Chris Flight & Kaye N. Ballantyne
Abstract: With increased improvements in digital imaging technology and their rapid uptake and use in everyday life, the general public are often recording day to day events as they happen. Law enforcement agencies have also increased the use of body-worn cameras to capture events. Combining 3D laser scan data of a scene with the image or video frame taken at the time of a crime or incident may provide information on the position and orientation of a camera at the time of recording, adding value to a police investigation by providing additional situational and spatial context. This project examined the accuracy of the Place In 3D function in FARO Scene to position an image or video frame from a non-fixed camera in 3D space at the time it was captured. Placement of the camera was accurate to approximately 22 mm, with similar levels of accuracy observed across all camera distances, locations, and camera types tested.