Is this a feng shui verdict on Sydney Opera House?

No. The page computes terrain geometry from public elevation data and reports the kernel verdict with its threshold. Classical template statements (backed by a mountain, facing water) are quoted from the public record with sources; whether the building "has good feng shui" is cultural interpretation, not computation.

Where does the sitting direction come from?

Bennelong Point is a peninsula jutting into Sydney Harbour; the site is water on three sides. We did not measure it on site. If you want the measured value, take a compass reading (model declination here ≈ 12.8° E) or use the solar compass — and note the difference from the literature value.

Why trust these numbers?

The skyline comes from SRTM 30 m via opentopodata (sampled once, frozen into this page — the page itself runs zero network calls), and the judgments are computed by the same WASM kernel as the public API, with the same provenance discipline. The data limitations are printed next to the data, not in a footnote.

Sydney Opera House 悉尼歌劇院 terrain case

Three sides open water, southern hemisphere: the four-意象 labels (azure dragon / white tiger sectors) follow the compass, and the kernel just reports elevation symmetry. Also an honest case for why "sitting direction" needs a compass or solar sighting — never a photo.

The building, on the record

Location	Sydney, Australia · -33.8568, 151.2153
Built	1959–1973
Sitting/facing (literature)	modern building — no classical sitting/facing; terrain reported without one
Source	Bennelong Point is a peninsula jutting into Sydney Harbour; the site is water on three sides

We did not measure anything on site — the sitting direction is quoted from the public record, and this page says so wherever the direction matters.

Terrain, as the model sees it

360-azimuth skyline sampled once from SRTM 30 m (a terrain model — no buildings) at 350 / 700 / 1200 / 2500 m rings, frozen on 2026-10-27. Ground elevation at the sample point: 22.0 m. Highest skyline angle: 3.7° at 230° azimuth.

Sector (±45°)	Max elevation	Mean
North (玄武 seat)	1.8°	0.8°
East (青龙)	0.6°	0.0°
South (朱雀 face)	3.0°	1.0°
West (白虎)	3.7°	0.8°

Interactive version with a draggable panorama and a sitting slider: open this location in the terrain tool.

White-tiger check — honestly not run

This is a modern building with no classical sitting/facing direction, and the white-tiger judgment is defined relative to a sitting direction. Without one there is nothing to compute — so the page does not pretend. (This is also why "what direction does my building face" needs a compass or a sun sighting — never a photo.)

If you go and measure

Model magnetic declination here (WMM2025): 12.8° east. The honest sequence: take a compass bearing of the building axis (or of the sun with the solar compass), subtract the declination your instrument actually shows, and compare with the literature direction above — the difference is the interesting part, and it is a measurement, not an opinion.

Honest boundaries

Peninsula micro-relief: the small westward rise (~3.7°) is the harbour-side ground toward the city ridge — a real but minor feature. The classical four-symbol reading needs mountains on a scale this headland does not have.
No living-person statements: this page quantifies terrain and quotes the public record about a public building; it makes no claims about residents, owners or designers.
Cultural and educational use only — terrain markers with printed thresholds, not predictions.