The Sun Position Analysis solution delivers a set of capabilities that help you visualize the sun’s illumination on a given terrain and share that information with military planners and decision makers.
In this topic, you will learn how to use the solution by assuming the role of a user and performing the following workflows.
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Use your organization's data or the provided sample data to complete the tasks included in this solution's ArcGIS Pro project.Get started
First, you will download and unzip the Sun Position Analysis Project.
- Sign in to your ArcGIS organization and browse to the Sun Position Analysis Project desktop application template.
- From the item page, click Download.
- Unzip the downloaded folder, and then from the unzipped folder, open the ArcGIS Pro project.
- If you do not see the Catalog pane, from the View tab, in the Windows group, click Catalog Pane.
- Expand the Tasks folder and then double-click the Sun Position Analysis task item.
Explore Sun Position Analysis
Before you begin you will want to understand the solution and its components.
This task group includes the following tasks:
- Overview
- Explore the data
Use the Sun Position Analysis project
The Sun Position Analysis project contains a tool to help you create a hillshade identifying areas of potential natural concealment. The Use the Sun Position Analysis project task group will guide you through using this tool.
This task group includes the following tasks:
- Create your sun position analysis hillshade