Maysville, Ky. - Carlson Software, Inc. announces the release of Carlson Software Investigations (CSI™). CSI 2004 is designed to measure and map crime scenes and traffic accidents in particular. It is an ideal product for use by city and county police departments, State Police and consulting firms engaged in accident reconstruction.

CSI 2004 is an expansion of the original AIMS™ product prepared by Carlson Software and sold by Nikon Instruments. It is recommended that police departments with AIMS or Sokkia LEA™ strongly consider upgrading to CSI. The upgrade price from AIMS and Sokkia LEA is $495 and new copies are $1495.

CSI 2004 has the AutoCAD® 2004 engine built-in, reads and writes DWG files, and includes features such as placement of photo images on the mapped accident scene. The Accident Reconstruction Toolbox has been enhanced with improved reports. Drawings are easy to edit, with multiple "undos" and "redos" permitted.

New features in CSI 2004 include an updated database used for speed-before-crash determinations, with dimensions on all major vehicles through the 2003 model year. Data collection support has been added for nearly all survey instruments and data collectors, in addition, new functionality has been added to support Carlson SurvCE and CG Field Plus data collection software. A new on-line word processor allows greater flexibility in producing the accident narrative, including customizable titles, ability to insert user logos as bitmaps, space for license plate number and VIN#, and the ability to export to Microsoft Word. For a demo CD or further information, contact Barbara Carlson at 617-393-2300 or barbcarlson@carlsonsw.com.

Carlson Software, Inc (www.carlsonsw.com) was founded in 1983 with main offices in Maysville, Ky., Atlanta, Ga., and in Boston, Ma. Products include software for surveyors, civil engineers, mining, construction, machine control, and accident reconstruction.

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