Goodbye Chicagocrime.org, Hello EveryBlock Chicago

Tuesday February 05th 2008
Filed Under Crime Mapping 

Adrian Holovaty offers a retrospective on why he’s shutting down chicagocrime.org.  Chicagocrime.org mapped crime data from the Chicago Police Department and was one of the early applications that “mashed” geographic data onto Google Maps.  Visitors to the original chicagocrime.org are now redirected to EveryBlock Chicago which Holvaty describes as “chicagocrime.org on steroids — more than just crime, and more than just Chicago.”

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    One Response to “Goodbye Chicagocrime.org, Hello EveryBlock Chicago”

    1. Take Control of Your Maps : GIS Lounge - Geographic Information Systems on April 8th, 2008 3:36 pm

      [...] Smith (developer of EveryBlock), writing for the “A List Apart” site, has a broad article entitled “Take Control [...]

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