Chapter 6 has explained:

• What types of changes may be expected in crime mapping in the next decade.

• What geographic profiling is and how it can be useful.

• High-resolution GIS and how it can be applied.

• How complex statistical methods can be used in spatial forecasting.

• Why digital aerial photography is finding applications in crime mapping.

• How various kinds of data visualization can be productively integrated.

• How GIS and GPS can work together.

• How the World Wide Web may both increase and limit data access.

• Why we can expect continuing debate on public access to crime data and the results of crime analysis.

• What to expect in terms of applications of multimedia and integration technologies.