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First light I checked, and have verified in real life, is missing. Patos Island light on the Canadian border in the San Juan island group. Cute, but inaccurate.

https://keepersofthepatoslight.org/about-patos-island

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Then add it on open street maps, that's where this data is from.

The site is missing lighthouses all up and down the eastern US seaboard, but perhaps they'll take a few pull requests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbour_Town_Light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_St._George_Light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Simons_Island_Light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tybee_Island_Light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_de_Leon_Inlet_Light

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Florida

It is an European project, it is to be expected

Data is from OpenStreetMap, so just add it there (which incidentally benefits all data consumers instead of just one single map). Note though, that Wikipedia is not a compatible source for OSM data; the licenses are incompatible.

Thank you for confirming. I was a bit aghast at how few light houses the US eastern seaboard had, to the point I doubted the accuracy.

Same for Wangerooge, Neuer Leuchtturm.

Granted, there's a blinking thing a few dozen miles of in the North Sea instead.

Similarly, I looked for the one on Enoshima and it wasn't there.

Same, the Makapu‘u lighthouse on Oahu, Hawaii, seems to be missing.

Most of the mapped flashing dots in NW WA & SW BC don't match actual lights, nor do most of the charted physical lights have a flashing dot.

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