It would be nice to have some numbers / a scale on the map to interpret what red means. Seattle has twice as much crime reported as Boston, yet Boston looks redder.
Thanks for the feedback, this is definitely something we will be improving in the near future.
Nice use of open data, I can see this very handy when you are looking for an apartment or a house. The baltimore crime map is also very interesting.
Thanks, it can also be used when travelling to make sure you only visit safe neighborhoods.
UI is nice & clean although I did not understand right away what the service did. Maybe a tag line would help.
I've been thinking about it, do you think a welcome screen could help?
Not if you land on the map like I did.
You actually have a pretty good point, I'll have to think about this to find a nice way to fix that. I'm sure you are not the only one to feel this way.
How did you find all the open data and is there cities that you couldn't do because of that?
The rendering is really nice!
The open data is coming from the cities that are open sourcing it. For now it's very limited I found. UK on the flip side was pretty impressive, the government is providing a feed for the whole country all in one place.