Package: lightson 0.1.1

Saket Choudhary

lightson: Download and Analyse Nighttime Lights Satellite Data

Downloads and processes nighttime lights (NTL) satellite data from NASA VIIRS/Black Marble (daily, monthly, and annual composites) and India's ISRO Bhuvan NTL portal.

Authors:Saket Choudhary [aut, cre]

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manual.pdf |manual.html✨
DESCRIPTION
card.svg |card.png
lightson/json (API)

# Install 'lightson' in R:
install.packages('lightson', repos = c('https://saketlab.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/saketlab/lightson/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://lightson.saketlab.org

On CRAN:

Conda:

4.48 score 3 stars 13 exports 27 dependencies

Last updated from:321901e9a4. Checks:7 NOTE, 2 OK. Indexed: yes.

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linux-develNOTE154
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linux-releaseNOTE159
macos-releaseNOTE139
macos-oldrelNOTE114
windows-develNOTE89
windows-releaseNOTE85
windows-oldrelNOTE110
wasm-releaseOK146

Exports:bhuvan_rasterbhuvan_statscache_clearearthdata_tokenextract_panelget_india_adminntl_downloadntl_indexntl_source_agreementplot_ntl_mapplot_ntl_panelplot_ntl_trendtheme_ntl

Dependencies:askpassclassclassIntclicurlDBIdigeste1071gluehttr2jsonliteKernSmoothlifecyclemagrittropensslproxyR6Rcpprlangs2sfsysterraunitsvctrswithrwk

Choosing and comparing nighttime-light sources
At a glance | Bhuvan: simple India annual data | NASA Black Marble: annual, monthly, and daily | Comparison
Rendered fromsource-comparison.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-09-13
Started: 2026-09-12

Custom geometry: district-level NTL with custom boundaries
State-level workflow (bundled boundaries) | District-level workflow | LGD boundaries | Historical census boundaries | VIIRS path
Rendered fromcustom-geometry.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-09-13
Started: 2026-04-26

India state-level NTL with Bhuvan
All states, all years | Single state time series | Compare states | Nighttime India from space, 2012 to 2024 | Filter by year range
Rendered fromindia-bhuvan-states.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-09-13
Started: 2026-04-26

India electrification trends with VIIRS
Get a NASA Earthdata token | Quick workflow | Use your own shape/boundary file
Rendered fromindia-electrification.Rmdusingknitr::rmarkdown

Last update: 2026-09-12
Started: 2026-04-26