There was also an episode of Monk (the detective) that bust an alibi based on shadows.
Simon Wheaton-Smith www.illustratingshadows.com Silver City, New Mexico W108.2 N32.75 and Phoenix, Arizona, W112.1 N33.5 --- On Fri, 7/8/11, Brooke Clarke <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Brooke Clarke <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Shadow Forensics > To: "'Sundial Mailing List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, July 8, 2011, 3:10 PM > Hi Brent: > > You can go the other way, that's to say if you know the > location you can > determine two possible date-time pairs. > http://www.prc68.com/I/Nav.shtml#Bg > > Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke > http://www.PRC68.com > > > Fred Sawyer wrote: > > See the Obsession episode from season 2 of > NUMB3RS. I consulted with > > the producers on that episode to develop a way to use > shadows in > > photographs to determine the location, given the date > and time of the > > photo. > > > > Fred Sawyer > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Brent <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > > > Hello again; > > > > I was looking at an aerial > photograph of a piece of property with > > a surveyor. > > > > We started to discuss when the > photo was taken. > > We could tell by the brown > vegetation that it was probably late > > summer here in So. > California. > > > > I also noticed a shadow cast > from a telephone pole. > > > > I think by measuring the > height of the pole, the length and angle > > of the shadow I might be able > to figure out what day of the year > > it was taken and the time. I > would have to know the latitude and > > longitude to do this. I knew > the top of the photo was north. > > > > I started to think if I only > knew the day and time the photo was > > taken I might be able to > determine the latitude and longitude. > > > > So I wonder if police ever use > shadows in their investigations? > > > > For example, a video of a > terrorist holding a hostage. The hostage > > holding a newspaper showing > the date. They are outside with > > visible shadows being cast. > Could we figure out where they are > > holding the hostage? > > > > How about if the police say I > ran a Redlight at 3pm on a certain > > date and they have a > photograph to prove it. > > Maybe if they were wrong, I > could prove my innocence by the > > shadows cast by my car. > > > > So guess the big question is, > does anyone make practical use of > > shadows? > > > > thanks again; > > brent > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
