Tag Archives: crime

Equipment Theft

We’re battling surveying and mapping equipment theft in South Florida and we need your help. Data collection is the foundation from which maps are made, and a majority of this data has its origins in the field. Unfortunately, criminals repeatedly target the equipment used by surveyors and mappers due to the instruments’ value and relative...

Fighting Crime with GIS and Lidar

In spring 2013, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) needed to track and apprehend major targeted offenders in Weakley County, Tennessee. They asked the county 911 department to assist in creating GIS-based intelligence packages to be used as a critical tool for this job. This request, plus an increased demand for more...