This maps Dallas police and fire emergency calls by location. Type in a ZIP code OR street name. No results? Great, it's a quiet day. To get an alert if something does happen, click the RSS button, then copy the resulting URL. Use Yahoo's alert system or a similar e-mail alert to ping you if…
Add the RSS feed from a google map to the input area below. Run the pipe, then click "Get an RSS". Copy that RSS. Open a google spreadsheet and, in the first cell, type =import("RSS-URL-HERE") Then change the letters RSS to CSV. Click enter and you'll have a spreadsheet from…
This maps the police calls listed on this site: http://www.dallaspolice.net/mediaaccess/, maintained by the Dallas Police Department. It shows the city block where an incident occurs, not the exact address. It automatically updates to show the top priority calls that police units are answering.