Pixels Per Foot Demonstration Videos
By: IPVM Team, Published on Nov 11, 2015These 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
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:
PFF vs PPM
Both track pixel density simply expressing it in Imperial or Metric units, demonstrated below:
Try It Yourself
To learn more about how to use PPF, try it out with the IPVM Camera Calculator now.
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