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Google Maps Design Calculator Released
Published Apr 27, 2015 04:00 AM
The new IPVM Google Maps Design Calculator empowers surveillance professionals to plan and design systems like never before.
Whatever project you are working on, enter the address and start mapping out cameras. This video overviews what the calculator does:
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Comments (28)
Eric Taylor
Apr 27, 2015JR
John Robinson
Apr 27, 2015This has the potential to be outstanding.
Couple of questions: Who "owns" the maps after they are created?
Can they be saved under a project name, and
How private are they and can they be retained, shared with an end user for editing, etc?
JH
John Honovich
Apr 27, 2015John,
Yes, you can save cameras as projects and take snapshots of calculations, see options below in red:
Each saved calculation is private to your own account.
You can show it to end users or show the snapshot to end users. We are considering what to add for future releases so let us know.
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Larry Vinson
Apr 27, 2015I do not see how to delete a camera from a multi-camera project. That would be useful.
JH
John Honovich
Apr 28, 2015Larry,
Right now, you can delete and edit cameras from the save dialogue. That's cumbersome of course.
Next month, we plan to add a right click control to name, edit and delete cameras.
Thanks for the feedback.
SN
Steve Nauman
Apr 27, 2015Are there any licensing issues or similar with using Google's imagery? Any limitations or caveats as far as that goes that we should know about?
JH
John Honovich
Apr 28, 2015On our side, there are licensing requirements (in terms of accessibility and usage load).
From a user's side, I am not aware of any major non-obvious ones (those interested, here are the Google Map terms).
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Matt Ion
Apr 28, 2015Pretty cool so far. Could use a "corridor mode" option though.
JH
John Honovich
Apr 28, 2015
Jon Dillabaugh
Feb 03, 2016FY
Frank Yeh
Apr 28, 2015Well done Gentlemen! No more switching from google maps to lens calculators to camera vendor pages, this tool has it all in one handy interface and adds export too. This looks like it will be a huge time saver.
#bookmarked
LM
Luke Maslen
Apr 28, 2015This is incredibly useful. Thank you for your hard work!
I can't wait for IPVM to add Nightingale mode so I can just click on the map, have an IPVM drone fly in, take a bunch of scene photos and load them in to the Camera Calculator. That's about the only thing the Camera Calculator doesn't do yet!
Dennis Dyer
Apr 28, 2015This is phenomenal! Like anything else, it will build functionality - great work.
UI
Undisclosed Integrator #1
Apr 28, 2015This is an excellent tool and well worth the price of subscription by itself! Are there any plans to address camera mounting height? I realize the data is limited by what Google can provide with their street views, but this is still useful information. Also, if we could upload our own prints to replace the Google data this would be a one-stop tool for all of our basic design needs. That would be one beneficial feature request for future iterations.
JH
John Honovich
Apr 28, 2015A, thanks for the feedback.
On mounting height, Google Street View is taken from a camera about 8 - 9 feet high, like so:
I am not sure what we could do given that limitation. We could provide other visuals to show deadspots / etc. This is being discussed here: Camera Calculator Request - Mounting Elevation / View.
On uploading your own prints, that is something on our list to do - to allow importing images, PDFs, Visio diagrams, AutoCAD, etc.
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Undisclosed #2
May 12, 2015Perhaps I'm missing something, but when I place a camera on the map, it always points in the same direction. I don't see a way to adjust the orientation of the camera (e.g. rotate the camera 90 degrees). Is this supported?
Ethan Ace
May 12, 2015Yes, it is. Grab the person at the end of the field of view, and click and drag that marker to move the camera.
JH
John Honovich
May 12, 2015See here, look how the camera is rotated:
Grab the top bar / man icon and move / rotate.
UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #3
May 14, 2015I used the calculator for the first time for a site design yesterday and I am very impressed. The distance and width vs pixels and lens size in mm is great information and the example views are super. I recommend this as a solution tool for all who design video systems. Thanks!
Lucas Ingala
May 21, 2015Can we have just the map to use?
JH
John Honovich
May 21, 2015Lucas, what do you mean? If you just want the map without our camera design functionality, just use Google Maps. I assume I am missing something. Please clarify.
Marc Pichaud
Jul 09, 2015Hi John, I'm just discovering this tool.
It's really cool for a quick approach, especially when you plan to place your camera to a low height which is close from the google pictures. (some LPR for example) Good job, I will use it right now for a project where I need to simulate a video extension of about 15 new cameras in a middle size french city on the West.
Thanks!
UI
Undisclosed Integrator #4
Aug 04, 2015Will we be able to rotate the map soon or am I just missing it?
Ethan Ace
Aug 04, 2015Map rotation depends on what Google Maps data is available. They don't have all angles available at all zoom levels in a lot of suburban/rural areas. In my area I can only rotate the map if I zoom all the way in, and it's limited to a few mile radius from the city center.
UI
Undisclosed Integrator #4
Aug 04, 2015The area I'm working on can be rotated in Google Maps just not in the calculator. Not a big deal but I do have another question. Any way to lock the scenes to the cameras? When I move the view around (like showing the customer what a car would look like centered in the Vehicle Entrance scene) it moves the view around in the other scenes. I've also noticed that once exported the view in the scene images are randomly moved around as well. This happens with PDF and Word and I'm using FF.
Derek Ward
Aug 04, 2015We'll take a look at it. I'll email you shortly to get more info.
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Doug Regan
Sep 01, 2015I am logged in, do not see the Google Maps Camera Calculator under Tools
Brian Rhodes
Sep 01, 2015