Pixels Per Foot Demonstration Videos

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

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.