The new "Incident Report & Analysis Tool created by UniversalMind is a great example of how data visualizations can affect our lives. I live in the SOMA district in downtown San Francisco and if this tool was live I could see all of the crimes, incoming calls, and live video feeds from all of the police officers in the city. While this visualization is just a prototype at this point you can instantly see the benefits. Every major city should implement this technology now to give it's citizens a real-time view of crime in their city.
Max Kiesler is an award-winning strategic designer and co-founder
and principal of Ideacodes.com, a web consultancy in San Francisco focused on next generation websites. About Max...
