An Implementation of a Crime-Safety-Map Application Based on a Safety Index
This paper presents the development of a crime-safety-map application and a safety index using the heatmap and geofence methods. The need for a tool that can satisfy safety needs has become more important than ever due to society’s growing fear of crime. One way to satisfy the general public’s safet...
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| description | This paper presents the development of a crime-safety-map application and a safety index using the heatmap and geofence methods. The need for a tool that can satisfy safety needs has become more important than ever due to society’s growing fear of crime. One way to satisfy the general public’s safety needs is by informing them of crime data and the safety level of the surrounding environment, but it is not disclosed by law enforcement agencies. Therefore, this study focused on crime prevention through environmental design for developing a user-friendly, open to the public crime-safety-map application. Data from the Republic of Korean Open Government Data Portal’s nationwide safety and crime related data were used and the application was designed using Android Studio. The developed application visualizes the characteristic of the surrounding environment and can also inform crime safety level through a heatmap and the geofence technique. This application can reduce the general public’s fear of crime and crime incidents by informing and warning them about the crime prone areas. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-28e880d5996144c685f7eefe2a2ee2082025-08-20T03:12:22ZengMDPI AGMultimodal Technologies and Interaction2414-40882025-02-01921610.3390/mti9020016An Implementation of a Crime-Safety-Map Application Based on a Safety IndexSeong-Cho Hong0Svetlana Kim1Sun-Young Ihm2Engineering Research Institute, Pai Chai University, Deajeon 35345, Republic of KoreaDepartment of AI Convergence & Engineering, Open Cyber University of Korea, Seoul 02087, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Computer Engineering, Pai Chai University, Deajeon 35345, Republic of KoreaThis paper presents the development of a crime-safety-map application and a safety index using the heatmap and geofence methods. The need for a tool that can satisfy safety needs has become more important than ever due to society’s growing fear of crime. One way to satisfy the general public’s safety needs is by informing them of crime data and the safety level of the surrounding environment, but it is not disclosed by law enforcement agencies. Therefore, this study focused on crime prevention through environmental design for developing a user-friendly, open to the public crime-safety-map application. Data from the Republic of Korean Open Government Data Portal’s nationwide safety and crime related data were used and the application was designed using Android Studio. The developed application visualizes the characteristic of the surrounding environment and can also inform crime safety level through a heatmap and the geofence technique. This application can reduce the general public’s fear of crime and crime incidents by informing and warning them about the crime prone areas.https://www.mdpi.com/2414-4088/9/2/16applicationcrime safety mapheatmapgeofencecrime safety index |
| spellingShingle | Seong-Cho Hong Svetlana Kim Sun-Young Ihm An Implementation of a Crime-Safety-Map Application Based on a Safety Index Multimodal Technologies and Interaction application crime safety map heatmap geofence crime safety index |
| title | An Implementation of a Crime-Safety-Map Application Based on a Safety Index |
| title_full | An Implementation of a Crime-Safety-Map Application Based on a Safety Index |
| title_fullStr | An Implementation of a Crime-Safety-Map Application Based on a Safety Index |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Implementation of a Crime-Safety-Map Application Based on a Safety Index |
| title_short | An Implementation of a Crime-Safety-Map Application Based on a Safety Index |
| title_sort | implementation of a crime safety map application based on a safety index |
| topic | application crime safety map heatmap geofence crime safety index |
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