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There exist no current guidelines and very few tools to aid the investigation of a dashcam device, particularly for the purpose of extracting and mapping geospatial data contained therein. This project aims to extract, map and chart geospatial data from a dashcam device and provide insights into the routes and speeds taken by a passenger.You will be provided with a number of dashcam forensic images (.E01 files which can easily be extracted back to MOV/MP4 files). You will be expected to develop the solution using Python, and if possible, integrate the solution with Autopsy, an open-source digital forensic tool. You might consider using an open-source tool such as Exiftool to process the EXIF data. You could choose to take this project to a somewhat different angle by choosing to extract watermark data from the dashcam footage and map that instead.

To aid in understanding the background to this project, please see the reference below and the video here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/mediacentre/events/dfls/previousevents/dashcamforensics/

Lallie, H.S., 2020. Dashcam forensics: A preliminary analysis of 7 dashcam devices. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 33, p.200910.

Prerequisite. You may want to use tools such as EXIFTOOL, an open-source EXIF data extraction tool. Although EXIFTOOL might serve your needs, you will most probably want to develop an excellent knowledge of the EXIF standard. Additional support can be provided by providing you with access to specific elements of my digital forensics course at the University of Warwick in the form of recorded lectures. That will comprise around 10 hours of learning. I will also provide you with sufficient background in the topic prior to you beginning the study. You will need good programming skills, preferably in Python.