Hello,
I’m Randall, and I’ve been working on TreeShadeAdvisor, a tool for designing tree layouts and simulating how tree shade changes across a site over time.
It lets users test spacing, orientation, planting patterns and tree dimensions, then inspect the result in 2D and 3D with quantitative shade outputs.
Here is a shade-bands map from a real simulation:
I think it may be useful for agroforestry, silvopasture, alley cropping, coffee/cocoa systems, food forests and other tree-based designs where shade distribution matters.
I’m especially interested in feedback from people who actually design or manage these systems:
- Does this type of tool solve a real problem for you?
- What would you want it to do that it does not do today?
- What kind of scenario would you test first?
TreeShadeAdvisor:
https://treeshadeadvisor.com
I’d really appreciate any feedback, criticism or ideas.
Best,
Randall
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