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The DC Crime Locater is a multimodal application that is designed to improve access to crime information made available by the District of Columbia. "Multimodal Applications" provide access to services and information through different modalities. This application provides access to crime information, including the ability to search for crime incidents by proximity, through a wide range of different client devices include traditional web browsers, handheld devices and PDAs, cell phones and standard land line telephones.
Unlike other applications that are targeted to a specific platform -- i.e., applications targeted to a desktop web browser, or to a specific handheld device -- the DC Crime Locater can be accessed from a range of different devices. The application is accessible from sophisticated handheld devices like iPhones or G1 phones, as well as from standard home telephones.
This Multimodal paradigm can be used to improve access to other types of go
