I'm a user of the data, not the producer. Apparently arrests are public record here in Maryland. I've just written a small script to pull the PDF files, convert them to TXT and alert me when there is crime in my neighborhood. Scott
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Patrick Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my 2 cents (and slightly off topic) - are you sure you want to publish > police data on the www? That document mentions people's names and dates. > > I work with credit cards so coming from security point of view here. > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Daniel Manzke > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > That is a question for the developers. :) Until now I only know a little > > bit > > of the code, but nothing about the model. I hope I will find sometime to > > look deeper. ;) > > > > Bye, > > Daniel > > > > 2008/12/8 Scott Lipcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > I just checked out svn trunk, and that is able to extract the text from > > all > > > of the PDFs - thanks! Any plans for a formal release? I'd rather use > > the > > > packaged version from gentoo, but will use my local copy for now. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Daniel Manzke > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > > > Did you thought about using the a developer version? In subversion > you > > > will > > > > find a 0.8 developer version. 0.7.3 was build in 2006. ;) > > > > Maybe give it try... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > > 2008/12/8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > Does pdfbox 0.7.3 handle xrefstream at this point? That's one > > obvious > > > > > difference that has caused me issues (with other toolkits) in the > > past. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:36:32 -0500, "Scott Lipcon" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I don't see anything obvious in the PDF (special characters, > > > graphics, > > > > > > etc) > > > > > > - both view fine in acrobat reader. > > > > > > > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > > > > > > > Daniel Manzke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen > > > > Daniel Manzke > > >
