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Close Proximity
KIRO-TV used mapping software to prove that more than 600 registered sex offenders in Washington state are living within one city block of a licensed daycare, a state law violation. The reporters found an entire household of pedophiles living two doors away from a daycare. The state knew of this situation, but kept it a secret. KIRO-TV cameras also captured a known child molester living at the same address as a licensed home daycare facility.
Tags: mapping software; registered sex offenders; licensed daycare centers; Department of Corrections felony database; Washington State Department of Social and Health Services database; Washington State Patrol database of registered sex offenders.
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Minorities on the Move, Often Unpredictably
This article uses mapping software and census data to show new patterns in the movement of minority groups. A county by county analysis shows what motivates certain groups to move to certain places.
Tags: census; migration; migrant workers; maps
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Convenience at a Cost; Save-a-lot takes a chance in the city; Maps help show stores; Convenience -store prices tax customers; Riding the bus with a grocery list
In this series of stories, The York Daily Record used mapping software and census databases available to look at the various supermarkets accessible in the City of York and across the county. The reporters found out that the rate of grocery stores per 10,000 people was only 0.24 where the selection was not only limited but priced really high. The reporters used Arc View and the 2000 census database to create a layout of the area they were looking at.
Tags: supermarkets; shopping; grocery stores; City of York; grocery; Wal-Mart; FOI; census data; mapping software; Arc View
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Show and Tell Tape #1
2004 IRE National Conference (Atlanta) Show and Tell Tape #1 features the following stories: 1)Phil Williams (WTVF-Nashville) A hidden camera investigation proves that special interest lobbyists are buying Tennessee lawmakers. 2)Stephen Stock (WESH-Orlando) An investigation into new home inspections found inspectors conducting too many inspections daily with a passing rate as high as 99 percent in one county. 3)Anna Werner and David Raziq (KHOU-Houston) Children as young as 11-years-old were being physically abused at the juvenile probation department in Harris County, Texas. 4)Tony Pipitone (WKMG-Orlando)The Brevard School District in Orlando requested additional funding from the federal government for poorer schools but put that money toward helping the district as a whole. 5)Brian Collister (WOAI-San Antonio) A national report claimed that San Antonio police were among the best in the country for not targeting minority motorists, but an investigation proved police officers skewed the data. 6) Jacqueline McLean (KGMB-Honolulu) A cemetery that hasn't been licensed in nine years makes room for more bodies by removing old ones. 7) Chris Halsne (KIRO-Seattle) Mapping software found 605 sex offenders living near day cares statewide. None of the day cares were ever notified. 8) Bog Segall (WITI-Milwaukee) Many inmates use their phone privileges to call their victims, intimidating them in the hopes they won't show up at trial. 9)Larry Posner (Inside Edition) An investigation into Pitts, one of the largest door-to-door magazine sellers in the country, found the company charging high rates, abusing employees and hiring felons. 10)Randy Travis (WAGA-Atlanta) This undercover investigation found a state court judge having 19 drinks and then getting in his car to drive. 11)Jim Strickland (WSB-Atlanta) This investigation exposed forgery and fraud by an Atlanta Booting company. 12)Bebe Emerman (KIRO-Seattle) A problem with the powercord of one brand of oscillating fans was linked to 20 house fires. 13)Elisabeth Leamy (WTTG) This story discusses the lives of those held in concentration camps and the Nazi tattoos they received.
Tags: tape; show and tell; investigative; Atlanta; no transcripts; IRE
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"Sex offenders near schools"
Using a sex-offender database and mapping software, this investigation found more than 100 sex offenders living near elementary and middle schools. The stories discuss the laws concerning where sex offenders can live and how much of a risk sex offenders pose to the public.
Tags: schools; sex offenders; sex offender registry; children; CAR; computer-assisted reporting
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Bringing parks to people
The Idaho Statesman used mapping software to find that 80 percent of Boiseans live within walking distance of a developed park. The city has increased parkland in the past 10 years by charging impact fees on new development as well as using general tax dollars to pay for parks but continuing to acquire parkland to meet future needs will likely be a difficult task.
Tags: parks; mapping; growth; parkland; population; impact fees; development; city planning; Boise Parks and Recreation Department; Idaho
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Scarce Goods: Justice, Fairness and Organ Transplantation
Koch's book examines the origins of scarcity of blood and graft organs. The main finding is that the problem has existed at least since a famous legal case of U.S. v. Holmes, 1842, which dealt wit the question of lifeboat ethics - "who should die so that others might survive?" Koch looks at the lifeboat ethics' modern application to the distribution of transplantable organs. Using mapping software, the author reveals that "the scarcity of organs is exacerbated, where not created, by racial and regional inequalities inherent in the American health care and transplant system."
Tags: BOOK; Department of Health and Human Services; United Network for Organ Sharing; race; ethnicity; minorities; National Organ Transplant Act; justice; poverty; health insurance; GIS
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Mapping Finds Its Way to the Mainstream
The Los Angeles Times reports that "...GIS has been around for decades... But until recently computer mapping has been an expensive tool for large corporate and government organizations....All that is beginning to change, however, spurred by simpler, cheaper software and data, as well as the rapid growth of the Internet...."
Tags: GIS; Microsoft; competitive strategy; business; Spatial Data Infrastructure Initiative; EPA; NOAH; ESRI
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Mapping Every Structure in an Enormous Park
The New York Times reports that "... staff members from Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, a nonprofit agency dedicated to preservation and planning, began working with employees of the Fairmount Park Commission, a governing body that oversees the park operations, and the city to create a comprehensive inventory of everything with a roof (or that should have a roof) in the park system by using Geographic Information System software made by ERSI..... Technology is now mixing with history to address some of the problems the park system presents..."
Tags: GIS; historical preservation; grants