Found this Sex Offender Registry/Google Maps Mashup
whilst surfing the web -
so I thought, how many could possibly live near me?
Answer: 12 registered offenders live less than 1 mile from my house.
Check it out.
From Family Watchdog.com:
Our service allows you to view known registered offenders and predators in your area.
Knowing who these people are and what they’ve done provides you with your best defense to protect your family - awareness.We invite you to use our free service to locate registered sex offenders in your area.
Just enter an address and we’ll show a map.
You can click on the squares that appear and see photos (where available) addresses, convictions
and other information about the offender.Our notification service is very simple.
You specify up to three addresses that you want to watch and the distance around those addresses.
We do the rest.We update our data daily from multiple state sex offender registries.
As soon as a convicted sex offender registers an address in your area, we will alert you.
It’s that easy.
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