-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: mapinfo v esri, and fraud detection]] Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:01:53 -0400 From: Stephen R Baig <[log in to unmask]> Organization: NHC/TPC To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> References: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Paige Andrew wrote: > > ------------------ > Gene, > > Also, if I may take a moment to let you know, as co-editor > of a new journal, that I found your question about using GIS > for fraud detection in government to be very interesting. So > it follows that I ask, would you be interested in writing an > article based on any results that you receive about this > question on this particular topic and have it published in > the Journal of Map and Geography Libraries in the near > future? Those interested in this topic could look at a programme called "CrimeStat", prepared by Ned Levine & Associates, Annandale, VA, for the National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC. August, 1999. The manual describes the programme as "A spatial Statistics Program for the Analysis of Crime Incident Locations". The price is/was right -- free, for version 1.0 . Best regards, Stephen Baig National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL.