Do You Live Within 30 Miles of a Nuclear Power Plant? Maps of Evacuation Areas

Physicians for Social Responsibility Create Maps of Nuclear Accident Evacuation Zones in the U.S.

Though we hear little about the Fukushima nuclear accident in our mainstream media or from our government, the situation just keeps getting worse. Many more people were affected and continue to be affected by radiation. Crops and fields have been ruined... the list goes on and on. PSR has prepared a a press release that outlines lessons unlearned. See: Remembering "3/11": Six Months After the Fukushima Reactor Disaster, Key Lessons Appear to be Going Unlearned.

Here are a few screenshots. For more maps and information visit Nuclear Accident Evacuation Maps.







For more maps and information visit Nuclear Accident Evacuation Maps.

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List of World Shapefiles Now Available for Free Download

These are the country, city and place shapefiles in the new updated world shapefiles set. They are free to download and use as you wish subject to the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 License.

Iraq
Palestine
Israel
Afghanistan
Iran
Pakistan
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti

Each set contains the following:

* Files with 'highway' suffix describe country's highways in form of polylines and associated attributes - highway type, name, is highway oneway.
* Files with 'poi' suffix describe country's points of interest in form of points and associated attributes - name and type.
* Files with 'natural' suffix describe country's areas marked as woods, forests, parks, and water surfaces in form of polygons and their names and types.
* Files with 'administrative' suffix contain administrative boundaries including country's international boundaries.
* Files with 'location' suffix contain locations and addresses.
* Files with 'coastline' suffix contain osm coastline and water bodies extracts in form of polylines and their names.
* Files with 'water' suffix contain osm water bodies in form of polygons and their names.

I'll be adding a few a day until I've got them all done. If you have a request, be sure to let me know and I'll put it at the tops of the list.

Click here for the new world shapefiles

Mike Meuser

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New Updated Series of World County, City and Place GIS Shapefiles

Free downloads of world country, city and place GIS shapefile map layers. This is a works in progress. Take a look and if you have a request, email me and let me know and I'll get it online as soon as possible.

Access the world country, city and place shapefiles

Mike Meuser

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IAEA Claimed Iran "Weapons "Expert" Never Actually Worked on Nuclear Weapons At All

Read about the supposed "weapons expert" and download the full November 8, 2011 IAEA Report: Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Mike Meuser

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Where are the Free Maps and Other Stuff?

Here's a little clarification about how to find the Free Maps and other Free GIS and Mapping Resources at MapCruzin.com.

I am writing this because recently, I received the following email from a subscriber to feeds from the MapCruzin Blog, mapcruzin.blogspot.com.

Hi map cruzin
why are you talking about downloading free maps and i cant find the maps? which free maps and your portal keeps taking me round and round to the same starting point. where are the maps? just tell us the truth. if the maps are free, then give then to me. if they are for sale then let me know the truth. dont keep on playing about with my brain. i need to know the truth or else i wont need any updates from you.

At first I couldn't quite figure out why this person couldn't find the free Syria maps that I was posting about. Then, I think, I figured it out. Bear with me if this is not a problem for you.

On our blog each title is linked to the respective blog page. This makes sense if you go directly to the blog because when you do so you will view a list of blog posts and clicking on the title brings you to the correct blog page. But, what this person may have missed is that within the text of the blog, there are links to the free maps download page at MapCruzin.com.

So, to correct this, I'll be sure to say "click here" and also spell out the url so folks see it as a link.

Second problem may be that perhaps not all people get their MapCruzin feed updates in html format. If they don't then the links just don't work at all. In this case I'll also spell out the url address so if need be folks can copy and paste the url into their browser and find the pages that way.

Also, please note that though 99% of the resource, including maps, GIS software, and GIS shapefiles, are free, there are a few GIS shapefiles that I've developed that are for sale.

Lastly, you can find links to the free maps and other resources at MapCruzin.com on the right side of each blog page and each page at MapCruzin.com has a menu near the top indicating all the different free things.

MapCruzin.com has been online since 1996. Over the ensuing 15+ years I have added many thousands of pages, maps, shapefiles, GIS software, tutorials and other resources. It might take a bit to hunt around (I'm always trying to find ways to organize it all better) but, in many cases, you'll find what you are looking for.

Here are some pertinent URLS:

Free Maps: www.mapcruzin.com/download-free-maps.htm

Free GIS Software: www.mapcruzin.com/free-gis-software-tools.htm

Free GIS Shapefiles: www.mapcruzin.com/download-free-arcgis-shapefiles.htm

Free TOPO Maps: www.mapcruzin.com/free-download-topo-maps.htm

Free Aerial/Satellite/Remote Sensing Images: www.mapcruzin.com/satellite-aerial-photos-maps/

Free GIS Tutorial: www.mapcruzin.com/free-learn-to-map-gis-tutorial-and-shapefile-atlas.htm

Free GPS Resources: www.mapcruzin.com/free-gps-maps-software/

Check this URL for the few GIS shapefiles for sale. Note that at this time ALL maps at MapCruzin.com are free.

GIS shapefiles for sale: www.mapcruzin.com/do-it-yourself-gis-maps-shapefiles/

MapCruzin Blog: mapcruzin.blogspot.com/

Hope this helps.

Mike Meuser

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Free Maps of Syria

Download Free High Resolution Maps of Syria - political, economy, landuse, population, damascus ... etc.
More Syria Maps and Neigboring Middle East Country Maps Here.

Mike Meuser

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Download free Hurricane GIS Shapefile Map Layers

With hurrican Irene on its way. I thought some of you may be interested in these historical hurricane shapefiles. These cover the period from 1851 up to 2004. I'm working also to include more recent hurricanes in the near future.

The paths of tropical cyclones and major hurricanes from 1851 to 2004.



The term "tropical cyclone" is a generic term for a low-pressure storm system that usually forms in the tropics. The unpredictable behavior, high seas, and devastating winds of tropical storms have challenged us for centuries. One of our best defenses against hurricanes and other tropical storms is informed readiness. The National Hurricane Center (NHC), part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service (NWS), collects tropical cyclone data as part of its mission to save lives and mitigate property loss by issuing advisories of hazardous tropical weather. The NHC tracks hurricanes and other tropical cyclones over the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and Eastern Pacific and issues hurricane forecasts, watches, and warnings to the public. Computer models are used to forecast the track and intensity of a tropical storm. These statistical models use current information about a storm and compare it with historical knowledge about the behavior of similar tropical storms. The historical record for storms over the North Atlantic begins in 1851, and the record in the Pacific begins in 1949.

Download the free hurricane GIS shapefile map layers here

Mike Meuser

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