Comments on: How law enforcement uses Google Earth

Service helps police see what pot growers and property tax cheats are doing, as well as provide public with important traffic data.
Images: Google Earth eyes the law

[sismoc]

What about "real" crime?? (i.e. Murder, Robbery, Rape, Theft)

All of the "crimes" being used as examples are lame excuses to hassle people.

Let's utilize law enforcement resources to fight actual crime!

[rapier1]

Hi

You can't use google earth to do that. It was pretty clearly laid out
in the article why its not useful for that. It may be useful for
identifying especially crime plague neighborhoods - like compstat
does. But thats about it.

[rawkstar1]

Re: What about "real" crime?? (i.e. Murder, Robbery, Rape, Theft)

That's because the real crime mapping is done by GIS/Crime Analysts. See this http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/maps/

This google earth stuff, while convenient, is really just child's play in the crime mapping world.

[imacpwr]

I don't believe this for a second..

Why you ask...?
Because when I google earth my mom's house I still see the
motor-home parked in the driveway..
Important side note here: She sold the motor-home nearly 4
years ago.

[nedmorlef]

drones r comin

i like the way the article scums up the profile of the surveillee with all the magic hay talk then we get to the truth....cash. it's all about easy money...shootin fish in a barrel.

it costs money to precute "real crime". manufactured crime is profitabe and doesn't require a constitutional debate. no knock warrants and no due process courts and guilty inanimate objects like homes and land make cops proud to serve and protect.

but, hey, it's not all their fault...right. they are just doin their jobs..... with the help of a traitorous congress.

[Phillep_H]

Who's to blame?

We are, because of the politicians we vote into office. Vote someone else in if you don't like what is going on.

Just remember, the best liars sound the best. The honest ones don't sound so good.

[surfandwork]

Google maps are old

The maps used by Google and other online satellite map websites are several years old. My house is nothing but dirt and there are no street names in Google Maps. I moved here over 3 years ago.

[mathmeister]

Depends

It depends on where you look... and when. Google is constantly updating the imagery on the service. Some day they will update the image of your house, and then it won't be so old anymore... until you wait and it gets old again (of course).

[nedmorlef]

yeah my ex's car

was still in the driveway and i've been divorced over 4 years.

[surfandwork]

Oakland Crimespotting

http://oakland.crimespotting.org/

A good site using online mapping technology.

[Rita McKee]

dated images

I live in NYC and our building' satellite image is at least 3 years old - I know because we put a new roof on 3 years ago, and the old one's still in the photos.

[LarryDeickman]

I Agree

In my neighborhood, a complete shopping mall was finished 2 years ago and it does not show up on google maps at all.

[koster_jay]

Humboldt Pot Grows

I live in Humboldt County, and I have to say I am pleased to see this is being done. A lot of grows in our area are being done by a Mexican cartel on public and private timber land.

So being able to see them (And they are VERY noticeable from the sky) definitely helps.

[sarki32]

down

Google Earth will be down in few months, or very limited.
Sarki - http://www.sarki32.com/sozleri/peter-andre/index.php
http://www.sarki32.com/sozleri/alison-krauss/index.php

[vgraybeard]

Google eye

Big Brother is here and his name is google. Orwell was a prophet.