ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND RECONSTRUCTION MAPPING WITH AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

A system has been developed for investigating and reconstructing vehicular accidents using close-range aerial photography. Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Mapping with Aerial Photography (AIRMAP) utilizes a tethered blimp and suspended camera in a close-range aerial survey technique. It produces a high-resolution, colour, vertical photograph that can be scaled, digitized, and analyzed in conjunction with other documented evidence. Computer-generated graphics of physical evidence, such as vehicles, tiremarks, and pedestrians, can be superimposed over the image to produce a plan view photographic map of the accident scene easily understood by a non-technical audience. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 898597.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Dilich, M A
  • GOEBELBECKER, J M
• Conference:
  • SAE PUBLICATION SP-1150. ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION: TECHNOLOGY AND ANIMATION VI. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND EXPOSITION, FEBRUARY 26-29, 1996, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, USA (SAE TECHNICAL PAPER 960894)
• Publication Date: 1996-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 243-50

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air; Computer aided design; Conferences; Crash reconstruction; Crashes; Image processing; Maps; Photography
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 6714: Air; 8657: Computer aided design; 8525: Conference; 8633: Image processing; 4074: Map; 6751: Photography; 1621: Reconstruction (accid)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00752268
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 1-56091-780-6
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 18 1998 12:00AM