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- 2025-03-03 Guidelines for Forensic Image Analysis (16-I-002-2.0)
- 2025-03-03 Best Practices for Image Authentication (18-I-001-2.0)
- 2025-03-03 Best Practices for Maintaining the Integrity of Imagery (17-I-001-1.1)
- 2024-08-08 Best Practices for Image Content Analysis_Final (16-I-001-1.2)
- 2024-03-15 SWGDE Digital Image Compression and File Format Guidelines (16-M-001-3.0)
- 2022-06-09 SWGDE Position on Facial Recognition and Facial Comparison v. 1.2
- 2022-01-13 SWGDE Technical Overview for Reverse Projection Photogrammetry v1.0
- 2022-01-13 SWGDE Best Practices for the Forensic Use of Photogrammetry v1.2
- 2019-07-16 SWGDE Technical Overview for Forensic Image Comparison
- 2018-07-11 SWGDE Vehicle Make-Model Comparison Form
- 2018-07-11 SWGDE Best Practices for Image Authentication
- 2017-07-18 SWGDE Best Practices for Maintaining the Integrity of Imagery
- 2016-02-08 SWGDE Image Processing Guidelines
- 2016-02-08 SWGDE Training Guidelines for Video Analysis, Image Analysis and Photography v1.1