I have a vision

I finally know what I want the crime part of the website to look like. I need one of those big sticky notes right now. It actually looks similar to the one I already drew, but it's been refined. The map is an integral part. In fact, besides a small search bar on the side, it's the ONLY part. Simple. Clean. And yet behind the scenes, incredibly advanced.

This map has pinpoints, just like we created in class. Those pinpoints give simple information.  Type of crime. Address. Value of property. But CLICK on a pinpoint. Then you get the full description. Everything on the crime report that one might want to know is on the page that you just clicked to. All the details. In one place. And wait. It gets better.

The OCA is linked to all of the other OCAs that are the same. So all related reports are linked instantly. Similarly, you can view all reports of "larceny" or whatever else.

The best way to do the above, although it can certainly be done through linking, may be to search. The search bar is key. What if you don't know where the crime you're looking for happened? For browsing, the map is great, but for something specific, you want to search.

Don't worry. You can. Type whatever you want into the search bar. It will look through all the records to pull out anything that's related. Do you want to be even more specific? You can search by category. Yes, we have that option. From a drop-down menu, you can choose whether you want to search by date, incident, victim, property, offender, suspect or perhaps even something else.

I have no idea how to get from the point I'm at to this point. But I think it's a cool idea. I know there are a thousand stops along the way, and I should probably be focusing more on how to get this data transcribed than how to make the website look. I just wanted to throw it all out there before I forgot. It's been a long, tiring day. I don't want to blog anymore. But, I do have a Facebook addiction. So, you will be able to find me there if you want to throw around some thoughts.