HEIGHT ESTIMATION USING VIDEO SECURITY IMAGERY

Security video imagery has been used by the Engineering Photogrammetry Unit at City University to determine the height of a person robbing a betting office. The problem of selecting the correct functional model where a network is geometrically weak and consequently unreliable is both illustrated and stressed. Controlled tests suggest that appropria te software and detailed analysis can produce both precise and accurat e estimates. Benefit to the legal profession of this particular measur ement technique is not apparent, due to non-photogrammetric limitation s.