Edge recognition software

Paul Storch <paul.storch<-a t->mnhs< . >org> writes

>I just had an inquiry from a microanalyst at our state's Bureau of
>Criminal Apprehension (Minnesota's FBI crime labs) who asked me if I
>knew of a computer program that automatically does edge matching of
>fragments of glass and/or ceramics.  They are trying to fit hundreds
>of pieces of glass from a pending criminal case back into a window,
>presumably to look for bullet holes and determine ballistics
>(direction of the shot, point of entry, etc.).

Have you tried to contact the Leica company (urbanism questions)?

David Cottier-Angeli
Jeweller and metals conservator.
Route des Jeunes 5C 5eme. 1227 Geneva
+41 22 300 19 55
Fax: +41-22-300 3 700

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