DocumentCode :
1732594
Title :
Facilitating information sharing among law enforcement agencies: improving the geospatial repository for analysis and safety planning
Author :
Cheung, Stephane ; Daly, Andrew ; Lam, Jeremy ; Pan, Justin ; Smith, Brian ; Brown, Donald ; Dalton, Jason ; Wilson, Ronald
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. & Inf. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
fYear :
2005
fDate :
4/29/2005 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
17
Lastpage :
23
Abstract :
The primary barrier to comprehensive crime analysis in United States is a lack of information sharing between law enforcement agencies. A particularly egregious form of this problem is the failure to share spatial data. This situation prevents geographically and functionally connected agencies from performing cross jurisdictional analysis. The Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia is working in partnership with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to create a solution to this problem; the geospatial repository for analysis and safety planning (GRASP). GRASP is a Web application that serves as an online spatial data repository and utilizes geographic information system (GIS) technology to facilitate data sharing among law enforcement agencies. The system provides verified users the ability to view and share spatial data over the Internet in a secure environment. Since its inception, the GRASP system has gone through many changes in design and functionality. This year, the focus was on evolving from a previously centralized system to a distributed design architecture. The team modified the system to be distributable by installation CD-ROM. Furthermore, the capstone team replaced the previous proprietary translation software with an open source software to eliminate any licensing fees associated with adoption of GRASP. In addition, security options for GRASP users were added. The product of this year´s work is a largely nonproprietary, decentralized GRASP system, modified to be distributed by installation CD to law enforcement agencies around the country.
Keywords :
Internet; geographic information systems; law administration; police data processing; security of data; Department of Systems and Information Engineering; Geospatial Repository for Analysis and Safety Planning; Internet; National Institute of Justice; United States; University of Virginia; World Wide Web; centralized system; crime analysis; distributed design architecture; geographic information system technology; information sharing; jurisdictional analysis; law enforcement agencies; licensing fees; nonproprietary decentralized GRASP system; online spatial data repository; open source software; secure environment; spatial data sharing; CD-ROMs; Computer architecture; Geographic Information Systems; Information analysis; Internet; Law enforcement; Open source software; Performance analysis; Safety; Systems engineering and theory;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-9744559-4-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SIEDS.2005.193233
Filename :
1497126
Link To Document :
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