Ground Mount Solar Siting

Plan your site

Find the address, mark the usable area, then analyze.

1 Find your address

2 Draw where panels may go

Box the property to screen. Google Solar data highlights sunny, flat, ground-level areas and avoids likely roofs, decks, and canopy.

Loading the aerial view and parcel reference…

Click two opposite corners of the panel search box.

3 Analyze layout

Ground-mount tables Panel rows per table Panels per row Module orientation

Each blue table: 5 panels · 18.9 × 6.5 ft ground footprint

Tilt 30° Azimuth 180° Optimization goal

The canonical solver applies this goal after safety screening. Cost and ROI goals use planning estimates.

Cable takeoff assumptions Cable type Conductors Service loop % Fixed allowance ft

Place an inverter and draw a cable path for a feet-based takeoff.

Loading site…Locating address

Parcel (blue) Panel search box (lime) Array

Loading site and preparing the primary 3D view…

20 ft

Connecting the Google satellite planning layer…

Default heatmap colors show annual solar exposure on an absolute scale. Switch layers for solar, terrain, obstacles, or evidence confidence; gray means insufficient evidence. Relative mode is available for local contrast · Source date and DSM conditions matter · Use as a planning screen, not construction approval.