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Users Guide to Mapping Software for Police Agencies

Eighth Edition

Crime Mapping and Problem Analysis Laboratory

POLICE FOUNDATION

Fall 2006

Report to the Office of Community Oriented Policing ServicesCooperative Agreement #2005-CK-WX-K004

The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this documentare those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policiesof the U.S. Department of Justice.


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Table of Contents

Quick Reference of Products and Web Sites ...................................................................................3

Introduction......................................................................................................................................7

Methodology....................................................................................................................................8

General Review Elements................................................................................................................8

List of Products..............................................................................................................................11


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Quick Reference of Products and Web Sites

Page Product Name Web Address12 3D Analyst www.esri.com13 ACTIVE www.dmiconsulting.com/active.htm

14 ALI-Auditor www.microdatagis.com15 Analyst's Notebook www.i2inc.com16 Analyst's Workstation www.i2inc.com17 ArcExplorer www.esri.com/arcexplorer 18 ArcGIS 8.x www.esri.com/software/arcgis19 ArcGIS 9.x www.esri.com/software/arcgis20 ArcIMS www.esri.com21 ArcInfo www.esri.com22 ArcView 3.x www.esri.com23 ArcView Image Analysis www.esri.com24 Autobound www.digitalcorp.com

25 AutoCAD 2007 www.autodesk.com26 Automated Spatial Interval Addressing (ASIA) www.sdrmaps.com27 Automated Tactical Analysis of Crime- New Generation www.bairsoftware.com28 CADmine www.coronasolutions.com29 CAIS-Map www.microsoft.com/office/mappoint/evaluation/

casestudies/crime.asp30 CAU Tracker www.bairsoftware.com31 Census CD+Maps www.censuscd.com32 Census Data www.census.gov33 Chart Reader www.i2inc.com34 Community Policing Beat Book www.esri.com/industries/lawenforce/resources/beatbook.html35 Conic GIS www.tadpoletechnology.com/gsd/html/36 Consequence Assessment Tool Set (CATS) http://saic.com37 Crime Analysis Information System (CAIS) www.crimeanalysis.net/old/38 Crime Analysis Spatial Extension (CASE) www.crimeanalysts.net/case.htm39 Crime Analysis Supporting Enforcement (CASES) www.pccrimesolutions.com/index.htm40 Crime Mapping www.appliedmapping.com41 CrimeConnect www.crimeconnect.com.default.asp42 Crime Info www.charlesrivertech.com43 CrimeLink www.crimelink.com44 CrimeMap www.geospatialtech.com45 CrimeNtel www.ci-technologies.com46 CrimePoint www.forensiclogic.com47 CrimeShow www.cityofboston.gov/police/ (Google CrimeShow)48 CRIMESolv www.arcbridge.com/crimesolv.htm49 CrimeStat www.ojp.usdoj.gov/cmrc50 CrimeStat 2 www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/crimestat.html51 CrimeStat 3 www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/crimestat.html52 CrimeView www.theomegagroup.com/index.htm53 CrimeView Community www.theomegagroup.com/index.htm


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Page Product Name Web Address54 CrimeWatch www.psadallas.com55 Data Juggler www.bairsoftware.com56 DataDetective www.sentient.nl/57 Digital Informant www.dynamaps.com

58 Drug Trak www.iptm.org/software.htm59 Dynamap/2000 www.geographic.com60 Dynamic Community Policing System (DCOPS) www.ac-sys.com61 E911 Dispatcher www.planetonegis.com62 E9GIS www.microdatagis.com63 ECOPS www.oracle.com64 ER Mapper www.ermapper.com/ermapper/65 Exploratory Spatio-Temporal Analysis (ESTAT) ToolKit www.geovista.psu.edu/ESTAT/index.html66 FacilityCOP www.temple.edu/cj/faccop/67 Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) www.safe.com/product.htm68 GADCMap students.kennesaw.edu/~srasavon/gis_data.htm

69 GeoBalance www.coronasolutions.com70 GeoCAMS www.geodecisions.com/index.htm71 GeoCIMS www.geodecisions.com/index.htm72 GeoDa www.geoda.uiuc.edu73 GeoData http://gos2.geodata.gov/wps/portal/gos74 GeoExpress 6 www.lizardtech.com75 GeoGenie www.bairsoftware.com76 GeoLynx Dispatch Mapping www.geo-comm.com77 GeoStat http://www.geo-comm.com78 GeoVista Studio www.geovistastudio.psu.edu/software/software.jsp79 GIS Data Depot http://data.geocomm.com

