Use of Public GIS and Geoportals to Establish Circumstances of a Road Traffic Accident via Video Image. Legal and Methodological Framework

The article provides a justification of the possibility of using public geoportals and GIS data to establish the circumstances of a road traffic accident when conducting auto-technical and video-technical forensic examination and gives the relevant examples as well. Distinctive features of examination of video and photo images taken on the accident scene are considered. The terms and definitions essential for presentation of the examination procedure and its findings in the expert opinion are given.