The "Google Maps" of light pollution | Technology

Scientists launched a campaign Crowdfunding to create "Cities at Night" the "Google Maps" of light pollution.

On the map already known in blue and yellow colors all is not real because the colors are added later and have very little resolution, that's why these Spanish scientists chose to create their own "Google Maps Night".

The idea is of the astrophysicist Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel who was doing his thesis on light pollution and was looking for data that would generate how much light we generate per night.

The idea came to him through an archive that has NASA the file has a million and a half images, which can work to specify the project. The campaign ends in August although it can be extended.