Shadeside
Product roadmap
What Shadeside does today and where it is heading. Plans shift as we learn which walks people actually take.
Released
Shipped5
In the App Store
Shipped Shade-aware routing
A walking graph weighted by how sunlit each segment is, so the route follows the shaded side of the street.
Shipped Real building and tree shadows
Shadows projected from OpenStreetMap heights, with tree crowns and woodland drawn and counted.
Shipped Time scrubbing
Move twelve hours in either direction and watch the shade move with the sun.
Shipped Offline cities
Prepared city files that install in seconds and then need no network.
Shipped UV index
Current UV for your location, so the value of shade is not a guess.
Quarter
Q3 2026Now2
Jul–Sep
In progress Shareable route cards
Share a walk with its shade share and the time it costs against the fastest route.
Planned Shade on the map without a route
Show shadows for whatever you are looking at, so you can judge a street before planning anything.
Quarter
Q4 20261
Oct–Dec
Planned Occlusion
A tall building should block the shadow behind it. Today shadows are projected independently, which slightly overestimates shade in dense blocks.
Backlog
Later2
Exploring
Planned Seasonal canopy
Bare branches in winter shade far less than full summer foliage. Model the difference.
Planned More cities
Beyond the first thousand metropolitan areas, on request and by usage.
Shipped (5) ↓ Q3 2026 (2) ↓ Q4 2026 (1) ↓ Later (2)
