Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
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Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
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Re: Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
#2I assume "Alarm - Intrusion" is just a burglary alarm activation. Why is that considered "serious"?
Re: Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
#3I assume "Alarm - Intrusion" is just a burglary alarm activation. Why is that considered "serious"?
I get the descriptions from the police department's data and attempt to make general classifications based on those descriptions. An alarm, while not always serious, can be serious. Without knowing more about the incidents I have no way to determine if an alarm is false or not so I just display them all as serious. It may be worth creating a separate classification for alarms
Re: Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
#4I assume "Alarm - Intrusion" is just a burglary alarm activation. Why is that considered "serious"?
The skull-and-crossbones icon is also maybe not the best choice for these. At first glance I thought that meant there had been a fatality. A plain red marker for "serious" incidents would be better.
Re: Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
#5I assume "Alarm - Intrusion" is just a burglary alarm activation. Why is that considered "serious"?
I get the descriptions from the police department's data and attempt to make general classifications based on those descriptions. An alarm, while not always serious, can be serious. Without knowing more about the incidents I have no way to determine if an alarm is false or not so I just display them all as serious. It may be worth creating a separate classification for alarms
The _vast_ majority of automatic alarm activations are false alarms (whether it's police or fire).
I don't know anyone in emergency services who would consider an automatic alarm activation a "serious" incident. They're more of an annoyance...
Re: Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
#6I assume "Alarm - Intrusion" is just a burglary alarm activation. Why is that considered "serious"?
The skull-and-crossbones icon is also maybe not the best choice for these. At first glance I thought that meant there had been a fatality. A plain red marker for "serious" incidents would be better.
I think I'll rework the classifications a bit tomorrow
Re: Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
#7Nice work! It'd be nice I think to be able to zoom out a bit for perspective.
Re: Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
#8Nice work.
I live in Stillwater, but come to Tulsa often. I'd like to buy you coffee if we're ever in the same town at the same time.
Re: Show HN: CrimeStream – Tulsa's police dispatch calls mapped out in realtime
#9Nice work! It'd be nice I think to be able to zoom out a bit for perspective.
I suppose I can allow a couple more zoom levels. I'm just trying to limit my requests to mapbox as much as possible since this is all out of my pocket
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#10Nice work. I live in Stillwater, but come to Tulsa often. I'd like to buy you coffee if we're ever in the same town at the same time.
Awesome! I actually went to OSU! Get at me on twitter if you're ever in Tulsa and would like to meet up. @willem_jr