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Re:Show HN: Every mountain, building and tree shadow mapped ... by goliathDown on Friday May 31, 2024 @02:50PM (#40538899)
How are you handling shading for dense wooded areas? I'm looking around at some neighborhoods with dense redwood trees in the northern California region. I know in the middle of the day a decent amount of shadow will still be in the area, which comes from the density of the forest and the length of the trees. From what I'm seeing, this shading is not accurate to the wooded areas I frequent.

But, that's probably a really hard problem to tackle. If there's no data on tree height, it seems impossible to accurately portray shadow extrapolations for forests. Especially since the forests can have a high frequency of change.

Super cool project, I hope this continues to grow!

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