80 GIS Document Manager www.gis-services.com81 HAWKEYE Automated Crime Analysis System www.rayzon.com/hawkeye.htm82 Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability (HPAC) www.esri.com83 Ibase www.i2inc.com84 IBridge www.i2inc.com85 IDRISI www.clarklabs.org86 iHAWK www.publicsafetycorp.com/87 IMC Police Software www.imcus.com/Products/police.html88 Infocom Web Query www.sacpd.org89 Infotrak LRMS www.motorola.com/publicsafety90 L.A.T.S. (Legal ARMS Tracking System) www.arms-soft.com91 Link Chart www.i2inc.com92 LPDCrime www.http://police.cityoflansignmi.com93 LynxTrack www.geo-comm.com/94 MapBlast! www.mapblast.com95 MapData www.mapdata.com.au/96 MapInfo StreetPro www.mapinfo.com97 MapInfo v.8.0 www.mapinfo.com98 MapMarker Plus www.mapinfo.com


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Page Product Name Web Address99 MapObjects www.esri.com100 MapPoint www.microsoft.com/mappoint/products/2006/default.mspx101 MapQuest www.mapquest.com102 MapScenes www.microsurvey.com

103 Maptitude www.caliper.com104 MapViewer7 www.goldensoftware.com105 MapXtreme www.mapinfo.com106 Matchmaker/2000 www.geographic.com107 MaxResponder - Crywolf False Alarm Solution www.publicsafetycorp.com/index.htm108 Media Mapper www.redhensystems.com109 Megan's Law Notification www.gis-services.com/110 Megan's Mapper www.solidearth.com111 Memex Crime Workbench www.memex.com112 Memex Intelligence Engine www.memex.com113 MobilLynx www.geo-comm.com/

114 Monarch www.datawatch.com115 Oracle Data Mining Suite (Oracle Darwin) www.oracle.com116 Oracle Spatial (9i) www.oracle.com117 OrionMagic www.orionmagic.com118 Pattern Tracer www.i2inc.com119 Pcensus www.tetrad.com120 PoliceServer www.pamet.net121 PrecisionCode www.claritas.com122 Regional Crime Analysis GIS (RCAGIS) http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/RCAGIS/123 Regional Crime Analysis Program - Small Dept. Edition http://vijis.sys.virginia.edu/home.htm124 Rematch www.oxnardpd.org125 Rigel www.ecricanada.com126 S+ SpatialStats www.insightful.com/products/spatial/default.asp127 SafeCity www.geodecisions.com/index.htm128 SaTScan www.satscan.org129 School COP www.schoolcopsoftware.com130 Sex Offender Notification and Registration (SONAR) www.pascackdata.com131 SpaceStat www.terraseer.com132 Space-Time Analysis of Regional Systems (STARS) http://ideas.repec.org/p/wpa/wuwpur/0406001.htm133 Spatial Analyst www.esri.com134 Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Crime (STAC) www.icjia.org135 Spatial Crime Analysis System (SCAS) www.usdoj.gov/criminal/gis/scashome.htm136 S-Plus for ArcView GIS www.insightful.com/products/arcview/default.asp137 Staff Wizard www.coronasolutions.com138 Street Atlas www.delorme.com139 Street Level Activity Mapping (SLAM) www.baltometro.org/slam.html140 StreetMap www.esri.com141 Microsoft Streets & Trips 2006 http://www.microsoft.com/streets/productdetails.

aspx?pid=002142 Terrain Tools www.softree.com143 TerraServer www.terraserver.com


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Page Product Name Web Address144 Thomas Guide Digital Edition www.thomas.com145 TIGER Files www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger 146 TimeScan www.bairsoftware.com147 Tracking Analyst www.esri.com

148 Vertical Mapper www.mapinfo.com149 Visi System Law Enforcement www.paisleysys.com/Products/Intros/VISIcais.htm150 VisionGIS www.visionair.com/151 VisionRMS www.visionair.com/s_rms.asp152 Visual Notebook www.i2inc.com153 VMS 300 Video Mapping System www.redhensystems.com154 Web-Data Visualization System www.induscorp.com155 x9atlas www.microdatagis.com156 x9GIS www.microdatagis.com157 xCAD www.microdatagis.com158 xCrime www.microdatagis.com

159 XMAP/GIS Editor http://shop.delorme.com/160 XTrakker www.microdatagis.com


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Introduction

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has encouraged the use of

computer mapping through its grants programs and has demonstrated a strong interest in

fostering problem solving as well as more concentrated approaches to allocation of police

resources. In support of this mandate, COPS has provided funds to the Police Foundations

Crime Mapping Laboratory to provide a wide range of support and information, including

assisting local police agencies in implementing computer mapping technologies and encouraging

mapping applications and information systems in the development of community-oriented

policing and problem solving in COPS sites.

