dmrotar's comments

Looks like a nice offering. For those interested in an even more self-service style option -- check out https://github.com/onthegomap/planetiler. Spin up a high-memory spot instance on your favorite cloud provider, run a command, let it run a few hours, and now you've got a complete tileset for the planet at the cost of a couple of bucks. I'm not affiliated but I've been using it for my own project (http://www.lumathon.com/map) and I've been very happy.

Yeah it's indeed my service that I'm in the process of getting off the ground. Thank you sincerely for the compliment -- the UI is definitely something into which a lot of hours went so I'm happy that it's having a positive impact on the experience. (I too wasn't satisfied with some aspects of Flickr and the other big photo hosts which is why I started work on it.)

Do you do any astrophotography?

Resources like this (and as others have mentioned, Dark Site Finder) are very useful for astrophotography, especially for a hobbyist like myself. Many don't realize how relatively close they live to areas with great nighttime viewing conditions.

For example, upstate New York has some great viewing locations, so even if you live in NYC it's an easy weekend trip. Here's a shot I took of the Milky Way taken from such a site (one of the darker spots in the map): https://www.lumathon.com/photo/_qTYviEhy/Colors-of-the-Milky...

Edit: a few more of my other shots of the night sky for anyone interested, various locations, all of which were scouted using a light pollution map like the one posted -- https://www.lumathon.com/dan/photos/tag/stars