I plan to zoom in on 'earth at night' maps located on the Internet and count the number of pixels in a certain 'area' (e.g. midsized city) and see if light pollution naturally occurs in areas where there is population. Unfortunately, few (or no) maps on the Internet are reliable enough for me to look at (because of low res, no state or country boundaries, chance of being Photoshopped to make the image look 'better', etc...) and the process seems too tedious (city boundaries hard to 'distinguish', time in counting pixels, etc...). Can anyone help me, like introduced me to some special software or a good image (ahem...I mean really good, and better than the IDA stuff or the World Atlas of Night Brightness)? And if you can find the latter (an image) please give me a suggestion on how I can make the project less tedious. If you think I should have a new project, please keep it so I don't have to go outside during the nighttime or have to buy too many things. Thank you!
2007-01-13
11:22:08
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