Right after you connect, your map page shows where the sun is now, today's sunrise and sunset, and the latest snapshot. To tell shade from dark ground, Yard Sun Map first learns the colours of your yard from light without shadows: an overcast spell, or a stretch when the sun is behind a cloud. If the weather stays clear, it works the colours out after three clear days instead.
An hour counts once the camera has seen direct sun in it at least twice that month. Early-morning and late-evening hours fill in last. The map says which hours it has seen.
Choose Mark "not my yard" and tap those squares. They are left out of the map and the analysis. Tap again to put a square back.
Ring prints its logo and a label on every image there, so that band is never analysed.
It's an estimate for a clear day: the sun's position for your ZIP code, a standard clear-sky model, and how often the camera saw direct sun on the squares you picked. It does not read your panels or meter, it assumes clear weather, and it can only use squares the camera can see. Shade loss, the difference between those squares with and without the shade the camera saw, is the most useful number. For a purchase or installation decision, get a professional site assessment.
Use Delete my account and data on your map page, or remove Yard Sun Map in the Ring app. Either erases everything immediately, for every camera.
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