Toxic Two-Step: Smokestack Rollback

In 2002 I linked to, Smokestack Rollback, a report about the Bush administrations gutting of the Clean Air Act. I found recently that the report was no longer available. I've uploaded the report from the MapCruzin.com archives and have made it available to you once again.

Free Maps are now easier to find

I've consolidated the various free map pages so that you can find them all in one place. Check out our new Free Maps page for more.

Library of Congress Maps

Morning - just added links to hundreds of high resolution historical maps available for free download. Check them out here.

thnx

Mike

New Free GIS and Software

I've rearranged both the free GIS software and the free GIS maps and layers pages plus added many new entries to each.

Also, several new entries on the free data page.

If you have data needs and would like to find them on MapCruzin.com, post them hear or contact me and I'll see what I can do.

Thanks,

Mike

Blog Revival

Hello - It's been awhile since I've posted to this blog. Especially in these difficult economic times, I want as many of you as possible to be able to take advantage of the free GIS maps and resources I have made available over the years. Blogging is new to me, but I think that it's the best way to get the word out to all of you. I'm sort of "old school" in that I've been doing MapCruzin.com for over a decade, beginning when such things as blogs, podcasts... were way off into the future. Well, the future is here so please be patient as I "ramp up" into the 21st century. I plan now to post to the blog every couple of days at least.

Since my last entry I've added many new things to MapCruzin.com including many new data sources, free GIS maps and shapefiles, more new free GIS programs and resources.

I also update the free GPS, TOPO and Climate Change Maps.

If you are new to GIS, be sure to check out the "What is GIS?" page and the free Learn2Map Tutorial and Atlas.

Lastly, I'm adding all sorts of new map layers to the inventory of low-cost GIS shapefiles. Currently, the Indian & Federal Lands Shapefiles are available at a very reasonable price - many more to come.

Thanks so much for visiting. Visit this blog and MapCruzin.com often for free GIS maps and resources.

Mike Meuser

Grass Open Source GIS 6.3 Released

Grass has just released version 6.3 of their free open source GIS. Version 6.3 is the first to work directly with Windows. Up until now, Grass has only supported Unix and Mac. Click here for more information and downloads.

Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Maps

Added the following to our Climate Shift page: Climate Change and Sea Level - Shoreline geomorphology, erosion, deposition, and subsidence, tide range and wave height, engineered structures such as jetties and seawalls, and elevation above sea level are some of the many factors that determine the degree to which a coastal area is susceptible to sea level rise. Of these, elevation data are available for any location of the globe and are very effective in depicting and communicating to the public areas that may be susceptible to sea level rise.