Lighthouses of the World is an interesting map of all the world's lighthouses. OK, it isn't that interesting - but I create similar how the map lights upwardly some of the world's busiest coastlines as well as the Great Lakes of North America.
I believe the map was made using information from OpenStreetMap (you tin read to a greater extent than nigh how lighthouses are mapped on the OSM Wiki). This does hateful that the Lighthouses of the World map is but every bit accurate every bit the information on OSM. It could hold upwardly that some areas of the the world accept non had every bit many lighthouses mapped every bit other areas of the world.
You tin meet that non all busy coastlines accept lighthouses marked on the map. You tin thought most of the busiest transportation lanes approximately the the world on Shipmap.org. Shipmap.org is an outstanding animated map that visualizes the movements of the global merchant transportation fleet over the flat of ane year.
If yous compare the 2 maps it appears that Africa as well as the western coastline of South America are 2 areas amongst heavy marine traffic but less lighthouses. I'm non sure if this is due to a lack of information on OSM inwards these regions or if at that topographic point isn't the same tradition of edifice lighthouses inwards these areas of the world.
Another matter I similar nigh this map is its purpose of Firefly Cartography. Firefly Cartography is a term coined past times John Nelson to pull maps with:
- A dark, de-saturated basemap (usually imagery)
- Masked highlight surface area as well as vignette
- Single bright, glowing, thematic layer
Lighthouses of the World for certain has the night basemap as well as glowing thematic information of firefly cartography. Of flat a firefly cartographic topic is solely appropriate for a map of lighthouses, which are meant to similarly remove us inwards the dark.
