Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p SpotCrime.com is a Baltimore-based company founded in October 2007 and privately owned by ReportSee, Inc. It provides nationwide crime information about arrests, arsons, assaults, burglaries, robberies, shootings, thefts and vandalisms, on a Google map. The crime data is mainly from police departments, news reports and user-generated content. Anyone can access these maps and have the option to sign up to receive free crime alerts via email and text (SMS). The email alert includes a map and crime details that has occurred in the specified area. In 2012, SpotCrime.com launched its own crime tip service, Crimetip.us, allowing users to anonymously report crimes in their area.SpotCrime.com is a part of the Emerging Technology Center (ETC) in Baltimore.According to Compete.com, SpotCrime.com has twice as many visitors to its website than any other crime mapping company.According to the site's Facebook page, on November 20, 2012 the site sent over 200,000 crime email alerts to users in one day.SpotCrime.com was included in a research paper funded by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared by SCRA titled 'Survey and Evaluation of Online Crime Mapping'.. }
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- SpotCrime.com abstract "SpotCrime.com is a Baltimore-based company founded in October 2007 and privately owned by ReportSee, Inc. It provides nationwide crime information about arrests, arsons, assaults, burglaries, robberies, shootings, thefts and vandalisms, on a Google map. The crime data is mainly from police departments, news reports and user-generated content. Anyone can access these maps and have the option to sign up to receive free crime alerts via email and text (SMS). The email alert includes a map and crime details that has occurred in the specified area. In 2012, SpotCrime.com launched its own crime tip service, Crimetip.us, allowing users to anonymously report crimes in their area.SpotCrime.com is a part of the Emerging Technology Center (ETC) in Baltimore.According to Compete.com, SpotCrime.com has twice as many visitors to its website than any other crime mapping company.According to the site's Facebook page, on November 20, 2012 the site sent over 200,000 crime email alerts to users in one day.SpotCrime.com was included in a research paper funded by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared by SCRA titled 'Survey and Evaluation of Online Crime Mapping'.".