Thursday, November 15, 2012

80km from Anywhere (Almost)

Some of my friends might be listening to the news in their home countries and hear that Israel, “once again”, “overreacts”.

80km

To help my friends get some perspective, I went through my Facebook friends list and, using http://www.freemaptools.com, created some links to help understand what 80km means.

Why 80km? 80km is the range of missiles fired from Gaza into Israel.

How to use this table: find a city near you, and click the link beside you. Imagine you live in that city, and rockets are fired at you from any point within the green circle. Conversely, imagine that rockets are fired from the center of the green circle, and your house is anywhere within that circle.

Overreacting, huh?

(I have close to 300 friends, from many places around the world; naturally, I didn’t cover everything. But this should give you some idea)

Europe

City

Link

Delft, The Netherlands http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.009507&clng=4.360514999999964&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Norwich, UK http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.630886&clng=1.2973550000000387&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Dagenham, UK http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=51.53889&clng=0.14742999999998574&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Lyon, France http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=45.764043&clng=4.835658999999964&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Dalfsen, The Netherlands http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.507755&clng=6.259667000000036&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Paris, France http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=48.856614&clng=2.3522219999999834&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Prague, Czech Republic http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=50.075538&clng=14.437801000000036&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Sofia, Bulgaria http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=42.696492&clng=23.326010999999994&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Stockholm, Sweden http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=59.32893&clng=18.064910000000054&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Helsinki, Finland http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=60.169845&clng=24.93855099999996&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Dublin, Ireland http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=53.349443&clng=-6.260082000000011&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.370216&clng=4.895168000000012&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Antwerp, Belgium http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=51.219216&clng=4.402881999999977&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
London, UK http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=51.507335&clng=-0.1276829999999336&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Valencia, Spain http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=39.470239&clng=-0.3768049999999903&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Barcelona, Spain http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=41.387917&clng=2.169918999999936&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00

North America

City

Link

Guelph, ON, Canada http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=43.544805&clng=-80.24816699999997&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Waterloo, ON, Canada http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=43.464258&clng=-80.52040999999997&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Vancouver, BC, Canada http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=49.261226&clng=-123.11392699999999&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Toronto, ON, Canada http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=43.653226&clng=-79.38318400000003&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Nashville, TN, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=36.166667&clng=-86.78333299999997&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Flagstaff, AZ, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=35.201352&clng=-111.639249&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Santa Cruz, CA, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=36.974117&clng=-122.03079600000001&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Los-Angeles, CA, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=34.052234&clng=-118.24368500000003&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Clearwater, FL, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=27.965853&clng=-82.80010299999998&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Salem, OR, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=44.942898&clng=-123.03509600000001&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Rogers, AR, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=36.33202&clng=-94.118537&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Long Valley, NJ, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=40.785933&clng=-74.78016400000001&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Arlington, TX, USA http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=32.735687&clng=-97.10806600000001&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00
Jasper, AB, Canada http://www.freemaptools.com/radius-around-point.htm?clat=52.879277&clng=-118.07925599999999&r=80&lc=FFFFFF&lw=1&fc=00FF00

(oh well. You have the Rocky Mountains to protect you, but anyway.)