Which spot
Every place you marked, read at the same hour.
One reading, run at each spot on the plan, so the only thing that changes between them is where you are standing. It compares what you have marked and nothing else — a corner the model has never been told about has no geometry and cannot be read.
Ten seconds, no shoes, between the door and the water.
Starts at the hour this use normally happens. Move it to the hour that actually annoys you.
The best spot in July is regularly not the best spot in October, and that is the whole reason to check.
Which spot
Crossing it barefoot at 3:00 PM
The route to the water and The lounger come out level for crossing barefoot at this hour. Pick on something this model cannot see — where the door is, who is talking, what you can be bothered to carry.
- The route to the waterWorksLevel
Direct sun is what costs it — 100 / 100 against at most 85.
- The loungerWorksLevel
Direct sun is what costs it — 100 / 100 against at most 85.
| Spot | Verdict | Standing | What is costing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| The route to the water | Works | leader | Direct sun |
| The lounger | Works | leader | Direct sun |
Every spot is read at the same hour on the same day, through the same geometry, so the only thing that differs between them is where they are. The bars are the 0–100 reporting scale, mapped from those readings against what this use needs: they rank the spots, they do not measure them. A gap under five on it is not a decision this engine can defend, and it says so rather than picking one.
The same answer, on the plan
Shadows at 3:00 PM in October. The best spot is not always the one that looks best on a drawing, which is why both are here.
To scale · to the measurements given: Drawn to scale from the measurements given. Not a survey. It is not a survey.
Once you know where
A ranking tells you where to sit today. It does not tell you what to change — for that, the winner and the loser both have their own reading, and a change tested at one is not tested at the other.