Thank you for using Shadowmap! Shadowmap visualizes sunlight and shadow on an interactive 3D map, taking into consideration buildings and terrain. For any moment in time, anywhere on Earth.

How to use Shadowmap

Navigate the map

• Pan or move the map using one finger (or the left mouse button).
• Rotate or tilt the camera using two fingers next to each other (or the right mouse button).
• Zoom in and out using a two-finger pinch gesture (or the mouse wheel).

Adjust location and time

• Search: Navigate to the city/street/point of interest of your choice or use the pin/arrow to automatically be taken to your present geographic location (this requires your permission to use geolocation services on your device).
• Time: Use the slider below to adjust the time including Sun position. Use the clock-reset button to return to your current local time. Tip: You can also use the +/- keys on your keyboard for minute-precision.
• Date: Shadowmap Pro subscribers can adjust the date to any day in the past or future.
• Play: Use the play button to automatically animate the Sun’s path and shadows throughout the day.
• Sunrise & sunset: Tap on the sunrise or sunset time to jump to sunrise (+15 minutes) and sunset (-15 minutes).

Additional features

• Compass: Press to reset the map to the north.
• Share: Share your current location and time.
• Settings: Switch between different visual quality settings. Use the first for older/slower devices. Shadowmap Pro offers a high quality setting, requiring fast hardware.
• Zoom: Guess what? 😊

FAQ

• I can't find my house number
  House number precision is currently not supported. We are working on an improved location search feature.
• There are seams, especially in hilly areas
  Those bug us more than you think. We're reworking the whole rendering engine with additional benefits.
• Can I set a reminder for a specific event? Can I export a location/find a route to a location?
  These are also features we are working on – among many others.

Shadowmap is constantly evolving and adding new features. If you don’t see a feature that would make Shadowmap work better for you, drop us a note below to let us know how you’re using Shadowmap and how we can help.

Get in Contact

Have feedback, questions or feature requests?

Acknowledgements & Thanks

We are grateful for the following people, work and data. Without these, Shadowmap would not be the same. Shadowmap heavily relies on open data, crowdsourced by many people all over the world. In these regards, we want to especially emphasize OpenStreetMap and its contributors: Their work is a prerequisite for Shadowmap.

• Basemap © Toursprung
• Mapzen/Nextzen Terrain Tiles (Additional attribution)
  
  • ArcticDEM terrain data DEM(s) were created from DigitalGlobe, Inc., imagery and funded under National Science Foundation awards 1043681, 1559691, and 1542736;
  • Australia terrain data © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017;
  • Austria terrain data © offene Daten Österreichs – Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich;
  • Canada terrain data contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada;
  • Europe terrain data produced using Copernicus data and information funded by the European Union - EU-DEM layers;
  • Global ETOPO1 terrain data U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Mexico terrain data source: INEGI, Continental relief, 2016;
  • New Zealand terrain data Copyright 2011 Crown copyright (c) Land Information New Zealand and the New Zealand Government (All rights reserved);
  • Norway terrain data © Kartverket;
  • United Kingdom terrain data © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved;
  • United States 3DEP (formerly NED) and global GMTED2010 and SRTM terrain data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
• Nextzen Vector Tiles (Nextzen Developers)
• 3D buildings for Vienna, Austria © Stadt Wien
  • Datenquelle: Stadt Wien – data.wien.gv.at
  • Lizenz: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 International
• Three.js – the best Javascript 3D engine out there
• noUiSlider
• Pikaday
• Algolia Places
• Proj4js
• Spherical Mercator
• SunCalc

Customer support information

Please provide this information when you contact the customer support at aloha@shadowmap.orgpro@shadowmap.org:

• User: [] logout
• GIT commit ref:
• Maximum texture size:
• Maximum anisotropy:
• Precision:
• Supported WebGL extension:

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