Comments on: Mapping Crime http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2008/12/23/mapping-crime/ News, Information, and Events for the Georgetown Community Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:50:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vox Populi » The new blog on the block is Georgetown Metropolitan http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2008/12/23/mapping-crime/#comment-525 Vox Populi » The new blog on the block is Georgetown Metropolitan Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:17:59 +0000 http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/?p=116#comment-525 [...] the Georgetown Metropolitan does have something in common with us youngins here at Vox Populi: none of us are big fans of CrimeMap.DC (because if there’s anything local bloggers of all ages can [...] [...] the Georgetown Metropolitan does have something in common with us youngins here at Vox Populi: none of us are big fans of CrimeMap.DC (because if there’s anything local bloggers of all ages can [...]

]]> By: MPD Daily Crime Summaries Replaced With Less Informative Map Feed « http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2008/12/23/mapping-crime/#comment-356 MPD Daily Crime Summaries Replaced With Less Informative Map Feed « Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:23:32 +0000 http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/?p=116#comment-356 [...] When people raised a ruckus back in January about the decision to stop the daily crime summaries, MPD heard two basic complaints: that the map didn’t work and that there needs to be a text feed for the listservs. Apparently both those problems were (somewhat) solved. Frankly, GM never had any technical problems with the crime map, he just didn’t think it was very good. [...] [...] When people raised a ruckus back in January about the decision to stop the daily crime summaries, MPD heard two basic complaints: that the map didn’t work and that there needs to be a text feed for the listservs. Apparently both those problems were (somewhat) solved. Frankly, GM never had any technical problems with the crime map, he just didn’t think it was very good. [...]

]]> By: Adrian Holovaty http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2008/12/23/mapping-crime/#comment-33 Adrian Holovaty Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:27:13 +0000 http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/?p=116#comment-33 There's also EveryBlock: http://dc.everyblock.com/crime/ Disclaimer: I run the site, so I have an obvious bias. :-) We let you sort the DC crimes in all sorts of ways -- by offense (theft, robbery), by method (robbery w/ gun vs. robbery w/ knife), by date, by time of day and geography. You can type in your address to view crime near you, or you can type in a neighborhood to get data on a broader level. We have our own maps, which work like Google Maps (with dynamic panning/dragging) but have a more muted color scheme, which makes the maps much more appropriate for data visualization. And we offer daily e-mail alerts for every city block in DC (not just Georgetown) that tell you the crime that's been reported recently, plus a slew of other local news and information that we update every day. For example, we'll notify you any time the Post writes about something in your neighborhood, whether it's crime or otherwise. (You can see the full list of information that we publish here: http://dc.everyblock.com/news/ ) Adrian @ EveryBlock There’s also EveryBlock: http://dc.everyblock.com/crime/

Disclaimer: I run the site, so I have an obvious bias. :-)

We let you sort the DC crimes in all sorts of ways — by offense (theft, robbery), by method (robbery w/ gun vs. robbery w/ knife), by date, by time of day and geography. You can type in your address to view crime near you, or you can type in a neighborhood to get data on a broader level.

We have our own maps, which work like Google Maps (with dynamic panning/dragging) but have a more muted color scheme, which makes the maps much more appropriate for data visualization.

And we offer daily e-mail alerts for every city block in DC (not just Georgetown) that tell you the crime that’s been reported recently, plus a slew of other local news and information that we update every day. For example, we’ll notify you any time the Post writes about something in your neighborhood, whether it’s crime or otherwise. (You can see the full list of information that we publish here: http://dc.everyblock.com/news/ )

Adrian @ EveryBlock

]]> By: MPD No Longer Providing Daily Crime Summaries « http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2008/12/23/mapping-crime/#comment-29 MPD No Longer Providing Daily Crime Summaries « Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:56:49 +0000 http://georgetownmetropolitan.com/?p=116#comment-29 [...] crimemap she’s talking about is the same one GM reviewed last week. If you don’t remember, here’s the short version: it’s terrible. [...] [...] crimemap she’s talking about is the same one GM reviewed last week. If you don’t remember, here’s the short version: it’s terrible. [...]

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