LightPollutionMap (Global Light Pollution Map)

Light Pollution Map is a public welfare website that mainly displays the current state of light pollution around the world online. Users can view the light pollution situation around the world through the map.

Light pollution is a problem caused by excessive use of lighting systems by humans. The most obvious impact is that celestial bodies in urban night skies are covered by the lights of numerous buildings and disappear. This affects research on observing the universe and also disrupts ecological balance. Since the early 1980s, the global dark sky movement has been launched to encourage people to reduce the use of lighting systems to reduce the problem of light pollution

Light pollution is a byproduct of industrial development, mainly from home lighting, advertising, commercial products, office buildings, factories, street lights, and outdoor large sports fields. The countries affected by light pollution are mainly developed countries such as the United States, European countries, and Japan. It is worth noting that even small amounts of light damage can create quite serious problems.

Types of Light Damage: Light damage is caused by the convergence of many problems, most of which come from inefficient, annoying, and unnecessary artificial light sources. The main types of light damage can be divided into four categories: light disturbance, glare, clutter, and glow. Usually annoying lighting is one of these four types. Light pollution wastes energy, increases danger, destroys the dark sky, and may harm the health of humans and animals.