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Flawed Map Says L.A.'s Crime Highest Next to Police HQ

Posted by timothy on from the statistics-are-coming-from-inside-the-station dept.

CNET briefly describes how a poorly chosen default behavior has led to an online crime map of Los Angeles (on a site designed at a cost of $362,000) that shows that "a location just a block from the department's new headquarters is the most crime-ridden place in the city." I wonder how often this sort of error would completely skew things like real-estate maps that attempt to show whether houses in a certain neighborhood are worth more than those in the one next door.

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  1. Quick! by palegray.net · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get those properties while they're cheap! Well, cheaper than they already were, considering the economy.

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  2. Flawed? by MindlessAutomata · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seeing how rogue so many police officers are, it might not necessarily be quite off the mark.

    1. Re:Flawed? by pjt33 · · Score: 4, Funny

      What do you mean, "not quite off the mark"? It's a whole block out!

  3. Actually,,, by fireheadca · · Score: 4, Funny

    The map is accurate for the most part, it's just a block off.