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A Geographical Information System (GIS) can store and publish information that can be of great use for soil forensics experts. Aerial imagery, weather data and location of previous forensic activities are but some examples of information that may be hard or impossible to obtain with just a field trip, and can be easy to access using GIS.
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Miranda, D.A., Russo, D. (2016). Geographical Information Systems – A Working Example in the Brazilian Federal Police for Fighting Environmental Crime. In: Kars, H., van den Eijkel, L. (eds) Soil in Criminal and Environmental Forensics. Soil Forensics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33115-7_9
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