maps-traffic-routes

Script for mapping airline routes using OpenFlights data combined with NASA's night lights images

Description:

Corresponding blog post: https://lhehnke.github.io/notes/2018/01/27/flight-routes-night-lights

The script covers

• downloading and processing data on international flight routes, airlines, and airports
• calculating great circle distances between airports
• importing and rendering night lights images from NASA's Earth Observatory
• mapping flight routes of selected airlines (Lufthansa, Emirates, British Airways) on night lights images

using data provided by OpenFlights.org.

Example map: