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Every lighthouse in the world mapped virtually
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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-01
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Link: https://mapped.earth/lighthouses/world
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TrackenDaKracken lemmy.world TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-29
#2 · Quote Reply

Missed this one:
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tooq piefed.ca tooq@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-08-31
#3 · Quote Reply

The rest of that site is very cool. Great data visualizations.
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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-01
#4 · Quote Reply
TrackenDaKracken wrote:
Missed this one:

I guess that's why it's "virtually" every lighthouse.
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Rokin leminal.space Rokin@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-06-30
#5 · Quote Reply
Quilotoa wrote:
I guess that's why it's "virtually" every lighthouse.

Not every (single) lighthouse virtually (mapped)?
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Imgonnatrythis sh.itjust.works Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-23
#6 · Quote Reply

Pretty neat. Didn't realize how many there are. I couldn't get it to display the individual lighthouse data though.
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Quilotoa lemmy.ca Quilotoa@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-01
#7 · Quote Reply
Rokin wrote:
Not every (single) lighthouse virtually (mapped)?

Every single lighthouse, virtually.
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ieightpi lemmy.world ieightpi@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-26
#8 · Quote Reply

Lighthousesnare so damn cool especially because the were literal life-savers for people before GPS.

Which brings me to my question, how are lighthouses used in modern day alongside GPS?
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Frosty pawb.social frosty@pawb.social
Joined: 2023-06-05
#9 · Quote Reply

I would argue this doesn't belong in mildlyinteresting only because it's forking awesome. :D
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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#10 · Quote Reply
Frosty wrote:
I would argue this doesn't belong in mildlyinteresting only because it's forking awesome. :D

Why can't I say fork? Fork? Forking shitballs!
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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#11 · Quote Reply
ieightpi wrote:
Lighthousesnare so damn cool especially because the were literal life-savers for people before GPS. Which brings me to my question, how are lighthouses used in modern day alongside GPS?

GPS equipment can fail. GPS can be jammed. (Raspberries! LONE STARR!!!!!)
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Frosty pawb.social frosty@pawb.social
Joined: 2023-06-05
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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 wrote:
Why can't I say fork? Fork? Forking shitballs!

Looks like there was a glitch in the Good Place ... Janet!
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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#13 · Quote Reply
Frosty wrote:
Looks like there was a glitch in the Good Place ... Janet!

Jason got it? Jason?
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