Use GIS to Investigate the Potential of Climate Change Driven Hurricane Sandy Frankenstorm to Create a Fukushima-Like Nuclear Disaster in the U.S.

Climate change is responsible for increasing extreme weather. Will the hurricane Sandy superstorm be responsible for a Fukushima-like nuclear disaster in the U.S? A recent leaked report from the NRC says that many nuclear energy power plants are not prepared for severe flooding events.

Download the reports and GIS shapefiles and use GIS to investigate the possibilities of global warming driven "frankenstorms" creating Fukushima-like nuclear disasters in the U.S.

Mike

2011 Toxic Release Inventory TRI Data Download

Hi - August 31, 2012 EPA released the 2011 TRI preliminary data. With this data you can find out more about potential toxic chemical risks where you work, live and play. Learn more and download the 2011 TRI data.

If you have a need for custom GIS shapefiles using this and other data, send me an email.

Thank You,

Mike

New Interactive Maps: Mapping the Impacts of Climate Change

Nice interactive map project from the Center for Global Development.

Maps cover extreme weather, impacts on agriculture and sea level rise for 233 countries. You can download the data used for the project.

Learn more about Mapping the Impact of Climate Change and Download the Data

Joining Census Data to TIGER/Line 2012 Shapefiles

Hello - It's been an exciting last couple of weeks (well for me anyway). On August 17, 2012 U.S. Census released the TIGER/Line 2012 shapefiles AND more and more data from the latest decennial census is available at American FactFinder. I've written a short article about joining the two data sets (Tiger Shapefiles to AFF census data) with links to more information.

View Joining Census Data from American FactFinder to TIGER/Line 2012 Shapefiles.

Mike

Free Download Tiger/Line Shapefiles with 2010 Population and Housing

Hi - Not sure how long these will be available, but they are now. Census has provided some national level 2010 Tiger shapefiles pre-joined with 2010 census data. Shapefiles include:

• 111th Congressional Districts
• Alaska Native Regional Corporations (ANRC)
• Census Tracts
• Combined New England City and Town Areas (CNECTAs)
• Combined Statistical Areas
• Consolidated Cities
• Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA - Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas)
• Counties
• County Subdivisions
• Metropolitan Divisions
• NECTA Divisions
• New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs)
• Places
• School Districts – Elementary
• School Districts – Secondary
• School Districts – Unified
• State Legislative Districts – Lower Chamber
• State Legislative Districts – Upper Chamber
• States
• Subminor Civil Divisions
• Tribal Tracts
• ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs)

Download Tiger shapefiles with demographics here

Mike

New Zip Code with Demographics Shapefiles Available

Hello - Many of you have purchased our Zip Code Boundary Shapefiles over the last year. We appreciate that. We now have Zip Code boundaries based on U.S Census TIGER/Line data PLUS 180 demographic fields from the 2010 U.S. Census.

Download the new Zip Code plus demographics shapefiles here.

JOSM Java based editor for OpenStreetMap

I've been taking a harder look at OpenStreetMap.org lately. As I learned more about the project, it became clear that JOSM was the editing tool of choice for creators and users of OpenStreetMap geodata.

Learn more about the JOSM editor and more about OpenStreetMap here.

Best,

Mike