The Beat Book application was developed under a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to ESRI. ESRI took a consortium approach to toward the technical development of the software. Participants in the consortium include:
The Beat Book is designed as an easy-to-use tool to assist police officers in their community policing efforts. It is a stand-alone application that is designed for use in the field on a laptop or in-car computer, or at the station. The application was developed using ESRI's ArcGIS Engine software, a powerful collection of embeddable mapping and geographic system components for application developers.
The Beat Book application has a variety of features that will allow an officer to gain information about the community and manage the information they collect in the field. These features include:
Electronic Maps: The application gives an officer access to electronic maps of the community that can display information such as land-use, demographics, businesses, and land marks, as well as incident locations. Tools are provided for Panning and Zooming the map display.
Finding a Location: The application provides a variety of methods to find a location. These include search by address, by street intersection, by block number(s), by street name, or by map feature.
Display information about map features: A variety of methods are provided for the user to select certain map features (from any layer in your map display) and display associated information related to the selected features.
Create and manage personal data: The application gives the user the ability to create and manage their own geographic information. This personal data can include Contacts, Areas, and Locations. This data is user defined and can be added to the map display.
Plus: Day-time and night-time modes, popup labels, and user profiles.
You will require ESRI's ArcExplorer to set up your data for use with the Beat Book application. However, the Beat Book is a stand-alone application, and you will not require any other software to run it once your data is set up correctly. The Beat Book has been tested on NT Version 4.0, Windows 95, and Windows 98 platforms.
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