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"Is there anyone who can see the invisible? No? Well, this program can. It takes radioactive traces, just like an old shaman reads from ashes, and brings them to life on the screen — colorful, glowing, alive."
Isotope Pathways isn’t just a program; it’s a gateway to a world of invisible particles, now made visible. Imagine walking down the road, and beneath your feet, radioactive isotopes are dancing. This program reveals them. It creates a map where every isotope leaves a trace, from green to red, from calm to warning.
It can read data from AtomFast and RadiaCode formats, such as .kml, .kmz, .json, and .rctrk, and store them in its own database. So, years later, you can look back and say, "Back in 2024, right here, the radiation was 4.1 µR/h."
We’ve built this program using the natural background radiation as a baseline. If you go to a clean, untouched place, you’ll likely see 3-4 microroentgens per hour. That’s normal. At different altitudes, radiation levels vary, and the planet dances along with it.
Anything above this baseline is considered foreign. That’s what we call radioactive contamination. You can see how isotopes scatter across roads, carried by the wind, by people, and by vehicles. These small, invisible traces are like footprints left behind on freshly fallen snow.
Check out the program in real-time here.
... In Soviet times, an open swimming pool was being built in Kislovodsk Park. Maybe they used concrete from a factory in Pyatigorsk, where radioactive ore from Mount Beshtau was once processed. Trucks drove down the roads, and dust from their wheels settled on the asphalt, leaving invisible marks. Years have passed, yet these traces still glow, like memories of the past. The dust that spread around the construction settled in the park — on the map, it shows up in yellow, like patches of autumn leaves. Everything else in the park remains clean, peaceful, and green.
Choose the version for your platform and start tracking isotope trails:
| Platform | Download Link |
|---|---|
| AIX | Download for AIX |
| Android | Download for Android |
| Dragonfly | Download for Dragonfly |
| FreeBSD | Download for FreeBSD |
| Illumos | Download for Illumos |
| JavaScript | Download for JavaScript |
| Linux | Download for Linux |
| macOS | Download for macOS |
| NetBSD | Download for NetBSD |
| OpenBSD | Download for OpenBSD |
| Plan9 | Download for Plan9 |
| Solaris | Download for Solaris |
| Windows | Download for Windows |
Or build it yourself:
git clone https://github.com/matveynator/isotope-pathways.git
cd isotope-pathways
go build isotope-pathways.go
chmod +x ./isotope-pathways
./isotope-pathways./isotope-pathwaysor with additional settings:
./isotope-pathways --port=8765 --db-type=genji --db-path=./path-to-database-file.8765.genjigenji: Fast, lightweight embedded database with no external dependencies.sqlite: A file-based database popular for local storage.pgx(PostgreSQL): Connect to a PostgreSQL server using thepgxdriver.
./isotope-pathways --port=8765 --db-type=pgx --db-host=localhost --db-port=5432 --db-user=postgres --db-pass=yourpassword --db-name=isotope_db --pg-ssl-mode=prefer--db-type: The type of the database (genji,sqlite, orpgx). Default isgenji.- pgx: Use this for PostgreSQL, powered by the
pgxdriver.
- pgx: Use this for PostgreSQL, powered by the
--db-host: PostgreSQL database host. Default is127.0.0.1.--db-port: PostgreSQL port. Default is5432.--db-user: PostgreSQL username. Default ispostgres.--db-pass: PostgreSQL password.--db-name: PostgreSQL database name. Default isisotope_db.--pg-ssl-mode: SSL mode for PostgreSQL. Default isprefer.
Example for running with PostgreSQL using default settings but a custom database:
./isotope-pathways --db-type=pgx --db-name=my_custom_dbThis will connect to a PostgreSQL database named my_custom_db on localhost:5432 with user postgres and no password, using pgx as the driver.
- Open http://localhost:8765 in your browser.
- Upload your data using the
Uploadbutton. - Hover over a marker — and the invisible world will open before you. Discover the radiation dose, the time of the measurement, and the location where isotopes left their marks.
What is radiation? It’s like a whispering wind in the mountains, something no one hears, yet it’s there. But our program is someone with extraordinary hearing. It sees what you cannot. It will tell you where and when that extra microroentgen appeared. It will show you how isotopes scattered through the city, fell into a quiet pond, or got lost in the old forest. Their danger lies in the fact that they don’t just sit on the ground like forgotten coins. No, they seep into the soil, the water, and the plants. You go about your life, eating apples, drinking water from a well, and isotopes quietly sneak inside. The doses accumulate, like little bunnies multiplying in your body. Quietly, unnoticed. But still dangerous.
"If isotopes could speak, they would tell you their stories. But since they are silent, our program will speak for them."