find_your_azimuth
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Find your azimuth
Calculations
For HomeAssistant you can use in both cases the determined azimuth value as is, for direct API calls you must convert it according to the convention:
azimuth = azimuth - 180
Open Street Map Compass
- Go to Open Street Map Compass
- Click Draw single leg route
- Find your location and zoom in as far as possible
- Click Show compass
- Move and rotate the compass in place, north is always at the top of the map
- Get your azimuth (upper right corner), for me abt.
172°
SunCalc
- Go to SunCalc
- Find your location (input upper left) and zoom in as far as possible, north is always at the top of the map
- Switch the map to “OSM” (on the map top right)
- Click on a suitable corner of your building
- Draw the time at the top so that the sun falls vertically on your modules …
- … to get a view like this
- Find your azimuth on the left:
find_your_azimuth.txt · Last modified: 2023/03/27 17:45 by knutkohl