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Midsummer shade from Seoul’s street trees

See the shade Seoul's street trees cast, on a 3D map. Change the place and hour to watch the shade shift with the sun.

Trees: Seoul tree survey (2024) · Buildings and terrain: Mapbox, OpenStreetMap. Shade is cast from the 3D forms of trees and buildings using the sun's position for August, in Korea Standard Time. Each crown is a standard shape for its species, scaled to that tree’s height; crown width was actually measured for one tree in five. The direction and length of the shade are close to reality, but the outline of any single shadow is not.

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