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Table 3.1 Manual sizing: a compilation of recently reported civilian surveys
Location Date Comments

Australia 2001 Study of the elderly
Korea 2003–04 Major survey
Turkey 2007 Medium-scale masters project in 18 cities across Turkey
India 2008–10 Small study of younger people
Croatia 2009 Major survey
Malaysia 2009 Small study
Nigeria 2009 Small study of the hand, foot, and ear among young people
Korea 2015 Major survey

and dynamic shapes of a population rather than an aggregate of its one-
dimensional sizes.
Funding for anthropometric studies can vary. They can be purely commercial
endeavors (e.g., Size North America), solely government sponsored (e.g., Size Korea),
or part government with contributions from industry (e.g., SizeUK). The following
discussion sets out advantages of undertaking studies, which can be accrued for some
or all of the funding streams.
Data collected through surveys using 3-D and 4-D technologies (whether for whole
bodies or body parts—the head, hand, or foot) can provide a wealth of benefits for the
government; academia; industry; and, ultimately, consumer and help make a collec-
tive contribution to meet established global, economic, and social sustainability
demands.

3.3.1 Government

In addition to giving governments an opportunity to foster innovation and to support
the use of new technology, national body shape, and size surveys can generate tremen-
dous interest in both its scientific applications and in the provision of highly detailed
data on a population, supplying direct commercial benefit to a nation.

3.3.2 Academia
There are educational opportunities for university students and staff. Research teams
can gain experience of the initial organization and implementation of surveys,
enabling them to explore technologies and, when data sets are available, to continue
to develop new applications. For example,
to advance knowledge of shape analysis and classifications (Tahan et al., 2003; Simmons
l
and Istook, 2003; Ball et al., 2012; Morlock et al., 2016),
l to aid understanding of the size and shape of older populations (NDA, 2010),
l to propose methods for capturing and/or animating virtual body models (Ruto, 2009;
Lane, 2017).