Carlson CSI Mobile

Measure and map crime scenes or traffic accidents with Carlson's all new CSI Mobile and its companion CSI Office software solutions. They are ideal for use by city and county police departments, State Police and consulting firms engaged in accident reconstruction.

Both easy-to-learn and easy-to-use — all commands appear in one menu — Carlson CSI offers a library of more than 40,000 automobile makes and models. This allows those recreating an accident scene to draw undamaged cars with only two field shots, based on the actual dimensions of the car. Illustrations of damaged cars can be created based on field shots of the damaged area only.

• Draw linework in the field
• Save field shots by extending or joining any point on existing lines
• Easy "Move Up" and "Offset" commands
• Accident Report as Text File based on car make and model

An upgrade from the earlier expansion of the original AIMS product prepared by Carlson Software and sold by Nikon Instruments, Carlson CSI Mobile and Office is designed specifically for police departments with valued input from the Cincinnati Police Department in its development.

Key Features

• Save field shots by extending or joining to any point on existing lines
• Draw cars from library: Includes a complete library of vehicle dimensions, makes and models such that with selection of known year, make and model, only two shots on known points will produce a complete drawing of the vehicle to scale (saving extra time-consuming shots in the field)
• Draw damaged cars: Based on field shots of the damaged area only
• New "Car" icon: Will measure cars based either on 3 point shots or on any known point (like the front driver-side tire position) for both damaged and undamaged vehicles
• Simplified Offset and Move Up commands
• Simplified Menu Structure: Only two "menu worlds" -- one screen of survey and file commands and one screen of graphic commands and options
• Offers Choice: Supports all major brands of data collectors
• Prepares accident report as a text file based on car make and model
• Includes Symbol Library: For both accident and crime scenes has symbol library for urban features like manholes, poles and fire hydrants, in addition to trees, road signs, etc.
• Special line designation: Will draw thickened lines for features such as skid marks, lane separation lines and stop sign stopping bars painted on roads
• Easy-to-use start and end line system where description codes such as EP increment automatically to EP1, EP2 as multiple features are measured

Carlson Software Investigations can now be used at the scene of an accident or a crime with the introduction of CSI Mobile by Carlson Software, a field product designed specifically for police departments and consultants who investigate accidents.

Bruce Carlson, president of Carlson Software, worked closely on this product.

According to Carlson, the request was for something that worked the way they worked and utilizing the language and descriptions that they use. CSI Mobile is the result.

The Cincinnati Police Department provided invaluable help in the program's creation and has used it on dozens of accidents already.

Carlson CSI Office

Carlson Software Investigations (CSI) is designed with powerful forensic diagramming capabilities to measure and map crime scenes and traffic accidents. CSI is ideal for city and county police departments, State Police and consulting firms engaged in accident reconstruction.

Carlson first introduced the company's investigative software CSI Office in 1999 working with Nikon. It has been used by law enforcement agencies around the country. With the introduction of CSI Mobile, accident and crime scenes can now be investigated and reconstructed accurately in the field then analyzed and mapped in the office.

• CAD Engine: Built on the IntelliCAD 6.6 platform
• Vehicle Database: Updated to 2009 vehicles
• Reconstruction Toolkit: Added support for an unlimited number of vehicles
• PDF Reports: Added method to directly output reports to PDF
• Draw Raster Image: New command to insert a raster image into the drawing
• Place Image by World File: New command to draw georeferenced aerial images
• Field-to-Finish: New user interface with spreadsheet editor. Added another default code table
• Draw Text: Nine new commands for drawing text with different methods
• Draw Leaders: Five new leader commands to draw different styles of leaders
• Surface 3D Flyover: New command to view scene in 3D and move around
• Linetypes: New commands to draw special linetypes
• Title Block: Added more availabel fields to inlcude with controls for sequence and labels
• Angle Info: New command to report all angles defined by three points or two line segments
• Drawing Wizard easily steps the user from downloading to drawing in a matter of seconds
• Placement of photo images on the mapped accident scene
• Accident Reconstruction Toolbox — Reports export to Word, simplified report personalization with custom tab labels, and custom user symbols
• Multiple "undos" & "redos"
• On-line word processor streamlines accident narrative
• Supports all major brands of data collectors and data collection software including Carlson SurvCE and Carlson CSI Mobile

Click HERE to download the CSI product brochure.