Every lighthouse in the world mapped virtually

2 days ago by Quilotoa to c/mildlyinteresting

Every charted navigational light on the planet on a night globe you can turn: each one flashing or sweeping at the rhythm printed on the chart. Zoom to a coast, hover a light for its name.

TrackenDaKracken 14 points 2 days ago

Missed this one:

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Quilotoa 17 points 2 days ago

I guess that's why it's "virtually" every lighthouse.

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Rokin 4 points 2 days ago

Not every (single) lighthouse virtually (mapped)?

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Quilotoa 3 points 2 days ago

Every single lighthouse, virtually.

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Imgonnatrythis 5 points 2 days ago

Pretty neat. Didn't realize how many there are. I couldn't get it to display the individual lighthouse data though.

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frosty 4 points 2 days ago

I would argue this doesn't belong in mildlyinteresting only because it's forking awesome. :D

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daychilde 2 points 2 days ago

Why can't I say fork? Fork? Forking shitballs!

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frosty 2 points a day ago

Looks like there was a glitch in the Good Place ... Janet!

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daychilde 1 point a day ago

Jason got it? Jason?

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tooq 3 points 2 days ago

The rest of that site is very cool. Great data visualizations.

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ieightpi 2 points 2 days ago

Lighthousesnare so damn cool especially because the were literal life-savers for people before GPS.

Which brings me to my question, how are lighthouses used in modern day alongside GPS?

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daychilde 3 points 2 days ago

GPS equipment can fail. GPS can be jammed. (Raspberries! LONE STARR!!!!!)

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@lemmy.world

This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

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