SHADOWMAP SOLUTIONS
Custom Tools for Sunlight Analysis & Solar Design
3D SOLAR ANALYTICS BY SHADOWMAP
Smarter solar planning starts here.
Unlock the full potential of any surface with high-precision solar exposure data, now powered by our brand new 3D Solar Analytics engine. Shadowmap Studio lets you visualize and analyze solar irradiance, shadow impact, and sunlight access across facades, roofs, and terrain — all in 3D and in real time. Ideal for solar panel placement, passive solar design, real estate sun studies, and optimizing building orientation for natural light.
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Shadowmap API: The world’s first global 3D solar data layer
Add high-precision sunlight and shadow information to your applications. Based on the worldwide renowned Shadowmap. Trusted by real estate platforms, energy companies and urban planners across the world.
SHADOWMAP FEATURES
Visualize and analyze sunlight & shadow
The Sun is the ultimate source of light and energy on Earth. Use Shadowmap to plan with the Sun by visualizing sunlight and shadows anywhere on the planet. Our interactive web based tool lets you explore sunlight and shadow throughout the year. Don't settle for surprises.
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Visualization
Precise Visualization of Sunlight & Shadow
Global shading analysis, real-time results.
Unrestricted Time & Date Change
Access your online sunlight simulation via easy slider input, and find out what time is golden hour.
Full Camera Freedom
Complete range of motion and FOV. Perfect for drone shot planning or architectural visualizations.
New 3D Solar Analytics
Use solar data and irradiance maps to evaluate solar potential. Now with even higher precision supporting indirect sunlight & monthly statistics.
Upload Custom 3D Models
IFC, OBJ, FBX, DAE and GLB files with textured materials supported.
Google 3D Buildings
Switch to Google's high-res 3D digital twin on the fly. Photorealistic, textured environments in available regions and cities.
Why our users love Shadowmap
My photographic work is extremely time-consuming to plan. Precise research and preparation is therefore an essential part of my process. The Shadowmap solution helps me like no other software to precisely determine the lighting situation at locations all over the world and at any time of year. Even after years of using it, I am still impressed by its accuracy and intuitive controls.
Tom Hegen
Aerial Photographer
Shadowmap has helped me a lot! I also repeatedly compared the position of the sun (especially the shading) with the actual situation over a period of more than 2 weeks, and it is really cool how realistic it is – I think it would help many PV planners.
Bernd H.
Shadowmap Studio User
To all film makers! Gamechanger!
David J.
Director
We were considering building a new home, and Shadowmap stopped us from buying a lot that was in a very dark place, where we would have lost +2 hours of possible sunlight every day. Instead we were able to find and buy a house with ample sunlight, and are grateful Shadowmap let us project the sunlight in both locations yearround. Highly recommended if you’re looking to make a home purchase!
Amy O'Leary
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SUNLIGHT & HEALTH
Why sunlight matters for your health
Sunlight shapes far more than how bright a room feels. On our Sunlight Matters podcast, physicists, doctors and circadian scientists keep coming back to the same idea: the light we evolved under shapes our metabolism, mood and long-term health.
Sunlight fuels the engines in your cells
Around half of the Sun’s energy arrives as invisible infrared light that reaches deep into the body. Research suggests it helps mitochondria, the power plants in our cells, run more smoothly, a bit like oil in an engine.
Bob Fosbury & Glen Jeffery, ‘Editing the Sun’
Bright days and dark nights protect your mood
In a study of 88,000 people, brighter daytime light lowered the risk of major depression, while light at night raised it by around 30%, in a dose-dependent way.
Prof. Sean Cain, circadian researcher
Avoiding the sun carries its own risks
Large studies from Sweden and the UK Biobank link sun avoidance with dying earlier, especially from heart disease. Some researchers now rank low sun exposure alongside smoking, inactivity and obesity.
Dr Roger Seheult, Loma Linda University
Morning light retunes your body clock
After three weeks of watching every sunrise, our CEO Georg saw his heart rate variability rise 13%, resting heart rate fall 8% and recovery scores improve 25%.
Georg Molzer, Shadowmap sunrise experiment
Indoor light has lost its infrared
LEDs and modern glazing filter out the long wavelengths found in sunlight and incandescent bulbs. With around 90% of our time spent indoors, many of us live with an infrared deficit.
Scott Zimmerman & Prof. Glen Jeffery
Hospitals are bringing patients back into the sun
Intensive care units at King’s College and St George’s hospitals now take patients outside, and infrared light trials have cut ICU stays by around 30%.
Dr Roger Seheult, Sunlight Matters
“Mitochondria are very, very tuned to daylight, and you can’t really fool them.”
Prof. Glen Jeffery, UCL Institute of Ophthalmology
Simple ways to get more sun
Get outside within an hour of waking up
Spend time under trees and in green spaces
Keep evening light dim and warm
Build up sun exposure gradually and never burn
Insights shared by guests on the Sunlight Matters podcast. This is general information, not medical advice.
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