Virtual Sundials and Google SketchUp [BACK]
Dietzenbach, Hesse
Germany
Latitude
Longitude
50 deg. 01 min. N
8 deg 47 min. E
Type of Sundial
Declination
Inclination
Horizontal
-
-
Date
Civil Time
Standard Time Zone
Day
Year
Month UTC SummerTime
Hours
Mins.
21
6 2006 +1 hr +2 hr
16:
00 hr
Commentary
Cordt Machen from Dietzenbach in Germany designed a modified "Earthdial", using Shadows 2.2. I made a virtual dial model in SketchUp for him, to check the shadow's gnomon at the Summer Solstice. Herr Machens is now going to make the real thing for his garden !.
If you have Windows Media Player or Quicktime, click to download a video clip of the sundial model and its shadows
vs-dietzenbach.avi (3,962 Kb)

If you have Google SketchUp, click to download the sundial model

vs-dietzenbach.skp (1,172 Kb)
and see how you can manipulate the model and see the effect of changing day and time.