Richard Wright schrieb:
> I have prepared the beta version of a software kit for generating rotatable
> representations of multiple human bodies and skeletons (BODROT). The humans
> are represented as stick figures.
>
> One specific purpose of such representations is searching for 3-D pattern in
> the distribution of dumps of bodies in mass graves. Such overall patterns
> may not have been recognised during an exhumation, if each body was exhumed
> as soon as it was uncovered.
>
> There are three steps towards getting such representations:
>
> 1. Collecting the 3-D coordinates of a body; BODROT uses twelve anatomical
> landmarks on each body - cranium, shoulders, elbows, wrists, pelvis, knees
> and ankles. This survey job can be done by any instrument that outputs 3-D
> coordinates.
>
> 2. Parsing the survey data for errors and generating a formatted data file
> for use by the rotating software.
>
> 3. Rotating the data file using 3-D software.
>
> The package BODROT carries out step 2 above, with the aim of displaying the
> 3-D file on the program ROTATE in step 3.
>
> The program ROTATE is written by Marijke van Gans and downloadable from
>
> http://www.silicon-alley.com/cat/rotate.html.
>
> I am happy to email the beta version of BODROT to anybody who requests it,
> and will welcome comments. There is no charge.
>
> The package was prepared during intervals between forensic exhumation work
> for the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). An
> advantage for evidentiary purposes is that the ROTATE software can be freely
> distributed on a disk with the data file generated by BODROT, i.e. no
> installation of a CAD program is required on the recipient's computer.
>
> Richard Wright
>
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geoff carver
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