Know Your Zone

Know your Zone is an interactive mapping project to support council service awareness as well as encouraging transparency for real estate purchasers.

Know Your Zone Maps:
- Crime Statistics (eg particular coloured zones for different levels of crime)
- Crime zones (similar to above but information classed by street rather than by council zone so you could view most targeted streets in a particular area)
- Council Services (libraries, police stations etc etc)
- Council Rates (also colour coded based on amount for a high level view of council rates across different councils)
- Potential Future Development (eg. new roads, new buildings, renovations so people can have a glimpse of what the area might be like in years to come)
- Development Projects (as above but confirmed projects should be separate from potential projects)
- Elevations (Heights above sea level)
- History of natural disasters (Floods etc)
- Potential threats (such a sea level rise)

Allowing you to obtain an accurate profile of your area.

Having an API that could combine this information with information from sites like 'Walk Score':
http://www.walkscore.com/

And flood maps:
http://www.greenrootsmovement.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=97

And using a system such as google maps where particular overlays could be switched 'on' or 'off' would make an extremely handy tool and would allow people to incorporate live traffic feeds and other tools like public transport maps into their research.