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JOCA BODYMAPPING
Joca bodymapping was created by Arthur E Jordan in the nineties whilst the creator was working as Crime Analyst in the Metropolitan Police Service, Clapham Police Station, London SW8. The project was conceived as a home project from simple sketches of his wife's daily clothing worn in her office job. It was quickly noted that the sketches could be those of people wanted by police or lost and found agencies. A database of clothing was drawn to be used for the programme and a Windows based programme was written by the creator's son Joel Jordan for quick retrieval of clothing. Most drawings were first saved in 16 colour .bmp files so as to be modifed easily by using Windows Paintbrush 3.1. Later on, the programme was modified to be able to scan through text files and pull up graphic images from any word used to describe what a subject was wearing or any item they may be carrying. To date, there is still no bodymapping facility on the internet which is able to produce clothed images of persons at high speed. The system is currently being used by certain Police Constabularies in the UK as well as appearing on BBC CrimeWatch.