System and method for synchronizing camera footage from a plurality of cameras in canvassing a scene

摘要

A method for synchronizing camera footage from a plurality of cameras includes automatically identifying cameras relevant to an incident that occurs at a predetermined date and time based on a location of the incident and on cameras' locations stored in a database. A correction is associated with each camera that is based on a difference between the camera's metadata observed at an actual date/time. Methods are employed to reduce human error. The correction may be applied to the predetermined date and time simultaneously for the plurality of cameras to generate an adjusted date/time in metadata for synchronizing camera footage to the incident time. A list of the identified cameras may be exported and associated with a case number or User ID. The list may include camera locations, the adjusted metadata to synchronize the cameras, and bases for the correction calculation. The list is optionally generated via mapping functions.