NCJ Number
211556
Journal
Law and Order Volume: 53 Issue: 9 Dated: September 2005 Pages: 156-160
Editor(s)
Ed Sanow
Date Published
September 2005
Length
5 pages
Annotation
This article examines the innovative use and application of Pictometry images, offering detailed sets of digital aerial images of an entire county or region.
Abstract
Having the ability to have aerial photographs tied to a computerized mapping program, showing detail as small as 6 inches, and offering views from all four compass points offers users detailed sets of aerial images of a select area, with every feature and landmark photographed from multiple angles and resolution. Image sets, as stated above, are offered by Pictometry. The images are digital and are linked to a computer-based map of the entire surveyed area. Images are provided from two views. The orthogonal view or straight down is like a map. The oblique view or angled is from a perspective of about 45 degrees. This article examines the varied use of Pictometry and its application in the courtroom, for 911 operators, and for field officers. The Monroe County, NY Sheriff’s Office has been one of the test beds for Pictometry with the relationship being profitable for law enforcement because the cost and use can be shared over multiple county departments.