ometry ▁Resource ▁Project — CA ES AR ▁CA ES AR ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁as ▁a ▁partners hip ▁between ▁government ▁and ▁industry ▁to ▁collect ▁and ▁organ ize ▁the ▁most ▁extensive ▁sampling ▁of ▁consumer ▁body ▁measurements ▁for ▁comparison . ▁The ▁project ▁collected ▁and ▁organized ▁data ▁on ▁ 2 , 4 0 0 ▁U . S . ▁& ▁Canadian ▁and ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁European ▁civ ili ans ▁and ▁a ▁database ▁was ▁developed . ▁This ▁database ▁records ▁the ▁anth rop ometric ▁vari ability ▁of ▁men ▁and ▁women , ▁aged ▁ 1 8 – 6 5 , ▁of ▁various ▁weights , ▁eth nic ▁groups , ▁gender , ▁ge ographic ▁regions , ▁and ▁so cio - e conom ic ▁status . ▁The ▁study ▁was ▁conducted ▁from ▁April ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁to ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁and ▁included ▁three ▁sc ans ▁per ▁person ▁in ▁a ▁standing ▁pose , ▁full - cover age ▁pose ▁and ▁relax ed ▁se ating ▁pose . ▁Data ▁collection ▁methods ▁were ▁standard ized ▁and ▁documented ▁so ▁that ▁the ▁database ▁can ▁be ▁consist ently ▁expanded ▁and ▁updated . ▁High - resol ution ▁measurements ▁of ▁body ▁surfaces ▁were ▁made ▁using ▁ 3 D ▁Sur face ▁Anth rop ometry . ▁This ▁technology ▁can ▁capture ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁points ▁in ▁three ▁dimensions ▁on ▁the ▁human ▁body ▁surface ▁in ▁a ▁few ▁seconds . ▁It ▁has ▁many ▁advantages ▁over ▁the ▁old ▁measurement ▁system ▁using ▁t ape ▁measures , ▁anth rop om eters , ▁and ▁other ▁similar ▁instruments . ▁It ▁provides ▁detail