Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky Finder Astro Tools
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About Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky Finder Astro Tools
Light Pollution Map allows you to easily locate dark sites where the sky will not be affected by light pollution, allowing the best observance, star gazing, and photography of the night sky! But it's not just a light pollution map. There's so much more, such as Aurora (Northern Lights) live overlays and maps, meteor shower alerts, super moon alerts, lunar eclipse alerts, and a lot more! You'll soon realize Light Pollution Map is the only app you need to master the night.
Free Version Features:
• Uses your device's GPS to help you find nearby dark locations.
• Night sky event calendar allows you to find dates for Lunar Eclipses, Super Moons, and Meteor Showers.
• 30-minute Aurora map.
• 1-hour Aurora timelapse.
• Live NASA SOHO Sun images.
• Darkness countdown timer so you know when the night sky will be the darkest.
• Local temperature indicator to know if you need to bring a sweater.
• Local cloud cover % indicator to know if you will be able to see anything.
• Adjust opacity of the map to your liking.
• Setting screen to fully customize the app.
• Moon information such as moon phase, moon rise, and moon set times.
• Moon ephemeris tool which allows you to find where the Moon will be, at any time, any date, for any location.
• Enable a horizon safe radius circle to avoid light pollution from nearby cities on the map.
• Ad supported.
Pro Version Features:
• All of the features in the free version, plus:
• Live Aurora overlay on the main map shows Aurora activity and where to find the best viewing.
• Cloud cover overlay on the main map to find clear sky locations at night.
• Local Aurora (Northern/Southern Lights) alerts and push notifications.
• Global Aurora Activity alerts and push notifications.
• Meteor shower alerts and push notifications.
• Super moon alerts and push notifications.
• Lunar eclipse alerts and push notifications.
• Save and load your favorite dark sky locations.
• Navigate to your saved locations using the Google Maps app.
• Adjust the local temperature and cloud cover % indicators to update as quickly as every 15 minutes instead of every 3 hours.
• Faster map loading.
• Faster image loading.
• Higher resolution map data.
• No advertisements.
• All new features to come to this app in the future, at no extra cost.
Light Pollution Map is the work of more than 1,000 combined hours of mapping the globe for the most accurate light pollution data available, anywhere. Better than free solutions found online, and conveniently installed on your Android device integrated with Google Maps and GPS technology. The map data is high resolution, accurate, and covers 90% of the globe.
"Light Pollution Map has really helped me to find the darkest locations in my region for night time photography. It's quick and simple to find and save the locations, and the accuracy is better than any other dark site finder I've found. Without it, I would never be able to capture such amazing images of the milky way." - Gregory A. Dunbar, EarthThroughTheLens.com
Note: Light Pollution Map loads data online. Internet connection or wifi is required, and we are not responsible for any data usage chargers from your provider.
APP PERMISSIONS REQUIRED & EXPLAINED:
In-app purchases - used to upgrade the app.
Contacts - used to share the app with your friends at your choosing.
Location - used to find your location on the map.
SMS - used to share the app with your friends at your choosing.
Photos/Media/Files - used to store map tile images.
Storage - used to save locations at your choosing.
Receive data from internet - used to load the map and alerts.
View network connections - used to load the map over wifi.
Full network access - used to load the map.
Prevent device from sleeping - used to stop your device from sleeping while you are reading the map.
Read Google service configuration - used to load in-app-purchase data.
Free Version Features:
• Uses your device's GPS to help you find nearby dark locations.
• Night sky event calendar allows you to find dates for Lunar Eclipses, Super Moons, and Meteor Showers.
• 30-minute Aurora map.
• 1-hour Aurora timelapse.
• Live NASA SOHO Sun images.
• Darkness countdown timer so you know when the night sky will be the darkest.
• Local temperature indicator to know if you need to bring a sweater.
• Local cloud cover % indicator to know if you will be able to see anything.
• Adjust opacity of the map to your liking.
• Setting screen to fully customize the app.
• Moon information such as moon phase, moon rise, and moon set times.
• Moon ephemeris tool which allows you to find where the Moon will be, at any time, any date, for any location.
• Enable a horizon safe radius circle to avoid light pollution from nearby cities on the map.
• Ad supported.
Pro Version Features:
• All of the features in the free version, plus:
• Live Aurora overlay on the main map shows Aurora activity and where to find the best viewing.
• Cloud cover overlay on the main map to find clear sky locations at night.
• Local Aurora (Northern/Southern Lights) alerts and push notifications.
• Global Aurora Activity alerts and push notifications.
• Meteor shower alerts and push notifications.
• Super moon alerts and push notifications.
• Lunar eclipse alerts and push notifications.
• Save and load your favorite dark sky locations.
• Navigate to your saved locations using the Google Maps app.
• Adjust the local temperature and cloud cover % indicators to update as quickly as every 15 minutes instead of every 3 hours.
• Faster map loading.
• Faster image loading.
• Higher resolution map data.
• No advertisements.
