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Tips: Forensic Investigations
Source: Sensor & Software
Published: April 01, 2015
GPR is a go-to tool for law enforcement professionals searching for buried forensic evidence. Here are a couple of tips when using GPR for forensic investigations.
Find Evidence, not Rocks
GPR technology is very sensitive to material changes which can result in many responses. The challenge is to differentiate responses from rocks, soil variations and other naturally-occurring subsurface objects from buried evidence such as containers of drugs, weapons or a body. One way to boost interpretation confidence is to look at the ground response above an