topic Re: Area Solar Radiation in ArcGIS Spatial Analyst Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109898#M1530 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In the same spirit:</P><P>I believe it generally depends on the complexity of the terrain and the resolution of the original elevation file.</P><P>Ones i recently ran were taking around two hours for an area about 2/3 the size of Wales (186.2 km x 134.45km) at a DEM resolution of 50m (38.20 MB file).</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:35:53 GMT JessCartwright 2014-07-30T11:35:53Z Area Solar Radiation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109896#M1528 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm doing an Area Solar Radiation right now and I'm on hour 5.25. Any idea how long this typically takes?[ATTACH=CONFIG]19990[/ATTACH]</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Dec 2012 02:22:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109896#M1528 AlexSchild 2012-12-17T02:22:48Z Re: Area Solar Radiation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109897#M1529 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I know you posted this a long time ago but I wanted to reply so others might have the answer.</P><P>A colleague just ran a test of about 7 sq miles and it took 5 days, only 155 days were analyzed. </P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 22 Jul 2014 19:15:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109897#M1529 RickeyFight 2014-07-22T19:15:13Z Re: Area Solar Radiation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109898#M1530 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>In the same spirit:</P><P>I believe it generally depends on the complexity of the terrain and the resolution of the original elevation file.</P><P>Ones i recently ran were taking around two hours for an area about 2/3 the size of Wales (186.2 km x 134.45km) at a DEM resolution of 50m (38.20 MB file).</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:35:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109898#M1530 JessCartwright 2014-07-30T11:35:53Z Re: Area Solar Radiation https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109899#M1531 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you have the possibility, use GRASS. Faster and better results ...</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:05:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-spatial-analyst-questions/area-solar-radiation/m-p/109899#M1531 JohannesBierer 2014-07-30T12:05:31Z