What it feels like
comfortable64°F
Felt temperature · 34 on the reporting scale
It feels about what the thermometer says, roughly 64°F.
What is doing it
- +1.9°
Direct sun on the seat
- −1.7°
How much sky is overhead
Los Angeles (demonstration)
The lawn that is moss at one end
DemonstrationEdit the plan
When the moss end 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.
The moss end 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
6:34 PM·September
6:49 AM11:29 AM2:15 PM7:21 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 | in sun | — | — | 2° up, bearing 87° |
| 8:00 AM | in sun | — | — | 12° up, bearing 97° |
| 9:00 AM | in sun | — | — | 22° up, bearing 109° |
| 10:00 AM | in sun | — | — | 31° up, bearing 122° |
| 11:00 AM | in sun | — | — | 40° up, bearing 137° |
| 12:00 PM | shaded by Line of conifers | — | — | 45° up, bearing 156° |
| 1:00 PM | shaded by Line of conifers | — | — | 48° up, bearing 178° |
| 2:00 PM | shaded by Line of conifers | — | — | 46° up, bearing 200° |
| 3:00 PM | in sun | — | — | 41° up, bearing 219° |
| 4:00 PM | in sun | — | — | 33° up, bearing 235° |
| 5:00 PM | in sun | — | — | 24° up, bearing 249° |
| 6:00 PM | in sun | — | — | 14° up, bearing 260° |
| 7:00 PM | in sun | — | — | 3° up, bearing 271° |
| 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
The moss end 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: Los Angeles (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: 2 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 2 objects are measured. The remaining 1 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 6:34pm in September
Temperate maritime, mild, grey, damp (scenario shape).Direct sun
in sun9.9 W/m²
Beam reaching this point · 100 on the reporting scale
Direct sun is on this spot right now.
How this was worked out
Glare
difficult36
out of 100
The sun is 28 degrees off the line of sight and low enough to stay in peripheral vision.
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
light1.2 mph
Wind at the seat · 6 on the reporting scale
Wind here is light.
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
comfortable67.2°F
Surface temperature · 9 on the reporting scale
The surface is running about 67°F.
How this was worked out
Wetness
dries-fast0.9 x
Drying time against the open · 21 on the reporting scale
Still air here; moving air does a surprising amount of the drying.
How this was worked out
Light after dark
daylight0
out of 100
Artificial light is not doing anything at this hour.
How this was worked out
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Line of conifers | 42.7 ft | 90 per cent solid, and seasonal. |
| The house | 21 ft | 100 per cent solid. |