Aaron Becker’s mapped.earth puts every charted navigational light on a night globe, each one flashing or sweeping at the rhythm printed on its chart. Zoom to a coast and the beams sweep their real arcs, at true scale; hover a light for its name. Jump to Scotland, Brittany or Cape Town from the presets, or browse the site’s per-coast maps.
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