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A New Perspective on Crime Scenes
In 2009, to better record crime scenes, the New York City Police Department began using the Panoscan, a camera that creates high-resolution, 360-degree panoramic images. Each panorama takes between 3 to 30 minutes to produce, depending on the available light, and is added to a database where detectives can access it. Before the switch to the Panoscan, crime scene images sometimes took days to process. Now, soon after the photos are posted, investigators can point and click over evidence from a scene that they might have missed in the hectic hours after the crime. Explore the crime scenes below and listen to Detective Michael J. Cunningham of the New York Police Department discuss the technology. Related Blog Post »
The scenes are not for the faint of heart. Images of blood and the corpses themselves have not been doctored or blurred. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...panoramas.html