Interactive 3D maps app to visualize solar shadows worldwide
Given the impact the Sun ☀️ has on all our lives, a tool to predict its availability is surprisingly missing – Shadowmap is here to change that. It visualizes sunlight and solar shadows based on 3D data in a worldwide interactive maps app.
About Shadowmap on Product Hunt
“Interactive 3D maps app to visualize solar shadows worldwide”
Shadowmap launched on Product Hunt on May 25th, 2021 and earned 280 upvotes and 112 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. Given the impact the Sun ☀️ has on all our lives, a tool to predict its availability is surprisingly missing – Shadowmap is here to change that. It visualizes sunlight and solar shadows based on 3D data in a worldwide interactive maps app.
On the analytics side, Shadowmap competes within Web App, Drones, Photography, Maps, Climate Tech and Tech — topics that collectively have 949.7k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Shadowmap performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Shadowmap?
Shadowmap was hunted by Thomas Schranz ⛄️. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Thomas Schranz ⛄️