Historical data CrimeMapping.com includes 180 days’ worth of crime data. Following types of crime are covered on the map: Homicide - unlawful killing of one person by another; Motor Vehicle Theft - theft of a car, truck, motorcycle, or any motor vehicle; Robbery - taking property from a person by force, threat of force, or fear; Sex Crimes - Rape , Prostitution, Sex Offenses; Theft / Larceny - unlawful taking of property from another person. Embezzlement, forgery, check fraud, and theft from a vehicle are excluded; Vandalism - willful, malicious destruction, damage, …show more content…
As learned from the description, in order to maximize speed and efficiency at CrimeMapping.com, there is an 800 point limit to the amount of data that can be plotted at any one time. Another option to go beyond the 800 point limit, it is possible to zoom into a smaller area, reduce the date range or reduce the number of crime types plotted. The Omega Group software is an Extension to ESRI ArcCatalog. Their Data Integration tool processes an agency's data as it sits on their own local server. Typically crime data has corresponding location information for record keeping purposes. However, in order for this data to be best provided in a format meant for public display, the data must be cleaned, geocoded and organized before it can be loaded to the Web Hosting Server. The geocoding process is done with a series of address locators that are developed using either data street centerline, parcel or address point data developed by the agency or ESRI Map …show more content…
The focus on place seeks to simultaneously address the interconnected relationship between people and their environments to which multiple social ills are connected. These relationships and connections form real problems in specific places. Place-based initiatives can be more effective in the delivery and leveraging of services when attention is more specifically directed to the particular context in which people live. Specific benefits delivered to a particular area often have diffusion affects to adjacent neighborhoods, compounding their positive