Hengefinder: Finding When the Sun Aligns with Your Street (victoriaritvo.com)
28 points by evakhoury a day ago
lefra an hour ago
It would be nice to be able to access the website on a smartphone (even if the experience is suboptimal), instead of denying access.
HPsquared 23 minutes ago
Smartphones have the huge advantage of direction sensors (3D magnetometer and gyro). I remember using apps like Google sky map (or something like that) way back in 2011 to look at satellites and planets.
4ndrewl an hour ago
Stonehenge of course, famously not a henge.
donalhunt an hour ago
Mobile app not available in your country. :(
metalman 29 minutes ago
then use a stick™
hint, watch the sticks shadow
other hint, can use almost anything that casts a shadow, as a stick substitute.
* even more hints availible with stick™ pro
sonofhans 13 minutes ago
I’d like to subscribe to stick™ pro! I tried a piece of string and it waved around in the wind and didn’t work, so I think I may need a paid service for this.
fuzzfactor 23 minutes ago
It would be good to also have the option for alignment with sunrises in addition to sunsets.
For instance in Houston the sunrise aligns with Texas Avenue around the June solstice.
Consequently, there are no sunset alignments for the downtown skyscrapers.