Visualising space and time in crime patterns: A comparison of methods

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-75

  Brunsdon, Chris ^a   Corcoran, Jonathan ^b   Higgs, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animation; Comaps; Crime mapping; Geo visualisation; Isosurfaces; Spatio temporal visualisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS;

CRIME MAPPING; GEO-VISUALIZATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VISUALIZATION;

VISUALIZATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; MAPPING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 33845886679     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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