Links (29th July 2008)
- Crime Mapping from the British Government makes Telegraph Front Page
More developments in crime mapping make front page headlines. - Feel like presenting at the 2008 Location 2.0 Conference?
SiRF Technology announces details of its second annual Location 2.0 Summit which will be held in San Francisco on September 10, 2008. - Mobile use on planes moves a step closer
Widespread use of mobile phones on UK airlines moved a step closer today following a ruling by the communications watchdog Ofcom. - EveryBlock teams up with the Chicago Tribune
Journalism.co.uk reports that "EveryBlock, the local news and data aggregation service, has gone into a beta partnership with the Chicago Tribune."
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In regards to crime (could also apply to other emergency services, eg ambulance call out), what would be more informative would be measures which show how effectively the police responded to the reported crime, by location. Maps showing the time taken emergency services to attend a crime scene after 999 calls(eg the average time plotted by post sector/distict)would be very useful (esp if also allowing users to drill down to the different crime categories). Also what would be useful is the proportion of crimes solved/resolved by the police relative to reported crime in an area. This would highlight areas receiving a poorer public service, and make it easier for citizens to hold them to account. An algorithmn which factored in distance from police station could also be factored in to make the call out time results more meaningful (and the data's interpretation more objective, objectivity is at danger of being lost when a mass of information is conveyed using means which fails to provide adequate context when necessary).
Certainly opening up more related information sources alongside the standard crime reporting figures would be useful.
It can be dangerous to base conclusions on just one set of facts/figures... i.e. just because a particular street has a high crime rate does not necessarily mean the police are ineffective in this area... but as more information becomes available, the more possible it is to draw relevant conclusions.
The EveryBlock Charlotte site has recently started making 911 calls available as an addition to the more standard crime figures.
http://charlotte.everyblock.com/police-calls/
There are also plenty of crime-related ideas that have been submitted to the Show Us A Better Way competition that build on this theme... although always room for more ideas!
http://www.straighttothepoint.net/2008/07/over-200-ideas-already-submitted-in-uk.html
J
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