path you can see a person from. Until one exists, privacy is a question we are not answering rather than one that is fine.
This is not a refinement. Nothing can answer this question until somebody marks it.
Currently assuming: nobody is overlooking this. Tested across one confirmed observer changes the whole privacy answer.
- 2What you are looking atSit in the chair
Mark the direction of the view worth keeping. Without it, every screening recommendation is optimising against nothing.
This is not a refinement. Nothing can answer this question until somebody marks it.
Currently assuming: no view is being protected. Tested across one corridor changes what screening is worth doing.
What the place is doing at 8:34pm in September
Humid continental, hot summers, real winters (scenario shape).Direct sun
after dark0 W/m²
Beam reaching this point · 0 on the reporting scale
The sun is down.
How this was worked out
Glare
none0
out of 100
Nothing bright is in the line of sight at this hour.
How this was worked out
Privacy exposure
UnansweredNo observer has been placed yet. Privacy is a question about who can see in from where, and until one is marked there is nothing to answer.
Wind
still0.3 mph
Wind at the seat · 2 on the reporting scale
Their garage is taking about 60% of the wind off this spot.
What is doing it
- −0.3 mph
Their garage
- −0.3 mph
Neighbour's fence
How this was worked out
View
UnansweredNo view worth keeping has been marked, so there is nothing to weigh a screen against yet.
Surface heat
comfortable65.7°F
Surface temperature · 7 on the reporting scale
The surface is running about 66°F.
How this was worked out
Wetness
dries-fast1.1 x
Drying time against the open · 7 on the reporting scale
Still air here; moving air does a surprising amount of the drying.
How this was worked out
Light after dark
UnansweredNo exterior or window light has been placed yet, so what changes after dark is unanswered.
Ask something else about this place
Who can see me?
The sightline, the smallest screen that closes it, and what it costs you in view.
What grows here?
Usable light across a day, not the label on the tag.
I already own this. Where should it go?
The same reasoning backwards: every spot you have marked, ranked for one plant.
What survives here?
What this exposure does to the things you leave out.
Dinner outside tonight?
The forecast, read against this specific seat.
What changes through the year?
The same layout in May, August and October.
What changes after dark?
Light, glare and who can see in once the sun has gone.
Everything on the plan, in text
| Thing | Reading | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Neighbour's fence | 6 ft | 100 per cent solid. |
| Their garage | 10.2 ft | 100 per cent solid. |
| The house | 21.7 ft | 100 per cent solid. |