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To me, the Holy Grail will be when you can get frequent crime data on Google Earth/Google Maps. I know some people have made mashups for specific cities. But it really needs to be widespread and easily available. I want to see at least all major cities providing their crime data in a Google Earth compatible format. This really shouldn't be too hard since they tend to already provide it, just in really crappy formats or text summaries.I had to do quite a bit of research, editing, graphing and plotting when buying a house. The data on the crimes was out there, but it was extremely hard to make usable. Unfortunately, not only are their technical stumbling blocks but also political ones.
rstarrMar 13, 2007
I stand corrected.Digg me down, I have shamed my family.
rstarrMar 13, 2007
1. Al Gore
spacemanspiffMar 13, 2007
There are plenty of free GIS options out there: <a class="user" href="http://www.osgeo.org/">http://www.osgeo.org/</a> List is on the right.ESRI provides a very nice interface to access the Census Data: <a class="user" href="http://www.arcwebservices.com/awx/index.jsp">http://www.arcwebservices.com/awx/index.jsp</a>
whiledoMar 13, 2007
To me, the Holy Grail will be when you can get frequent crime data on Google Earth/Google Maps. I know some people have made mashups for specific cities. But it really needs to be widespread and easily available. I want to see at least all major cities providing their crime data in a Google Earth compatible format. This really shouldn't be too hard since they tend to already provide it, just in really crappy formats or text summaries.I had to do quite a bit of research, editing, graphing and plotting when buying a house. The data on the crimes was out there, but it was extremely hard to make usable. Unfortunately, not only are their technical stumbling blocks but also political ones.
hodeMar 13, 2007
Can anyone shed some light on what all the data categories are? Tenure by age of householder? What the heck is that?
dvanamburgMar 13, 2007
Overview available at <a class="user" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=&_pageId=sp4_decennial&_submenuId=&_ci_nbr=null">http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?geo_id=01000US&_geoContext=01000US&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=&_zip=&_pageId=sp4_decennial&_submenuId=&_ci_nbr=null</a>Tenure (= owner occupied/ renter occupied) by age of householder (= person of a given age group lives there) The following Table from Summary File 3, 2000 Census of Population and Housing Technical Documentation, available at <a class="user" href="http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf">http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/doc/sf3.pdf</a>H14. TENURE BY AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER [21]Universe: Occupied housing unitsTotal:Owner occupied:Householder 15 to 24 yearsHouseholder 25 to 34 yearsHouseholder 35 to 44 yearsHouseholder 45 to 54 yearsHouseholder 55 to 59 yearsHouseholder 60 to 64 yearsHouseholder 65 to 74 yearsHouseholder 75 to 84 yearsHouseholder 85 years and overRenter occupied:(Repeat AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER)