FBI's Google Mashup for catching bank robbers

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/fbi-catches-rob.html

by shibido • 17 years ago

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When I saw this I thought of an idea, not sure if its out there already...what if you could text 911 with a crime in your area, and then it generates heatmaps of twitter-like updates and as more people send messages, it raises the temperature/urgency of the issue a la n4g.com

shibido• 17 years ago

Hadn't thought of that, but it sounds extremely useful.

I imagine a heatmap would be more applicable to a SOS-type message though, like say during a national disaster or other such catastrophic events. Search / rescue would be a lot easier, faster and more successful with a GPS position.

Not at all being sarcastic - it sounds like an idea well worth running with.

joshwprinceton2• 17 years ago

yeah - perhaps a general sos messaging system would be better...crime could be a subset

FBI's Google Mashup for catching bank robbers

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