Removing the Google Map / Sex Criminal Locations Map
Greetings All !
Just a note that I’m finally removing something from the site that’s been out-of-date for a while.
This past summer, I downloaded Jackson County Sex Offender information from the State of Missouri’s website. I then plugged it into a database on my website… then wrote a little application to build a Google Map from the data, allowing you to drill down into the data by crime type and/or zip code.
Well, I only updated the data again once. And it took me all day to do it (had to identify and remove duplications, make address corrections, lookup latitudes and longitudes, etc.).
It was too much work and now there are other applications out there that do the same sort of thing better… or at least I’ve heard that such things are in the works. I did read a few months ago where the State of Missouri was going to “beef up” its data on this a bit.
Anyways, I’ve deleted that stuff off.
If you’re curious about my ability to do little things with Google Maps, you can see a couple of mine in action at:
1) KansasCityAntiqueMalls.com — A little side-project of mine. A small work of love.
2) WinnerNeighbors.org — There’s a “Maps” page there that has links to two static maps I’ve made recently. This is my website for our area’s voluntary home owner’s association. The site itself isn’t “live” yet. But the maps are working.
Thanks!
-= Dave =-