https://github.com/siznax/astromap

Geocoded information about selected Astronomical Observatories
https://github.com/siznax/astromap

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Geocoded information about selected Astronomical Observatories

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/siznax/astromap
• Owner: siznax
• Created: 2011-09-03T02:51:13.000Z (almost 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-01-22T01:41:55.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-14T06:46:47.385Z (5 months ago)
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• Forks: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# Astromap

Geocoded location, altitude, [IAU

code](http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/ObsCodesF.html),

principal instruments, organization, targets/science, website, and

photo of selected astronomical observatories. "optical.kml" and

"radio.kml" are merged into "astromap.kml".

Astromap is not a map.

 *  It's a description of places in KML which can be loaded into many

    mapping applications (see _Map Visualizers_ below)

 *  It does not contain all known telescopes, nor even all known

    observatories. it's a selection of major observatories often

    hosting many telescopes.

 *  It is intended to complement [more

    complete](http://www.eso.org/~ndelmott/obs_sites.html) observatory

    maps and lists with more or less information in a short summary

    and a photo.

 *  It is a subset (but hopefully representative) of:

    *  List of Observatories, Wikipedia

    *  List of largest optical reflecting telescopes, Wikipedia

    *  List of largest optical refracting telescopes, Wikipedia

    *  List of Radio Telescopes, Wikipedia

    *  Large Telescopes, Nine Planets

    *  Historic Astronomical Sites, NOAO

### Format

Observatory names have the form:

    name (elevation) IAU code

Observatory descriptions have the form:

    location | instruments | organizations | science | URL

Try Astromap in one of these visualizers:

* [CartoDB](https://cartodb.com/)

* [Map Stack](http://mapstack.stamen.com/) by Stamen

* Astromap in [Google map](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=https://raw.github.com/siznax/astromap/master/astromap.kml)

* Astromap in [Bing map](http://www.bing.com/maps/?mapurl=https://raw.github.com/siznax/astromap/master/astromap.kml)

_Corrections and contributions welcome!_

[![CartoDB example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/siznax/astromap/master/examples/screenshot.png)](https://siznax.cartodb.com/viz/42ff482c-a1c6-11e4-9a61-0e0c41326911/public_map)