Looking to Find True Sunrise for a Location

Question

I wandered into here in order to be able to identify the real sunrise for a location, given lat/lon coordinates, for any day of the year. This is probably the wrong project to start with, but here I am!

My home is close to a mountain range, and my sunrise is roughly an hour after the sunrise data one can fetch just using a lat/lon point. I was interested in crafting a map with geographic data and then learn how to plot such a thing given a date/time.

Given I'm foolishly making this my first project, I'm wondering what components are involved, at which point I can start searching for tutorials.

ToddW_stl · Answer

I also recently saw this on LinkedIn (which might be related to my Shadow Impact link above) - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/courtneyyatteau_arcgis-gis-3d-activity-7424175168408772609-aLeR?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAESsHlkBrUtgLKIcj7qinu_QKR2rl8dGkwg

ToddW_stl · Answer

that's cool - I didn't even know that was a thing!

Noah Sager · Answer

Sounds like a fun project. I think choosing something you can get passionate about will help you overcome the technical hurdles. To add on to the good ideas already here, there is also the Day/Night Terminator, although I haven't played around with this in years.

https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-living-atlas-blog/introducing-day-night-terminator/ba-p/1220971

https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=59403010eeff4d1bb838ca58d4dcb16c