Anonymizing Property Crime using FME

Heidi LeeGeomatics Technologist, RCMP

Why bother anonymizing?

WHO ? WHERE ?

City of Nanaimo Crime Map

http://www.nanaimo.ca/crimereporting

The Entire Process

Nanaimo

Me

Anonymization: Addresses

1234 Main St. 12XX Main St.123 Main St. 1XX Main St.12 Main St. XX Main St.

1 Main St. X Main St.

Differences in naming conventions

PRIME (Police Records Information Management Environment) RCMP

DRA (Digital Road Atlas) GeoBC

Examples:

Anonymization: Addresses

PRIME DRA

STAMPEDE TR Stampede Trail

THERESA TER Theresa Terr

ORCHARD CIRC Orchard Cir

Anonymization: Addresses

Intersections “/”

Apartment Numbers

Anonymization: Addresses

Date and Time

Anonymization: Addresses

Anonymization: Location

ALL DONE!

Thank You!

Questions?

For more information:

Heidi Lee -- Heidi.Lee@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

RCMP

Nanaimo Crime Map:

http://www.nanaimo.ca/crimereporting

Display of date value with a midnight value ESRI Forum:

http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=93&f=988&t=273858&mc=4