[greenflag]

Would love to know why Norway has so many lighthouses / "blinking beacons". Wikipedia lists many [0], but not as many as shown.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lighthouses_in_Norway

[Stevvo]

It's because Norway made a conscious decision to maintain its lighthouses.

It's done to preserve the cultural legacy as the majority of lighthouses are obsolete.

[hilbert42]

Most lighthouses are cultural and historical icons, and they often faithfully reproduce the best technology of an era. Moreover, even if obsolete, most are wonderful architectural objects.

I can only applaud Norway's decision to preserve its cultural legacy. Shame others aren't as proactive.

[maxerickson]

The lighthouse in my town on Lake Michigan is preserved.

They had to cut a floor out of the building to restore it to historical condition when the Coast Guard moved out. Cracks me up.

(it had been in use as the base commander's residence)

[hilbert42]

That's good, at least sense prevailed and it's preserved.

[dtlanghoff]

It seems to include a lot of sector lights. Here is the nautical chart: https://norgeskart.no/#!?project=norgeskart&layers=1008

[lb1lf]

-That it does, I zoomed in on my local area (I can see five sector lights just from my office window on the northwestern coast of Norway - they're all over the place!) - all are present in the map.

I love this map; would be even better if one could set opacity for the lights so that it is simpler to see the coastline details, though.

[Ma8ee]

Isn't a sector light a type of lighthouse?

[guerrilla]

Maybe they just have provided more detailed data? Then again, Norway has a very rugged coast which is used a lot.

[dylan604]

I was going to suggest it might have something to do with all of the fiddly bits that were a favorite of Slartibartfast.