Crime Scene Sketching

symbol indicating polar direction

• Rough Sketch 
• Final Sketch 
• Legend
• Compass

list explaining symbols; also known as a key

• Rough Sketch 
• Final Sketch 
• Legend
• Compass

finished, polished rendition of rough sketch; drawn to scale; often for courtroom presentation

• Rough Sketch 
• Final Sketch 
• Legend
• Compass

first, pencil-drawn outline of a crime scene; drawn at the crime scene; not usually to scale 

• Rough Sketch 
• Final Sketch 
• Legend
• Compass

indication of proportion between representation and what it represents

• Scale
• Overhead Sketch 
• Elevation Sketch 
• Three-Dimensional Sketch 

sketch drawn as if the viewer is looking down from above the scene; also known as a bird’s eye view sketch 

• Scale
• Overhead Sketch 
• Elevation Sketch 
• Three-Dimensional Sketch 

sketch drawn as if the viewer is looking straight ahead at the scene; also known as a side-view sketch

• Scale
• Overhead Sketch 
• Elevation Sketch 
• Three-Dimensional Sketch 

sketch showing the scene in three dimensions; typically created using a computer program 

• Scale
• Overhead Sketch 
• Elevation Sketch 
• Three-Dimensional Sketch 

most basic, easiest and least accurate measuring technique in which a baseline is identified and evidence is measured off the baseline

• Exploded Sketch 
• Baseline Mapping 
• Rectangular Coordinate Mapping 
• Triangulation Mapping 

measuring technique in which two baselines are identified and evidence is measured off each  

• Exploded Sketch 
• Baseline Mapping 
• Rectangular Coordinate Mapping 
• Triangulation Mapping