Thursday, June 19, 2008

Celebrating the Solstice on Google Maps

Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere and the Winter Solstice in the southern, so it is either the longest day of the year or the shortest. If you wish to celebrate this fact then these Google Maps mash-ups could prove useful in working out when the sun rises and when the sun sets tomorrow.

The Sunrise and Sunset Tracker indicates where the sun is currently rising and setting by drawing a polyline on a Google Map .

EarthTools lets you check the time of the sunset and sunrise anywhere in the world by setting your location on a Google Map.

Daylight Map


The Daylight Map is a Google Map that shows where it is currently daytime and where it is night-time in the world. Areas where it is currently night are shaded out on the map. The night-time areas also show the effects of light pollution from electric lights. Daylight Map also has a Cloud Cover map showing current cloud cover around the world.

If you want somewhere special to experience the sun rise tomorrow then you could do worse than visit one of the places in the following maps:

4 comments:

zamprogno said...

Well, it's the shortest day for (the Southern) half of the planet!

Though we in Southern Hemisphere also have reason to celebrate: only from this day on each day will become longer! ;-)

Enrique said...

Hi,

I would like a more global scope of this post. You know, it's the summer solstice for the north, but the winter solstice for the southern part of the world.
Thanks!

Enrique,
Argentina

Keir Clarke said...

My sincerest apologies guys. My only excuse is that because of the lack of night here in the north I've been getting up ridiculous early and posting before my brain wakes up.

Luckily the nights will now be getting longer for me.

raman said...

Good info...tks