In furtherance of the Police Foundations mandate to advance mapping applications and

information systems for community policing and problem solving, this report provides a review

of a wide range of mapping software and geographic information systems, focusing on their

functionality and ease of use by members of police departments. This report is the eighth update

to the Users Guide to Mapping Software for Police Agencies , originally published by the Crime

Mapping Laboratory in February 2000.

Products reviewed in this report encompass a wide range of categories or subject areas,

and perform a variety of functions, including: 1) data acquisition and data management, 2)

geocoding, 3) crime mapping and analysis, 4) Internet mapping, 5) redistricting, 6) emergency

management, 7) routing software, and 8) others, including products from each of the following

specialized areas: audio-visual mapping, cartography, data mining, drawing/design, GIS

applications development, geospatial imaging, geographic profiling, incident tracking/mapping,

intelligence analysis, investigative analysis, resource allocation, records management, spatial

data analysis, and spatial information systems. The review includes information related to:

manufacturer, relevant area of application, contact information, the GIS and operating platforms


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necessary for the product, and a brief product description. In addition, it should be noted that

inclusion of crime analysis and crime mapping software resources does not imply an

endorsement or recommendation for any particular product by the Police Foundation or the

COPS Office.

Methodology

In order to provide a general review of a broad range of software products that police

departments may be using or may be considering for adoption, or that departments may not

otherwise be exposed to, the Crime Mapping Laboratory cast a wide net. We adopted a multi-

part strategy that allowed us to identify a large number of relevant products. Beginning with products currently used in the Police Foundation Crime Mapping Laboratory, staff members also

identified additional software products through their knowledge, training, and experience,

including those gained in preparation of the Crime Analysis and Crime Mapping Information

Clearinghouse, as well as through participation in national mapping conferences (Mapping and

Analysis for Public Safety (MAPS) annual conferences, International Association of Crime

Analysts (IACA), and the annual ESRI conference), and through direct contact with police

department personnel, product vendors, technical assistance personnel, and company sales staff.

General Review Elements

For the general software review that follows, we created a format to include descriptive

material according to the following elements: product name, manufacturer, category, address,

phone, fax, email address, website, GIS platforms, operating platforms, and description. The

products are arranged alphabetically by the product name. Each of these elements is explained

further, as follows:

Product Name : The name of the product as it is marketed.

Manufacturer : The name of the company that manufactures the software.


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Category : We divided the products into ten subject areas that best describe the practicalapplication of the software. In some cases, we list more than one category for a product.The nine areas are as follows:

Data Acquisition/Data Management These are products that assist with dataacquisition, integration, linking, and/or data conversion.

Geocoding Geocoding products assist users with the process of matching policeaddress data to parcels, streets, or geographic areas.

Crime Mapping/Crime Analysis These products allow a wide range of crimeanalysis through mapping activities including point pattern mapping and analysis,querying for spatial and temporal analysis, density grids, or simple and complexspatial statistics. Additional descriptive categories may include: geospatial analysis,

plume dispersion, statistics, tactical, and guns and weapons.

Internet Mapping These products allow visualization, manipulation, and productionof data and maps for viewing on the Internet.

Routing Software These products provide the ability to locate or query a variety of location types and provide detailed directions for customizable and efficient trip

planning.

Redistricting Redistricting products incorporate a variety of data to determine police patrol beat or district boundaries to optimize the efficient use of departmentalresources.

Emergency Management These products are used primarily for emergencymanagement and response, but those eligible for this review include significantmapping capabilities.

Other We have also reviewed products that fall in a unique category. They areincluded because they are specialized and/or more complex software. The categoriesinclude: audio-visual mapping, cartography, data mining, drawing/design, GISapplications development, geospatial imaging, geographic profiling, incidenttracking/mapping, intelligence analysis, investigative analysis, resource allocation,records management, spatial data analysis, and spatial information systems.

Contact: This entry includes the name of the company and, where a law enforcementcontact or a specific contact person could be identified, the individuals name is also

provided.

Address: The address of the manufacturer or contact.

Phone: The phone number of the manufacturer or contact.


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Fax: The fax number of the manufacturer or contact.

Email Address: The email address of the manufacturer or contact.

Web Site: The manufacturers Internet site where information about the products andcompany itself are located.

GIS Platforms: Many of the software products in this evaluation are extensions or modules that require a basic software package from which to run. Some extensions canrun on only one type of software and others can run on many types. The platform(s)necessary to run the software are listed in this field as appropriate. For those productsthat do not need additional software to run, stand-alone is listed in the field.

Operating Platforms: The computer operating system necessary for the product tooperate, e.g. Windows 95/98, Windows NT, UNIX, or DOS. System requirements are

not specified in this report.Description: A brief description, in simple bullet format, of the main features andhighlights of the software product.


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