A Bespoke Forensics GIS Tool

Almar Tillekens; Nhien An Le-Khac; Thanh Thoa Pham Thi

doi:10.1109/CSCI.2016.0189

A Bespoke Forensics GIS Tool

Almar Tillekens
, Nhien An Le-Khac
, Thanh Thoa Pham Thi

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Today a lot of digital evidences for crime investigation includes a geospatial component. This data comes from various sources such as smartphones, tablets, navigation systems, digital camera with global positioning system (GPS), etc. The geospatial data plays a crucial role in crime investigation such as helping to tracking suspects, profiling serial offenders, recognizing trends in criminal activities, just a few. Many techniques and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools have been used to extract, analyse and visualise geospatial data. However, in some specific circumstances, the existing tools are not suitable for use as they don't meet investigators' needs. This paper presents a bespoke forensic GIS tool based on specific requirements of the investigators of a law enforcement Department. Firstly the paper discusses some existing forensic GIS tools/environments in practices, and then it presents some investigators requirements and shows the unsuitability of the existing tools. The paper continues with the presentation of the system architecture of the new tool and its components. It also introduces various applications and use cases which have been deploying at the Department as an evaluation of the developed tool.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016
Editors	Mary Yang, Hamid R. Arabnia, Leonidas Deligiannidis, Leonidas Deligiannidis
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	987-992
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509055104
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCI.2016.0189
Publication status	Published - 17 Mar 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: 15 Dec 2016 → 17 Dec 2016

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Name	Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016

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Conference	2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	15/12/16 → 17/12/16

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

crime mapping
digital forensics
GIS forensic environments
OpenStreet Map

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Tillekens, A., Le-Khac, N. A., & Thi, T. T. P. (2017). A Bespoke Forensics GIS Tool. In M. Yang, H. R. Arabnia, L. Deligiannidis, & L. Deligiannidis (Eds.), Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016 (pp. 987-992). Article 7881482 (Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCI.2016.0189

Tillekens, Almar ; Le-Khac, Nhien An ; Thi, Thanh Thoa Pham. / A Bespoke Forensics GIS Tool. Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016. editor / Mary Yang ; Hamid R. Arabnia ; Leonidas Deligiannidis ; Leonidas Deligiannidis. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 987-992 (Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016).

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Tillekens, A, Le-Khac, NA & Thi, TTP 2017, A Bespoke Forensics GIS Tool. in M Yang, HR Arabnia, L Deligiannidis & L Deligiannidis (eds), Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016., 7881482, Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 987-992, 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016, Las Vegas, United States, 15/12/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCI.2016.0189

A Bespoke Forensics GIS Tool. / Tillekens, Almar; Le-Khac, Nhien An; Thi, Thanh Thoa Pham.
Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016. ed. / Mary Yang; Hamid R. Arabnia; Leonidas Deligiannidis; Leonidas Deligiannidis. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 987-992 7881482 (Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016).

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Tillekens A, Le-Khac NA, Thi TTP. A Bespoke Forensics GIS Tool. In Yang M, Arabnia HR, Deligiannidis L, Deligiannidis L, editors, Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 987-992. 7881482. (Proceedings - 2016 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2016). doi: 10.1109/CSCI.2016.0189

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