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Crime Mapping
Using
geocoding to perform crime
mapping has become a hot ticket within law
enforcement agencies these days – mostly because of the increasing need to
accurately determine the location of where a crime occurred
The Los Angeles Police Dept (LAPD) offers the public a way to track crimes near
specific addresses via its online crime site at www.lapdcrimemaps.org. However,
early on there was a problem which led the site to show a false crime spike –
indicating an increase in crimes just a block away from the LAPD.
Most of the crimes reported were accurately displayed on the site. But other
crimes were not shown in the actual location of where it occurred. When the
software could not accurately parse the intersection or street, it would display
the default location instead, which was roughly 1st Street and Spring Streets.
The error reinforces the need for accurate geocoding, and how vital the
technology is to an organization. Accurate geocoding provides an organization
with true location intelligence – vital data that’s needed to help detect
patterns and risks to make more informed business decisions.
Back to Point A to Point B:
Different Geocoding Approaches
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