CMIS: Crime Map Information System for Safety Environment

• Published in: IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2016-11, Vol.160 (1), p.12096
• Main Authors: Kasim, Shahreen, Hafit, Hanayanti, Yee, Ng Peng, Hashim, Rathiah, Ruslai, Husni, Jahidin, Kamaruzzaman, Arshad, Mohammad Syafwan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Crime; Crime prevention; Data analysis; Geographic information systems; Information systems; Scientific visualization; Spatial data
• ISSN: 1757-8981; 1757-899X
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/160/1/012096

Crime Map is an online web based geographical information system that assists the public and users to visualize crime activities geographically. It acts as a platform for the public communities to share crime activities they encountered. Crime and violence plague the communities we are living in. As part of the community, crime prevention is everyone's responsibility. The purpose of Crime Map is to provide insights of the crimes occurring around Malaysia and raise the public's awareness on crime activities in their neighbourhood. For that, Crime Map visualizes crime activities on a geographical heat maps, generated based on geospatial data. Crime Map analyse data obtained from crime reports to generate useful information on crime trends. At the end of the development, users should be able to make use of the system to access to details of crime reported, crime analysis and report crimes activities. The development of Crime Map also enable the public to obtain insights about crime activities in their area. Thus, enabling the public to work together with the law enforcer to prevent and fight crime.