FBI nabs robbers with Google Map, spycam mashup

Law enforcement agencies have longed relied on the press and the public to help catch crooks, of course. And some departments, like the NYPD, upload their "wanted" posters. But BanditTrackerArkansas.com -- and its sister site for Texas, BanditTracker.com -- are a little different and a little more sophisticated. Descriptions of the suspect and the crime are paired with pictures from the bank's surveillance cameras, both indoor and out. The whole thing is then plotted on a Google Map.

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