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Google Map Hack & Chicago Crime Data

Posted by Hemos on from the good-applicatons dept.

joepez writes "In recent weeks we've seen some great Google Maps hacks (HousingMaps, Google's own Ride Finder, etc.), but this weekend Adrian has brought us something truly innovative. He's merged Google map data with Chicago crime data to present a once a day updated crime map of the entire city, including some really nice summarized data. Adrian calls the project Chicagocrime.org. How long till we have real time crime data showing up on Google's map? Pull open HousingMaps next to Chicagocrime.org and figure out if that low rent apartment is truly worth it. Or is this all a clever trick on Google's part to build up more and more third parties dependent upon Google?" There's also a cheap gas hack as well.

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  1. Re:Real Time Crime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    email can be faked or altered so easily

    Actually, I've come to the opposite conclusion. I don't know every e-mail system, and I don't know what Morgan Stanley was using, but I have administered serious e-mail systems for about 15 years, and I can tell you that in many, it is in fact very difficult to insert a fake message into the message store in the right place, with the right semantic context. Don't forget that in all these cases the recovery is from (presumably) dated and logged backup tapes, possibly under the observation of opposing counsel's expert, and under penalty of perjury. So go ahead, tell me how you insert (or even alter) a message into a multi-gigabyte message store coming off a tape that's been archived and logged at Iron Mountain for the last five years. Will it have the right SMTP transit headers? The correct "In-Reply-To:"? What about the context of the message? Are you replying to someone? Do they later reply to you? Does it all fit together? This is a distinctly non-trivial exercise. Possible, yes, but maybe only theoretically so. And the grunt doing the recovery is *very unlikely* to want to risk going to jail to cover up some fraud he was probably never associated with.


  2. How long by GoClick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How long until some autocratic judge declares that you have to keep all voice mails and record all phone conversations in some ruling?

    Why is it judges can make "laws" with no checks or balances?