Last month, New York newspaper The Journal News set off a national debate after it posted a Google map that showed the names and addresses of pistol or revolver permits in Westchester and Rockland counties. The map was controversial for privacy and safety reasons, and those concerns may now be compounded by an additional problem: inaccurate data. The Journal News reported over the weekend that "scores of residents" contacted the newspaper regarding false information, like one resident named Mike Smith whose brother-in-law surreptitiously applied for a handgun license with Smith's address. Additionally, the data for Rockland County was found to be dramatically outdated, with just 3,907 of 16,998 permits considered current -- the rest are...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/28/3925500/gun-map-inaccuracies
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