These 3 videos help you to better understand using pixels per foot (or pixels per meter) in your video surveillance system designs.
They have been done using the IPVM Camera Calculator .
Overview
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Tradeoffs / Drivers
The two key drivers of PPF are (A) Resolution (specifically horizontal pixel count) and (B) width of the Field of View, demonstrated below:
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PFF vs PPM
Both track pixel density simply expressing it in Imperial or Metric units, demonstrated below:
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Try It Yourself
To learn more about how to use PPF, try it out with the IPVM Camera Calculator now .
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