Administrative boundaries of selected certified International Dark Sky Places

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This is a publication of maps of areas certified as "International Dark Sky Places" (IDSP) by DarkSky International (formerly the International Dark-Sky Association). The maps are provided as shapefiles. IDSP are areas where communities or responsibles (e.g. park managers) have taken steps to ensure the protection of the night sky from light pollution. They satisfy minimum criteria regarding the level of light pollution, but having a light-pollution free sky (e.g. in the desert) isn't sufficient for certification. The borders presented in the map are based on the IDSP applications, which are available from DarkSky International's website (under "Documents > Application" on each Place's webpage). In some cases, the IDSP managers were able to provide a digital boundary file. In others, the digital boundary was created by georeferencing a map from the application, which varied in quality. All boundaries in this file should therefore be considered approximate, and DarkSky International or the Place manager should be contacted in case of questions or discrepancies. The boundaries in this file are as of June, 2024. Most boundaries have been checked and approved by the Place managers. However, once again, this file should not be considered the authoritative definition of the boundary, and boundaries are potentially subject to change.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2024.005
Related Identifier Continues https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2019.002
Related Identifier Cites https://doi.org/10.26607/ijsl.v21i1.92
Related Identifier References https://lighttrends.lightpollutionmap.info/
Metadata Access http://doidb.wdc-terra.org/oaip/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:doidb.wdc-terra.org:7982
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Creator Spinner, Rebecca; Kuechly, Helga ORCID logo; Necsulescu, Diana; Hartley, Ruskin ORCID logo; Scisco, Michael; Kyba, Christopher ORCID logo
Publisher GFZ Data Services
Contributor Spinner, Rebecca; Kuechly, Helga; Necsulescu, Diana; Hartley, Ruskin; Scisco, Michael; Kyba, Christopher
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference Horizon 2020 Framework Programme http://doi.org/10.13039/100010661 Crossref Funder ID 689443 ERA-PLANET / GEOEssential; Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001656 Crossref Funder ID ERC-RA-0031 Helmholtz ERC Recognition Award
Rights CC BY 4.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact Kyba, Christopher (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany)
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Geosciences
Spatial Coverage (-180.000W, -90.000S, 180.000E, 90.000N)