Duncan O'Leary
Duncan works on projects looking at public services, skills and work.
at 10:18am
on Thursday, 19th May 2005
Avid greenhouse readers might remember that a couple of months ago Demos held a seminar/workshop/discussion on Open Source in the run up to the publication of Wide Open. One of the topics we talked about was the possibility of more open information, including more transparency on issues like where and when crimes take place in a neighbourhood. Needless to say not everyone thought this would be a good idea, given the possibility that it might create no-go areas in a city or simply tell people where to go if they fancied buying something illegal.
Well, it turns out that the idea has already been put into place by a website charting reported crime in Chicago. Here's where not to park if you're ever in town.
[via Boing Boing]
Avid greenhouse readers might remember that a couple of months ago Demos held a seminar/workshop/discussion on Open Source in the run up to the publication of Wide Open. One of the topics we talked about was the possibility of more open information, including more transparency on issues like where and when crimes take place in a neighbourhood. Needless to say not everyone thought this would be a good idea, given the possibility that it might create no-go areas in a city or simply tell people where to go if they fancied buying something illegal.
Well, it turns out that the idea has already been put into place by a website charting reported crime in Chicago. Here's where not to park if you're ever in town.
[via Boing Boing]
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