Tracking people and crime

This article describes how the LAPD online crime map mistakenly geocoded 1,380 crimes to a spot directly in front of the LA Times Office because it was the default location for unmatched geocodes. This mistake then lead to the popular site EveryBlock to rank that ZIP code as one of the most dangerous in the city. Lesson learned: don't believe every dot on a map is the absolute truth.

Another interesting article describes how analysis of an FBI database links long-haul truckers to serial killings. This shows that local data linked together can change the scale of analysis to reveal a "mobile crime scene".

Comments

[Laptop Carrying Cases]

I guess all those LA Times writers write a lot of articles that cause people to rob them when they get out of work :) Maybe they should get hazard pay lol. Watch out for those long haul truckers!

[Sacramento Locksmith]

There is and always has been this problem. I just wonder how far back it dates and how many unsolved murders there are due to the long hauler. Homeland security now has the keys to fix this problem.