SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

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Yesterday in the USA Today, UCrime was mentioned in Kim Komando's column about specialized maps. She wrote, "UCrime shows crimes on college campuses. Select a university with the dropdown box. You'll see reported crimes plotted on a map. Click on categories to see different types of offenses. Learn more about them by clicking on a crime." To see this article on USA Today's website. go to: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kimkomando/2008-09-18-specialized-maps_N.htm . UCrime also received a mention in the Daily Targum, Rutger's school newspaper. To see this article, go to: http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2008/09/19/PageOne/Web-Site.Highlights.Crime.On.Campus-3440490.shtml . There was also a story about UCrime in the Daily Illini, the newspaper for University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign. Link to view story: http://media.www.dailyillini.com/media/storage/paper736/news/2008/09/19/News/Web-Site.Maps.Crimes.On.Campus-3440457.shtm...

Spotcrime's sister company,UCrime, received three mentions in college newspapers this week. The Independent Voice of Central Michigan interviewed a professor at the school that said "parents might find the Web site useful because it shows what the crime is like at the featured universities." To see the full article, go to: http://media.www.cm-life.com/media/storage/paper906/news/2008/09/15/News/Web-Site.Maps.Reported.City.Campus.Crimes-3430485.shtml . The Daily 49er, the newspaper of Cal State Long Beach, wrote an article about UCrime. To see it, go to: http://www.daily49er.com/news/ucrime_supplies_visuals_to_campus-area_crime_statistics . Duke University's newspaper, The Chronicle, also did an article about UCrime now providing mapping for their university. To see this article, go to: http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2008/09/12/News/Ucrime.Provides.Stats.Tracking.For.Area.Crime-3428746.shtml . To see the UCrime website, go to: http://www...

Kim Komando's column this week mentioned UCrime. She discussed how more websites were using maps today and explained what UCrime is doing. She wrote, " UCrime shows crimes on college campuses. Select a university with the dropdown box. You’ll see reported crimes plotted on a map. Click on categories to see different types of offenses. Learn more about them by clicking on a crime." To see the column, go to : http://www.komando.com/columns/index.aspx?id=5387&page=1