/astromap

Geocoded information about selected Astronomical Observatories

Astromap

Geocoded location, altitude, IAU code, 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 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:

Corrections and contributions welcome!

CartoDB example