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# [Turning satellite night-light radiance into a Bortle number — and the binning mistake that turned my map black](https://lightpollutionmapio.hashnode.dev/turning-satellite-night-light-radiance-into-a-bortle-number-and-the-binning-mistake-that-turned-my-map-black?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Two conversions, one classic mistake: why uniform bins over a log-distributed quantity crush all the detail where your users live.

Sep 2 · 5 min read · lightpollutionmapio.hashnode.dev  
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