Satellite Imagery as evidence in legal proceedings

Yes, of course, if it is required to increase the detail of the object under investigation, to extract structural features from the object image, to create 3D models, 3600 overview, multimedia product, to get oblique imagery and texture of the image.
UAV remote sensing technologies have greatly improved the process of measuring, documenting and presenting physical evidence and crime scenes. The times when individual items were measured with a tape measure and the scene was documented with a few photographs are gone. Technology allows us to measure the entire area of the scene, literally hundreds of millions of points to an accuracy of 3mm using, for example, terrestrial laser scanners. The use of close range photogrammetry, allows us to extract three-dimensional data from photographs and video and document the position of objects and people. All of this helps to create a more complete, accurate, objective and verifiable data set for those who will decide the fate of the parties involved.

Phototechnical expertise is a technical and legal examination of space imagery materials for certain purposes of criminal, civil or arbitration proceedings (including detection of signs of editing and retouching on the images).
Forensic phototechnical expertise is a process of research and analysis of remote sensing imagery to detect forgeries, alterations or manipulations, as well as to determine the authenticity and integrity of the images.
The main aspects of a photographic forensic examination are:
1) Authentication: Determining the authenticity of the image and verifying its integrity to determine if any alterations or manipulations have been made. This may include determining whether retouching, editing, or digital alterations have been made.
2) Identification: Determining where and when the photograph was taken and identifying objects, persons or locations in the photograph. This may include analyzing background information, ground surface, vehicles, and other details.
3) Examination of digital traces: When analyzing aerospace imagery, metadata that contains information about the camera, shooting settings, date and time of creation, and other parameters are examined. Digital traces that may indicate alterations, processing or retouching are also examined.
4) Image Quality Assessment: The examiner analyzes various aspects of image quality such as resolution, sharpness, distortion and noise. They may also check for artifacts caused by spacecraft imagery.
5) Object identification: The expert analyzes the objects depicted in the imagery to determine their type, condition and other characteristics

The practice of using space images by lawyers and attorneys in court as evidence of the fact of an offense or the absence of an offense is widespread throughout the world, both in civil and arbitration proceedings and in criminal practice for the investigation of crimes
The use of space-based imagery in court involves the use of data and information derived from Earth observation satellites to resolve legal disputes and establish facts in legal proceedings. Space images can provide valuable information on changes in the terrain, the results of economic activities, establishing the date of the start of quarry operation, the time of occurrence of illegal dumping, establishing the size of the quarry as of the date, establishing the size of the dumping site as of the date, fixing illegal activities in the territory, and so on.

Space imagery can be used to determine site boundaries and resolve disputes over ownership of land or water resources. Imagery captures the condition of the terrain to determine boundaries.
Space imagery provides information on the state of the environment and can be used to detect violations of environmental regulations, such as illegal logging, illegal mining or pollution. Images allow comparing the current state with previous data and identifying changes.
Space imagery can be used to gather evidence in criminal cases or administrative violation cases. For example, imagery can confirm the presence of structures, land use in violation of laws, or other evidence of crimes.
The satellite imagery should be compared with other available data and evidence to make connections and provide a complete picture of what is happening.

Data collection: a set of satellite images are produced that cover the time period in which you want to study the dynamics of the object. The imagery can be acquired from space-based Earth sensing satellites or from aerial photography Object extraction: image processing algorithms are applied to extract the object whose condition you want to study. This can be individual buildings, urban areas, vegetation, quarries, etc. Object extraction may involve image segmentation, contour detection or pixel classification. Feature extraction: For each image, a set of features that characterize the state of the object is extracted. These can be parameters such as object area, object shape, spectral characteristics, etc. It is important to select features that reflect the changes in the state of the object that you are interested in. Analysis of change: Once the features are extracted, their change over time is analyzed. Statistical methods or machine learning are applied to identify patterns in the changes in the state of the object. Description of object change dynamics on the basis of space images is a common approach. By this method using space images the dates of construction start and completion (determination of construction date), dates of building erection, dates of construction works start, determination of mining start date, determination of quarry operation start date, time of illegal dump occurrence, determination of quarry size as of the date, determination of dump size as of the date, fixation of illegal activities on the territory, etc. are determined.

Detection of violations: search for illegal activity or deviations from regulatory requirements. Identification and localisation: determining objects on the terrain, their sizes and location. Dynamics analysis: identifying changes on the territory over the period of interest (construction works, harvest, oil spills, etc.).