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Visualization/modification of an existing site

The "Geographic coordinates" page defines:

  • The name of the site, country and region,
  • The Latitude, Longitude, Altitude (which uniquely define the (x,y,z) coordinates of a given point of the earth), and the time zone. Ex: for central Europe, the Winter time corresponds to GMT+1, while the summer time is GMT+2. You can obtain accurate Latitude/Longitude coordinates from your GPS or GoogleEarth.

In this dialog you can also:

  • See the sun paths corresponding to your site,
  • Import the weather data either from the built-in Meteonorm DLL, from the NASA-SSE database (old and inaccurate), from the PVGIS API, from the NSRDB API, from the Solcast API or from the SolarAnywhere® API if you have internet access to obtain TMY Monthly/Hourly files,
  • Import/export the site data by "copy/paste" (for example in a spreadsheet like EXCEL),
  • Go directly to the "Interactive map" page (Show map button),
  • Print a complete form with the data of this site.

Geographical_Site_Parameters_Geographical_Coordinates

The "Monthly weather data" page holds the monthly weather data.

  • Values for Global irradiance and Temperature are mandatory :
    • for fast and rough calculations, in the design part of the program (Orientation, System).
    • to generate a synthetic weather data file (from theMeteonorm Dll)
  • Global diffuse and wind velocity are optional. They will be evaluated by models when necessary.
  • You can choose the units in the frame "Irradiation units" on the right (you will find many kinds of units in other data sources).
  • If you define a new site (by its geographical coordinates), you can always obtain default Global horizontal and Temperature from the Nasa-SSE data, which are available for any point on the earth, by steps of 1°x1° lat x long.
  • If data are given as lines or columns in a spreadsheet, you can "paste" entire columns at a time.
  • As for any database element you are advised to always mention the source of your data.

After defining or modifying a site, the program will ask whether you want to keep your modifications, and if so it will modify or create a new site with an extension .SIT.

Geographical_Site_Parameters_Meteo

With the "Interactive Map" you can see your site as it would appear in OpenStreetMap. From this page you can also Create a new site.

Geographical_Site_Parameters_InteractiveMap