GregCocks, 1 month ago to random

Using LiDAR To Find Unmarked Graves Of Murder Victims

https://phys.org/news/2018-08-lidar-unmarked-graves-victims.html <-- shared technical article

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2018.05.038 <-- shared paper

[I am thinking of the 100s if not 1,000s of years of burials in English churchyards showing subsidence]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #murder #graves #locating #bodies #unmarkedgraves #police #lawenforcement #crime #genocide #investigation #homicide #crimemapping #Forensics #ForensicScience #terrain #corpses #remotelocations #woodland

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maps / annotated remote sensing images - trenches used as mass graves by the Germans in 'Death Valley', Poland
aerial photo - remote area next to a freeway

itnewsbot, 3 months ago to Microbiology

Scientists identify “universal network” of microbes for decomposing flesh - Enlarge / It's tough to precisely determine cause of death in a corpse.... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2002612 #forensicanthropology #postmorteminterval #forensicscience #microbiology #microbes #science #biology #corpses

itnewsbot, 6 months ago to Colorado

Funeral home of horrors: Owners arrested after 190 rotting corpses found - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)

Authorities on Wednesday arrest... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1982446 #returntonaturefuneralhome #coloradofuneralhome #funeralhome #colorado #science #corpses #rotting #health