• All new features to come to this app in the future, at no extra cost.
Light Pollution Map is the work of more than 1,000 combined hours of mapping the globe for the most accurate light pollution data available, anywhere. Better than free solutions found online, and conveniently installed on your Android device integrated with Google Maps and GPS technology. The map data is high resolution, accurate, and covers 90% of the globe.
"Light Pollution Map has really helped me to find the darkest locations in my region for night time photography. It's quick and simple to find and save the locations, and the accuracy is better than any other dark site finder I've found. Without it, I would never be able to capture such amazing images of the milky way." - Gregory A. Dunbar, EarthThroughTheLens.com
Note: Light Pollution Map loads data online. Internet connection or wifi is required, and we are not responsible for any data usage chargers from your provider.
APP PERMISSIONS REQUIRED & EXPLAINED:
In-app purchases - used to upgrade the app.
Contacts - used to share the app with your friends at your choosing.
Location - used to find your location on the map.
SMS - used to share the app with your friends at your choosing.
Photos/Media/Files - used to store map tile images.
Storage - used to save locations at your choosing.
Receive data from internet - used to load the map and alerts.
View network connections - used to load the map over wifi.
Full network access - used to load the map.
Prevent device from sleeping - used to stop your device from sleeping while you are reading the map.
Read Google service configuration - used to load in-app-purchase data.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
7/24/2017
- Graphics optimizations and speed improvements.
- Minor text changes.
7/24/2017
- Graphics optimizations and speed improvements.
- Minor text changes.
Version update Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky Finder Astro Tools was updated to version 3.1.9
More downloads Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky Finder Astro Tools reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
Name changed Name changed! Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky now is known as Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky Finder Astro Tools.
Version update Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky Finder Astro Tools was updated to version 2.2.0
What are users saying about Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky Finder Astro Tools
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Does exactly what I want the app to do, excellent to use when looking for places to view the night sky
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Does EXACTLY what I want it to do and it does it well!
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great app to help with planning sky observing trip !
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Does exactly what it says on the tin
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If all it is supposed to do is show where light pollution is so we can find dark skies, why the hell does it need access to my contacts and photos? I'm sorry, but that sort of thing is an invasive permission. I would have rated 5 stars, but you're collecting data that is really none of your damn business. Now I'll be removing this app, you have no right to snoop into my personal files.
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This is a must have app for anyone interest in astronomy! Knowing the special dark sky spots in your area is so important and this is the tool to find them.
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Good does what's supposed to do
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Too low resolution. Needs to be way higher resolution like the website.
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Excellent service.....
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It would be nice if the user could turn the light pollution layer off the same way you can turn off cloud layer. That would make it easier to read the cloud layer (especially in high light pollution zones). Other than that, this is a fantastic app. I've successfully used it a couple times to see if I should drag the telescope out or not.
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I used the app for 30 seconds and hit "Buy" buttons about 6 times on accident. I couldn't even try the app without accidentally finding a Buy button.
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It's quite useful, but the Pro version features (even the bundle) are pretty expensive and without the Pro features it's one of those "okay, but uninstall" apps. Especially as to remove the annoying ads you have to buy the expensive bundle.
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Not thrilled with the new colors. Also seems to have changed light levels in some places
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Wonderful app I am currently using it to plan my Milky Way time lapse project. A must have for any astrophotography.
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Does what it says on the tin thanks great app
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Sucks wouldnt even open when installed on my tablet. On to the next one.
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This application is must have for photographers like me
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Works well
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Very good app for planing astrophotography
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Exactly what I wanted
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Cool app.
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Easy to use
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Easy to use and very intuitive. My only complaint would be that the app sometimes force closes and requires a restart. I'll also lose the particular area I'm viewing. Other than that, I love the app and is definitely helpful for my astrophotography sessions. The cloud cover mode is extremely helpful.
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Does what it says and a whole lot more. Especially love that it tells you the upcoming phases of the moon.
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Great app for astronomers planning astronomy viewing sites
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Nice app, but how often is LP data maps revised? For example, in UK over last 2-3 years many counties have gone to shielded LED streetlights. The difference where I am in Herts is amazing. They also switch off 90% of streetlights ftom midnight to 6am, but I guess thats more difficult to show on a map. Also, example, South Downs Park is now a International Dark Sky reserve, but still shows on high end of scale.
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Crashes as soon as it's opened. When it was simple format it had no problem with crashing. Fix the issues and I'll fix the rating
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It was a good app until the up date it used to show where dark sky's are now that map is gone or i don't seem to be able to find it i would prefer the old one
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Great app!
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Looks like they have stepped up their game. So far feild tests are spot on, sent email of suggestions for next update. Very well worth the money.
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New update is
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very useful apps, I like Light Pollution Map - Dark Sky
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Great and useful app, thanks!
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LPM Is very good and helpful apps
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Many good and useful apps
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Nice apps
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good apps
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awesome app
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Loved it
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Lots of good info. If you like shooting the moon, meteors, etc you will find it very useful.