OKC traffic accidents map in real time
The City of Oklahoma City rolled out a new Web page this week that allows you track traffic accidents worked by Oklahoma City police in real time. The page uses Microsoft’s Virtual Earth to map out both injury accidents and non-injury accidents across the city.
Tulsa’s live crash mapping is here. They also have a listing of live police calls, sort of like a police scanner for the Web.
On a related note, a few smaller police departments in the state have contracted with a third-party vendor to put their crime maps on the Web:
–Paul
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Good catch….you’ll see more of this in the coming year. What will really set things apart – access to Surveillance Camera’s.
Though the police may use it for their purpose, dependent upon the location of the cameras, they can inturn be used to promote a community. Which would lead to more acceptance of this technology amoung it’s citizens.