For this program, we will create a highlighted map around centered on your neighborhood, with the region within about a 1/4 mile box at full brightness, the region that outside that box at 50% brightness.
Create a .png file of a satellite map, centered on your neighborhood (Google maps works well for this, but you can use any mapping site to create your base map).
Write a Python program that reads in an image and saves the image to another file. Run your program to make sure the reading and saving of an image works.
Set the upper region of the image to 50% brightness Run your program to make sure it has dimmed up the upper region and adjust to get the correct dimensions.
Set the lower region of the image to 50% brightness. Run your program and fix any bugs.
Next, dim the side regions