A simple Python program to plot crime data using matplotlib and shapefile.
Note: You may have issues using the shapefiles if you do not convert x/y pairs to WGS84 before use in Python.
GIFs created using ImageMagick.
Installed via macports: sudo port install ImageMagick
Then used as follows:
convert -delay 100 *.png Cabrini_output.gif
More info: http://oneschirm.github.io/crime-study/