2, where 2 means the data is open, easily accessible and free; 1 means the data is open but incomplete, out-of-date or difficult to access; and 0 means the data is unavailable to the public without going through a vendor or the police agency will not share the data. GovTech noted that since crime data transparency is varied across the nation the SpotCrime crime data transparency ranking “demonstrates that this variation also illuminates the mercurial landscape of open data, as policies change and some data sets disappear under the umbrella of a proprietary vendor.” The company also published a ranking for Campus Police in 2014 that ranks access to publicly available Clery Act crime logs. The University ranking is periodically updated. The SpotCrime Open Crime Standard (SOCS) The standard, similar to LIVES or GFTS, standardizes a format to facilitate the release of crime information openly. SOCS has been adopted by agencies across the country. Coverage area At the beginning of 2012, SpotCrime made its historical crime database available to anyone who asks, free of charge by using Amazon's S3 technology. 'The data set was then approximately one gigabyte of data. Data included the type of crime, location including latitude and longitude coordinates, date, time, description, and referral source.' Competition There are many other US based crime mapping companies. Competitors include: CityProtect.com (owned by Motorola) CommunityCrimeMap.com (owned by LexisNexis) Crimedar.com CrimeReports.com (defunct) Crimemapping.com (owned by TriTech) EveryBlock.com (defunct) City-Safe.com (travel crime mapping ) MapNimbus.com MyNeighborhoodUpdate.net RAIDSOnline.com (defunct) See also General: Crime mapping White House Police Data Initiative The President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing Freedom of Information Act (United States) Open data References Companies based in Baltimore Crime mapping Open data