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Geoprofiling Moves Into The Limelight

Posted by Hemos on from the hunting-the-hunter dept.

circletimessquare writes "Interesting and timely. A short piece at CNN talks about the software helping to track down the sniper currently terrorizing the Washington DC area. It was the doctoral thesis of a cop, Kim Rossmo, who developed it while walking the beat in Vancouver and reading about the hunting patterns of African lions. Googling, I found an older but deeper piece which mentions more of the tech behind the software, called Rigel. That led me to the website of ECRI, the company that makes Rigel. More good tech there."

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  1. Re:This is scary by Scratch-O-Matic · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Are you for real? I don't have any mod points for 'troll', so just fess up.

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  2. i got a piece of software that will help stop him by benfoldsfan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it's called an AWP.

  3. To the detective in charge of the investigation: by anonymous+loser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's the Chief of Police! He's using the system to lead you off on a wild goose chase while framing you for the murder!

    Life does imitate art, right?

  4. Other uses by guttentag · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I heard Jack In The Box is working on similar software that can determine where you work and how large your cubicle is based on the hours and locations you visit them. They insist they'll only use it to help them staff their restaurants more efficiently during the graveyard shift...

  5. You think that's odd? by Chuck+Chunder · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    How about some ex-army dude trying to change his name to God, not to mention he seems a bit of a nutbag.

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  6. Re:Or, fairly current on technology... by martyn+s · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >Be sure your EasyPass is turned off, right?

    For that matter, don't go through tolls, since they photograph EVERY license plate that goes through. There is NO way to travel anonymously in the United States. Ahh well, the Constitution protected us for a while, it was fun while it lasted.

  7. Mirror of APBNews article by alexburke · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Here's a mirror of the APBNews article, in case it gets slashdotted:

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