The shortest way is notthe coolest way.
Shadeside plans walking routes through the shade — real shadows of real buildings and trees, computed for your exact time of day.
Real shadows
Every building casts the shadow it actually casts.
Heights come from OpenStreetMap, the sun position from the NOAA solar algorithm computed on your phone. Tree canopy counts too — on a hot afternoon it shades a pavement more reliably than a low-rise block.
Shade, honestly computed.
Route
Walk the shady side.
Routing weighs every path segment by how sunlit it is, so the route hugs the shaded side of the street instead of just being short.
- A slider sets how far you are willing to detour for shade.
Time
See the shade before you go.
Drag the day and night bar to any moment within twelve hours and watch shadows swing across the map. Plan the six o clock walk at nine in the morning.
Compare
Know what the shade costs.
Each route shows the share that is shaded and the extra minutes against the fastest way, split between buildings and trees. The trade-off is yours to make.
Offline
A city in seconds, then no network at all.
Cities are prepared in advance and arrive as one file. Download the ones you walk in, delete them when you are done.
Get Shadeside
Download your city and take the cooler way home.
Available on the App Store