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Lightning strikes map layer

Image showing lightning strike frequency provided as a map overlay

Product Description

An image showing lightning strike frequency, in strikes per minute, presented as a single tile map overlay. Images are updated every 15 minutes with a 15 minute delay due to processing times.

The map layer is provided without a map, the boundary box for this image is 48° to 61° north and 12° west to 5° east.

The image layers are currently made available in a Mercator projection, it is the same projection used by Bing maps, OpenStreetMap, Google maps, MapQuest, Yahoo maps, and others.

Lightning map layer sample Sample of a lightning map layer

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Last Updated: 7 December 2012

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