SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Last March, SpotCrime was asked to testify on the Maryland Open Data Bill SB644. You can read more about the bill and follow it on OpenStates . The bill, which was passed in April 2014 and took effect June 2014, establishes the Council on Open Data, which is tasked with promoting the policy of the State that open data be machine readable and released to the public in ways that make the data easy to find, accessible, and usable, including through the use of open data portals. Our testimony is below. We hope publishing the testimony helps others who are trying to create open data legislation in their city or state. Written Testimony Senate Bill SB644 March 2014 Oral Testimony given by Colin Drane, SpotCrime founder, March 2014 Thank you for your time today. Colin Drane, Founder SpotCrime.com, a Baltimore based public facing crime mapping website. Currently we are the most visited crime mapping website in the US with over 1 m. unique views a month and over 8 m. crime alert e

These maps are of Anne Arundel County in Maryland from July to September in 2008. The first map is of all the different crimes that occurred during that period and the second is of all the robberies. To see these maps on Spotcrime's website, go to: http://spotcrime.com/md/anne%20arundel%20county . All crimes: Robberies: