Cities at Night APPs
How to volunteer
Everyone who contributes to Cities at Night is a volunteer, and includes people interested in protecting the night sky, field researchers, astronomers, etc. A wonderful global community that drives and keeps scientific research in the field of light pollution and remote sensing active.
Interested in becoming a volunteer? Volunteering for Cities at Night is easy. Just choose the task you’d like to contribute your time to! It’s easy: There’s no minimum time requirement; you can do as much or as little as you like.
How to Participate
The citizen sciende project Cities at Night involves three main tasks that anyone can join:
Task 1: Classify
This task focuses on identifying unlit areas and comparing them to those that are strongly impacted by artificial light. You will help classify the images from the ISS, whether they are auroras, glows or indeed correspond to a city or country.
Task 2: Identify
Sometimes, even astronauts aren’t sure which part of the world they’ve captured in a photo. In this task, you’ll help identify which cities or regions are depicted in these images. It’s like solving a mystery, and your help is crucial in filling in the gaps!
Task 3: Georeference
Once we know the location of the city, the next task will be the georeferencing process. This will allow us to link the identified photographs to a physical map.
You can choose any of the 3 tasks, each of them is independent of the other. Or you can participate in all 3 tasks
Lost At Night
Lost at Night is the latest app developed alongside the Plan B Project.
This application is designed to help georeference images taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
