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Last year I wrote a web application that uses the Google Maps API & a map of North American light pollution from the Dark Sky Association to provide a guide to potential dark observing sites in the US. I also incorporated a database where users could mark & annotate their own favorite sites:

http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/

I do think it's a potentially useful resource though, and I'd hate to see it languish.

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It's an exceedingly useful resource. I have a few questions:

• Have you approached Atilla Danko, of the Clear Sky Chart? It seems right up his alley.
  
• Do you plan to keep the site that you currently have? It's great even without improvements.
• Do you mind if major websites (e.g. Sky & Telescope, where I work) link to it? Can you handle the increased traffic?

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Tony Flanders

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