Location
========

The Location page is where you :doc:`define the scene location <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-define-location>` with an option to :doc:`use an image underlay <../shade-calculator-howto/sc-underlay>`.

**Address**
  The street address for the scene. Uses the Bing Maps API to find an aerial image of the address and assign values to the latitude, longitude, and time zone.

**Latitude**
  The scene location's latitude north of the equator in decimal degrees.

**Longitude**
  The scene location's longitude east of the prime meridian in decimal degrees.

**Time zone**
  The scene location's time zone in GMT or UTC.

**Lookup address**
  Load an aerial image of the address and assign values to the latitude, longitude, and time zone.

**Update map from coordinates**
  Load an aerial image of the latitude and longitude.

**Load image**
  Load an image from a file stored on your computer.

**Paste image**
  Load an image from your computer's clipboard.

**Manual Scale**
  Change the image scale in meters per 100 pixels. 

**Zoom and pan tools**
  .. image:: ../images/ss-location-zoom-pan.png
     :align: center
     :alt: ss-location-zoom-pan.png

  Zoom the image in and out, and pan the image left, right, up, and down.

**Underlay this map in the scene**
  Use the map image as an underlay in the bird's eye view. This can be useful for positioning objects in the scene.

**Remove underlay in scene**
  Remove the underlay image from the bird's eye view.