Comments on: Los Angeles Police Geocoding Error Skews Crime Maps http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/10/los-angeles-police-geocoding-error-skews-crime-maps/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:39:23 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: New fantasy app: GIGO for public databases and website | Kim Pearson http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/10/los-angeles-police-geocoding-error-skews-crime-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-1229679 New fantasy app: GIGO for public databases and website | Kim Pearson Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:10:47 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2561#comment-1229679 [...] April, Amy Gahran blogged a Los Angeles Times story revealing that a crime map featured on the Los Angeles police department [...] [...] April, Amy Gahran blogged a Los Angeles Times story revealing that a crime map featured on the Los Angeles police department [...]

]]> By:   Everyblock’s New Geocoding Fixes — contentious.com http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/10/los-angeles-police-geocoding-error-skews-crime-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-1227376   Everyblock’s New Geocoding Fixes — contentious.com Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:27:41 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2561#comment-1227376 [...] I wrote about how a Los Angeles Police Dept. geocoding data glitch yielded inaccurate crime maps at LAPDcrimemaps.org and the database-powered network of hyperlocal [...] [...] I wrote about how a Los Angeles Police Dept. geocoding data glitch yielded inaccurate crime maps at LAPDcrimemaps.org and the database-powered network of hyperlocal [...]

]]> By: Adrian Holovaty http://www.contentious.com/2009/04/10/los-angeles-police-geocoding-error-skews-crime-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-1227284 Adrian Holovaty Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:35:33 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2561#comment-1227284 Hey Amy, You might be interested in EveryBlock's follow-up on this from a few days ago: we've improved our geocoding so as to double-check the LAPD's data to prevent the error from happening on our site. Here's more info: http://blog.everyblock.com/2009/apr/08/geocoding/ Adrian @ EveryBlock Hey Amy,

You might be interested in EveryBlock’s follow-up on this from a few days ago: we’ve improved our geocoding so as to double-check the LAPD’s data to prevent the error from happening on our site. Here’s more info:

http://blog.everyblock.com/2009/apr/08/geocoding/

Adrian @ EveryBlock

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