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Dark Sky Map on Windows Pc

Developed By: graebr

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 278 votes

Last Updated: December 24, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.0.3
Size 48 MB
Release Date December 09, 22
Category Maps & Navigation Apps

App Permissions:
Allows an app to access precise location. [see more (4)]

What's New:
Fixes crash on Android P (9.0) [see more]

Description from Developer:
Dark Sky Maps provides an easy to use tool that overlays light pollution data onto the familiar Google Maps interface.

Quickly find areas near you or anywhere in the world with l... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Dark Sky Map and install on Windows PC. Dark Sky Map is free Maps & Navigation app, developed by graebr. Latest version of Dark Sky Map is 2.0.3, was released on 2022-12-09 (updated on 2023-12-24). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Dark Sky Map is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 278 users, 44 users had rated it 5*, 166 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Dark Sky Map on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Dark Sky Map on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Dark Sky Map on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Dark Sky Map using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Dark Sky Map" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Dark Sky Map on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Dark Sky Map" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.0.3.

Download Dark Sky Map 2.0.3 on Windows PC – 48 MB

Dark Sky Maps provides an easy to use tool that overlays light pollution data onto the familiar Google Maps interface.

Quickly find areas near you or anywhere in the world with low enough light pollution to view the Milky Way. As a rough guide, look for areas lighter than yellow for the winter Milky Way and lighter than orange for the summer Milky Way.

Permissions:
Location - Allows Google Maps to provide the Locate Me button

Light pollution layers are modified from the public data published with the paper "The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness". The work uses recently available data from the Suomi NPP satellite.

Paper:
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/6/e1600377.full

Data Citation:
Falchi, Fabio; Cinzano, Pierantonio; Duriscoe, Dan; Kyba, Christopher C. M.; Elvidge, Christopher D.; Baugh, Kimberly; Portnov, Boris; Rybnikova, Nataliya A.; Furgoni, Riccardo (2016): Supplement to: The New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness. GFZ Data Services. http://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.1.4.2016.001
Fixes crash on Android P (9.0)
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.