Laser Scanning Brings New Asset to Accident Investigations—and Surveyors

"Laser Scanning technology is revolutionizing many aspects of surveying and applied measurement, but it's been especially game changing in the rarified niches of forensics and accident investigation. The main strengths of scanning--speed, safety, accuracy, comprehensiveness, and the ability to return to the same data set and make new observations--serve forensic engineers especially well. Money is also a factor: when so much is riding on a court case, the extra costs associated with adopting new technology don't seem especially significant....."





I hope we will see some TLS documentation in the following Dexter episode`s..... :)

http://www.amerisurv.com/PDF/TheAmericanSurveyor_Longstreet-ScanningAccidents_August2009.pdf