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I wish this was available when the Canadians and Americans, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans handed me a Rollei close-range photogrammetric camera and software from a now unified Germany and said "we" were going to do this. It was done with 8"x10" photos taped consecutively to a 48" digitizing tablet and accompanying camera software. Arguably more accurate than US HABS/HAER, its still not in use to my knowledge at the Federal level (including the FBI, though introduced to them by Canadians) in the US though might be in forensic use in Canada. In Great Britain, it is being used in some car accident recordation. As explained to me, it was looked into after a US armed forces crash in Gander, Newfoundland was covered by a blizzard before appropriate investigation could be done. It was thought one could use the RolleiMetric system flying by in a helicopter and with appropriate metrics, fulfill forensic aircraft crash investigation. (Prometric, Andrew Lane, pers. comm. 1989, in Cold Spring, NY shortly before the "Avianca Flight 52...crashed into the town of Cove Neck, Long Island, New York after running out of fuel. 73 out of the 158 passengers and crew on board were killed" in 1990. answers.com).  (not any one's opinion other than my own, because I'm not to have one) Posted 14 December 2006 to Histarch forum. Additions here 19 December 2006)