On 6/10/2011 7:09 PM, Invisible wrote:
> On 06/10/2011 07:19 AM, Paul Fuller wrote:
>> I'd rather use Google Earth to bring up a view of the area and annotate
>> that. Perhaps take a snapshot into your favourite paint or vector
>> drawing program. Trace the outlines, drop out irrelevant details and add
>> the vehicles as needed.
>>
>> Exceptions: Accidents in tunnels, under bridges and in undercover
>> parking, where Google Earth does not have coverage or is out of date etc.
>
> Really, the accident happened on a straight section of motorway. If I'm
> going to use a vector drawing package, it wouldn't take too long to draw
> a couple of straight lines and dashed lines to represent the road. The
> hard part would be drawing something to represent the vehicles...

Clip-Art.  For example SketchUp has vast libraries of objects and no 
doubt there are many types of vehicles amongst them.

Don't underestimate the appearance of reality in anything intended to 
convince people of some sequence of events.

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