PoynterOnline: LA Times alert police about geocode error
April 7th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Multimedia, Online Journalism
Amy Gahran writes about the LA Times and how it spotted a problem with Los Angeles Police Department geocode data.
“Distorted or erroneous geodata, especially from official sources like police departments, can have ripple effects,” she comments.
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