Comments on: Met launches London crime maps http://puffbox.com/2008/08/14/met-launches-london-crime-maps/ Adventures in government, politics and open source. Mostly WordPress-related. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:58:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: User links about "maps" on iLinkShare http://puffbox.com/2008/08/14/met-launches-london-crime-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-549 User links about "maps" on iLinkShare Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:18:40 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=302#comment-549 [...] | iLinkShare 4 votesFascinating Maps & Infographics>> saved by grahamking 1 days ago2 votesComment on Met launches London crime maps by Simon>> saved by greatplay 2 days ago3 votesBBC mashup using blogs, maps, and twibble>> saved by swolitz [...] [...] | iLinkShare 4 votesFascinating Maps & Infographics>> saved by grahamking 1 days ago2 votesComment on Met launches London crime maps by Simon>> saved by greatplay 2 days ago3 votesBBC mashup using blogs, maps, and twibble>> saved by swolitz [...]

]]> By: Simon http://puffbox.com/2008/08/14/met-launches-london-crime-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Simon Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:21:02 +0000 http://puffbox.com/?p=302#comment-548 Shane McCracken has some <a href="http://www.gallomanor.com/2008/08/more-detail-on.html" rel="nofollow">interesting thoughts</a> about the use of 'zones' rather than dots representing 'exact' crime locations. I suspect the decision to use zones is based on mitigation of the privacy / confidentiality concerns, not to mention the sheer practicalities of capturing precise long/lat (if it's even possible to identify a location). But I can well believe that point data will reveal things which zones can't. Maybe this is one area where it's desirable for the 'professionals' to have the point data, but less than sensible to make it generally available. Shane McCracken has some interesting thoughts about the use of 'zones' rather than dots representing 'exact' crime locations.

I suspect the decision to use zones is based on mitigation of the privacy / confidentiality concerns, not to mention the sheer practicalities of capturing precise long/lat (if it's even possible to identify a location).

But I can well believe that point data will reveal things which zones can't. Maybe this is one area where it's desirable for the 'professionals' to have the point data, but less than sensible to make it generally available.

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