Another Tale of Two Cities*
Neighborhood Watch:  from Ann Arbor to Baghdad

Sandra L. Arlinghaus
Fall, 2007

TRACK NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH CRIME REPORTS IN GOOGLE EARTH!  GE PLAYS LIVE IN FIREFOX BROWSERS WITH GOOGLE EARTH AIRLINES PLUG-IN LOADED.  OTHERWISE, DOWNLOAD THE .KMZ FILE AND LOAD IT INTO GOOGLE EARTH.
Ann Arbor's Tale
Neighborhood Watch:  Weekly Crime Bulletin Period, 2005-present
Link to .kmz file.

Once a spreadsheet with data is available, then it will be possible to use the converter from Excel to .kml to process data in batches rather than to process it individually.  Link to a tutorial on this sort of conversion.
Sources:
  • Adele ElAyoubi, Crime Prevention Specialist, City of Ann Arbor Police Department
Sandra Lach Arlinghaus, Fall 2007.

*Reference to and quotations from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
Ann Arbor Baghdad