PlanIt Earth: VR Photo Planner

For landscape, travel, nature, cityscape, night, time-lapse, star-trail, Milky Way and astro photographers: PlanIt Earth builds on everything we learned from PlanIt Pro and takes previsualization to a whole new level.

Ansel Adams called it previsualization — imagining the final print before the shot is ever taken. Seeing a scene before you travel to it greatly increases the chance of coming home with the photo you wanted. PlanIt Earth is built around that one idea: see the shot before you go.

What sets it apart is the photorealistic VR viewfinder. Instead of reading numbers on a map, you stand at your camera position and see the real terrain — built from satellite imagery and elevation data — with the Sun, Moon, Milky Way, stars, clouds, 3D markers and your framing exactly where they will be. Scrub time and watch light and shadows move through your composition.

There isn't always a signal out in the field. Preload offline elevation, maps and markers, and keep scouting and planning entirely offline.

Plan the light. Preview the scene. Arrive ready.

FEATURES

Photorealistic VR planning

Real terrain and horizon rendered from elevation data and satellite imagery
Photoreal city backgrounds with Google 3D Tiles, plus Street View and your own photos
Aim with camera and scene pins; focal length, angle of view and line of sight
Live depth-of-field and bokeh preview — see the blur instead of reading numbers
Aerial and drone view, immersive full screen, and an AR viewfinder for framing on site
Sun, Moon, Milky Way and sky

Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset, golden hour, blue hour, twilight and astronomical darkness
Sun and Moon direction, altitude, paths and alignment timing
Milky Way Center direction, visibility and realistic sky placement, with Milky Way Seeker for the best dates and locations
Stars, planets, constellations, meteor showers, comets, eclipses, rainbows and moonbows
The Sun drawn from a time-matched NASA SDO image at its true apparent size
Alignment and shoot planning

Find where and when the Sun or Moon lines up with your subject
Search the sky across years for the conditions you want
Plan sequences, multi-day shoots and time-lapses on a key-frame timeline
Exposure guides for eclipses, star trails, the Milky Way and more
Smart auto shooting fires your camera at the moment you planned for
Measure distance, height, elevation and two-station geometry
Map-based scouting

Full-screen planning map with camera and scene pins and direction lines
Multiple map providers and layers, terrain, light-pollution and aurora overlays
Search locations, save markers and 3D models, record and import tracks
Offline regions: map, elevation and markers downloaded for the field
Weather and field conditions

Photographer-focused weather and forecast cards
Cloud, visibility, fog, wind, humidity, frost, dust and other shooting conditions
Aurora forecasts, solar activity, space-weather alerts, tides and waves
ISS and satellite passes, aircraft transits and rocket launches, with an alarm for an upcoming transit
Telescope rig control

Drive an equatorial mount, an electronic focuser and an astronomy camera from the phone over Wi-Fi or USB, or through the SharpCap bridge on a PC
Still being finished: many models are untested against real hardware, so check the behaviour with your own gear
Plans, markers and tracks

Save complete plans with map position, pins, time and shooting setup, and save shots inside each plan
Sign in with your PlanIt account to sync plans, markers, tracks and settings across your devices
PlanIt+ PlanIt Earth is free to explore. PlanIt+ unlocks the photorealistic VR viewfinder, the night, time-lapse, alignment, aerospace and weather modules, and offline regions — as an annual subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase, on every platform. Coming from PlanIt Pro? Your past purchases become credit toward PlanIt+.