Map showing light pollution across the world – www.lightpollutionmap.info is a mapping application that displays light pollution related content. The primary use was to show VIIRS/DMSP data in a friendly manner, but over the many years it received also some other interesting light pollution related content like SQM/SQC measurements, Sky brightness, almost realtime clouds, aurora prediction and IAU observatories features.
- VIIRS: NASA’s VIIRS SNPP/NOAA-20 Lunar BRDF-Adjusted Nighttime Lights Yearly composites (“AllAngle_Composite_Snow_Free”). Black marble version 2.0 is used since 06.06.2025. VIIRS overlays 2012-2019 use VNP46A4 dataset, while VIIRS 2020+ overlays use VJ146A4
- Aurora 30min & 3-day forecast: NOAA.
- Clouds: EUMETSAT, NOAA, MOSDAC/SAC/ISRO and CIRA.
- Observatories: Minor Planet Center (updated: 03.02.2025) and other various sources.
- Sky brightness: Created from Black Marble 2.0 product suite (VNP46A4/VJ146A4) provided by the NASA VIIRS Black Marble science team.
- SQM data: lightpollutionmap.info users and Unihedron SQM database (last import update: 30.11.2025).
- International Dark Sky Places (IDSP): Spinner, Rebecca; Kuechly, Helga; Necsulescu, Diana; Hartley, Ruskin; Scisco, Michael; Kyba, Christopher (2024): Administrative boundaries of selected certified International Dark Sky Places. GFZ Data Services. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2024.005 (last update: 30.06.2024).
- Elevation data: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.
